Maxine Hosman Ballew is Nathan Boone’s gg granddaughter through Mary Boone and Alfred Hosman.
ALFRED HOSMAN. Mr. Hosman was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, August 2, 1810. His parents moved to Fayette county, Kentucky, when Alfred was about eight years of age. They soon after moved to Scott county, Kentucky, where his father, Esaias Hosman, died in 1831. His mother died in 1848. Alfred was the youngest child and was educated in the home schools of Fayette and Scott counties. He was married in Scott county, Decomber 23, 1830, to Miss Martha H. Cox, who died August 9, 1839. They were blest with four children, one son and three daughters, viz., Sarah A., born January 1, 1881; Nancy B., born November 26, 1834; James W., born December 6, 1836, and Martha H., born June 24, 1839. Mr. Hosman came to Missouri in 1841, where be married the second time to Miss Mary O. Boone, of Boone township, Greene county, Missouri. She was the ninth daughter of Nathan Boone, the youngest child of the famous Daniel Boone. This marriage was blest with thirteen children, viz.: Mary F., born July 22, 1842; Olive A., born February 9, 1844; Daniel B., born February 12, 1846, and died February 22, 1852; Nathan B., born April 16, 1847, and died January 8, 1848; Mahala P., born November 25, 1848, and died June 16, 1852; Charles L., born, November 10, 1850; Sanford E., born May 8, 1863; John B., born May 5, 1866; Thomas A., born June 4, 1857; Luther A., born, August 31, 1869, and died, September 25, 1859; Joseph K., born September 22, 1860, and Robert L. and Belle P., born June 3, 1866. Shortly after his second marriage, Mr. Hosman moved back to Kentucky and lived upon the old homestead, and remained there till the death of his mother, when he came back to Greene county, Missouri, and lived upon his farm till 1863, when the unsettled condition of the country during the civil war caused him to remove his family to Howard county in September of that year. In March, 1864, he moved to Illinois, and lived near Bloomington until December, 1866, when he come back to Missouri, and lived in Springfield about two years, and then moved to where he now lives in Boone township. He carries on farming upon a large scale, and is one of the first citizens of the county. He is probably one of the oldest master masons in the county. He was made a member of Benevolent Lodge, No. 58, in Fayette county, Kentucky in 1848. Mr. Hosman has served as school director for many years, and has been a leading member of the Baptist Church since 1850.63

Moved 1: About. 1818 To Fayette County, Kentucky. Date is a guess. 1
Moved 2: 1841 Missouri 1
Moved 3: About. 1841 Back to Kentucky until his mother's death. 1
Moved 4: Bet. 1843 - 1863 Greene County, Missouri 1
Moved 5: Sep 1863 Howard County 1
Moved 6: Bet. Mar 1864 - 1865 Near Bloomington, Illinois 1
Moved 7: 1865 Springfield, Missouri 1
Moved 8: 1867 Boone Twp., (Greene) Missouri 1
Occupation: About. 1870 Schoolmaster -- served for many years -- date is a guess. 1
Occupation 2: About. 1867 Farming "on a big scale". 1
Masonic Lodge: About. 1843 Master Mason; Made a member of the Benevolent Lodge No. 58 in Fayette Co. KY in 1843. 1
Church Membership: 1850 Baptist Church 386