Homer Louis Bost

Notes:

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Homer L Bost
City: Not Stated
County: Chaves
State: New Mexico
Birthplace: Jacksboro, Jack Co. Texas;United States of America
Birth Date: 9 Apr 1890
Race: Caucasian (White)
Roll: 1711858
DraftBoard: 0
Age: 27
Occupation: Farming for self near Warren, NM
Nearest Relative: Father
Claim exemption from draft: Father to support.
Height/Build: Tall/Slender
Color of Eyes/Hair: Lt. Blue/Light

Texas Death Certificate
Name: Homer Louis Bost
Death Date: 02 Apr 1955
Death Place: Rural, El Paso, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 64 years 11 months 23 days
Estimated Birth Date: 9 Apr 1890
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Alfred Bost
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Jane Adams
Mother's Birthplace:
Informant: Lewis H. Bost
Occupation: Watchman El Paso Natural Gas Company
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114388
Digital Film Number: 4165531
Image Number: 890
Reference Number: 17531
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 census Bernalillo Co. NM Ed 3 PG. 29B
Del Rio, Prec. 2
Fm/148/148 Bost, Homer, head, MW, 27, M, Farm laborer, TX AR AR
Mae, wife, FW, 19, M, TX TX TX
Louis H., son, MW, 8/12, NM TX TX




(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

Lynell Cordell shows hims as the son of John BOST and Clarissa,Christina? LEFLER.

She notes that at the time of the 1870 Van Buren County, Arkansas federal census, Alfred was living int he home of the Williams family in Liberty Township, (page 45), and listed as:
Bost, Alfred, 20, M, W, Laborer, IL.

On the 1880 and 1900 census enumerations, Alfred is reported as being born in North Carolina, however on the above enumeration Illinois is shown. Several of his children also report that their father was born in Illinois.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 census Cabarrus Co. NC
Pg. 485B
1270/1270
John D. Bost, 40, M, Farmer, 300, NC
Crissa C. Bost, 28, F, NC
Levina Bost, 15, F, NC
Wiley W. Bost, 13, M, NC
John Bost, 11, M, NC
Caleb Bost, 7, M, NC
Martin Bost, 3, M, NC
Alfred Bost, 2, M, NC
Christina Lefler, 59, F, NC

1860 census Johnson Co. IL Pg. 164
Vienna P.O.
1287/1209
John D. Bost, 51, M, Farming, 2800/1000, NC
Chistiana Bost, 40, F, Housekeeping, NC
Wiley W. Bost, 22, M, Farming, NC
John Bost, 20, M, NC
Caleb Bost, 17, M, NC
Martin Bost, 14, M, NC
Alfred Bost, 11, M, NC
Martha Bost, 9, F, NC
Thomas Bost, 7, M, NC
William Bost, 1, M, NC

1870 Census
not located


1880 Census
Texas, Jack County, Precinct 5
Enumerated 17 and 18 of June 1880
Page 24D, SD 3, ED 161
206-206
Bost, Alfred W M 32 Farmer NC NC NC
Bost, Mary J W F 32 Wf Keeping House Miss Miss Miss
Bost, Thomas W M 8 Son Ark NC Miss
Bost, Nancy A W F 6 Dtr Ark NC Miss
Bost, John D W M 4 Son Tx NC Miss
Bost, Jams L W M 2 Son Miss SC Tx
207-207
Adams, Wm V W N 58 Farmer Miss SC Tx
Adams, Nancy W F 53 Wife Keeping House Ala NC NC
Adams, Joseph T W M 21 S Farm Hand Ark Miss Ala
Adams, Sarah A W F 14 Dtr At Home Ark Miss Ala

1900 Census
Texas, Jack County, JP 8
Enumerated 1 June 1900
SD 3 ED 39 Sheet 1B
[Indexed on Ancestry.com as BART]
13-13
Bost, William Head W M May 1872 28 M 1 Kansas Ill Ill Farmer
Bost, Melvina Wf W F Aug 1883 16 M 1 1/1 Tx Ill Ill
Bost, Tom Son W M May 1900 1/12 Tx Ka Tx
14-14
Bost, Alfred Head W M May 1848 52 M 29 NC NC NC Farmer
Bost, Mary J Wf W F Dec 1847 52 M 29 9/9 Miss Tn Miss
Bost, Annie Dtr W F Aug 1881 18 S Tx NC Miss
Bost, Lovie E Dtr W F Apr 1883 17 S Tx NC Miss
Bost, Budder Son W M March 1885 15 S Tx NC Miss Farm Laborer
Bost, Gertrude Dtr W F Apl 1888 12 S Tx NC Miss
Bost, Homer Son W M Feb 1890 10 Tx NC Miss Farm Laborer

Alfred married Mary Jane Adams on 24 May 1872 in Van Buren County, Arkansas. Mary (daughter of William Valentine Adams and Nancy Carroll) was born in Dec 1847 in Mississippi; died about 1941; was buried in City Of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1930 census, she was living with her daugther and son-in-law, Gertrude and Henry Clay, in Lea County, New Mexico.

Notes:

Married:
Groom's Name: Alford Bost
Groom's Birth Date: 1848
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 24
Bride's Name: Mary J. Adams
Bride's Birth Date: 1848
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 24
Marriage Date: 24 May 1872
Marriage Place: Van Buren, Arkansas
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75081-5
System Origin: Arkansas-EASy
Source Film Number: 1031200
Reference Number: item 2 Pg. 232
Collection: Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944


Lynell Cordell wrote that she looked for all Bost's in Texas on the Find-a-grave website and found the following. Since they're in the same block of the same cemetery she assumes that they are Mary Jane Adams and her husband, Alfred. Another Bost descendant/researcher Lynell had previously talked to said they were divorced, but since Alfred died so early that may not be so.

Mary Jane Bost Birth: 1841 Death: 1941
Burial: City of Lubbock Cemetery Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 24

Alfred Bost
Birth: May 21, 1848
Death: Jul. 2, 1927
Burial: City of Lubbock Cemetery
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 24

Notes:

Land Record Certificate #17.928 E 269 To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, William Valentine Adams of Tishomingo County, Mississippi has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States, a certificate of the REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE, at Pontotoc whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said William Valentine Adams according to the provisions of........................etc. South West quarter of Section Seven in Township Six, of Range Ten, East, in the District of lands subject to sale at Pontotoc, Mississippi, containing one hundred and fifty nine acres and seventy eight hundredths of an acre.......... Dated 4 Jan. 1845 signed by President of the United States, John Tyler, by John Tyler, Jr. Sec'y.

Email from Lynell Cordell:

I've been working on the Adams family lately. Lizzie 'Adams' Trawick's family was in Van Buren Co. Ar in 1860 & 1870 and then disappeared. I found two marriages in Van Buren Co. that I thought could be their daughters, Mary Jane married Alfred Bost and Martha E. married George Parnell. So I traced both of them to Jack Co. Texas and today I came across the 1880 Jack Co. census online and couldn't believe it when I saw William V. and Nancy Adams there! How about that?

(Research):

Census Listings:


1850 Census
Mississippi, Tishomingo County, Southern Division
Enumerated 22 Oct 1850
469-469
Alfred M Carrol 49 M Farmer 200 NC
Elizabeth Carrol 43 F Ala
Catherine Carrol 19 F Tenn
Joseph D. Carrol 14 F Tenn
Lydia Carrol 7 F Mi
George W Carrol 1 M Miss
470-470
Wm V. Adams 27 M Farmer 150 Miss
Nancy Adams 23 F Miss
Mary J Adams 9 F Miss
David A Adams 6/12 M Miss

1880 Census
Texas, Jack County, Precinct 5
Enumerated 17 and 18 of June 1880
Page 24D, SD 3, ED 161
206-206
Bost, Alfred W M 32 Farmer NC NC NC
Bost, Mary J W F 32 Wf Keeping House Miss Miss Miss
Bost, Thomas W M 8 Son Ark NC Miss
Bost, Nancy A W F 6 Dtr Ark NC Miss
Bost, John D W M 4 Son Tx NC Miss
Bost, Jams L W M 2 Son Miss SC Tx
207-207
Adams, Wm V W N 58 Farmer Miss SC Tx
Adams, Nancy W F 53 Wife Keeping House Ala NC NC
Adams, Joseph T W M 21 S Farm Hand Ark Miss Ala
Adams, Sarah A W F 14 Dtr At Home Ark Miss Ala

William married Nancy Carroll on 6 Feb 1845 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Nancy (daughter of Alfred Marrien Carroll and Elizabeth Moore) was born on 20 Feb 1826 in Alabama; died on 10 May 1909; was buried in Benjamin Cemetery, Benjamin, Knox County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After her husband died, Nancy apparently lived with her daughter Sarah, also widowed.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Knox Co. Texas ED 43 Pg. 171A
24/24
Martin, Sarah A., head, Oct. 1866, 33, Wd. Married 8 yrs. 4/4 children.
Martin, Glenn T., son, Oct. 1892, 7, TX TN AR
Martin, James C., son, March 1894, 6, TX TN AR
Martin, Willis A., son, Sept. 1895, 4, TX TN AR
Martin, Ruth E., daughter, Jan. 1897, 3, TX TN AR
Adams, Nancy, mother, Feb. 1827, 73, Wd., Married 40 yrs. 11/5 children, AL NC NC

Notes:

Married:
"Marriage Bonds, State of Mississippi" Tishomingo Co. 1842-1846 William V. Adams and Nancy Carroll, Feb 6, 1845 Sanders Mill, M.G. Surety: John Moore

David + Lucy Fisher. Lucy was born before 1804 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1860 census, he was living with what appears to be a second wife, as she is some 30 years younger than he. Her name is also Elizabeth, as was his first wives name. Monica Hightower, on the Genforum "Carroll" Message board stated that his second wife was Elizabeth BEARDING. It is assumed the youngest children in the household at 1860 were those of Elizabeth BEARDING, and presumably Alfred.

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Tishomingo County, Southern Division
Enumerated 22 Oct 1850
469-469
Alfred M Carrol 49 M Farmer 200 NC
Elizabeth Carrol 43 F Ala
Catherine Carrol 19 F Tenn
Martha Carrol 14 F Tenn
Joseph D. Carrol 12 F Tenn
Lydia Carrol 7 F Miss
George W Carrol 1 M Miss
470-470
Wm V. Adams 27 M Farmer 150 Miss
Nancy Adams 23 F Miss
Mary J Adams 9 F Miss
David A Adams 6/12 M Miss

1860 Census
Mississippi, Tishomingo County, Southern Division, PO Bay Spring
Enumerated 4 Sept 1860
Page 324
1158-1158
Alfred M. Carrol 59 M Blacksmith $--- $80 NC
Elizabeth Carrol 30 F Ala (Is this Elizabeth Moore, with her age in error, or a second wife--perhaps mother to the youngest children in the household?)
Elizabeth Carrol 19 F Domestic Miss
Lydia Carrol 15 F Miss
George W Carrol 4 M Miss (Twins) (Child? Grandchild? Nephew? Whose)
James Carrol 4 M Miss (Twins) (Child? Grandchild? Nephew? Whose)
Sarah F Carrol 1 F Miss (Child? Granchild? Whose?)

1870
Not Located

Alfred + Elizabeth Moore. Elizabeth (daughter of John Moore and Mary Richardson) was born about 1807 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Monica Hightower shows they had twelve children in total,

Alfred Carroll & Elizabeth Moore's children:
Margaret Jane b.19May1823 m.Samuel Johnson
Mary m. William Johnson
Eliza m. Thomas Beck
Elizabeth b.abt. 1827
Catherine b. abt. 1831
Polly
Nancy m. William V. Adams
Annie
John Moore Carroll
Martha b.abt.1836 m. Marion Stacy
Joseph D. b.abt.1838
Lydia b.abt.1843

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