City: Gallatin
HOSKINS, Isaac Crittenden, evangelist; born in Jefferson Co., Ky., Nov. 29, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Crittenden and Mary Elizabeth (Woods) HOSKINS; father’s occupation, farmer; paternal grandparents Alfred Crittenden and Nancy (Monroe) HOSKINS, maternal grandparents David and Elizabeth (Martin) WOODS; educated in the public schools of Louisville, Ky., and Kentucky University and Bible College, Lexington, Ky.; in early life he was a farmer, his father dying when he was twenty years of age, leaving a mother and three children dependent on him, by hard work he paid all debts and provided for the family, studying at night to secure an education; entered college in 1889, his mother dying in 1894, causing him to leave college before he graduated; married Mollie GRUBBS, Dec. 4, 1893; member of the Church of Christ; entered the ministry in 1894 and has been preaching both for local congregations and in the field since that time; has preached in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Pa., Ill., N.C., Texas and Tenn.
