3314 Powelton Avenue
Previous Residents
1895 Directory: Rev. William Y. Brown
He was a chaplain during the Civil
War, appoint in May, 1862. He was born in Achor, Ohio, but was appointed from Pennsylvania. In 1881,
he was minister of the Darby Borough Presbyterian Church.
In 1887, they lived at 204 S. 42nd
St. In 1891, they lived at 4119 Pine St. The 1906 Blue Book lists them at 238
S. 38th St.
Their daughter, Anna Robertson
Brown, lived at 3603 Baring St. in 1892. She was
the first woman to be granted a Ph.D. by the University of Pennsylvania in
1892.
William
Horace Hoskins (Inquirer, 1899)
1904 Who’s Who in
Pennsylvania:
“HOSKINS, William
H.:
“Veterinarian;
born in Delaware County, Pa. July 23. 1860; was graduated from the American
Veterinary College in 1881; since then has been actively engaged in the
practice of his profession. He served the American Veterinary Medical
Association as Secretary, 1889-1893 and as President 1893-1896, and is
ex-President of the Pennsylvania State Veterinary Medical Association and the
Keystone Veterinary Medical Association, and also of the Pennsylvania State
Board of Veterinary Examiners, of which he is now Secretary. He is instructor
in Veterinary Jurisprudence, Ethics and business methods at the University of
Pennsylvania. Dr. Hoskins has been editor of the Journal of Comparative
Medicine and Veterinary Archives since 1895. In the political field he has been
vice-chairman of the Democratic City Committee since 1898 and was Democratic
candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia in 1899. Address, 3314 Powelton Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pa.”
1910:
William H.
Hoskins 49 Veterinarian in general practice
Annie E. Hoskins 48 Married
25 years, 3 children
Horace P. Hoskins
23
Margaret E.
Hoskins 20
Cheston M.
Hoskins 19
Margaret D.
Cheever 82 Mother-in-law; married once, widowed, 2 children, 1 surviving
In 1900, they lived at 12 S. 37th
St.
1911: Cheston Morris Hoskins graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania Veterinary School
The 1917 Alumni Directory lists him
living at 3452 Ludlow St.
1920:
Harry S. Sensenig 58 Hardware
salesman; renting
Anna Sensenig 54
Evan Sensenig 26 Son; stock clerk for machine co.
Anna Sensenig 49 Sister
Blanche Evans 54 Sister-in-law
Grant Eaby 22 Nephew
Lloyd Hess 23 Nephew
Edgar Stevenson 22 Lodger;
no occup.; born in NY
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