James H Van Hoose

JAMES H VAN HOOSE  the son of  Moses and Mary Ann Hayes Van Hoose was born January 26, 1866 in Johnson Co., Kentucky, and died February 14, 1937 in Webb City, Missouri.  He married MAUDE RAY January 02, 1893.  She was born March 07, 1876 in Carthage, Missouri.

History of Jasper County Missouri 1922 Vol. II p. 855

James H Van Hoose

 For twenty years James H Van Hoose has been identified with various business activities at Webb City, Missouri, and today ranks with it's most substantial citizens. Mr. Van Hoose has in his make-up a mixture of Holland and Scotish-Irish blood, his paternal ancestors having come to this country from Holland and made settlement in Virginia, from whence they subsequently moved over into Kentucky, and his mother's people, who were of Scotch-Irish origin, having taken up their residence in Kentucky at an early day. 

His father Moses Van Hoose, was born in Lawrence County, Kentucky, where he has long been engaged in farming and stock raising; his mother, Mary (Hays) Van Hoose, also a native of Kentucky, died August 16, 1884, at the age of fourty-five years. They were the parents of fifteen children James H. being the fifth in order of birth. It was in Johnson County, Kentucky, January 26, 1866 that James H. Van Hoose was born.

His boyhood days were passed on his father's farm, and up to the time he was fifteen he attended school, after which his education was carried forward in the board school  of experience. He continued farm work until 1891, when he came to Missouri landing at Webb City,

January 21,1891. Here he  began prospecting and mining, and has been more or less interested in mining ever since. Since 1907 he has had an office at 108 West Daughtery Street, and in partnership with Mr. Ben C. Aylor, and has been handling mining leases and city and country property. During his early residence here he engaged in the wholesale and retail coal business, at first in his own name and later having a partner Mr. L.B. Hare, and still later Mr. George W. Moore. Since Mr. Moore retired from the business, Mr. Van Hoose has conducted it alone, and in partnership with Mr. Aylor, as above stated, being interested in the real-estate and loan business, in which he has likewise been successful. He helped to organize the Merchants & Miners Bank 1905, of which he has since been a director.   He is a member of the fraternal organizations, including the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights and Ladies of Security. Politically he has always been a Republican, and for years has been an enthusiastic worker in party ranks. In 1894 and 1895 he was a member of the City Council. He and his family are members of the Latter Days Saints Church.

On January 2, 1893 Mr. Van Hoose married Miss Maude Ray, a native of Jasper County, Missouri, born at Cartage March 7, 1876, daughter of one of the early pioneer settlers of this county, who came here from Indiana. Her parents are both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Van Hoose have two children; Charles Earl, born January 28,1897, is a high school student, and Alton LeRoy, born March 17,1901. The family resides at 723 West First Street.

Children of JAMES VAN HOOSE and MAUDE RAY are:

                   i.       CHARLES EARL VAN HOOSE, b. January 28, 1897.

                  ii.       ALTON LEROY VAN HOOSE, b. March 17, 1901.

 Source: Charles Parson's Book 

"The Van Hoose Family of Eastern Kentucky"  

Published in 1964

And

Joyce Lindstrom's Book

" Van Hoose-Van Hooser-Van Huss Family in the United States"

Published in 1993