Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer
Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  pp. 681-2.

JACOB FREDERICK HOSCH, M. D.

The state of Oregon, with its pulsing industrial activities and rapid
development, has attracted within its confines men of marked ability and high
character in the various professional lines and in this way progress has been
conserved and social stability fostered. Jacob Frederick Hosch has gained
recognition as one of the able and successful physicians of the state and by his
labors, his high professional attainments and his sterling characteristics, has
justified the respect and confidence in which he is held by the medical
fraternity and the local public. Dr. Hosch has also been of service to his
fellowmen along political lines and has held the office of mayor of Redmond
since 1912, except for the time he was in service during the World war.

A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Dr. Hosch was born in that city in 1880. His
father, Peter Hosch, was born in Wisconsin, his grandfather having settled in
that state prior to the Civil war. Dr. Hosch's mother, Celine Eckerlin, was also
born in Wisconsin and was a descendant of French ancestry, her father having
been a native of that country.

When Jacob Frederick Hosch was two years of age his parents removed to the
Pacific coast, settling in Oregon, and his father's demise occurred within a
year after their arrival here. The little family were left to care for
themselves and Dr. Hosch obtained his education as the result of his own
efforts. At an early age he determined to enter the medical profession and
after completing his preliminary courses he entered the University of Oregon,
from which he was graduated in 1905, with the M. D. degree. He immediately
established offices at Cascade Locks and there he remained until 1910, having
built up an extensive and lucrative patronage. In that year he removed to
Redmond where he has engaged in general practice since, with the exception of
the time spent in the service of the United States in the World war. In 1912 Dr.
Hosch was elected mayor of Redmond and is still serving in that office. He has
done much to further the development and improvement of the community and his
administrations have brought to Redmond a great deal of prosperity. In July,
1918, putting all personal interests aside, Dr. Hosch enlisted in the medical
corps of the United States army and being commissioned a lieutenant, was sent to
Ft. Riley and thence to Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis, Missouri. In
December, 1918, he was demobilized as captain and placed upon the Medical
Reserve Corps, U. S. A., with that rank.

In 1906 was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Hosch and Miss Winnifred Munkers, a
daughter of T. S. Munkers, one of Oregon's pioneer citizens. He is now retired
from active business life and is residing in Portland. Dr. and Mrs. Hosch have
one daughter, Louise, who is a student in the Redmond high school. Mrs. Hosch is
ex-president of the Woman's Club and while prominent in club and social circles
her reputation as a careful mother and excellent housewife equals her
recognition as a most charming hostess.

In the line of his profession Dr. Hosch holds membership in the Central Oregon
Medical Society, of which he is now president, and although his large practice
and official duties demand much of his time, he remains a student of his
profession. He is president of the Union high school board, which is now
building a one hundred thousand dollar high school, is prominent in the
activities of the Bend Commercial Club and is a stanch supporter of the American
Legion, of which he is likewise a member. Dr. Hosch is very fond of reading and
in addition to his large medical library he has a miscellaneous library of more
than fifteen hundred volumes. Aside from his profession he is a great lover of
nature and his home is made beautiful by gardens and flowers, for like Beecher
he believes that: "Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot
to put a soul into." He has many of the choicest roses that can he grown
anywhere in the United States.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2006 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.