History of Northeast Indiana
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb Counties
Editorial Supervisors: Ira Ford [LaGrange], Orville Stevens [Steuben],
William H. McEwen [Noble] & William H. McIntosh [DeKalb]
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago and New York City
1920

RAY D. HOSACK is well known to the business community of Angola, where
he is the leading musical instrument merchant. He has had a long and
active experience in this line of business, and the family tastes
largely run along the line of music.
He was born in Defiance County, Ohio, November 12, 1892. His
grandfather was a native of New York State and when quite young moved to
Ohio, owning a farm there, and was also a partner in the Matchlin
Machine Works. He died in Ohio. Ray Hosack's father is a native
Ohioan, was reared and educated there, studying music, and nearly all
his active life has been a teacher of music. He travels much in quartet
work, has done much singing to aid evangelists, and is now proprietor of
a musical instrument store in Edgerton, Ohio. He also has a 100-acre
farm near that town. He is a republican and a member of the
Presbyterian Church.
Ray D. Hosack secured his education in the grammar and high schools
of Ohio, had a normal training, and for one year attended Dana's Musical
Institute. He was for several years employed as salesman of musical
instruments and for one year worked in a piano factory in New York
City. Mr. Hosack came to Angola in 1916 and engaged in the music
business, and the following year bought the Conklin Music Store, which
is one of the chief centers for the trade in musical instruments
supplies in Steuben county.
April 20, 1918, Mr. Hosack married Miss Blanche Baker, a daughter of
Frank W. Baker, a prominent farmer and member of an old family of
Steuben County. Mrs. Hosack was born in 1895.


Submitted by: Joey Pedigo