• He was the clerk of the company. In some sources his surname is spelled "Hoskins."

Preston Thomas Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: Unknown

Sources

• Eleventh Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
• Hosking, Philip W., "Pike's Peak," Deseret News [Weekly], 24 Sep. 1856, 232.
• Hosking, Philip W., Camp journal, in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 17 September 1856, 2-8.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 17 September 1856, 2-3.
• Thomas, Daniel Hadlond, Preston Thomas: His Life and Travels, 1942, 417-23.