This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dolly_canfield Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hostetler/1.6.19.24.26.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: the e-mil adress should have been dolly_canfield@yahoo.com sorry about the problem Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dolly_canfield Surnames: hochstetler -christian, jacob Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hostetler/1.6.19.24.26/mb.ashx Message Board Post: where did your mother get the copy ofdesehdents of jacob hochstetler . i had a friend who gave me part of it. pages 36 to44. she got it from the amish. there is susan,barbara, christian,jacobthese were buried in the old Liberty CHurch cemetery.christian was born feb.4, 1781 and died august22,1852. if this could be who you have this information i would to get it. my name is Dolly Hawk , my father was Clair Hawk son of homer. i'm looking for imf. on my uncle Robert franklin hawk.who was born july29,1906. sometimes he spelled his name different from us. i've been told he was murdered.Hope to here back from you.the christian in my inf. was captured by the indians and relisedsfter the war 1764 or 64.my e- mail is dolly_canfield@yahoo.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sco1t Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hostetler/11.17/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have John H, Hostetler b. 1846 in German Twp Fayette co PA. son of Jacob and Hester Hostetler. He was in the Civil War. and Married Rebecca Unknown. 2 sons Elsworth and Silas. John in buried at the Church Hill Pres. Church Yard in McClellandtown PA. His grandfather was Samuel Hostetler and Elizabeth Nace. Scot Novak sanova@atlanticbb.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sco1t Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hostetler/115.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am also working on the Hostetler family I had a Cornelia but I didn't know who her parents were. I knew she was married to Sam Cooley and her daughter Goldie married William H. Swaney. Scot Novak sanova@atlanticbb.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: punkdaddy74 Surnames: Hostetler, Moody, Cooley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hostetler/115/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for parents of Lorenzo D. Hostetler, who married Margaret Moody. They had a daughter, Cornelia Virginia Hostetler(b:20 JUN 1873 d:8 MAR 1946) who married Samuel Daniel Cooley on 15 OCT 1893 and lived in Fayette County, PA Any help would be appreciated Chris Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: woodsman1953 Surnames: Lowe, Wasylowsky, Redovian, Shelton Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hostetler/114/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Click on attached,,, Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SharonStearns46 Surnames: Hosteetler, Smith, Dow Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hostetler/59.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My grandmother, Clara Smith Brand was a half sister to Bertha Greenhoe. My Great Grandfather was Lewis Smith. I am very interested in information on my Great Aunt Bertha. She visited very often with my Grandmother and they are buried not to far from each other. I have a photo that I would be glad to share of Nora Smith, another half sister, and Aunt Bertha. From what I have been able to find, Philip Hostetler is buried in Hillsdale County, Mich. Sharon Leach Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GordonGrening Surnames: Hostetler Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hostetler/113/mb.ashx Message Board Post: HOSTETLER - Richard C. "Noppy," 85, Berlin R.D. 1, died Aug. 28, 1996. Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin. Service will be held 2:30 p.m. Friday at Unity UCC. Source: THE TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT (Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pa.) Thursday, 29 August 1996, "Death Notices," page C7, col. 5; Cambria County Library, Johnstown, Pa. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hostetler/110/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Greetings, I am Stephanie S. Hostetter-Veil. I am looking for my 4 half-Uncles Thomas Edward, Carl Richard, Michael & Harry Hostetler. My Grandfather, Caton R. Hostetler, died in the Phoenix, Arizona area on 25 Jun 1968. My step-Grandma Catherine Michaels Hostetler died on 2 April 1994 in Terre Haute, Indiana. If you know of any of my uncles, please contact me at paintedmsed@yahoo.com Thankyou

PRESS RELEASE On Wednesday, November 15, 2006, at 7:00 P. M., David Kent Coy will give a presentation to the Local History Club - Decatur, Illinois & Environs. This program will be held in the A. E. Staley Conference Room of the Decatur Public Library. Mr. Coy will discuss his recent work, "The Boy Preacher, Another Biography of Joseph Hostetler (1797-1870.)" Elder Joseph Hostetler, starting at an early age, was involved in the conversions to Christianity of literally thousands of people in Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. He was one of the pioneer leaders in what is now known as the Restoration or "No creed - Bible only" movement that led to the current Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and related churches. He founded the Christian Churches in Decatur and Lovington to name a few. On top of that, he was an early pioneer doctor, following the Thomson (NOT Thompson) ideas of healing. Coy will also discuss a project to replace the deteriorated tombstone of this early pioneer preacher and doctor in the Keller Cemetery, just south of Lovington, Illinois. David Kent Coy is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University, a long-time social worker, Past President of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, and author of "Recollections of Abraham Lincoln in Coles County, Illinois." The public is invited to attend. David Kent Coy 123 North 20th Street Decatur, IL 62521-2114 (217) 420-4378 davidkentcoy@peoplepc.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: hostetler, kefover Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4Bk.2ACIB/109 Message Board Post: Hannah Hostetler Kefover photo http://www.familyoldphotos.com/pa6/2h/hannah_hostetler_kefover.htm View over 16,000 old photos on line at http://www.familyoldphotos.com Browse by Surname or State - or Search through the photos

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4Bk.2ACIB/108 Message Board Post: Millie Hostetler April 30, 1909 - April 28, 2006 Millie Hostetler, 96, Kokomo, died 11:45 a.m. Friday, April 28, 2006, at her home. She was born April 30, 1909, in Garnett, Kan., to Simon and Sarah (Mullet) Anderson. On May 21, 1933, in Amboy, she married David J. Hostetler. After 67 years of marriage, he preceded her in death on Feb. 15, 2001. She grew up in Newton County, where she attended the Mount Ayer School. She was a homemaker, faithful loving wife and mother. She worked hard to help on the farm and also worked at a canning factory. She loved the outdoors, enjoyed quilting and working with plants and flowers. Her devotion to God was evident in her daily walk. She was a faithful member of Rich Valley Mennonite Church. She was always concerned about the welfare of others and was very lovingly supportive and involved in the lives of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well as a host of friends and relatives with whom she kept regular telephone contact. She wrote a weekly article for the Budget for 50 years. Surviving are two sons, Lloyd and Kaye Hostetler, Kokomo, and Amos and Janice Hostetler, Goshen; six daughters, Mary Ann Hostetler, Kokomo, Betty and Menno Beachy, Kokomo, Sylvia and Perry Stutzman, Hutchinson, Kan., Virginia and John Wenger, Goshen, Sarah and Tom Halberda, Lake, Mich., Kathy Hostetler, Kokomo; one sister, Annie Yoder, Holmes County, Colo.; one sister-in-law, Emma Anderson, Nappanee; 25 grandchildren; 65 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers; two sisters and one grandchild. Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Howard Miami Mennonite Church, Kokomo. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be in Christner Cemetery in Miami County. Pastors Lavern Swartz and Joel Stoll will officiate. Halser & Stout Funeral Home, Greentown, are handling the arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Globel Tribes Outreach to benefit her great-grandson and his wife, Jon and Carissa Yoder. Envelopes will be available at the services.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hostetler and Jones Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4Bk.2ACIB/107 Message Board Post: Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, compiled by John Gresham, U.S.A., June 1900. (Reprinted 1979 by Unigraphics, Evansville, Indiana) Page 250 “JOHN C. HOSTETLER John C. Hostetler, who is engaged in the agricultural implement business, including buggies and wagons, and recently elected alderman from the third ward in Tuscola, was born in Douglas county, August 27, 1866, and is a son of D. C. and L. M. Hostetler, natives of Indiana. The father settled in Bowdre township some time in the ‘fifties and died in Tuscola, in 1895, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. His mother is still living. Mr. Hostetler was married in1889 to Miss Laura A., daughter of H. c. Jones, whose sketch is found on another page. They have one child, Leon. Mr. Hostetler operated a planing and repair shop previous to entering into his present business, which he sold out in 1896. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Order of Red Men, and is one of the popular and promising young business men of Tuscola.”

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hostetler, Crum, Wykle, Campbell, Hunsley,Coleman, McAnderson, etc. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4Bk.2ACIB/106 Message Board Post: "History of Macon County" 1910, page 380 "FRANCIS M. HOSTETLER Francis M. Hostetler, a retired farmer and merchant of Harristown, who owns about four hundred and twenty acres of valuable farming land in this county and an orange grove in Florida, was born in Clark county, Indiana, February 3, 1835. His parents, Jacob and Tabitha (Crum) Hostetler, were both natives of Kentucky and after their marriage lived in Indiana. In 1835, the same year in which our subject was born, the parents came to Macon county and located on section 14, Harristown township, where the father entered government land at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre and in the course of years became a large landowner and one of the leading men in his community. He was an ardent supported (sic - supporter) of the democratic party and held several public positions of responsibilty, serving as assessor for one year, as associate county judge, and for many years as justice of the peace. He departed this life at the age of sixty-three. There were three children in the ! family: Francis M., the subject of this review; Mary Jane, now Mrs. J. C. Campbell, of Decatur; and Malinda E., the wife of C. E. Hunsley, of North Dakota. Francis M. Hostetler grew up on what was then the Illinois frontier and early became familiar with many of the hardships of pioneer life. He was educated in a log schoolhouse with split logs for seats and greased paper for windows, and he remembers that the first stove that was introduced into the region was placed in this little log schoolhouse and was regarded as a great curiosity and attracted many visitors. He assisted in the work of the farm and at eighteen or nineteen years of age hauled timbers to make culverts and bridges for the Wabash Railroad, which was then in the course of construction through Macon county. From his earliest recollection Mr. Hostetler has been identified with farming operations and also at various times with the mercantile business and he attained high success both as a merchant and as a farmer, possessing unusual foresight and sagacity, and being endowed with those habits of industry and perseverance which are so necessary in the managemen! t of all business affairs. While a young man he received as a gift from a member of the family one hundred and sixty acres of land in this county, which he still retains, and to which he added from time to time until he became the owner of his present large and well equipped farm, paying from twenty to seventy dollars an acre for most of his land. At the close of the Civil war he engaged in the mercantile buisness at Tuscola, this state, for three years, and in 1876 he removed to Latham and was there actively connected with mercantile affairs for six or seven years, but he finally located at Harristown in 1884, where he has since made his home. In 1857, in Decatur township, Mr. Hostetler was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Wykle a native of Greene county, Tennessee, who passed away in 1907, and Mr. Hostetler was again married, April 21, 1910, the lady of his choice being Mrs. Bertie (Coleman) McAnderson, who was born in North Carolina, March 2, 1886, a daughter of William and Ann Eliza (Simmons) Coleman. Her first husband was John McAnderson, of Newbern, North Carolina, by whom she had one child, Lizzie, born in North Carolina, July 19, 1902. In March, 1903, she removed to Point Washington, Florida, and at Bartow, that state she met Mr. Hostetler, in December, 1909, the meeting resulting in marriage the following April. Mr. Hostetler has recently been in the habit of spending his winters in Florida. He has been a lifelong democrat but has never been drawn into the whirlpool of politics, as his attention has been devoted to his various business interests. He is a member of the Christian church and gives liberally towards its support. He is also identifed with Tuscola Lodge, I.O.O.F., and has made many friends in Macon county who admire him on account of his useful life and the interest he has always taken in those with whom he has been associated."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hostetler, Crum, Wykel, Campbell, Hunsley,Haymaker,etc Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4Bk.2ACIB/105 Message Board Post: "History of Macon County" 1876, by Smith,page 261 and 262 "JACOB HOSTETTER was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, July 6, 1810; married Tabitha Crum in March, 1835, and came to Macon county in 1835, where he died in 1873 of smallpox. Mrs. H. was born in Oldham county, Kentucky, November 4, 1816. Of their children- Francis M. was born in Clark county, Indiana, February 3, 1835; married Elizabeth Wykel, 1857. Mary J. was born October 15, 1836 and married Jane (sic - James) C. Campbell, March 8, 1865. Malinda E. was born August 31, 1838; married Charles E. Hunsley, October 25, 1865." ! "History of Macon County, Illinois" 1880, page 186 "JACOB HOSTETLER-(Deceased) Jacob Hostetler, who died on the 11th of January, 1873, was one of the early settlers of Harristown township. He was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, on the 6th of July, 1810. His father, Adam Hostetler, was a Pennsylvanian of Dutch descent who became an early resident of Kentucky. About the year 1825 Adam Hostetler moved from Kentucky to Indiana and settled in Clark county of the latter state. Soon after the removal of the family to Indiana the father died. Jacob was the youngest son, and was obliged to remain at home and assist in caring for his mother. On this account his opprotunites for acquiring an education were limited. He went to school but little, securing, however, mostly by his own effort, a good buisness education, which enabled him to aquit himself with credit in all the positions in which he found himself in life. He grew to manhood in Clark county, Indiana, and on the 11th of March, 1833, married Tabitha Crum, who was born in Oldham county, Kentucky, on the 4! th of November, 1816, the daughter of Andrew Crum and Mary Haymaker. Her parents were Virginians and early settlers of Kentucky. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hostetler moved to Illinois. In September, 1835, they settled on section 14 of the present Harristown township. At that time the settlements in that part of the county were few in number. Some locations had been made along the timber, but north of the Springfield road all was open and unculticated prairie, which at that time the old settlers thought would never be brought under cultivation. Mr. Hostetler entered a tract of land on which a log house had already been built. He bought the improvement, and moved into the house which they occupied till more comfortable quarters could be arranged, residing on this farm from the time he came to the county till his death. He was a man who took an active interest in politics and public affairs. He had always been a democrat, and always supported the candidates of that part! y. He held the confidence of the people of his part of the county, who elected him to several public positions. For eight years he filled the office of justice of the peace, and for a like time, also acted as county commissioner. The duties of these positions he discharged with credit to himself and satisfaction to the citizens of the county. He was known as an honest and capable citizen, whose character was above reproach and whose integrity was beyond suspicion. He possessed good business capacity and accumulated considerable property. At the time of his death he owned between three and four hundred aces of land, and was one of the properous farmers of Macon county. Mr. and Mrs. Hostetler were the parents of three children, whose names are as follows; Francis Hostetler, now carrying on the mercantile business at Latham, in Logan county; Mary J., the wife of James Campbell, of Decatur; and Ellen, who married Charles Hunsley, of Harristown township. Mrs. Hostetler still survives and resides on the same farm which has now been her home for fort! y-five years. Her husband was one of the oldest settlers of the county, and during his life-time was intimately identified with its business interest. It is fitting, therefore, that his name should be mentioned in these pages."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hostetler, Hardman, Gregory Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4Bk.2ACIB/104 Message Board Post: I am interested in any data concerning Joseph Hostetler, who was born 27 Feb. 1797, near Mount Eden, Kentucky and died 27 Aug. 1870, near Lovington, Moultrie County, Illinois, with burial in Kellar Cemetery, Lovington Township, Moultrie County, Illinois. He was a son of Abraham Hostetler and Agnes (Hardman) Hostetler. Joseph Hostetler was a preacher and a medical doctor. He was married twice, to Elizabeth Hardman (1795-1865) in 1816 and to Lavina Gregory in 1866. He was the father of the following children by his first wife, Susan, Daniel Josephus J., Solomon Newton, John Ellis, Nancy Lavina, William Newlan, Maria Louisa, Robert Warren Louis, Joseph Abraham White, Franklin Lycurgus, and Christian Matthew Levi Hostetler. He is located in the following census records: 1820 and 1830 - Orange County, Indiana, 1840 - Lawrence County, Indiana, 1850 - Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, 1860 - Washington County, Indiana, and 1870 - Moultrie County, Illinois. Any assistance appreciated. Th! anks. David Kent Coy 123 North 20th Street Decatur, IL 62521-2114 (217) 420-4378 davidkentcoy@mcleodusa.net

Roy L. Hostettler BLOOMINGTON - Roy L. Hostettler, 86, of 501 E. Grove St., Bloomington, died Friday (Feb. 24, 2006) at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal. His funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wesley United Methodist Church, Bloomington, with the Rev. Vaughn Hoffman officiating. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Entombment will be in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel, Bloomington. Memorials may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church, Bloomington. Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home, Bloomington, is in charge of arrangements. Roy was the son of Earl H. and Nettie Lewis Hostettler. He was born in Claremont on March 19, 1919. He married Dorothy Jean Wilson on Aug. 8, 1943, at Olney. She preceded him in death on May 10, 2005. He is survived by three sisters, Aleen Hostettler, Olney, Marjorie West, Peoria, and Barbara Beyer, Decatur; and 17 nieces and nephews. His parents; sister, Georgia Bishop, and two brothers, Earl ``Gene'' and Robert, preceded him in death. He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Bloomington, for more than 50 years. Mr. Hostettler graduated from Olney Township High School in 1937. He received his Bachelor of Education degree from Illinois State University, Normal, and Master of Science of Education from University of Illinois, Urbana. He was a teacher and guidance counselor for 48 years. He began his teaching career at Forrest High School; and later transferred to Bloomington High School, where he served the greater part of his career. For over 50 years, he enjoyed his summers working at the State Farm Insurance Recreational Park, Bloomington. He was a member of the Illinois and McLean County Teachers Associations.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hostetler, Huffstetter, Hesser,Evans, etc. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4Bk.2ACIB/102 Message Board Post: PAST AND PRESENT OF MACON COUNTY, page 244 “GEORGE F. HOSTETLER George F. Hostetler was a representative of one of the old and prominent families of Macon county and because of this and because of personal characteristics which entitle him to distinctive mention in this volume, we present the record of his life to our readers. He claimed Indiana as his native state, his birth having occurred in Orange county on the 26th of March, 1823. His parents were John and Katie (Huffstetter) Hostetler, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Indiana. Leaving the south, the father removed to Orange county, Indiana, where he engaged in farming for a few years and then came to Illinois, settling in Macon county. He purchased a farm in Decatur township and continued to engage in the cultivation of the fields until after the death of his wife, when he removed to Texas, where his own death occurred three years later. In the common schools of Indiana and of Illinois, George F. Hostetler acquired his education, mastering the branches of learning usually taught in such institutions. When his own education was completed he began teaching school in Macon county, near Decatur and afterward assisted his father upon the home farm until his marriage, early gaining practical experience concerning farm work by reason of the aid which he rendered to his father in the months of vacation. In the year 1860 he was joined in wedlock to Miss Harriet E. Hesser, a native of Springfield, Illinois, and a daughter of Armstead and Harriet (Evans) Hesser, both of whom were natives of Virginia, whence they came to Macon county, Illinois, at a very early period in its development. Subsequently they resided at Springfield, Illinois, and later removed to Taylorville, this state, where both father and mother died. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hostetler was blessed with seven children: Harry F., who married Cora Kyte, and resides in Omaha, Nebraska. Being a traveling salesman for an implement house of that city; Katie May, the wife of William Vowell, who is engaged in the livery business in Decatur; John B., who married Maggie Le Forgee, and is an artist of Davenport, Iowa; David F., foreman of the Lyon Planing Mill of Decatur, who married Maude Williams and has two children: Dyphne A., who was born December 29, 1891; and David Ulmont, born November 30, 1893; Eugene F., who married Ella Clothier and is a machinist residing in Davenport, Iowa; Gus L., who married Ora Curtis and is now an artist living in Fort Dodge, Iowa; and Roger H., who resides in New York city, where he is a designer in a wholesale dressmaking house. After his marriage George F. Hostetler engaged in teaching school for one year. He then removed to Decatur and he and his two brothers established a book store on Merchant street, where he continued in business for six years. He then removed to Mount Zion township, where he engaged in farming until his death. In his business affairs he was diligent, preserving and determined and was always a very hard-working men, meeting with a fair degree of success in his undertakings. His death occurred on the 26th of March, 18881, and then ended an upright life. He had always lived at peace with his fellow men and enjoyed their confidence and regard in an unusual degree. He was an exemplary member the Masonic fraternity of Decatur and his political support was given to the Democracy for he had firm faith in the principals of the party and in their ultimate triumph in citizenship. Both he and his wife were members of the Christian church of Decatur and for a long time he served as o! ne of its elders. He left to his family the record of an untarnished name for at all times his life was in consistent harmony with his professions. After his death Mrs. Hostetler removed to Decatur in order to educate her children and has since resided in this city. She owns a good home at No. 1318 North College street, where she is living with her son, David, and his family. The Hostetler family is a prominent on in Macon county and its members enjoy the merited regard of many friends.” !