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."