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