lancaster examiner june 14, 832. at reading,, thurs. evening last, in his 80th year. joseph hiester esq, formely gov. of this commonwealth upper salford. montgomery co. the property of daniel hiester, native of westphaila who arrived with his brother joseph in america in 1737 having been preceeded a few year by his elder brother, john. daniel hiester settled in goshenhoppen and raised 4 sons and 1 dau. he died in 1796, age 82. and was the uncle of gov. joseph hiester. daniel hiester's sons were, john, daniel, gabriel and william. they all svr in the rev. 3 became officers. john and daniel hiester became members of congress, the former from chester co., and the latter from berks co. Best Wishes, Geri