"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana"
Goodspeed Bros. and Co., 1884


DANIEL R. HOSTETLER is a native of Bono Township, this county (Lawrence
County, Ind.), born April 26, 1848, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Chasteen)
Hostetler. The father was born in this county in 1822, and the mother in
Washington County. Jonas Hostetler came from Kentucky to Bono Township in
1821. One of eight children was Samuel, the father of Daniel R. Samuel and
wife had a family of nine children, of whom six were reared. He farmed and
operated a saw mill in Lawrence County sixteen years. He was a soldier in
the Second Indiana Regiment Mexican war, which regiment was hotly engaged at
the battle of Buena Vista. In the last war he was First Lieutenant of
Company B, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He died
in 1882, preceded a few years by his wife. Daniel was reared on the farm and
in the mill at hard work, and with but few advantages. He enlisted in
Company B, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry,
and served until the troops were mustered out. In 1871 he married Hulda S.
Pendergrast, who was born in this county in 1850. They have five children:
Oscar, Ollie, Oma, Ambrose and Malcom. Mr. Hostetler owns 200 acres of land
(Marion Township, Lawrence County). Much of his time has been spent in
saw-milling. He is a Mason and a Republican, and a prominent man.


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