Douglas County IL Archives Biographies.....Hostetler, John August 27, 1866 - 
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Source: Source: Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, page 250
Author: Gresham, John M

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.

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