Bio of Hostetter, Manasses S. (b.1840) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Hostetter, Manasses S., miller, Gillford, has been a resident of this
county since 1872, at which time he built a mill at Wabasha. Five years
later he exchanged for Cold Spring mill his present property, half a mile
from Zumbro Falls. Here he is doing a fine business in custom milling.
Besides the mill property, he has half a section of land near Grafton,
Dakota, which indicates that his industry and sagacity have served him
worthily. Mr. Hostetter's parents, Daniel and Elizabeth, were of German
descent and Pennsylvania birth. They settled near Zanesville, Ohio, and
here this subject was born in 1840. When he was six years old his parents
removed to Indiana, subsequently to Wisconsin, and in 1854 to Pine Island,
this state. Less than one month of his time has been spent in a
schoolroom, but his own research has fitted him for good citizenship. At
seventeen he began work at his trade, and worked at various points in the
state. In 1859, with a partner, he built a mill at Pine Island, but it was
destroyed by fire before it was completed. In August, 1862, he entered the
United States service, and served till the close of the civil war in Co.
H, 8th Minn. Regt. During the last year he was stationed at different
points in the south, and the balance of his service was rendered on the
western frontier in subduing the bloodthirsty Sioux. Many a weary march
was made through the "bad lands," with the prospect of an ambush behind
every pinnacle. In November, 1859, he espoused Lucinda Brandt, daughter of
Eli and Mary, all of Pennsylvania. Two sons and a daughter have been given
to them. The latter was christened Cora, married John Cliff, resides with
her father. The eldest and youngest Eli Daniel and Murray Willis, reside
at Grafton.