Bios of Hostettler, John (b.1857) Wabasha Co., MN
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Hostettler, John (page 689), a respected resident of the village of
Kellogg, where he is living retired after an active and successful career
in farming, was born in Switzerland, August 11, 1857, son of Christ and
Hannah Hostettler, the father being a butcher by trade. Both parents died
in their native Switzerland, neither coming to his country. They had four
children, of whom John was the only son, and the only one to come to
America, which he did in 1881. From Wabasha, which was the first place he
reached in this country, he came to Highland Township, where he located,
and for ten years subsequently worked out on farms. After that he rented a
farm, later buying a place of 40 acres in the woods, but not liking the
latter place, he sold it and in 1905 bought 240 acres in sections 12 and
13, Highland. This place had a house on it and there was some timber,
which he cleared. Since then he has improved and cultivated the farm,
erected a barn 32 by 62 feet, and other outbuildings. His early labors on
the place were carried on under difficulties, as it was in the winter,
there being no roads, and the ground was heavily carpeted with snow, but
conditions have improved and his latter years on the farm were spent in
comparative ease. He was successful in all branches of farm work, raising
grain, cattle and hogs and doing some dairying. In 1920 Mr. Hostettler
retired and took up his residence in Kellogg on account of the poor health
of himself and wife. The farm is now operated by his son, Winfield. Mr.
Hostettler was married in Switzerland to Elizabeth Zwallen, a native of
that country, who came to the United States after him, in 1882. Her
parents, John and Lizzie Zwallen, both died in Switzerland, never having
come to this country. Mr. and Mrs. Hostettler have eight children, all
living, namely: Alben, of Kellogg; Ernest, who is helping his brother
Winfield on the home farm; William, who is employed on the Fox farm in
Lake City; Clara, wife of Andrew Shouweiler of Kellogg; Winfield,
previously mentioned; Matilda, who is keeping house for Winfield; Fred,
residing in Kellogg; and Olivia, who is clerk in the Kellogg Co-operative
store. All the members of the family are religiously affiliated with one
church or another, dividing their membership between the Methodist and
Lutheran churches.