BIO:  Joseph Hostler, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Fawn Township, Pg 102

JOSEPH HOSTLER is a son of George and Mary (Noon) Hostler, natives of York 
County, Penn., and was born March 28, 1822.  His parents dying when he was yet an 
infant, he was brought up in the family of his eldest brother, in Shrewsbury 
Township, until his sixteenth year.  He then went to Groves Mills and learned the 
blacksmithing trade and worked there for two years.  He was married October 21, 
1845, to Sarah E. Herbert, daughter of Gideon and Mary (McCurdy) Herbert, of 
Harford County, Md.  By this union they have been blessed with three children:  
Israel T., John J. and Araminta E.  Mr. Hostler had held the offices of 
supervisor and auditor of Fawn Township.  He is a member of Whiteside Chapel, of 
Fawn.