BIOS: William HOSTETTER, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, pg. 339

William HOSTETTER.

William Hostetter, a tailor of Somerset, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was born 
in Meyersdale, August 21, 1845, the son of John and Barbara Hostetter.
William Hostetter entered the tailoring business when quite young, and has 
followed this occupation most of his life, attended with excellent success. 
During the Civil war he enlisted in May, 1863, in Captain William Schrod's 
Independent Company of Volunteers, and served about seven months.  January, 
1864, he re-enlisted at Harrisburg in Company K, Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry, 
and served under Captain Gross until the close of the war.
In 1876 he married Jennie Knee, daughter of Solomon and Margaret (Spangler) 
Knee.  They have five children: Edward, Albert P., Harry Z., William D. and Paul 
S.