Thomas William Hosterman and Rachel Vonada
Husband Thomas William Hosterman 1 2
Born: 15 Jan or 15 Apr 1845 - Woodward, Haines Twp, Centre Co, PA 1 3 Christened: Died: Aft 1913 Buried:
Father: Thomas Hosterman (Abt 1819-Abt 1881) 1 2 Mother: Hannah Yearick ( -Abt 1874) 1 2
Marriage: Sep 1866 - Haines Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
Wife Rachel Vonada 1 2
Born: 15 Mar 1844 - Woodward, Haines Twp, Centre Co, PA 1 3 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Philip Vonada ( -Abt 1878) 1 3 Mother: Mary Harbach (Abt 1822-1909) 3
Children
1 F Phoebe Armada Hosterman 1 3
Born: 25 Mar 1864 3 Christened: Died: 2 May 1897 - Coburn, Centre Co, PA 1 3 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 F Ida Zipporah Hosterman 1 3
Born: 19 Jul 1865 3 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Thomas H. Motz ( - ) 1 3
3 M Warren Ellsworth Hosterman 3 4
Born: 7 Feb 1867 3 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Susannah Orndorf (1868- ) 5
4 F Anna Manora Hosterman 3 4
Born: 6 Jul 1868 3 Christened: Died: 9 Nov 1900 - Fiedler, Haines Twp, Centre Co, PA 3 Buried:Spouse: Clayton Bower ( -Aft 1913) 3 4
5 F Edith Mayme Hosterman 3 4
Born: 18 Feb 1870 3 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: N. Bigler Shaffer ( - ) 3 4
6 M Luther Curtis Hosterman 3 4
Born: 27 Jun 1871 3 Christened: Died: 15 May 1898 - Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA 3 Buried:Spouse: Cora Hazel ( - ) 3
7 F Gertrude "Gertie" Hosterman 2 4
Born: 7 Jan 1873 - Woodward, Haines Twp, Centre Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Wesley Waite (1869- ) 2 6 Marr: 21 Mar 1895 2
8 M William Grant Hosterman 3 4 7
Born: 6 May 1874 3 7 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Elsie Mabel Krape (1877- ) 3 7
9 F Tome Alberta Hosterman 3 4
Born: 15 Apr 1876 3 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Krumrine ( - ) 3
10 M Thomas Ammon Hosterman 3 4
Born: 12 Aug 1877 3 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Ella Corman ( - ) 3
11 M Nathan Dubbs Hosterman 3 4
Born: 28 Nov 1878 3 Christened: Died: 29 Apr 1902 - Coburn, Centre Co, PA 3 Buried:Spouse: Maggie Leitzell ( - ) 3
12 F Hannah May Hosterman 3 4
Born: 18 Mar 1881 3 Christened: Died: 14 Sep 1881 3 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
13 F Elizabeth Amelia Pauline Hosterman 3 4
Born: 19 Nov 1882 3 Christened: Died: 13 Mar 1902 - Coburn, Centre Co, PA 3 Buried:
14 F Mabel Clara Hosterman 3 4
Born: 6 Sep 1884 3 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Harry Snyder ( - ) 3
15 F Bertha Caroline Hosterman 3 4
Born: 8 Feb 1886 3 Christened: Died: 3 Feb 1904 - Coburn, Centre Co, PA 3 Buried:
16 M [Infant] Hosterman 3 4
Born: 6 Aug 1887 3 Christened: Died: 6 Aug 1887 3 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Thomas William Hosterman
He was a farmer; retired, and was postmaster at Coburn, Centre County, Pennsylvania. He was a Republican.
He attended the local schools of his day, one of his first teachers holding the sessions in an upper room of his father's spring house. His schooling, such as it was, ended at eighteen, when he began to devote his attention seriously to farming on the old homestead. When but nineteen years old, he was married in his native township and settled at the homestead to work for his father. Later he rented the place, and two years before his father's death he made arrangements to purchase it. When the estate was settled he became the sole owner, and continued to reside there until 1886, when he moved to a residence in Coburn. A sad affliction befell him in that year, a chestnut burr destroying the sight of his right eye. The homestead, which contained 180 acres, still received his superintendence, but except for that he retired from active cares. He built two houses in Coburn, each of which had a store room on the lower floor. In May, 1889, he was appointed postmaster of the village, and reappointed in August, 1897. He was a stanch Republican, taking great interest in the success of the party, and was regarded as a leader in his section.
For more than forty years, Mr. Hosterman was a member of the Evangelical Church, to which Mrs. Hosterman also belonged, and his labors for the cause were manifold, as local preacher, exhorter, class leader, trustee and steward and in the work of the Sunday-school.
1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 423.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 112.
3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 113.
4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 424.
5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 334.
6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 424, 538.
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John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 23.
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