John Sylvester Hiester and Maria Catharine Muhlenberg

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Husband John Sylvester Hiester ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 28 Jul 1774 - Reading, Berks Co, PA 2 4
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         Father: Gov. Joseph Hiester (1752-1832) 2 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Witman (cal 1750-1825) 5

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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Fries (      -      ) 4

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Wife Maria Catharine Muhlenberg ^{2 3 4}

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         Father: Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (1750-1801) 2 7 8 9
         Mother: Catharine Schaeffer (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Joseph Muhlenberg Hiester ^{2 12}

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            AKA: Joseph M. Heister,10 Dr. Joseph P. Hiester 11
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         Spouse: Isobel Craig McLanahan (      -      ) 12 13

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2 M Fredrick A. M. Hiester ²

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         Spouse: Lydia Garretson (      -      ) 2

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3 F Eugenia Frances Hiester ^{3 13}

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         Spouse: William John Sheaff (      -      ) 3

         Spouse: James Murray Rush (      -      ) 3 13

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4 F Catharine Hiester ²

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         Spouse: Judge Pringle Jones (      -      ) 13

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General Notes: Husband - John Sylvester Hiester

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He was educated at Princeton, graduating with honor in 1794. He afterward studied law in Philadelphia under the direction of Jaret Ingersol, Esq., and was admitted to the Bar in 1798. During his life he was called to various stations of responsibility. For nine years he held the offices connected with the courts of Berks County, Pennsylvania. His business habits were of peculiar value in the station of cashier of The Farmers Bank of Reading, a station he held during a most critical financial period, and to which, after resigning, he was recalled.

1 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 525, 559.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 569.

3 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 134.

4 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 559.

5 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 522.

6 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 333.

7 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 366.

8 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1884), Pg 1064.

9 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 133.

10 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 720.

11 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 142.

12 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 328.

13 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 570.