Biography

10/27/1842 - 11/22/1900

HOSTETTER, William H., a Representative from Lebanon County, born on October 27, 1842 in Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pa.; graduated, Myerstown Academy; teacher; elected, justice of the peace (2 terms); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican for the 1875 and 1876 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1877 term; deputy prothonotary, Lebanon County; director, Tulpehocken Mutual Fire Insurance Company; died, November 22, 1900 in Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Cemetery, Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.