Maj. Genl. John Hiester
(1745-1821)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Hannah Pawling

Maj. Genl. John Hiester 1 2 3

  • Born: 9 Apr 1745, Upper Salford Twp., Montgomery, PA 1
  • Marriage (1): Hannah Pawling
  • Died: 15 Oct 1821, Pottsgrove, Montgomery, PA at age 76 1 2 3
  • Buried: Parker Ford: Oak Grove Cemetery, Chester, PA 2

   FamilySearch ID: KJR9-PNF.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military in 1777 in , Chester, PA: Revolutionary War: Captain 1st Company, 4th Battalion, Col. William Evans. 1

2. He was elected as State Senator from 1802 to 1806 in , Chester, PA. 1

3. He was elected as Member of U.S. Congress from 1807 to 1809 in Washington, District of Columbia, DC, USA. 1

4. Obituary: Reading Adler: Hiester. Died the 15th inst. in Pottsgrove John Heister Esq. aged 76 yrs. on 23 Oct 1821 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 3


John married Hannah Pawling. (Hannah Pawling was born on 25 Nov 1747 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,1 4 died on 25 Nov 1822 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 1 4 and was buried in Parker Ford: Oak Grove Cemetery, Chester, PA 4.)

Sources

1 Richards, Henry Melchoior Muhlenberg, The Hiester Family prepared by authority of The Pennsylvania-German Society (1907. The Pennsylvania-German Society. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Online at Google Books http://books.google.com/books?id=FxsUAAAAYAAJ), Page 27.

2 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6860268.

3 Reading Adler Newspaper (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania.), 23 Oct 1821, obituary of John Hiester Esq.

4 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44685789.


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