When William Thomas Hostetter was born on 21 December 1862, in Pike, Missouri, United States, his father, William Thomas Hostetter, was 28 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Beshears, was 23. He had at least 1 son and 4 daughters with Elsie Francis Griffith Haden. He lived in Vandalia, Audrain, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Cuivre Township, Audrain, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died on 31 August 1948, in Hannibal, Marion, Missouri, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Grand View Burial Park, Clay Township, Ralls, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1871: Audrain, Missouri, United States
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Altered form of German and Swiss German Hofstetter or Hoffstetter , and also of German Hochstätter (see Hochstatter ) and Swiss German Hostettler . The surname Hostetter is also found in France (Alsace).
History: This is one of the American variants of the name of a Swiss Mennonite (Amish) family, originally spelled Hostettler .
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