History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the
Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical
Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros. & Co.
Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L.
Goodspeed.  Unknown County.

HON. A. J. HOSTETLER, owner and editor of the Bedford Banner, was born in
Washington County, Indiana, November 22, 1818, and is a son of Jonathan
and Sarah (Ribble) Hostetler, with whom he removed to this county
(Lawrence County) when an infant.  His father was a Kentuckian by birth,
but in 1816 became a resident of Indiana and followed farming until his
death in 1828, preceded by the death of Mrs. Hostetler five years.  Being
cast upon his own resources when yet a small lad, our subject was reared
by relatives until seventeen years old, when he went to Decatur, Illinois,
and learned blacksmithing.  In 1837 he returned to Lawrence County, which
has ever since been his home, with the exception of one year, while a
resident of Orange County, Indiana.  He was engaged in blacksmithing until
1854, and for the succeeding ten years farmed.  In 1865 he engaged in
merchandising in Bedford, at which he has largely been engaged until
within the last few years.  As a Democrat in politics, Mr. Hostetler has
been a faithful worker for his party, and from 1854 to 1858 served in the
upper house of the State Legislature of Indiana, declining a re-election. 
In 1878 he was elected to represent the old Eighth District in the
Forty-sixth Congress, and in 1880 was the delegate of his party to the
National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati from the Second District. In
September, 1883, he began the editorship of the Banner, which has thrived
under his management.  In February, 1842, Miss Margaret Newland became his
wife, and Jonathan N., John F. (deceased), Sarah A. and Kate are the names
of their children.  Mr. Hostetler is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
and he and wife belong to the Christian Church.

Hostetler Ribble Newland
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