My Genealogy Hound

DANIEL W. HOSTER. Seneca County is a very prosperous farming community, and none among its enterprising and energetic agriculturists deserves more prominent mention in a work of this kind than does Mr. Hoster, who was born here, on the farm where he now resides, May 5, 1854. This property is located in the town of Fayette and is under advanced cultivation. The parents of our subject were William and Elizabeth (Sheridan) Hoster, natives, respectively, of the towns of Fayette and Seneca Falls. The former, who was born about 1833, died May 11, 1874, and Mrs. Hoster, whose birth occurred in 1831, is still living. Grandfather John Hoster died when his son William was about three years of age, and the latter was reared to manhood by his wise and excellent mother. For a time he attended school in Seneca Falls. One year prior to becoming of age, he purchased the estate of one hundred and forty acres of which our subject is now the owner, and on which have been placed good improvements. William Hester was a good and useful citizen, and the county owes its prosperity to just such men as he proved to be. Politically the tenets of the Republican party appealed to his sense of justice and equity. Though in no sense of the word an office-seeker, he was always ready in the support of his party. He was drafted into the Union service during the war, but, not being able to enlist, hired a substitute. Socially he was a prominent Mason, taking the thirty-second degree before his death.

Our subject has one brother, younger than himself, George E., whose home is in Chicago, and who is also a thirty-second-degree Mason.

The early life of our subject was passed in the country, where he gained a good education in the schools of the district. His father died when he was twenty years of age, and, being the elder son, he was made the executor of the estate. To the original tract he added one hundred acres in 1890, and now has one of the most productive estates in the county.

Our subject is surrounded with peace and plenty, is a liberal contributor to all worthy enterprises, and is therefore classed among the most respected and influential citizens of the community. He advocates the principles of the Republican party, and cast his first Presidential vote in 1876, for R. B. Hayes.