Clock maker, Pioneer in the manufacture of the tall eight-day clock and Member of Pennsylvania state legislature;
Member of the general assembly of Pennsylvania 1797-1802; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jacob Spangler; re-elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served from November 16, 1818, until March 3, 1821.
He was a fine clockmaker and it is said he made over 100 tall case clocks.
He trained his son Jacob Junior as a clockmaker and later followed him to New Lisbon some time around 1824 where they both continued clockmaking until his death in 1831 (age about 77 years).
Jacob is the son of Ulrich Hostetter 1720-1785
Jacob had 5 sons. Children: Jacob Hostetter, Samuel Hostetter, Daniel Hostetter, William Hostetter, Charles Hostetter
Member of the general assembly of Pennsylvania 1797-1802; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jacob Spangler; re-elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served from November 16, 1818, until March 3, 1821.
He was a fine clockmaker and it is said he made over 100 tall case clocks.
He trained his son Jacob Junior as a clockmaker and later followed him to New Lisbon some time around 1824 where they both continued clockmaking until his death in 1831 (age about 77 years).
Jacob is the son of Ulrich Hostetter 1720-1785
Jacob had 5 sons. Children: Jacob Hostetter, Samuel Hostetter, Daniel Hostetter, William Hostetter, Charles Hostetter
Clock maker, Pioneer in the manufacture of the tall eight-day clock and Member of Pennsylvania state legislature;
Member of the general assembly of Pennsylvania 1797-1802; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jacob Spangler; re-elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served from November 16, 1818, until March 3, 1821.
He was a fine clockmaker and it is said he made over 100 tall case clocks.
He trained his son Jacob Junior as a clockmaker and later followed him to New Lisbon some time around 1824 where they both continued clockmaking until his death in 1831 (age about 77 years).
Jacob is the son of Ulrich Hostetter 1720-1785
Jacob had 5 sons. Children: Jacob Hostetter, Samuel Hostetter, Daniel Hostetter, William Hostetter, Charles Hostetter
Member of the general assembly of Pennsylvania 1797-1802; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jacob Spangler; re-elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served from November 16, 1818, until March 3, 1821.
He was a fine clockmaker and it is said he made over 100 tall case clocks.
He trained his son Jacob Junior as a clockmaker and later followed him to New Lisbon some time around 1824 where they both continued clockmaking until his death in 1831 (age about 77 years).
Jacob is the son of Ulrich Hostetter 1720-1785
Jacob had 5 sons. Children: Jacob Hostetter, Samuel Hostetter, Daniel Hostetter, William Hostetter, Charles Hostetter
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