John Sylvester Hiester and [Unk] Fries

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Husband John Sylvester Hiester ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 28 Jul 1774 - Reading, Berks Co, PA 2 4
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           Died: 7 Mar 1849 4
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         Father: Gov. Joseph Hiester (1752-1832) 2 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Witman (cal 1750-1825) 5

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   Other Spouse: Maria Catharine Muhlenberg (      -      ) 2 3 4

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Wife [Unk] Fries ⁴

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - John Sylvester Hiester

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He was educated at Princeton, graduating with honor in 1794. He afterward studied law in Philadelphia under the direction of Jaret Ingersol, Esq., and was admitted to the Bar in 1798. During his life he was called to various stations of responsibility. For nine years he held the offices connected with the courts of Berks County, Pennsylvania. His business habits were of peculiar value in the station of cashier of The Farmers Bank of Reading, a station he held during a most critical financial period, and to which, after resigning, he was recalled.

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General Notes: Wife - [Unk] Fries

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She died about six months after her marriage.

1 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 525, 559.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 569.

3 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 134.

4 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 559.

5 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 522.

6 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 333.