David J. Hochstetler (1839-1929) was born in Holmes County, Ohio, the son of Preacher Jonas D. and Elizabeth Miller Hochstetler. Magdalena Hochstetler (1844-1920) was born in Holmes County, Ohio, the daughter of Deacon Joseph P. and Magdalena Eash Hochstetler. David and Magdalena were third cousins and were great great grandchildren of the Swiss German immigrant, Jacob Hochstetler, who settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1738. They were married in 1861 at Goshen, Indiana. They settled on a farm in Clinton Township, Elkhart County, Indiana. They had twelve children, 1862-1892. David and Magdalena Hochstetler are buried in the Nisley Cemetery in Clinton Township. Descendants lived in Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Ohio, and elsewhere. Descendants spell their surname "Hochstetler" and "Hostetler."

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