Gabriel Hiester married Elizabeth Bausman and the couple had six children. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in 1776 and served as a colonel in the Pennsylvania militia during the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he served in the Pennsylvania state legislature for nearly 30 years.
Gabriel Heister, a son of Daniel Hiester (native of Wittgenstein, Westphalia), and Catherine Schuler, was born in Bern township June 17, 1749. He was brought up as a farmer and given such an education as the neighborhood afforded at the school connected with the Bern Church. In 1776, he was selected as one of the representatives from Berks county to the Provincial Convention for the formation of a constitution. In 7178, he received the appointment of justice of the Common Pleas Court of the county, which he held for four years. He was afterward elected to the Assembly, and represented the county for eight years, 1782, 1787-89, 1791, and 1802-04. He was in the Assembly when the question of framing a new constitution was discussed but he voted against the propriety of calling a convention for this purpose. He was a sentry from the district which comprised Berks and Dauphin counties for ten years, 1795-96 and 1805-12. This continued selection by his fellow-citizens indicates their confidence in him as a man of ability and integrity. He was a brother of Col. Daniel Hiester, of Montgomery county; of Col. John Hiester, of Chester county, and a cousin of Col. Joseph Hiester of Berks county.
He died on his farm, in Bern township, Sept. 1, 1824. His wife was Elizabeth Bausman, who survived him eight years, dying in the 81st year of her age. He had four sons, Gabriel, Jonathan, William and Jacob, and two daughters, Mary (m. to Frederick A. Shulze), and Elizabeth. The family name was commonly written Hiester, but he wrote it Heister. [1]
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