Dr Isaac Hiester

1785 - 1855  (70 years)

• Name	Isaac Hiester
  Title	Dr
  Birth	22 Jun 1785	Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Sep 1855
  Burial	Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I20464	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson, Lamm, Klopp
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Governor Joseph Hiester,   b. 18 Nov 1752, Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Jun 1832, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Whitman,   b. 2 Apr 1750, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Jun 1825, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	27 Aug 1771	Saint Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F6866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther Muhlenberg,   b. 1 Apr 1785, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Jul 1872, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1810
  Children	+ 1. Anna Muhlenberg Hiester,   b. 28 Oct 1812   d. 17 Feb 1850 (Age 37 years)   2. Peter Muhlenberg Hiester,   b. 30 May 1815   d. 10 Mar 1834 (Age 18 years) + 3. Major William Muhlenberg Hiester,   b. 15 May 1818, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Aug 1878, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 60 years) + 4. Dr Francis Isaac Muhlenberg Hiester,   b. 11 Mar 1829, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Apr 1869, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F6894	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  DR. ISAAC HIESTER, a distinguished physician for nearly fifty years at Reading, was the grandfather of Isaac Hiester, Esq. He was born in Bern township, near the Bern Church, about eight miles form Reading, June 22, 1785. He was given a thorough education at the University of Pennsylvania for the practice of medicine, and after serving as an attending physician in the Pennsylvania Hospital at Philadelphia for five years, located at Reading, where he practised his profession in a most successful manner until his death in 1855. During his practice he prepared a number of articles on medical subjects which received much favorable comment. Dr. Hiester manifested great interest in local affairs, whether of a medical or of a financial, industrial, literary and scientific nature, and his superior character exerted a powerful influence in the successful development of Reading during its really formative period for forty years from the close of our war with England (1812 to 1815). When the Berks County Medical Society was organized in 1824, he was chosen its first president, and upon assuming the duties of the office, delivered a most interesting address.In 1810, Dr. Hiester was married to Esther Muhlenberg (daughter of Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, who distinguished himself by patriotic service during the Revolution), and they had four children: William M. (above); Peter M.; Anna M. (m. Hon. J. Pringle Jones, judge of Berks county from 1851 to 1861); and Frank M. (© copyright 2004-2008 Nancy J. Freehafer for the Berks County PAGenWeb Project unless explicitly otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Unless indicated otherwise in a particular page carrying this copyright notice, permission to use, copy, and distribute documents and related graphics delivered from this World Wide Web server (http://berks.pa-roots.com/) for non-commercial use is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear. All other rights reserved. Nancy J. Freehafer disclaims all warranties with regard to this information. The information described herein is provided as is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.