Biography

06/17/1749 - 09/01/1824

Major Gabriel Hiester (Democratic-Republican) Berks and Dauphin Counties, 1791-1798, (Democratic-Republican4) Berks, Dauphin Counties 1804-1808 (Democratic-Republican5) Berks County 1808-1812

Major Gabriel Hiester, born June 17, 1749, Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; son of Daniel and Josanna Hager Hiester; received education, Bern Church; engaged farming; delegate, Constitutional Convention of July 15, 1776; major, Pennsylvania Militia, Revolutionary War, 1776-1777; Appointed, Justice, Court of Common Pleas, April 24, 1778; elected, Constitutionalist, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1778-1782; elected, Constitutionalist, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1786-1789; delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1790; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1791-1796; elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1800-1802; Presidential elector, Pennsylvania, 1801; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1804-1812; married, Elizabeth Bausman, children, Gabriel Hiester, Jonathan Hiester, William Hiester, Jacob Hiester, MaryHiester Schultz; died, September 1, 1824 (aged 75) Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interment, burial details unknown. 

Early Career: 

Engaged, farming on ancestral farm, Bern Township, Berks County. 

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Delegate, Constitutional Convention of July 15, 1776. 

Appointed, Justice, Court of Common Pleas, April 24, 1778. 

Elected, Constitutionalist, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1778-1782. Took oath of office.

Elected, Constitutionalist, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1786-1789.

Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1790. 

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, Berks and Dauphin Counties, 1791-1796.

Elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1800-1802.

Presidential elector, Pennsylvania, 1801.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4th district, Berks and Dauphin Counties, 1804-1808.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, Berks County, 1808-1812.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not available

Legacy:

Brother, John Hiester United States Congressman, Tenth Congress, 1807-1809. 

Brother, Daniel Hiester Revolutionary War General, United States Congressman, represented Pennsylvania, Anti-Administration Party, First, Second, and Third Congresses, Republican, Fourth Congress, resigned, 1796; moved, Hagerstown, Maryland, elected, Seventh and Eighth Congresses.

First cousin, Joseph "Old German Grey" Hiester, 17th district, Pennsylvania State Senate, Berks and Dauphin Counties, 1791-1792. Governor of Pennsylvania 1820-1824. Joseph Hiester  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, (Everts, Peck and Richards), 1886, page 756.

Maj Gabriel Hiester (1749-1824) - Find a Grave Memorial