Dr. Daniel Doster was born at Niederhofen in 1763, and died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1830. He came to Pennsylvania, landing at Philadelphia, January 11, 1817, and here founded a family, one branch known as the Lancaster, another the Northampton branch, of which General Doster was representative. Dr. Daniel Doster married Marguerite Kepplcr, and located in Philadelphia, first opening an office at No. 33 Coates street, but later moving to Lancaster, where he practiced his profession until his death.