BIRTH:
Andrew's obituary, at the LeRoy Public Library, is a transcripton. It is not the original news article nor a xerox of the original.
According to the transcription, Andrew was 72 at his age of death. This would make his birth year 1836/1837.
Andrew's memorial stone gives his year of birth as 1840. I have learned that mistakes can be made even in memorial stones and most certainly in transcriptions.
OBITUARY:
"Fri., July 30, 1909
HOOVER, Andrew
d. Mon., July 24, 1909 at Brokaw Hosp. Normal, IL
b. Age 72 yrs. Formerly lived in the Le Roy Vincinity.
Services held in Bloomington by pastor of Park M.E. Church of Bloomington with remains being brought to Le Roy for burial in Oak Grove Cem."
Source: LeRoy Public Library, Cemetery Card - HOOVER Andrew J. - Obit - Transcription from "The LeRoy Journal" Newspaper Edition date Friday, July 30, 1909
BIRTH:
Andrew's obituary, at the LeRoy Public Library, is a transcripton. It is not the original news article nor a xerox of the original.
According to the transcription, Andrew was 72 at his age of death. This would make his birth year 1836/1837.
Andrew's memorial stone gives his year of birth as 1840. I have learned that mistakes can be made even in memorial stones and most certainly in transcriptions.
OBITUARY:
"Fri., July 30, 1909
HOOVER, Andrew
d. Mon., July 24, 1909 at Brokaw Hosp. Normal, IL
b. Age 72 yrs. Formerly lived in the Le Roy Vincinity.
Services held in Bloomington by pastor of Park M.E. Church of Bloomington with remains being brought to Le Roy for burial in Oak Grove Cem."
Source: LeRoy Public Library, Cemetery Card - HOOVER Andrew J. - Obit - Transcription from "The LeRoy Journal" Newspaper Edition date Friday, July 30, 1909
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