This Jacob W. first married about 1850 to Ms. Rice and having a daughter Maria b. 1850.

In 1860 he married Susanna Shadle (b.1839 d.1900)

Their children include:

Levi (1861-1952)
Jemima (1862-1919)
John Winfield (1863-1934)
George Washington (1866-1937)
Mary Ellen (1866-1916)
Sarah Ann (1869-1914)
Samuel Blair (1870-1951)
Child #11 (1870)
James (1873)
Nancy (1877)
Child #12 (1878)
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Jacob W. Hoover was born in Blair County and was about eighteen months old when his father died. His mother later married a Mr. Brown and when he was eleven years old he accompanied his mother and step-father to Indiana County, Pa., where he remained until he was seventeen years of age.
He then returned to Blair County and engaged in farm work and finally settled on the place now owned by his son, Levi Hoover. He was a very worthy man and in his death Allegheny Township lost a good citizen.
He was married twice, his first wife being a Miss Rice and they had one daughter, Maria, now deceased. His second union was with Susanna Shadel and they had a large family, of which the following children survive: Levi; Jemima, who is the wife of William G. Diehl, of Juniata County, Pa.; John W., who lives in Indiana County, Pa.; George W., who resides at Duncansville; Ellen; Mary E., who is the wife of Samuel R. Clapper, of Allegheny Township; Sarah A., who is the wife of Alexander Brubaker, of Allegheny Township; Blair S. and Jacob W., both of whom live in Allegheny Township; and Nancy, who is the wife of Edward Wyant, living near Duncansville.
Jacob W. Hoover was a member of the German Baptist church.

Excerpt from: Sell, Jesse C., Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County,
Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold,
1911, pp. 661-662.
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His father's name was also Jacob born in Lancaster Co, 1800 and died in Allegheny Twp. 1827. He had this son Jacob and a daughter Elizabeth.
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Altoona Tribune: Sat. 12, Sept 1891, page 1
Spang -Erastus J. Akers was appointed trustee of estate of Jacob Hoover, deceased, in room of John A.Zook, deceased.
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