Several records place Hiram Hoover in Wayne County, Indiana. He purchased land there in 1837. He was listed on the 1850 Wayne, Wayne, Indiana census with seven sons & daughters. They were listed as Hiram M., age 21; Lydia, age 17; Sarah J., age 15; Catherine A., age 13; William B., age 10; Rebecca, age 7; & David H., age 5. Ancestry family trees list his wives as Elizabeth Marmon, who probably died in 1845, and Mary Louisa Price. There is a Coffey County, Kansas, marriage index listing for his 1859 marriage to Louisa.
Hiram Hoover moved to the Kansas Territory by 1855, where he was listed on the Kansas Voter lists in Neosho County. The 1859 voter & census list shows him in California Township, Coffey County, Kansas Territory, with a family of 5. This record shows that his year of settlement in the Kansas Territory was 1855.
The Coffey County, Kansas marriage index records the June 25, 1859 marriage of Hiram Hoover and Louisa Prin.
The 1860 California, Coffey, Kansas Territory census lists him as age 51 with M. L., a female, age 27, born in Pennsylvania; William, age 20, born in Indiana; and D. H., a male, listed as age 18, born in Indiana.
The 1865 California Township, Coffey County, Kansas State census shows this family listed next to Hiram M. Hoover, age 35, born in Indiana. Hiram, age 56, born in Indiana, is listed with M. L. a female, age 34; David Hoover, age 20; and Frederick Hoover, age 5, born in Kansas.
Numerous Ancestry family trees record the death of Hiram Hoover (b. 1809) on November 20, 1867, in Coffey County, Kansas. His burial is listed in the Hoover Cemetery. A cemetery named Hoover was located in Sec #18, Township 20 South, Range 14 East in Coffey County. Hiram Hoover, b. 1809 in Indiana, does not appear to be a brother of Jacob Hoover, who was born in 1808 in Tennessee.
Hiram Hoover moved to the Kansas Territory by 1855, where he was listed on the Kansas Voter lists in Neosho County. The 1859 voter & census list shows him in California Township, Coffey County, Kansas Territory, with a family of 5. This record shows that his year of settlement in the Kansas Territory was 1855.
The Coffey County, Kansas marriage index records the June 25, 1859 marriage of Hiram Hoover and Louisa Prin.
The 1860 California, Coffey, Kansas Territory census lists him as age 51 with M. L., a female, age 27, born in Pennsylvania; William, age 20, born in Indiana; and D. H., a male, listed as age 18, born in Indiana.
The 1865 California Township, Coffey County, Kansas State census shows this family listed next to Hiram M. Hoover, age 35, born in Indiana. Hiram, age 56, born in Indiana, is listed with M. L. a female, age 34; David Hoover, age 20; and Frederick Hoover, age 5, born in Kansas.
Numerous Ancestry family trees record the death of Hiram Hoover (b. 1809) on November 20, 1867, in Coffey County, Kansas. His burial is listed in the Hoover Cemetery. A cemetery named Hoover was located in Sec #18, Township 20 South, Range 14 East in Coffey County. Hiram Hoover, b. 1809 in Indiana, does not appear to be a brother of Jacob Hoover, who was born in 1808 in Tennessee.
Several records place Hiram Hoover in Wayne County, Indiana. He purchased land there in 1837. He was listed on the 1850 Wayne, Wayne, Indiana census with seven sons & daughters. They were listed as Hiram M., age 21; Lydia, age 17; Sarah J., age 15; Catherine A., age 13; William B., age 10; Rebecca, age 7; & David H., age 5. Ancestry family trees list his wives as Elizabeth Marmon, who probably died in 1845, and Mary Louisa Price. There is a Coffey County, Kansas, marriage index listing for his 1859 marriage to Louisa.
Hiram Hoover moved to the Kansas Territory by 1855, where he was listed on the Kansas Voter lists in Neosho County. The 1859 voter & census list shows him in California Township, Coffey County, Kansas Territory, with a family of 5. This record shows that his year of settlement in the Kansas Territory was 1855.
The Coffey County, Kansas marriage index records the June 25, 1859 marriage of Hiram Hoover and Louisa Prin.
The 1860 California, Coffey, Kansas Territory census lists him as age 51 with M. L., a female, age 27, born in Pennsylvania; William, age 20, born in Indiana; and D. H., a male, listed as age 18, born in Indiana.
The 1865 California Township, Coffey County, Kansas State census shows this family listed next to Hiram M. Hoover, age 35, born in Indiana. Hiram, age 56, born in Indiana, is listed with M. L. a female, age 34; David Hoover, age 20; and Frederick Hoover, age 5, born in Kansas.
Numerous Ancestry family trees record the death of Hiram Hoover (b. 1809) on November 20, 1867, in Coffey County, Kansas. His burial is listed in the Hoover Cemetery. A cemetery named Hoover was located in Sec #18, Township 20 South, Range 14 East in Coffey County. Hiram Hoover, b. 1809 in Indiana, does not appear to be a brother of Jacob Hoover, who was born in 1808 in Tennessee.
Hiram Hoover moved to the Kansas Territory by 1855, where he was listed on the Kansas Voter lists in Neosho County. The 1859 voter & census list shows him in California Township, Coffey County, Kansas Territory, with a family of 5. This record shows that his year of settlement in the Kansas Territory was 1855.
The Coffey County, Kansas marriage index records the June 25, 1859 marriage of Hiram Hoover and Louisa Prin.
The 1860 California, Coffey, Kansas Territory census lists him as age 51 with M. L., a female, age 27, born in Pennsylvania; William, age 20, born in Indiana; and D. H., a male, listed as age 18, born in Indiana.
The 1865 California Township, Coffey County, Kansas State census shows this family listed next to Hiram M. Hoover, age 35, born in Indiana. Hiram, age 56, born in Indiana, is listed with M. L. a female, age 34; David Hoover, age 20; and Frederick Hoover, age 5, born in Kansas.
Numerous Ancestry family trees record the death of Hiram Hoover (b. 1809) on November 20, 1867, in Coffey County, Kansas. His burial is listed in the Hoover Cemetery. A cemetery named Hoover was located in Sec #18, Township 20 South, Range 14 East in Coffey County. Hiram Hoover, b. 1809 in Indiana, does not appear to be a brother of Jacob Hoover, who was born in 1808 in Tennessee.
Bio by: Ann Gardner
Gravesite Details
An old Hoover Cemetery was probably relocated at the time of the construction of the John Redmond Dam & Reservoir. There may have been more than one Hoover Cemetery in Coffey County, Kansas, as there were several different Hoover families.
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