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James Hoover

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James Hoover

Birth
Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
Death
4 Mar 1894 (aged 79)
Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
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From Goodspeed's "HISTORY of TENNESSEE", Nashville 1887

James Hoover was born July 29, 1814, in Rutherford County, TN; son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Lotspeich) Hoover. James was the eleventh of thirteen children born to his parents. He worked on the farm until he was twenty-three years of age after which he engaged in farming for himself. He has lived in this (Bedford) and two adjoining counties (Rutherford and Coffee) all his life. December 26, 1837, he was united in marriage to Susan Moore, a native of Viginia, born about 1820. This union resulted in the birth of nine children: Robert William, Clementine F., Caledonia Jane, Martha Ann, Mary Elvira, Elizabeth Elinor, Susan Olivia, Charles M., and Hugh L. The mother died about 1859 in the full fruition of the Christian's hope. In February 1862 Mr. Hoover was married to Minerva Jane Winn, of this county. This union resulted in the birth of eleven children: Alice D., Efie Myrtle, George Christopher, Edward Oscar, Harvey Frederick, Cleopatra R., James Franklin, Benjamin P., Nancy E., Albert Moore and Anna Maud. Mr. Hoover was elected to the office of magistrate several years ago, but only served a short time. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and is politically a Democrat.

James and his wife Susan are my gg grandparents and their daughter Caledonia Jane, my great grandmother. Although James was a Presbyterian, he had Mennonite roots. The family name was Huber, dating back to the 1600s in Switzerland and in the 1700s in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

From Goodspeed's "HISTORY of TENNESSEE", Nashville 1887

James Hoover was born July 29, 1814, in Rutherford County, TN; son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Lotspeich) Hoover. James was the eleventh of thirteen children born to his parents. He worked on the farm until he was twenty-three years of age after which he engaged in farming for himself. He has lived in this (Bedford) and two adjoining counties (Rutherford and Coffee) all his life. December 26, 1837, he was united in marriage to Susan Moore, a native of Viginia, born about 1820. This union resulted in the birth of nine children: Robert William, Clementine F., Caledonia Jane, Martha Ann, Mary Elvira, Elizabeth Elinor, Susan Olivia, Charles M., and Hugh L. The mother died about 1859 in the full fruition of the Christian's hope. In February 1862 Mr. Hoover was married to Minerva Jane Winn, of this county. This union resulted in the birth of eleven children: Alice D., Efie Myrtle, George Christopher, Edward Oscar, Harvey Frederick, Cleopatra R., James Franklin, Benjamin P., Nancy E., Albert Moore and Anna Maud. Mr. Hoover was elected to the office of magistrate several years ago, but only served a short time. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and is politically a Democrat.

James and his wife Susan are my gg grandparents and their daughter Caledonia Jane, my great grandmother. Although James was a Presbyterian, he had Mennonite roots. The family name was Huber, dating back to the 1600s in Switzerland and in the 1700s in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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IN THE BRIGHT ETERNAL CITY DEATH CAN NEVER NEVER COME

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Inscription is from the hymn "We Shall Sleep But Not Forever" by Mary Ann Pepper Kiddder 1820-1905

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