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Name: Ruth Ruema Hoover Born: 20 Jan 1825 Place: Champaign Co., OH Died: 6 Jun 1905 Place: Mercer Co., IL Buried:Obituary Ruth Hoover is my matrilineal ancestor, my mother's mother's mother's mother's mother. As such, each cell of my body includes hundreds of copies of her mitochodrial DNA (mtDNA), which is passed down only from the mother. Mitochondria does nothing much more than regulate a cell's energy and doesn't dictate in any way my appearance, behavior or anything else that might distinguish me as an individual. However, it is the one thing of Ruth's that I possess. If for that reason alone, I find it special. I have found virtually no records that describe Ruth's relationship to anyone other than her husband and her children. We have to infer what we can:
We still have nothing that tells us who Ruth's parents were but we do now have something from which to build. The assumption, which may prove to be false, is that Ruth was closely related to Michael Hoover, although almost certainly not his daughter. The Hoover/Stanton FamilyI found this at genforum: Richard Stanton married Mary Hoover 14 July 1834 I responded to Len's posting and received the following a short time later. I think the Hoover daughters may be the children of Sebastian and Mary Jones Hoover, married 12 November 1812, Pendleton County, West Virginia, (this was originally VA) USA. Sebastian also had a father named Sebastian so things can get confusing...There were at least three sisters, Mary, Ruth and Elizabeth Jane that ended up in Mercer country, IL. I have not been able to find the Richard Stanton 1840 listing but I trust that Len is correct and that it is there, listing one male child. However, I do find this record of land sale for Vermillion county: http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/PublicLandSalesNameServlet Pendleton County, (West) VirginiaAccording to the Rootsweb archive (http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvpendle/marriages.htm) the following marriages were performed in Pendleton county, Virginia:
A Sebastian Hoover was born in Germany in 1723 and is supposed to have married Catherine Muller (1723-1807) at Tolpehocken PA. It seems that there is some dispute as to just when he immigrated (and, therefore, where he married) as his son, Michael Hoover, is said in one source to have been born in Germany. http://home.comcast.net/~hahoover/hoovol4.htm And there appears to be some mixup over the dates of deaths between the elder Sebastian and his son Sebastian, one dying in Pendleton county, VA in 1808 (or possibly a year earlier). The other was killed, as noted above, in 1780. In addition to the younger Sebastian, both Michael and George are believed to have had sons named Sebastian. In Pendleton Co., VA, Will Book 1:27 (1791), a Sebastian Hoover is stated as guardian of another Sebastian Hoover and of Catharine Hoover, orphans of Sebastian Hoover. We have three Sebastians right there and probably three successive generations. A family chart found on the net gives the following as the children of Sebastian and Catherine:
Could the deceased Sebastian be the same man mentioned on page 62 of Oren Frederic Morton's A History of Pendleton County, West Virginia? There were petty raids by the tories, but there would seem to have been little bloodshed. The only loss of life that we locate was the killing of Sabastian Hoover by a settler from Brushy Fork. A Pendleton county deed dated 27 March 1813 states that "said Jacob, Henry, Peter, William, John, Samuel, George, Catharine, Barbara and Elizabeth are children--heirs and devisees of Peter Hoover dec'd and Sebastian Hoover and Catherine, children heirs of Sebastian Hoover the younger, dec'd." The deed further states that Catharine was married to Isaac Smith, Barbara to John Waggy and Elizabeth to George Sevey. Also mentioned are "Michael Hoover and Mary his wife, Thomas Hoover and Barbara his wife". This is likely the Thomas who married Barbara Dunkle. He and Michael are probably the sons of the elder Sebastian, who died five years earlier. And, finally, Lawrence Hoover, George Hoover and "Catherine Stone formerly Catherine Hoover of the County of Woodford and the state of Kentucky" are listed, likely also children of the elder Sebastian. Champaign County, OhioI received the following from Pat Stickley, Corresponding Secretary of the Champaign County Genealogical Society in February, 1992. I'm not recognizing any of these as being of the same family. Perhaps I'm missing something. In any case, here it is for the record.
Census readingsPendleton county was formed from Rockingham county (and other counties) in 1787. The 1784 census for Rockingham lists the following. We know that the eldest Sebastian was living so this is probably him and his sons:
The 1810 census for Pendleton county lists Henry, George, Jacob, Jacob Sr, John, Mary, Michal, Peter, Thomas, William. Where was the 3rd generation Sebastian? Both Senior and Junior were dead by then but Sebastian would have been at least 30 years old. Was he already on the move? Ruth Hoover was born in Champaign county, Ohio in 1825. The 1820 census is obviously very helpful. All four men are reported as being 20-45. However, Sebastian shows only one child, a male. If Mary is accurately represented, she would have been in one of the other households.
John Hoover 100010 20100 (pg 256 Union Twp)
Sebastin Hoover 100010 00010 (pg 258 Union Twp)
Samuel Hoover 400010 32010 (pg 267 Wayne Twp)
Peter Hoover 220010 31010 (pg 267 Wayne Twp)
The 1830 Madison county, Indiana census entries are significant because several children in the Mary Stanton household in 1850 were born in Indiana and Mary herself was married in Vigo county, Indiana. However, the Sabastian Hoover listed here was 30-40 years old. He'd have been born no earlier than 1790. If his age is accurately listed, he could not have been the son of the Sebastian Hoover killed in 1780. His wife is 20-30 making her likely too young to have been the Mary Jones married in 1812. Furthermore, a cursory look at the ages could suggest that John Hoover (p 342) was the patriarch of this family.
1830 > INDIANA > MADISON > NO TWP LISTED
Series: M19 Roll: 26
John Hoover 00013000 11100101 (pg 337)
Sebastian Hoover 10000100 20001000 (pg 338)
Michael Hoover 11000100 01000100 (pg 341)
John Hoover 11000010 12110100 (pg 342)
The 1840 Madison county census lists only a Michael Hoover but of a younger generation:
1840 > INDIANA > MADISON > NO TWP LISTED
Series: M704 Roll: 88 Page: 188
Michael Hoover 1100100000000 00001
Other Hoover NotesThe following is found at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mygermanfamilies/Woodruff.html: Robert Clarke Woodruff died before 1867 (Civil War??) as his widow Sarah Murphy Woodruff married James Hoover, son of Michael Hoover, on 6/17/1867 in Mercer County (we will be putting up a Hoover page). James Hoover had been a school teacher in Eliza Township in 1850 but was not in Mercer County in 1860, nor is the family found there in 1870. James Hoover died about 1879. His family is found in Plymouth County, Iowa, Washington Township in 1880: Sarah Hoover, 45, born Indiana, father born Virginia, mother born Pennsylvania; Mary Hoover, 12, born Dakota Territory; Eva Hoover, 16, born Il (if age is correct she is not Sarah's child unless she was a Woodruff); Ansil Hoover, 10, born Iowa; Jasper Hoover, 8, Ia; James, 6, born Iowa. Sarah died in Wisconsin in 1917 (obituary courtesy June Carroll). And at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mygermanfamilies/Johnson.html we find: June Carroll mentions daughter Utah Elizabeth. She appears to be listed as Elvira in the 1860 census. She married Michael Hoover, daughter of James Hoover and his first wife, Elizabeth Johnson. James Hoover married second to Sarah Murphy Woodruff, widow of Robert Clark Woodruff of Mercer County. We will be putting up a Hoover page but in the meantime there is information on James and Sarah on the Woodruff page. Michael and Utah Hoover are found in Washington, Plymouth County, Iowa in 1880: Michael Hoover, farmer, 26, born Wi, father In, mother In; Utah, 21, Il, parents Il; Sarah, 4, Ia; Edna, 1 mo, Ia. With them is Sarah Wilson, mother-in-law, 57, born Pa, parents born Pa. Next door to them is step-mother Sarah Hoover, 45, born In; father Va, mother Pa, and her Hoover children. Sarah's obituary is posted on the Woodruff page, courtesy of June Carroll. To summarize the above paragraphs, we have:
Michael Hoover
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John Hoover James Hoover
b c1823 m1 Elizabeth Johnson
m 12 Jan 1846 m2 17 Jun 1867
Eliza Woodruff Sarah (Murphy) Woodruff
A search at worldconnect shows a John Hoover who died in New Boston, Mercer county, IL 26 Nov 1906. He was born 1 Feb 1823 in Rockingham County, Virgina and married Delilah Ann Dobbins. His parents are listed as Michael Nicholas Hoover Jr and Mary Bodkin. John is given a sister named Mary who married a Gardner. This is certainly not Mary (Hoover) Stanton. However, it is particularly noteworthy that she was born in Champaign county, Ohio on 2 Dec 1824. (Ruth was born about 6 weeks later in the same place.) Furthermore, this lineage states that Michael Hoover Jr's father was Michael Hoover (born 1753, Pendelton county, VA), a son of Sebastian and Catherine Hoover. From http://duskcamp.itgo.com/Hoover2.htm: Michael Hoover, a son of Sebastian and Catherine (Mueller) Hoover, was born before 1765 and died after 1830. His will was dated 1830. He married Mary. His second wife was [Mrs] Susanna Crummet. Children are listed as Rachel, John, Sebastian, George, Michael, Thomas and Mary. In another post, Mary Kitt says, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/i/t/Mary-Kitt-IA/index.html
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