Abraham Hoover

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Abraham Hoover, a pioneer of this tp., was born April 6, 1831, in Seneca Co., Ohio. He is son of John and Maria Hoover. His father was born May 31, 1795, and was a soldier in the second contest between the United States and Great Britian, and afterward settled in Seneca Co., Ohio. Mr. Hoover was married in November , 1855, to Esther J. Houk, who died July 1, 1868. They had five children, of whom 3 survive -- Frank, Fred and Anna. Mr. Hoover was again married March 10, 1869, to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Hannah Rozenberger, born in Waterloo Co., Can., April 12, 1839. They have one child--Minnie. In February, 1853, Mr. Hoover came to Kent county and entered 160 acres on sec. 36, which he has converted from primeval forest to productive fields, exhibiting successive years the evidence of careful management and arduous toil. He is a member of the Patron of Husbandry and a Republican in politics.--from The History of Kent County, Gaines Township, 1881.

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