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David Walter HOVIS

Male 1850 - 1929  (78 years)


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  • Name David Walter HOVIS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    • Both WD Hovis and Wickens report his name as David Hovis.
    Birth 24 Apr 1850  Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    • Death Certificate says he was born 10 Sept 1851. 1900 census says Mar. 1850.
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 1-3-3-6  [1] 
    Death 28 Mar 1929  Richland, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Person ID I705  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father John Earnest HOVIS,   b. 1 Dec 1816, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1898, Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Amanda Jane SHERRAH,   b. 1 May 1817, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1897, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 8 Sep 1836 
    Family ID F300  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katharine STERNER,   b. 7 Mar 1845, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1919, Richland, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Children 
     1. John Afred HOVIS,   b. 1876, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1962, Elmore, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [natural]
     2. Amanda L HOVIS,   b. 16 Feb 1873, Turkey City, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1927, Cresson, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [natural]
     3. Calib L HOVIS,   b. 1875, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. David F HOVIS,   b. Mar 1879, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Emmanuel HOVIS,   b. Dec 1882  [natural]
    Family ID F304  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Apr 1850 - Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Mar 1929 - Richland, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. David Hovis, 20, b in Pennsylvania, living with John53, Amanda52, LymenH.18, SarahJ.16, Amanda13, JasBeatty8 Hovis. Location: Irwin Twp, Venango County, Pennsylvania.

      NOTE: My Heritage lists David Walter Hovis (1850-1929), then John Alfred Hovis (1876-1962), then Wayne Sterner Hovis (1915-1973), then David Hovis in the dna match of Theory of Relativity on MyHeritage.com -- Aug.1, 2019.

  • Sources 
    1. [S87] W.D. Hovis, Bi-Centennial 1765-1965, Hovis-Hofius Family History, (Name: Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma; Date: July 1965;;).

    2. [S90] Wickens, Beatrice, History of the Hovis (Hofius) Family.

    3. [S105] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: Irwin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; Roll: M593_1460; Page: 334B; Image: 78; citing p. 32, family 221. Family History Library Film: 552959. Found on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.

    4. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: Irwin, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1189; Page: 320; Image: 326; Family History Library Film: 805189. Found on Ancestry.com.

    5. [S104] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Richland, Clarion, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1118; Page: 340B; Enumeration District: 079. Found on ancestry.com.

    6. [S99] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Richland, Clarion, Pennsylvania; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0024; FHL microfilm: 1241395. Found on ancestry.com.

    7. [S98] 1910 US Federal Census, Location: Richland, Clarion, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1330; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 1375343. Found on ancestry.com.

    8. [S95] 1920 US Federal Census, Location: Richland, Clarion, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1552; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 80. Found on ancestry.com.

    9. [S196] Family Trees from MyHeritage.com.

    10. [S115] Pennsylvania, Death Certificates 1906-1963, Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Found on familysearch.org.


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