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James Beatty HOVIS

Male 1861 - 1944  (83 years)


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  • Name James Beatty HOVIS  [1, 2, 3, 4
    • WD Hovis reports his name as James Baty Hovis.
    Birth 1861  [3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 1-3-3-11  [1
    Death 1944  [5
    Person ID I719  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 Elizabeth J. BECHTEL,   b. 1863   d. 1937 (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F233  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. Jas Beatty Hovis, 8, b in Pennsylvania, living with John53, Amanda52, David20, LymenH.18, SarahJ.16, Amanda13 Hovis. Location: Irwin Twp, Venango County, Pennsylvania

  • 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. [S104] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Irwin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States. Citing enumeration district 244, sheet 165C, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1199; FHL microfilm 1,255,199. Found on familysearch.org.

    5. [S92] Find a Grave Index.


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