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John Earnest HOVIS

Male 1816 - 1898  (81 years)


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  • Name John Earnest HOVIS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 1 Dec 1816  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • The 1860 census says John is 40; by 1870 he is 53. If born in 1816, he would be
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Farmer 
    Reference Number 1-3-3  [1] 
    Religion Methodist 
    Death 30 Oct 1898  Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Buried at Log Cemetery
    Person ID I724  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Earnest T. HOVIS,   b. 23 Mar 1794, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1869, Clintonville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret HOFFMAN,   b. 1793, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 2 Jul 1811  Irwin, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Marriage 8 Sep 1836 
    Children 
     1. Amanda Catherine HOVIS,   b. 1857  [natural]
     2. David Walter HOVIS,   b. 24 Apr 1850, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1929, Richland, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     3. James Beatty HOVIS,   b. 1861   d. 1944 (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     4. Jessie HOVIS,   b. 27 Apr 1859   d. 8 May 1859 (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     5. John Theodore HOVIS,   b. 1848, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1906, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [natural]
     6. Lyman Henry HOVIS,   b. 1852  [natural]
     7. Mary Ann HOVIS,   b. 12 Jul 1843, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1929, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [natural]
     8. Nicholas HOVIS,   b. 9 Apr 1840, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1892, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [natural]
     9. Sarah Jane HOVIS,   b. 21 Mar 1854, Harrisville, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1937, Zelienople, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     10. William George HOVIS,   b. 22 Jan 1832, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1921, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [natural]
     11. Caleb Gear HOVIS  [natural]
    Family ID F300  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Dec 1816 - Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Oct 1898 - Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Barkeyville, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1860: on ancestry.com. John Huvis[sic], 40, b in Pennsylvania, occupation: farmer, living with Amanda37, William22, Nicholas20, Mary18, Kalop[sic]16, John14, David12, Simon10, Sarah8, Amanda6 Huvis[sic]. Also living with John and Amanda was Elisa Huvis[sic], age 30. Location: Irwin, Vanango, Pennsylvania. (Elisa may have been a sister to John Earnest Hovis; he had a sister Elizabeth.)

      CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. John Hovis, 53, b in Pennsylvania, occupation: farming, living with Amanda52, David20, LymenH.18, SarahJ.16, Amanda13, JasBeatty8 Hovis. Location: Irwin Twp, Venango County, Pennsylvania.

      CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. John Hovis, 63, b in Pennsylvania, occupation: farming, living with Amanda63, Minnie23, JamesB18 Hovis, and 2 grandchildren: Edward12, AlfredC.4 Hovis

  • 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. [S92] Find a Grave Index.

    4. [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.

    5. [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.

    6. [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.

    7. [S187] familysearch Pedigree Resource Fils.


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