John Theodore Hovis, Jr. and Margaret Dunbar

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Husband John Theodore Hovis, Jr. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1777 - Washington Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 May 1861 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: John Theodore Hofius (1722-1808) 5 6
         Mother: Ann Nancy Baker (1734-1820) 5 6 7

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Susanna Cogan (1778-1840) 3 8 9 - 1796 - Bedford Co, PA 3

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Wife Margaret Dunbar ¹⁰

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           Born: Abt 1790 - Orange Co, NY
     Christened: 
           Died: 1866 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 11
         Buried: 

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         Father: Amos Dunbar (1764-1855) 11 12
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (Abt 1766-      ) 11

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   Other Spouse: Henry Montgomery (      -      ) 11 - Abt 1813 - Sullivan Co, NY 11

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - John Theodore Hovis, Jr.

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In 1799 he and his brother Ernest came from Westmoreland County, PA, and settled in Clinton Township, Venango County. John built a log cabin on what later became the farm of T. C. Hovis and Ernest building a house near this farm, but later moving to Irwin Township, where he resided until his death, leaving many descendants. He was a stonemason, and about 1836 helped to build the McKee stone house, receiving as pay the sum of eighty-five cents per day. [CAB, 643]

When he first came to Clinton Township he brought all the goods he had on horseback, his wife riding the horse which carried the goods and he walking and carrying a gun, it being necessary in those days to have a gun. At that time they had one son, William, who with his father enlisted in the United States army in the war of 1812, the father being of record as serving in Captain McManigal's Company, the 5th, of the 132d Regiment. They were stationed at Erie, and both came home after the war. [CAB, 643]

About 1808 He settled upon a tract of four hundred acres in what is now Clinton Township, Venango County, the part where he lived being later occupied by his son David. His farm was divided among his sons. He was one of the early constables of the township and well known in his day. [CAB, 986]

John Hovis was class leader in the Methodist Church for many years, and after his death was succeeded by his son Jacob, who was class leader for about fifty years and was succeeded by his son John T. Hovis in that capacity, the latter also serving many years. Most of the early Hovis family were Methodists, and their descendants generally have adhered to the same denomination, though John Hovis, son of William Hovis, was a preacher of the Church of God. When Grandfather John Hovis built his first log dwelling he had a prayer meeting instead of the house warming party which it was customary to give in those days when a family first moved into a new house. [CAB, 644]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959, 991.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 767.

3 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 3.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 34.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 991.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643.

7 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 1.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 992.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643, 986.

10 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 3, 35, 130.

11 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 130.

12 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 94.