Jacob Domer Hovis and Carrie Brown

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Husband Jacob Domer Hovis ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Sep 1867 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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           Died: 27 Aug 1939 2
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: H. Perry Hovis (1835-1895) 2 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Sowash (1837-1920) 2

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       Marriage: 15 Feb 1912 6

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   Other Spouse: Minnie Alice Donaldson (1870-1908) 2 - 17 Jun 1895 - ? Venango Co, PA 2

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Wife Carrie Brown ⁶

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         Father: George Brown (      -      ) 7
         Mother: 

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Domer Hovis

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He was reared and educated in Clinton Township, Venango County, PA, attending the public schools of the home locality. For two years he was occupied at work in the oil fields, doing drilling and contract work, but farming has been his principal calling, and he is now [1919] established on an attractive tract one mile south of Clintonville, which he has brought into profitable condition by judicious cultivation. The property consists of forty-five acres, and though it was run down when it came into his hands it is now a very desirable farm, comprising forty-five acres devoted to general agriculture. Mr. Hovis has also developed an oil well and a gas well there which have paid him well for his efforts. He has erected substantial buildings, and every detail of the property indicates well planned system and orderly operations. In political opinion he is a strong Prohibitionist, supporting the principles of his party stanchly, but he has not taken any active part in public life or shown any disposition for official responsibilities. [CAB, 1081]
Mr. and Mrs. Hovis held membership in the M. E. Church, in which he was an active worker, having served eight years as class leader. [CAB, 1082]

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General Notes: Wife - Carrie Brown

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Her father died when she was an infant and she was reared by her aunts, mainly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and after they died she returned to Butler County, living with her cousins. [CAB, 1082]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1081.

2 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 21.

3 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 44.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1039.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 934.

6 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 22.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1082.