Person:Martin Hoover (2)

Research Notes

• supposedly, ancestor of President Herbert Hoover

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 The Families of Blair and Bedford Counties, Pa, updated May 28, 2003.

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2. ↑ Research of John D. Ashbaugh, Mt. Carmel, Pa., received June 20, 2003.

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3.   Brien, Lindsay. Our Forefathers: Hoover. Dayton Journal.
   p. mag. 1, col. 1, 6 May 1934.

   [available at Dayton Metro Library]

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Knee, Larry. Families of Our Common Ancestors with the Surname Knie/Knee
   Jan 2009.

   [Book at the Dayton Metro Library.]

5. ↑ Wayne Webb, 2008, in Rootsweb.

   ... Some of the people out there are arbitrarily assigning a middle name of Good for he and his brothers. Understanding that this is possible there is also not a shred of evidence to support this thought. However there is evidence that Martin Hoover himself did have a middle name. Last October I took the time to scan the contents of Martin's estate records while on vacation in the Dayton, Ohio area. I am now almost complete with the process. On one receipt, dated June 11, 1824, a Daniel Miller acknowledged his receipt of money from the estate executor, Aaron Miller. This receipt is witnessed by a Benjamin Miller. I leave it up to researchers to figure who the Millers were. My bit of wisdom is what Daniel Miller had to say. He stated, and it is clearly written on the receipt, "of the estate of Martin P Hoover Decd". So there is evidence that Martin Hoover did have a middle name. ...