GEORGE HOOVER came from Pendleton county, Virginia, in 1811, and settled in Walnut township, where he died in 1866. His wife was Magdalena SIMMONS, by whom he had eleven children, six of whom are now living. A son, Jackson HOOVER, married Elizabeth SCOTHERN, in 1843. They had seven children, four of whom are still living: L. C., MONROE, F. W., and Mrs. Nannie E. Whitehead. In 1849, Mr. HOOVER bought sixty-eight acres of land in Harrison, on section eighteen. Afterwards he bought land in section seven, and now owns, in all, three hundred and eighty-seven acres. Mrs. WHITEHEAD, his daughter, lives in the adjoining township of Walnut, and his three sons at home. Township and county office have been held by him, a number of terms, and he is now one of the county commissioners.
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