Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Hoover, John B. September 13, 1822 - ????
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Source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair Co, PA: Philadelphia, 1892.
Author: Samuel T. Wiley

JOHN B. HOOVER, 
one of the prosperous farmers of Huston township, is a son of Rev. John and
Elizabeth (Broombaugh) Hoover, and was born on the old homestead in Huston
township, Blair county, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1822.  Rev. John Hoover
was born near the famous battle ground of Antietam, in Maryland, in 1800, and
at an early age came with his parents to Blair county, where he settled in
Huston township.  He followed farming, and was engaged for twenty years in
the active ministry of the Brethren in Christ church, during which he never
accepted pay or recompense for his services in the cause of his church and of
Christianity.  He was a man of earnestness in whatever cause he engaged, and
remained active in his various labors until his death, which occurred when he
was well advanced in his fifty-eighth year.  He married Elizabeth Broombaugh.  
They were the parents of eight children, two sons and six daughters.
   John B. Hoover was born, reared and has always resided on his present
farm.  He received his education in the schools of his neighborhood, and then
engaged in farming, which has been his principal business ever since.  He
still owns and personally supervises his farm of one hundred and forty acres,
of which seventy-five acres are under cultivation, while the remainder is in
woodland and pasture.  In addition to farming he also operated a flouring
mill for twenty-five years on Clover creek.
   Mr. Hoover was united in marriage with a Miss Noscar.  To this union have
been born eight children: Maggie, who married Peter Fry, and resides near
Williamsburg, this county; Harriet, at home; Mary, married, and lives at
Roaring Springs; William, attending school at Martinsburg, this county, and
Anna, Reuben, Ruby, and Cecelia, living at home with their parents.
   John B. Hoover supports the cardinal principles of the republican party,
although in local affairs casts his ballot for the best qualified candidate,
irrespective of party affiliations.  He is a church member, and has been
successful in his various business enterprises.

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Originally submitted 2001. Transcribed by Janet Ebaugh.

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