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Christian Hoover Sr.

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Christian Hoover Sr.

Birth
Orangeburg County, South Carolina, USA
Death
17 Jul 1868 (aged 71)
Pike County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Pike County, Mississippi, USA
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Born to Christian Huber (1765–1815) of Pennsylvania & _______ Hook Huber. The German surname Huber was Anglicized to Hoover.

Christian married 1) Mary Neyland (1807-1858) on April 8, 1823, in Pike County, MS.

Eleven of fourteen children are known:
• Nancy Anna Hoover Wells (1825–1846)
• John Hoover (1827–1891)
• Elizabeth Hoover Wells (1828–1852)
• Margaret Hoover Thompson (1830–1853)
• William Jefferson Hoover (1832–1903)
• Martha Amelia "Mattie" Hoover Gatlin (1834-1905)
• Thomas Hoover (1836-after 1859 in Civil War?)
• Sarah Hoover Barr (1838–1900)
• Christian "Kit" Hoover, Jr. (1840–1886)
• Julia C. Hoover May (1842–1917)
• Eliza Jane Hoover Spencer (1848-after 1880; m. George H. Spencer)

Christian married 2) Susannah ______ (1818-after 1870) of Maryland about 1858.

Children:
Robert Lee Hoover (1859-after 1922 in Biloxi, MS)
Louis Rumph Hoover (1863-1954)

Susannah is shown widowed with her two boys in Summit, MS, in 1870.

Judge Christian Hoover settled in Pike County in 1823 and was a probate judge, representative, and senator from the county. He is said to have been the first man in Pike County, MS to own a buggy, a curiosity at that time.
Born to Christian Huber (1765–1815) of Pennsylvania & _______ Hook Huber. The German surname Huber was Anglicized to Hoover.

Christian married 1) Mary Neyland (1807-1858) on April 8, 1823, in Pike County, MS.

Eleven of fourteen children are known:
• Nancy Anna Hoover Wells (1825–1846)
• John Hoover (1827–1891)
• Elizabeth Hoover Wells (1828–1852)
• Margaret Hoover Thompson (1830–1853)
• William Jefferson Hoover (1832–1903)
• Martha Amelia "Mattie" Hoover Gatlin (1834-1905)
• Thomas Hoover (1836-after 1859 in Civil War?)
• Sarah Hoover Barr (1838–1900)
• Christian "Kit" Hoover, Jr. (1840–1886)
• Julia C. Hoover May (1842–1917)
• Eliza Jane Hoover Spencer (1848-after 1880; m. George H. Spencer)

Christian married 2) Susannah ______ (1818-after 1870) of Maryland about 1858.

Children:
Robert Lee Hoover (1859-after 1922 in Biloxi, MS)
Louis Rumph Hoover (1863-1954)

Susannah is shown widowed with her two boys in Summit, MS, in 1870.

Judge Christian Hoover settled in Pike County in 1823 and was a probate judge, representative, and senator from the county. He is said to have been the first man in Pike County, MS to own a buggy, a curiosity at that time.

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Born in Orangeburg Dist., S. C.

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