Charles Hoover
The late Charles Hoover, who died at his farm home in Jefferson township on July 30, 1914, and whose widow is still living there, was born on a farm in the vicinity of Wilmington, in Clinton county. Ohio, June 14, 1845, son of Jacob and Rachel Hoover, both of whom were born in that same county, and who were the parents of eight children, those besides Charles being Calvin, Milton, Leander, George, Caroline, Amanda and Ella.
Charles Hoover remained on the home farm in Clinton county until his marriage in the fall of 1871, when he established his home on a forty-acre farm in Jefferson township, this county, the place where his widow is still living, and there he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in the summer of 1914. He improved the place and increased his acreage to one hundred and fifty-three acres. Mr. Hoover was a Democrat and had served on the school board. He was connected with the Odd Fellows lodge at Bowersville. He was buried in the cemetery at Sabina.
On November 9, 1871, Charles Hoover was united in marriage to Delitha A. Hunt, who was born in Jeffer.son township, this county, daughter of Hezekiah and Rachael (Johnson) Hunt, the former of whom also was born in this county and the latter, in Clinton county. Hezekiah Hunt was the owner of a hundred-acre farm in Jefferson township and there died at the age of sixty-seven. His wife died at the age of sixty-five. They were Quakers and were the parents of six children, those besides Mrs. Hoover being Stephen, deceased; Eliza J., deceased; Jefferson T., who is still living on a part of the home farm; Clayton, deceased, and Almeda, deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Hoover eight children were born, namely: Calvin Albertus. married Ollie Harness and is farming in the vicinity of Jamestown; Elmer J., who married Allie Claybaugh and is farming the home place; John A. and James M., twins, the former of whom married Lola Stewart and is farming in the neighborhood of Bowersville and the latter of whom is farming at home; Clarence C, a clerk in a store at Sabina, who married Tina Pope; Donna E., who married Howard Cochran, of Dayton; Claude, proprietor of a garage at Wilmington, who married Loie Stewart, and Bertha A., who is at home.
From History of Greene County Ohio, Its People, Industries and Institutions, vol. 2. M.A.Broadstone, editor. B.F.Bowen & Co., Indianapolis. 1918