Charles Adgate Hover
Charles Adgate Hover, one of the prominent farmers and representative citizens of Shawnee township, resides on his valuable farm in section 14, which adjoins that of his father. Mr. Hover was born in the Shawnee Council House, on the home place, November 22, 1861, and is a son of David Ezekiel Hover and a member of one of the oldest settled families of the county.
Mr. Hover has been a resident of Shawnee township all his life and since his school days has been actively engaged in agricultural pursuits. He owns 67 acres in section 14, which farm he operates himself, also assisting in the operation of the homestead.
On February 29,1888, Charles A. Hover, was married to Jennie McCoy, a daughter of Alexander H. and Margaret A. McCoy, of whom extended mention will be found elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Hover have two children, viz: Myra Ethel, born August 30, 1892; and Harry Howard, born May 20, 1895.
Mr. and Mrs. Hover commenced house keeping in an old log cabin which stood on the farm at that time, but in 1891 their present comfortable residence was built. All of the substantial improvements, to be seen here on every side, are the result of Mr. Hover's own industry with the exception of the orchard, which was set out by his father many years ago. In the patent to his farm of 67 acres, Mr. Hover possesses a very valuable and interesting document. It was given first to Griffith Breeze, passed then into the Hover family, and bears the signature of Andrew Jackson, President of the United States in 1835.
Like his father, Mr. Hover is identified with the Republican party. He has taken little interest in politics, but his active participation in educational matters is evidenced by his present membership on the School Board. In religious faith he is a Methodist..