David Ezekiel Hover
David Ezekiel Hover, a well-known resident of Shawnee township, where he carried on general farming and stock raising on his estate situated in sections 14 and 15, was born November 22, 1837, in an old Indian cabin in Shawnee township, and is a son of Manuel Hover.
Ezekiel Hover, the grandfather of our subject, with his brothers, Emanuel and Joseph, who at an early date had removed from Pennsylvania to Trumbull County, Ohio, settled in Allen County in May, 1833. All married members of the Adgate family. The children of Ezekiel and Sarah (Adgate) Hover were: Emanuel, born May 18, 1808; Maria Belinda, born December 15, 1809, who married Abraham Boyd; Sarah Ann, born February 9, 1818, who married Amos Alvord; Caroline, born March 28, 1814, who died young; St. Clair, born September 13, 1815; Charles Adgate, born May 13, 1818; Newton, born December 18, 1820; Columbia Ann, born October 7, 1827, who married George Lathrop; and William Ulysses, born March 18, 1830.
In 1836 Emanuel Hover returned to Trumbull County, and after marrying Margaret Carlisle in that year, located in Amanda township, Allen County. He lived at Fort Amanda, in 1837, and then settled in Shawnee Township, residing in the log cabin which his father had occupied before him. After Emanuel Hover's death in 1840, his widow returned to Trumbull County, and in 1849 was married to Jonathan Howard. She celebrated her 89th birthday on December 18, 1905, and still retains her faculties, encumbered by few physical ailments. The parents of our subject had two children David Ezekiel and Sarah Ann. The latter was born in August, 1839. She taught school at Lima in 1861 and 1862, married John Hanson and died in 1881.
In 1840, at the death of his father, David E. Hover went to live with his grandfather, residing with the latter and an uncle until 1860. On December 18th of this year he married Susan Boyd, who was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, and died in 1886. She was a daughter of John Boyd, who moved from Mahoning to this county. The five children of the above marriage were: Charles Adgate, born November 22, 1861, who resides on a farm adjoining his father; Frank M., born October 13, 1863, who died in infancy; Margaret Anna, born March 3, 1868, who resides at home; and Howard B., born March 3, 1868, who is a druggist at Lima.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. David E. Hover commenced housekeeping in the old Shawnee Council House, but two years later came to the present farm in sections 14 and 15. The land was partly cleared but Mr. Hover has made all the improvements. He has given much attention to the growing of sheep, and shortly after the Civil War, in 1870, sold wool at 90 cents a pound. He is one of the township's reliable citizens, and at various times, has been appointed to a number of honorable positions. Since 1895 he has been a trustee of the Children's Home. He is secretary andclerk, as well as trustee, of the Shawnee Cemetery. Politically he is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln.
David Ezekiel Hover, a well-known resident of Shawnee township, where he carried on general farming and stock raising on his estate situated in sections 14 and 15, was born November 22, 1837, in an old Indian cabin in Shawnee township, and is a son of Manuel Hover.
Ezekiel Hover, the grandfather of our subject, with his brothers, Emanuel and Joseph, who at an early date had removed from Pennsylvania to Trumbull County, Ohio, settled in Allen County in May, 1833. All married members of the Adgate family. The children of Ezekiel and Sarah (Adgate) Hover were: Emanuel, born May 18, 1808; Maria Belinda, born December 15, 1809, who married Abraham Boyd; Sarah Ann, born February 9, 1818, who married Amos Alvord; Caroline, born March 28, 1814, who died young; St. Clair, born September 13, 1815; Charles Adgate, born May 13, 1818; Newton, born December 18, 1820; Columbia Ann, born October 7, 1827, who married George Lathrop; and William Ulysses, born March 18, 1830.
In 1836 Emanuel Hover returned to Trumbull County, and after marrying Margaret Carlisle in that year, located in Amanda township, Allen County. He lived at Fort Amanda, in 1837, and then settled in Shawnee Township, residing in the log cabin which his father had occupied before him. After Emanuel Hover's death in 1840, his widow returned to Trumbull County, and in 1849 was married to Jonathan Howard. She celebrated her 89th birthday on December 18, 1905, and still retains her faculties, encumbered by few physical ailments. The parents of our subject had two children David Ezekiel and Sarah Ann. The latter was born in August, 1839. She taught school at Lima in 1861 and 1862, married John Hanson and died in 1881.
In 1840, at the death of his father, David E. Hover went to live with his grandfather, residing with the latter and an uncle until 1860. On December 18th of this year he married Susan Boyd, who was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, and died in 1886. She was a daughter of John Boyd, who moved from Mahoning to this county. The five children of the above marriage were: Charles Adgate, born November 22, 1861, who resides on a farm adjoining his father; Frank M., born October 13, 1863, who died in infancy; Margaret Anna, born March 3, 1868, who resides at home; and Howard B., born March 3, 1868, who is a druggist at Lima.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. David E. Hover commenced housekeeping in the old Shawnee Council House, but two years later came to the present farm in sections 14 and 15. The land was partly cleared but Mr. Hover has made all the improvements. He has given much attention to the growing of sheep, and shortly after the Civil War, in 1870, sold wool at 90 cents a pound. He is one of the township's reliable citizens, and at various times, has been appointed to a number of honorable positions. Since 1895 he has been a trustee of the Children's Home. He is secretary andclerk, as well as trustee, of the Shawnee Cemetery. Politically he is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln.