George Hoover

1809 - 1862  (53 years)

• Name	George Hoover
  Born	4 May 1809	Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, PA
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Jul 1862
  Buried	Lower Paxton Brethren, Dauphin County, PA
  Person ID	I23780	Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Abraham Hoover Sr.,   b. ca 1778, East Hanover Twp., Dauphin County, PA
  Mother	Catherine,   b. 1779
  Family ID	F9265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Duey,   b. 1 May 1809,   d. 28 Feb 1893  (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. J.H. Hoover   2. Henry Hoover,   b. 1832, Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, PA   3. William Hoover,   b. 21 Sep 1833, Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, PA ,   d. 7 Mar 1920, Dauphin Almhouse, Swatara Twp., Dauphin Co., PA  (Age 86 years)   4. David Hoover,   b. 1836, Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, PA   5. Sarah Ann Hoover,   b. 28 Nov 1839, Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, PA ,   d. 30 Dec 1919  (Age 80 years)   6. George Hoover,   b. 1840, Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, PA   7. Samuel E. Hoover,   b. 17 May 1841, Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, PA ,   d. 12 Feb 1866  (Age 24 years)   8. Jacob Hoover,   b. 1842, Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, PA   9. Mary Anne Hoover,   b. 22 Aug 1851, Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, PA ,   d. 30 Aug 1931, Dauphin County, PA  (Age 80 years)   10. Lizzie A. Hoover,   b. 1852, Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, PA
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F9200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Lower Paxton German Baptist Meetinghouse George and Elizabeth Hoover belonged to this congregation, as well as Abrahm and Rebecca Hoover and Samuel and Sarah Hoover. Other members of this congregation included the Augst, Barnhart, Baum, Bivens, Bowman, Cassel, Chud, Damy, Dunn, Fackler, Fitz, Jones, Lyter, Miller, Rhinehart, Schmidt, Schertzer, Shope, and Smith families, amongst others.
  		Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA In the south-eastern corner of Lower Paxton Township you may see red markers on George and Samuel Hoover's homes, as well as the German Baptist cemetery in George Smith's farm.
  		Lower Paxton Church of the Brethren Meetinghouse and Cemetery Address: 6445 Lyters Lane Harrisburg, PA 17111-4646 Phone: 717-564-9455 For many years the brothers and sisters met in barns, houses, sheds, or in the open field for meetings. But in 1865 the first meetinghouse was built alongside the brothers' and sisters' burial ground.
  		Membership List of the Paxton Church of the Brethren, Dauphin County, PA Abraham Jr. and Rebecca Hoover, George and Elizabeth Hoover, Samuel and Sarah Hoover, and Samuel E. Hoover Jr. belonged to this congregation in the mid-1800s.
  		George Hoover, Lower Paxton Church of the Brethren Cemetery George Hoover, May 4, 1809, July 11, 1862, 51 years, 2 months, 7 days. Weep for your dead no more; friends, be of joyful cheer; Our Star moves on before, our narrow path shines clear. He who so patiently the crown of thorns did wear -- He hath gone up on high, our hope is with him there.
  		Elizabeth Dewey Hoover, Lower Paxton Church of the Brethren Cemetery Elizabeth [Dewey], wife of George Hoover, died Feb. 28, 1893, Aged 83 years, 11 months. "Asleep in Jesus, blessed rest."

  
  

• Notes

  Composite Record of George Hoover, Lower Paxton Twp, Dauphin County, PA 1809, 4 May, George Hoover born to Abraham and Catherine Hoover. Death record says he was born at Hanoverdale, Dauphin County, PA. Early 1800s, lived at Fishing Creek, Middle Paxton Twp., Dauphin County. ca 1830, George Hoover married Elizabeth Dewey, immigrant from Great Britain. 1850 Census. George Hoover, aged 40, (shoemaker) and Elizabeth Hoover ages 40, with children John H. (shoemaker) age 19, William l7, David 14, Sarah Ann 11, Samuel 8, Mary 4. Residence in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin Co., Pa. Baptised and member of the German Baptist (Dunkard) congregation at Fishing Creek, Middle Paxton, and later of the Paxton German Baptist congregation in Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin County, PA. 1858, resident in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County -- Map of Dauphin County, 1858 1862, 11 July, death of George Hoover, Lower Paxton Twp. Dauphin County, PA. 1862, Burial at the Paxton German Baptist Cemetery. . 1860 Census, Dauphin County, PA George Hoover, Lower Paxton Twp., 1860 Name: George Hoover Age: 49 Birth Year: abt 1811 Gender: Male Birth Place: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Lower Paxton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania Post Office: Harrisburg Family Number: 22 Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age George Hoover 49 Elizabeth Hoover 49 Henry Hoover 28 Jacob G Hoover 18 Mary A Hoover 14 Lizzie A Hoover 9 .