Conestoga Valley

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Menno and Leah Hoover's Places around the Conestoga River

When the Hoovers settled near Hawkesville, in 1919, they bought a farm northwest of Hawkesville, Number 1 in this map.

1. Menno and Leah raised their children in this farm, later passed on to their daughter Mary and her husband Isaac Bauman.

2. For a while Menno and Leah lived in this farm, but they also passed it on to their son Amos and his wife Rebecca (Martin) Hoover.

3. Menno and Leah lived with their daughter Rebecca with her husband Daniel Bauman for while.

4. Menno bought this farm and divided it between his sons. A large part of it he planted in timber.

5. Near Crosshill Menno bought a beautiful sugar bush. Later he sold it to an Old Order Mennonite man, Elam Burkhart.

6. For some time Menno and Leah owned the historic Crystal Spring Farm along the Conestoga River, east of Hawkesville. This is where John W. Martin set up and owned a woollen mill. The building, with its dams and mill race still stood until recent years. Menno and Leah sold this place to deacon Samuel and Hannah (Martin) Horst.

7. Menno and Leah reserved one part of their property near Hawkesville. Here they built up a new farm, with new buildings. Their son Tilman with his wife Maryanne (Bowman) Hoover started farming here, while Menno built a cosy retirement home (a "Daadihaus"), where their daughter Saloma lived as well.

Menno and Leah are both buried in the Orthodox Mennonite Cemetery nearby (visible on this map).

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