Samuel Hubert Hovis and Mary Jane Frantz

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Husband Samuel Hubert Hovis ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Feb 1851 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Sep 1922 2
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Jacob Hovis (1806-Abt 1881) 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" Coleman (1808-1894) 3 5 8

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       Marriage: 20 Feb 1879 2 3

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Wife Mary Jane Frantz ^{2 3}

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           Born: 5 Apr 1847 - Big Bend, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 1927 2
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Jacob Frantz (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Susannah Nicholas (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Ralph Frantz Hovis ^{3 9}

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           Born: 22 Jan 1883 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3 9
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           Died: 19 Nov 1965 - ? Pennsylvania 9
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Pearl May Irwin (1885-1928) 3 9
           Marr: 1907 - ? Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Irene Elizabeth Kinch (1898-1952) 10
           Marr: 11 Jan 1930 - ? Venango Co, PA 10

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2 F Edna Antoinette Hovis ³

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           Born: 14 Oct 1887 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Lawrence A. Eberhart (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Hubert Hovis

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He was reared on the old Hovis farm in Venango County, PA, and received his education in the schools of the locality. He obtained one hundred acres of the tract, including his father's old home, remaining there until his removal to another home in about 1910. Farming was his principal occupation, though he was a skilled carpenter and followed the trade for two years, and he was also engaged in the production of oil to some extent, though only incidental to his agricultural work. He developed the oil on his first property, and had four wells pumping with average production on his later place, showing enterprise in all his undertakings, which prospered steadily. He was also interested in public affairs, and held the office of township assessor, and was a trustee of the M. E. Church. [CAB, 987]

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Jane Frantz

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From the age of four years, she was reared in Butler County, PA.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 986.

2 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 59.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 987.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 53.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 573.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 992.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643, 986.

8 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 43.

9 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 60.

10 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 61.