Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Peter Hovis and Julia Hawthorne




Husband Peter Hovis 1 2 3 4 5

           Born: 24 Feb 1818 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Oct or 10 Dec 1883 3 4
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 6


         Father: William Hovis (1797-      ) 7 8 9
         Mother: Sarah Baker (1800-      ) 2 9


       Marriage: 1870 1

   Other Spouse: Mary P. Bonner (1818-1870) 1 3 - 1842 1



Wife Julia Hawthorne 1 10

            AKA: Juliaette Hawthorn,4 Julia Wareham 5
           Born: Cal 15 Nov 1832 - Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Aug 1889 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Wareham Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 11


         Father: John D. Hawthorne (1795-1872)
         Mother: Sarah Cousins (1802-1870) 12 13



   Other Spouse: Stephen Wareham (Abt 1824-1864) 4 14 - Abt 1854


Children
1 M Harry C. Hovis 15

           Born: 1873 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 1927 16
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 6
         Spouse: Maggie M. Allen (1872-1961)
           Marr: 1897 - ? Venango Co, PA



General Notes: Husband - Peter Hovis


He was a devout member of Amity Church, Presbyterian, serving many years as elder in that congregation. Though a Democrat in a Republican township, his personal popularity outweighed political opposition, and he was elected to township offices and was favorably known to all his fellow citizens.

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Sources


1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 601.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1039.

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

4 Roger N. Whiting, The William Cousins Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chippewa Falls, WI: Personal genealogy research, 2012), Pg 54.

5 Byron C. Allen, Simcox Family Group Sheets (Canfield, OH: Privately published, 1983), #76.

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 24.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 992, 1039.

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

9 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 3.

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

11 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 111.

12 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 808.

13 Roger N. Whiting, The William Cousins Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chippewa Falls, WI: Personal genealogy research, 2012), Pg 13.

14 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 11.

15 Byron C. Allen, Simcox Family Group Sheets (Canfield, OH: Privately published, 1983), #62.

16 Byron C. Allen, Simcox Family Group Sheets (Canfield, OH: Privately published, 1983), #77.


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