Dr. Simeon Hovey and [Unk] Truby

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Husband Dr. Simeon Hovey ¹

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           Born: 10 Dec 1763 - Connecticut 2
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           Died: Abt 1837
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         Father: Ebenezer Hovey (1723-      ) 1
         Mother: Dorcas Corbin (      -      ) 3

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Wife [Unk] Truby ²

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         Father: Col. Christopher Truby (1736-1802) 4 5
         Mother: Isabella Bowman (Abt 1738-1801) 5 6

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Simeon Hovey

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He had the advantages of a thorough New England training, and received a liberal education. He was a man of high ability, served as a surgeon under General Wayne during the latter's Indian campaigns, and afterward settled at Greensburg, Pennsylvania. In 1797 he came into the then sparsely settled region west of the Allegheny river, and lo­cated on a tract of land within the present limits of Hovey township, Armstrong County. “Why a man of his talents should desire to escape from civ­ilization and bury himself in the wilderness, it is not our province to determine. It may have been that he was actuated by a love of adventure.” He established himself upon his land and remained about three years. He then returned to Greensburg, where he practiced medicine about five years, at the end of that time returning to his former residence in Arm­strong County. His knowledge and skill as a medical adviser became known, and as phy­sicians were then very few in this section he was kept constantly busy ministering to the sick and afflicted in all the surrounding re­gion. His opinions were highly valued, and he ranked among the best and most skilled physicians in the county. Visiting patients in localities far remote from his home, often being called into consultations with physicians in Kittanning, Clarion, Butler and neighboring towns, he was busy night and day, and became highly esteemed for his helpful life, full of good work and of the utmost usefulness to his community. His high character, attain­ments and ability made him a most valuable citizen.
He died in his seventy-eighth year. He was married to the eldest daughter of Col. Christopher Truby, but left no children, his nephew, Elisha Robinson, was his heir.
Mrs. Elisha Robinson was his wife's niece.
But for the memory of the older people of the county, who knew him and estimated his worth properly, his name, now perpetuated in Hovey township, might long since have been forgotten. The township was formed in 1870, from a part of Perry. Its territory was afterward considerably reduced by the forma­tion of Parker City from the southern part. [HAC 1914, 534]

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General Notes: Wife - [Unk] Truby

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It is related that the eldest daughter, after­ward Mrs. Simeon Hovey, was taken captive by the Indians and carried to Clarion County, Pennsylvania, where she was followed by Colonel Truby and Andy Jack and rescued.

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 534, 981.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 534.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 981.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 958, 975.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 432.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 976.