Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Adam H. Hovis and Mary "Polly" Sutley




Husband Adam H. Hovis 1 2 3

           Born: 27 Feb 1821 - Venango Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 11 Nov 1888
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         Father: Ernest Theodore Hovis (cal 1794-1867) 4 5 6
         Mother: Margaret Huffman (1793-1885) 2 6


       Marriage: 1843 1

   Other Spouse: Susan A. Wheeler (      -      ) 1 - Mar 1856 1



Wife Mary "Polly" Sutley 3

            AKA: Polly Suttly 1
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Children
1 M Horace D. Hovis 1

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         Spouse: Lucy O. Luke (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1868 1


2 F Emma J. Hovis 1

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         Spouse: C. J. Borah (      -      ) 1


3 F Margret Hovis 1

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           Died: Aft 1884
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         Spouse: William Jurdan (      -Bef 1884) 1


4 F Mary E. Hovis 1

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         Spouse: M. J. Blackwell (      -      ) 1



General Notes: Husband - Adam H. Hovis


He enlisted Oct. 1, 1862, in the 14th Penn. Cav., Co. I, and served in the Army of Western Virginia. He was captured by Mosely's guerrillas at Bolivar's Heights June 29, 1863, and remained prisoner over four months in Libby Prison. He acted as company blacksmith during his service, and was honorably discharged Oct. 1, 1865, having served three years. He was a member of the F. & A. M., G. A. R. and of the Andersonville Associative Survivors, of Chicago, IL. He has worked at his trade forty-five years, and has accumulated some property. Politically, he is a Republican.

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Sources


1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 223.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 962.

3 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 133.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 962, 991.

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

6 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 130.


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