Peter Hovis and Mary P. Bonner

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Husband Peter Hovis ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           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

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

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       Marriage: 1842 1

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   Other Spouse: Julia Hawthorne (cal 1832-1889) 1 10 - 1870 1

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Wife Mary P. Bonner ^{1 3}

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           Born: 1818 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1870 3
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

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Children

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1 F [Unk] Hovis

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in childhood
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F [Unk] Hovis

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in childhood
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Nancy E. Hovis ^{3 11}

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           Born: 1842 - Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1929
         Buried:  - Brandon Cemetery, Cranberry, Venango Co, PA 12

         Spouse: John B. Shiner (1840-1910) 3 11
           Marr: 16 Jun 1859

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4 F Sarah Hovis ^{3 13}

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           Born: 1844 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1919 - Cochranton, Crawford Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: David Berringer (1841-Aft 1890) 3 13 14 15 16
           Marr: 10 Jul 1862 3 13

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5 M Thomas J. Hovis ³

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           Born: 1847 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1870 3
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

         Spouse: Matilda Eakin (1847-Aft 1919) 3

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6 M William P. Hovis ¹⁷

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           Born: 1847 17
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

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7 F Syrene Hovis

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            AKA: Syrena Hovis 17
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Wareham (      -Bef 1919) 17

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8 M Fulton Boyd Hovis ¹⁷

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           Born: 12 Oct 1857 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Apr 1927 17
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary R. Beighlea (1862-1923) 17 18
           Marr: 19 Oct 1882 17 18

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9 F Mary Ellen "Mellie" Hovis ¹⁷

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            AKA: May E. Hovis
           Born: 1860 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 1944 17
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Aaron B. Cathers (1857-1937) 17
           Marr: 1885 - Millbrook, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 17

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General Notes: Husband - Peter Hovis

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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.

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 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1144.

12 Kipp Melat, Brandon Cemetery, Cranberry Township, Venango County, PA (Seneca, PA: Self-published, 1979), Pg 38.

13 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 574.

14 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 923.

15 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1002.

16 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 639.

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

18 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 831.