Watson Clark Hovis and Isabella Cross

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Husband Watson Clark Hovis ^{1 2}

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           Born: 31 Aug 1845 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1932
         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: 29 Sep 1870 1 3

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Wife Isabella Cross ^{1 3 9}

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           Born: Mar 1849 - Venango Co, PA 9
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           Died: 1929 9
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Samuel W. Cross (1809-1880) 10 11 12 13
         Mother: Anna Jane McCutcheon (1823-1905) 13 14

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Children

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1 F Alice M. Hovis ^{9 15 16}

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           Born: 1873 - Venango Co, PA 9
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas L. Locke (1868-Aft 1919) 9 15 17
           Marr: 1 Jun 1892 - ? Venango Co, PA 9

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2 M Homer Coleman Hovis ^{3 9}

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           Born: Dec 1876 - Venango Co, PA 9
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Martha L. Chapman (1875-      ) 9

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General Notes: Husband - Watson Clark Hovis

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He lived on part of the old farm and was engaged as a carpenter at Clintonville, PA, until his retirement; like his father and brothers he was prominent in the local activities of the Republican Party, and was a trustee of the M. E. Church. [CAB, 987]

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 575.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643, 987.

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 59.

10 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 995.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 603.

12 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 47.

13 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 23.

14 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1126.

15 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 353.

16 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 903, 987.

17 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 903.