Christian Myers Hoover and Hester Ann Force

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Husband Christian Myers Hoover ¹

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           Born: 10 Apr 1834 - Myers Furnace, Clarion Co, PA 1
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           Died: 11 Aug 1914 1
         Buried: 14 Aug 1914 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Col. James Power Hoover (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Clover (      -      ) 1

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Wife Hester Ann Force ²

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           Born: 6 Aug 1831 - Sparta Twp, Crawford Co, PA 2
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           Died: 19 Nov 1906 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried: 22 Nov 1906 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Abram Force (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Barbara Sturtevant (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Gertrude Annette Hoover ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Frank Irving Beers (1853-Aft 1919) 2 4

         Spouse: Lysander M. Bowen (      -      ) 2

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2 F Ina Hoover ²

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3 F Elizabeth Hoover ²

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           Died: 6 Aug 1921 2
         Buried: 9 Aug 1921 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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4 M James Power Hoover ²

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General Notes: Husband - Christian Myers Hoover

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Having received his education in the Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania, schools, he entered actively into business in association with his father, and eventually into politics, in which he was deeply interested. His business relations were with the oil industry for the greater part of his life. He and his father, Colonel Hoover, established the first refinery of consequence in Franklin.
Mr. Hoover was a staunch Democrat in his political affiliations, but he also possessed the quality of winning to his support in his campaigns for office numerous voters in the city and county, which admittedly were Republican strongholds. Thus it was comparatively an easy matter for him to ride on the wave of popularity into the office of mayor of Franklin for two successive terms and into the office of sheriff of Venango County. His administrations featured clean, constructive politics and progressive methods.
In Freemasonry, Mr. Hoover was a member of all branches of that order. At different times he was honored with election or appointment to many district, county and local offices of the order in that section of Pennsylvania. Up to the time of his death, he was the oldest living Freemason, in length of membership, of Myrtle Lodge, No. 316, of Franklin. He was a member of the Washington Club; and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 117.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 118.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 840.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 430.