Linus Sheldon Hovis and Johannah Martin

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Husband Linus Sheldon Hovis ¹

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           Born: 3 Mar 1844 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Jan 1933 1
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: Rev. John Hovis (1816-1902) 3 4
         Mother: Sarah V. Jones (1820-      ) 4

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Myrtle A. Daniels (1887-      ) 5 - 29 Nov 1912 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 5 6

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Wife Johannah Martin ¹

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           Born: 8 Oct 1848 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jun 1885 1
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: Thomas Martin (1805-1885) 7 8 9 10 11
         Mother: Elizabeth Bleakley (1803-1881) 9

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Children

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1 M John Baker Hovis ^{1 12}

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           Born: 15 Nov 1866 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Oct 1953 1
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 13

         Spouse: Elizabeth Olive "Ollie" Adams (1871-1950) 1 12
           Marr: 29 Jun 1892 - ? Venango Co, PA 1

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2 M Thomas H. Hovis ⁵

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           Born: 22 Apr 1868 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Mar 1870 5
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M David Porter Hovis ¹⁴

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           Born: 5 Dec 1871 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Jun 1934 14
         Buried:  - Taft, Kern Co, CA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Elizabeth Mary Hovis ¹⁴

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           Born: 5 Jun 1874 - Wesley, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Jan 1959 - Kern Co, CA 14
         Buried:  - Bakersfield, Kern Co, CA

         Spouse: John Domer Dunlap (1871-1962) 14
           Marr: 3 Jul 1892 - Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 15

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5 M Joseph M. Hovis ¹⁶

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           Born: 25 Nov 1876 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Jul 1938 16
         Buried:  - Taft, Kern Co, CA

         Spouse: Emma Crist (      -      ) 16

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6 M Richard Burton Hovis ¹⁶

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           Born: 21 Mar 1879 - Pennsylvania 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Jan 1954 - Kern Co, CA 16
         Buried:  - Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS

         Spouse: Maude Amanda Hovis (1881-1942) 16
           Marr: 10 Sep 1902 - ? Venango Co, PA 16

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General Notes: Husband - Linus Sheldon Hovis

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After the death of his first wife, he married again and had two children with his second wife.

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General Notes: Wife - Johannah Martin

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She was born in 1842. [DJTH, 15] On his license application for his second marriage he stated his wife died in 1892.

1 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 285.

2 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 73.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1039.

4 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 11.

5 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 16.

6 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #10224.

7 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 600.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 562.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1018.

10 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 2.

11 Susan Forish, Martin Ancestors (Personal Genealogy Research, 2016).

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 879.

13 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.

14 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 288.

15 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #2064.

16 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 293.