Monroe Zimri Hovis and Susanna Shelly

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Husband Monroe Zimri Hovis ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 May 1850 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Mar 1924 2
         Buried:  - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Samuel Hovis (1822-1890) 5 6
         Mother: Eliza Cordelia Welton (1826-1918) 1

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       Marriage: 18 Nov 1873 7 8

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Wife Susanna Shelly ⁷

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            AKA: S. Shelley
           Born: 1850
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Apr 1882 7
         Buried:  - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: John Shelly (      -      ) 7
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth C. Hovis

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           Born: Jan 1875
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Feb 1875
         Buried:  - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 9

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Susie Pearl Hovis ^{7 8}

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           Born: 1875 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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3 M Henry B. "Harry" Hovis ^{7 8}

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           Born: 1879 8
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - Monroe Zimri Hovis

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He was reared and educated in Victory township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. He farmed in summer and taught school in winter until his twenty-third year, and then entered the employ of Barkey & Company, merchants of Barkeyville, as a clerk. About 1877 he returned to Victory township and engaged in the mercantile business, and established the post-office known as Pearl, of which he was postmaster for several years. In 1881 he retired from business and removed to Clintonville, and formed a partnership with J. C. Hovis in the production of oil. Their wells were located in Butler County, but he had one well on his father's farm in Clinton township. In the spring of 1889 he was elected justice of the peace, and was also the auditor of Clintonville. Politically Mr. Hovis was a Democrat, and a member of the Church of God. [HVC 1890, 992]

1 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 992, 1039.

2 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 18.

3 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 992.

4 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 156.

5 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 992, 1038.

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

7 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 993.

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

9 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 156
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