Samuel Harper Hovis and Mary Catherine Ellen Smith

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Husband Samuel Harper Hovis ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 May 1853 - Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Sep 1922 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: Samuel Hovis (1822-1890) 3 4
         Mother: Eliza Cordelia Welton (1826-1918) 1

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       Marriage: 19 Sep 1878 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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Wife Mary Catherine Ellen Smith ²

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            AKA: Caroline Ellen Smith 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1914
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 F Melda M. Hovis ⁵

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           Born: 1882
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Aug 1910
         Buried:  - Hickory Grove Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

         Spouse: Clyde Lee Blair (1881-1951) 5 7
           Marr: 20 Jan 1904 - Congress Hill, Venango Co, PA 8

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2 F Lula A. Hovis

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           Born: Abt 1886 - Pearl, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aug 1939
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Edward W. Gordon (1884-1975) 9
           Marr: 20 Apr 1911 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA

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3 F Elma Marie Hovis

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            AKA: Alma Hovis 10
           Born: 1896 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Raymond Warren Couch (1894-1975) 10
           Marr: 3 Jul 1914 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 11

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Harper Hovis

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Pearl, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA - merchant & postmaster

The Hovis book gives his date of death as Jan 20, 1936, the same as his sister Sarah (a mistake?)

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, 1038.

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

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 325.

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 150.

7 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 194
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8 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #6397.

9 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 20s.

10 Unknown, History of James Wygant Family (Self-published, 1960.), Pg 10.

11 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #11071.