Thomas Coston Hovis and Vilena Elizabeth Phipps

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Husband Thomas Coston Hovis ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 20 Feb 1855 or 1856 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3 4
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           Died: 6 Apr 1923 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

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         Father: David Hovis (1813-1894) 1 6 7
         Mother: Margery Johnston Canan (1818-1894) 1 8

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       Marriage: 10 Mar 1896 3 9

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Wife Vilena Elizabeth Phipps ^{3 10 11}

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           Born: 21 May 1863 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3 9
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           Died: 13 Apr 1951 3
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

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         Father: Joseph Phipps (1812-1872) 9 12 13 14
         Mother: Jane B. Anderson (1828-1900) 9 15

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Children

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1 F Marjorie J. Hovis ^{4 16}

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           Born: 11 May 1897 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 16
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           Died: 6 Jun 1976 - Grove City, Mercer Co, PA 16
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 17

         Spouse: Harold C. Oakes (1899-1977) 16
           Marr: 21 Oct 1922 16

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2 F [Unk] Hovis ¹⁶

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           Born: 1901
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           Died: 
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3 M [Unk] Hovis ¹⁶

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           Born: 1901
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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Coston Hovis

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He had excellent educational advantages in the local schools, and remained at home working with his father, acquiring a practical knowledge of farm management and oil production which has enabled him to handle his increasing interests most advantageously. He obtained the home property and has kept it up to the same proportions as in his father's lifetime, having 187 acres in the tract. Agriculturally, it has been operated as a stock farm, and though valuable as such has been principally productive for a number of years as oil land, Mr. Hovis having continued the development work begun by his father on an extensive scale. He has not operated personally, leasing the oil rights, from which he profits doubly as part owner of the four leases under which the oil is produced and through the royalties due him as owner of the land. At present there are thirty-three producing wells, yielding an average amount of third sand oil, whose territory is limited to a small area, and which goes into the regular pipe lines, though the quality is superior. These wells also produce enough gas to supply power for pumping, making a considerable saving in cost of operation. Mr. Hovis has himself taken charge of some of the leases, his thorough understanding of the business enabling him to direct the work successfully. He stayed on the farm until February, 1912, since when he has resided at Clintonville.
Mr. Hovis has proved himself a man of broad public spirit and liberal ideas, and his cooperation in local affairs has been greatly appreciated by his fellow citizens, who have shown their faith in his opinions and good judgment by choosing him for important responsibilities. He held the office of road commissioner for twelve years, has served on the school board, and in other local offices, never aspiring to county positions or caring to take a personal part in matters away from his home neighborhood. He supports the Democratic Party on political issues. [CAB, 768]

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

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 585, 644, 754, 767.

3 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 111.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 768.

5 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.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 573.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 642.

8 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 104.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 585, 754.

10 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 982.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 585, 754, 768.

12 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 488.

13 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 890, 981.

14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 681.

15 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 981.

16 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 112.

17 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 57.