ROSS COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: HOOVER, William M. (published 1916)
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WILLIAM M HOOVER Though a resident of Indiana since infancy, William M. Hoover
was born in Ross County, Ohio, August 27, 1844, a son of Alford and Margaret
(Roselle) Hoover, his father a native of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and his
mother of Ohio. In 1846 the family moved from Ohio to Warren County, Indiana,
and in 1854 joined the early pioneer settlers of Jasper County, locating on a
tract of wild land in Section 12 of Marion Township. It was in that locality
that Alford Hoover spent his declining years. He was a cooper by trade, but
followed farming after his removal to Indiana. The mother of William M. Hoover
died February 6, 1904, in very advanced age.

Eighteen months of age when brought to Indiana, William M. Hoover was reared
partly in Warren and partly in Jasper County, attended such common schools as
were in existence at that time, and had reached the age of seventeen when he
responded to the call for volunteers at one of the critical times of the Civil
war. He enlisted August 11, 1862, in Company A of the Eighty- seventh Indiana
Volunteer Infantry.

Mr. Hoover married, on the 14th of February, 1867, Miss Nancy J. Adams, who
was born in Miami County, Indiana, August 4, 1848, a daughter of Isaac and
Anne (Iddings) Adams, and she was reared and educated in her native county.
Three sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hoover. Alford A., a resident of
Marion Township, where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits, was liberally
educated. He married Miss Evaline Jackson. William I., a residents of
Rensselaer, is mentioned elsewhere in this work. Frank I., resides with his
parents on the farm. He graduated in the Rensselaer High School, and then
matriculated in the state university at Bloomington. He married Miss Leo Knox
and they are members of the Christian Church.

From:  The Standard History of Jasper and Newton Counties,
The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago and New York - 1916


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