Bios: COOVER, Andrew 1834: Some Twp, A Co, PA

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  BIOGRAPHY
  BOOK - HISTORY OF VENANGO COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, AND INCIDENTALLY OF
  PETROLEUM - PUBLISHED BY J.A. CALDWELL, COLUMBUS, OHIO 1879 (Book is
  located in the Drake Well Museum Library in Titusville PA.)
  
  Biography - ANDREW COOVER. Andrew Coover settled on a track of land (No
  17), south and adjoining land of Ninian Irwin. He had a family of twelve
  children, Andrew, Jacob, John, George, Michael, Eve, Susan, Emily,
  Elizabeth, Catherine, Polly, and Sally. The old man lived to be about
  ninety years old. He died in 1834. His wife died before he came to this
  country. Eve Coover married Thomas Bunnell, and lived some time in Warren
  county. Had their house burned, then moved to Erie county, built a log
  house, had that burned, built a third house, and had that burned also.
  His wife lived to be about ninety years old. Andrew Coover and John
  Coover, sons of Andrew Coover, settled near Waterford, Erie county. Susan
  Coover married Rueben Ellis, and lived in Chautauqua county, New York.
  Jacob Coover died some few years ago, after he came to this county.
  Catherine Coover was married to Samuel Kerr, of Titusville, in 1817, by
  whom she had eight children - Andrew J., James K., Marshall, Michael C.,
  (twin brothers), Joseph L., Joanna, Elizabeth, and Amelia. Samuel Kerr
  died in Titusville, in 1839, aged seventy-six years. Andrew J. Kerr,
  teacher of mathematics, died in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1843. Elizabeth
  died in 1846. Joanna died in 1841. Joseph L. died in 1858. Mrs. Catherine
  Kerr died in Pittsburgh, January 20th, 1874, aged eighty-two years years.
  Colonel James K. Kerr, second son of Samuel and Catherine Kerr, an
  eminent lawyer, died in Pittsburg, in 1876. He served fifteen months in
  the War of the Rebellion, and was discharged from the service on account
  of his health. Michael C. Kerr, twin brother of Marshall Kerr, died at
  Rock Alum Springs, Virginia, August 19th, 1876. He was the Speaker of the
  House of Representatives, in Congress. His health failing him, he went to
  the Springs, thinking to regain his health, and died there. He, like his
  brother, was an eminent lawyer. 
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