Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Samuel H00VER

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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SAMUEL H00VER - born in Garrett County, Maryland, December 15, 1842, has been a
resident in Greenbrier County since August 1, 1881, and is a farmer and blacksmith
in Fort Spring District. He is a son of Carlyle H00VER, born in Somerset County,
Pennsylvania, and Rosanna (DURST) H00VER, born in Garrett County, Maryland. 
His wife, whom he married in Grantsville, Maryland, was Rachel A. RECKNER and 
her birth was in Garrett County, Maryland. Her parents were natives of that State, 
John and Barbara E. (Potter) RECKNER. The children of Mr. and Mrs. H00VER, all 
at home are: Lucretia E., born November 17, 1867; Fannie B., May 20, 1870; 
Ralph R., October 13, 1874; Clara V., April 23, 1877; John Franklin  and 
Nathaniel W., May 10, 1879.  Samuel H00VER was made prisoner by the Confederate 
troops on the 3d of January, 1862, and was sent first to Libby prison, thence to
Belle Isle, where he remained two months, and was then sent to Andersonville. 
From Andersonville to Savanna, (Georgia), then to Charleston and to Florence,
(South Carolina), and then to Wilmington, then to Goldsborough (North Carolina).
The Federals making it warm for the Confederates in North Carolina at that time,
he was soon taken back to Wilmington and paroled, and the weary pilgrimages of his 
captivity were ended as he passed again within the Union lines.  When he entered 
Andersonville his weight was 150 pounds, and under the kind care of Captain Whirz 
his weight was reduced to 75 pounds before he was released. He rapidly regained
his health but was exceedingly weak for some time after his release. Ronceverte,
Greenbrier county, West Virginia, is his post office address.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.