St.
Clair County
Remnants Of The Past
History of St. Clair County, MO, Volume 1
St. Clair County, MO Historical Society
Hoover Family
Alexander Hoover was born in 1792 in Virginia, probably Lee County,
as several of his children were born there. He married in 1817, Margaret
Elizabeth Smith. She was born in 1798 in Virginia, died in 1879 in St.
Clair County, buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Alexander died in 1865 in
St. Clair County. The Hoovers came to this county in 1835, being among
the earliest settlers.
Alexander and Margaret Hoover had seven children. John Smith Hoover,
born in Virginia, married 3 January 1855 in St. Clair County to Mary
Dark, nothing more known; Margaret Elizabeth Hoover, born in 1820 in
Jackson County, Ohio, married in 1838 in Virginia to Paris Sims (see
Sims family), died May 1891, St. Clair County, buried Yeater Cemetery;
James Madison Hoover, born 1823, Lee County, Virginia, married Mary
Allison Hembree, died 1909, St. Clair County; Barbary Ann Hoover, born
in 1826 in Lee County, Virginia, married Chris Hoover, little else known;
Valentine D. Hoover, born 1828, Lee County, Virginia, married Urane
Anderson, died 1882, St. Clair County, buried Mt. Zion Cemetery; Hetty
Rose Hoover, born 1831, Lee County, Virginia, nothing more known; Spillman
Alexander Hoover, born 14 March 1840 in St. Clair County, married Eliza
Jane Winchester, died in 1879, St. Clair County, buried Mt. Zion Cemetery.
James M. and Mary Allison Hembree Hoover had 11 children. Hester Ann
married James Perrin, died 1879, St. Clair County; Margaret J., died
young; John A., married Mary Estes, died 1877, St. Clair County; Mary
Josephine, married Zachary T. Carroll, died 1921, St. Clair County;
James M., Jr., married Sarah Suggs, nothing more known; Rebecca D.,
married James J. Winchester, died 1938, St. Clair County; William Smith,
married Elizabeth Jones, nothing more known; Alice M., not married,
died young in 1875; Alexander S., not married, died young in 1882; Eliza
H., married Marion Freeman, nothing more known; Lillie B., married Alfred
T. Carroll, died 1937, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
Barbary Ann married Chris Hoover and died before 1865. They had one
child, Lydia M., married in 1867 in St. Clair County to James Allenbaugh,
nothing more known.
Valentine and Urane Anderson Hoover had eleven children. Mary J., nothing
more known; Laura N., married a Martin, nothing more known; Lucy A.,
married first William Hudson, second Bob Snuffer, nothing more known;
John V., nothing more known; Eliza, married a Smith, nothing more known;
Maggie Lee, married first William O. Simpson, killed in 1892, Oklahoma,
second a Hoffman, third J.C. Collins, nothing more known; Clem; Charles;
Willie, nothing more known; Ella, married Tom Greathouse, died 1952,
Osceola, buried Yeater Cemetery.
Spillman A. and Eliza Winchester Hoover had nine children. Virginia
B., married Nelson N. Willson, died 1932 in Kansas; James V., married
first Victoria Lukenbill, second Sarah Fowble, died 1950, Appleton City;
Alwilda M., married William Allinson, died 1936; Mamie M., married William
Emery, died in Indiana; Spillman A., Jr., not married; Martin L. (triplett),
married Sophranie Weir, died 1949 in Canada; Emma F. (triplett), married
James M. Short, died 1958, Appleton City; Thomas (triplett), died at
birth; Francis Elmer, married Josephine Weir, died in Oregon.
Submitted by Lowell L. Howell, Sibley, MO
