More Information:
About Abraham Hoover:
1870 Precinct 3, Upshur Co, Tx Abraham Hoover, , abt 1822, Indiana, White, Male, Nancy Hoover,
, abt 1837, Mississippi, White, Female, John Hoover, , abt 1854, Texas, White, Male, Mary Hoover,
, abt 1856, Texas, White, Female, Margaret Hoover, , abt 1859, Texas, White, Female,
About Nancy Robinson:
Nancy is presumed to have been born in Maryland. It is thought they moved to Indiana sometime between
1815 and 1822, Although there is conflicting dates and birthplaces of their ten (or eleven) children,
with perhaps the first five being born in Ohio and the others in Indiana. Those children were John,
Margaret, David, Rachel, Mary Ann, Nicholas, Abraham, Jr., George Jefferson, James, and S. Jane. It
is thought the first five were born in Ohio, the second five in Indiana.
Abraham and Nancy's
daughter Rachel Hoover married James Caffey, Mary Ann Hoover married William Caffey, and son Nicholas
Hoover married Lucinda Caffey.
Abraham and Nancy moved to , Upshur Co, Tx sometime before 1850,
as they were included in the Census for that year. Abraham was listed as farmer. James Hoover (single),
John and Mahala Hoover, and James and Rachel Caffey accompanied them to Tx and perhaps some of the
other Hoovers and Caffeys went as well.
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