James Rush HOOVER[187] [188]

09 NOV 1841 - 18 JUL 1913
[Image of James Rush HOOVER] James Hoover holding Alice Corson, at home in Osgood, IN; c1912

Personal Information:

  • DESCRIPTION: 5' 5" tall, with dark complexion, hazel eyes, and black hair
  • OCCUPATION: Farmer / Farm Laborer [197] [198]
  • RESIDENCE: Osgood, Ripley Co., Indiana [199]
  • PROPERTY: ABT 1860, real estate valued at $100 [205]
  • OCCUPATION: ABT 1880, Huckster [213]
  • BORN: 09 NOV 1841, Rising Sun, Ohio Co., Indiana [189] [190] [191] [192] [193]
  • DIED: 18 JUL 1913, Osgood, Ripley Co., Indiana [195]
    • Cardiac dropsy, organic heart trouble
  • BURIED: 20 JUL 1913, Cliff Hill Cemetery, Versailles, Ripley Co., Indiana [196]
  • MILIT-BEG: 23 SEP 1861, Enterprise, Spencer Co., Indiana
    • Private, Company E, 50th Indiana Volunteer Infantry (US Civil War, Union)
  • CENSUS: 07 AUG 1850, Rising Sun, Ohio Co., Indiana [204]
  • MILIT-END: 01 MAR 1864, Enterprise, Spencer Co., Indiana
    • "... by virtue of re-enlistment as veteran volunteer."
  • MILIT-SERV: 28 JUL 1864
    • Absent from the company muster roll, on "Veteran's furlough", by order of Maj Gen'l Steele; returned September, 1864
  • ILLNESS: 20 FEB 1865
    • "chills and fevers", evolving into chronic epileptic fits (contracted during military service near New Orleans, LA)
  • MILIT-BEG: 02 MAR 1864, Lewisburg, Arkansas
    • Private, Company D, 52nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry (US Civil War, Union)
  • CENSUS: 16 JUN 1860, Posey Township, Switzerland Co., Indiana [210]
  • CENSUS: 30 JUN 1870, Center Township, Ripley Co., Indiana [211]
  • CENSUS: 22 JUN 1880, Osgood, Ripley Co., Indiana [212]
  • MILIT-END: ABT SEP 1865
  • MILIT-SERV: 14 OCT 1864
    • Served escort duty for steamboats
  • MILIT-SERV: 10 APR 1865
    • Absent from company muster roll; reported as "left sick" at Spanish Fort, AL
  • MILIT-SERV: 15 MAY 1865
    • Absent from company muster roll; reported as "left sick" at Mobile, AL

Individual Notes

Parents:

Family 1:

Wife: Mary Catherine DUNCAN

  • MARRIED: 09 MAY 1867, Osgood, Ripley Co., Indiana [6058]
  • MARRIED: 01 MAY 1867, Osgood, Ripley Co., Indiana

Children:

  1.    John B HOOVER
  2.    Robert S HOOVER
  3.    Russell M HOOVER
  4.  + Emma Ethel HOOVER
  5.    Mary Helen HOOVER

Family 2:

Wife: Fannie WOOD

  • MARRIED: 13 MAR 1864, Lewisburg, Arkansas

Children:

  1.    William G HOOVER 
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                       _John HOOVER ________|
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 _Abraham HOOVER _____|
| (.... - 1849) m 1841|
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|                     |_Sarah BYRETT _______|
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|--James Rush HOOVER 
|  (1841 - 1913)
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|                      _____________________|
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|_Nancy HARRIS _______|
  (1820 - ....) m 1841|
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                      |_____________________|
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Source references

[187] U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1880
  • REFERENCE: "James Hoover" enumerated as head of household; Indiana, Ripley, ED 153, Page 27, Line 44

[188] U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1850
  • REFERENCE: "James Hoover" was enumerated as the son of William Berkshire; Indiana, Ohio, City of Rising Sun (Division 1), Page 298, Line 21

[197] U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1870
  • REFERENCE: Indiana, Ripley, Center Township, Page 8, Line 4

[198] U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1860
  • REFERENCE: Indiana, Switzerland, Posey Township, Page 18, Line 1

[199] military pension file - Hoover, James Rush

[205] U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1860
  • REFERENCE: Indiana, Switzerland, Posey Township, Page 18, Line 1

[213] U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1880
  • REFERENCE: Indiana, Ripley, ED 153, Page 27, Line 44

[189] military pension file - Hoover, James Rush

  • REFERENCE: Death certificate

[190] U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1870
  • REFERENCE: [Estimated] '29' was the enumerated age, and Indiana the place of birth; Indiana, Ripley, Center Township, Page 8, Line 4

[191] U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1850
  • REFERENCE: [Estimated] '8' was the enumerated age, and Indiana the place of birth; Indiana, Ohio, City of Rising Sun (Division 1), Page 298, Line 21

[192] U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1880
  • REFERENCE: [Estimated] '39' was the enumerated age, and Indiana the place of birth; Indiana, Ripley, ED 153, Page 27, Line 44

[193] U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1860
  • REFERENCE: [Estimated] '18' was the enumerated age, and Indiana the place of birth; Indiana, Switzerland, Posey Township, Page 18, Line 1

[195] military pension file - Hoover, James Rush

  • REFERENCE: Death certificate

[196] military pension file - Hoover, James Rush

  • REFERENCE: Death certificate

[204] U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1850
  • REFERENCE: Indiana, Ohio, City of Rising Sun (Division 1), Page 298, Line 21

[210] U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1860
  • REFERENCE: Indiana, Switzerland, Posey Township, Page 18, Line 1

[211] U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1870
  • REFERENCE: Indiana, Ripley, Center Township, Page 8, Line 4

[212] U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1880
  • REFERENCE: Indiana, Ripley, ED 153, Page 27, Line 44

[201] U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1880
  • REFERENCE: Indiana, Ripley, ED 153, Page 27, Line 44

[202] U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1870
  • REFERENCE: Indiana, Ripley, Center Township, Page 8, Line 4

[6058] military pension file - Hoover, James Rush

  • REFERENCE: Bureau of Pensions information request

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