George Hoover & Mary Magdalina (Hoover) Shoemaker

 

Tracing the Children of Jacob Hoover

By Kris Hocker · Modified: 27 Dec 2013

            Jacob² Hoover (Andrew¹) and his wife Anna Maria (___) both died in German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Jacob died sometime between 13 Aug 1798 when he sold 126 acres of land to John Lance and 8 Sep 1800 when his will was proved—most likely in late August or early September 1800. ^{1, 2} His will named his wife as his executor and the following beneficiaries: wife, Mary, sons and daughters, George Hoover, Elizabeth Simes [Shinn], Cathrine Shoemaker, Margaret Smith, Mary Choffin [Chafin], Magdalina Shoemaker, Rosanna Hoover, Barbra Bakert [Bacus], Rachail Hoover, Jemimah Hoover, Hanna Hoover. The witnesses were Abraham Stuart, James Wilson and Michael Cox.

            Anna Maria (___) Hoover died sometime between 2 Dec 1808 and 20 Dec 1808. She named George and Joseph Hoover as her executors. Her beneficiaries were: son George, Jacob Hoover son of George; daughters: Hannah Hoover, Rachel Gray, Elizabeth Shines [Shinn], Catherine Shoemaker, Madelina Shoemaker, Margaret Smith, Mary Chafin, Barbary Barcus [Bacus], Rozannah Hoover, Jemima Bowman; granddaughter Milly Shines [Shinn], Elizabeth daughter of Hannah Hoover.³ The witnesses were George Vance and Samuel Gordon.

            Based on these documents, Jacob and Anna Maria (___) Hoover had children:

1. Catharine³ Hoover married John Schumacher/Shoemaker.
2. George Hoover married Elizabeth Garrison.
3. Mary Magdalina Hoover married Johann Adam Schumacher/Shoemaker.
4. Elizabeth Hoover married George Shinn, perhaps the brother of Nicholas Shinn who owned property adjacent to her father’s.⁴
5. Margaret Hoover married Unknown Smith, likely Godfrey Smith of Redstone, Pennsylvania.
6. Mary Hoover married Unknown Chafin.
7. Rosanna Hoover
8. Barbara Hoover married Peter Baccus.
9. Hannah Hoover, baptized on 11 Sep 1783 at Jacob’s Lutheran and Reformed Church in German Township, married circa 1800 Joseph Hoover, perhaps the son of one of her uncles, John or Andrew Hoover Jr.⁵
10. Rachel Hoover married James Gray.
11. Jemima Hoover married Unknown Bowman.

So, what happened to these children?

Catharine (Hoover) Shoemaker

            John Shoemaker is found in German Township, Fayette County in the 1790 U.S. Census.⁶ The household had 1 male (>16), 4 males (<16), and 1 female. John Shoemaker is also found in the township in 1800: 1 male (45+), 2 males (16-25), 2 males (10-15), 1 female (26-44), and 1 female (10-15).⁷ By 1810, John Shoemaker and family had moved to Breckinridge County, Kentucky.⁸

George Hoover

            George Hoover is found in German Township, Fayette County in the 1790 U.S. Census.⁹ The household had 1 male (>16), 1 male (<16), and 1 female. He is no longer listed there in 1800. However, he is listed in tax lists for Ohio County by 10 Sep 1800.¹⁰ In 1810, George Hoover is found in Ohio County, Kentucky.¹¹ The family had in the household: 1 male (45+), 2 males (16-25), 1 male (10-15), 2 males (<10), 1 female (26-44), 2 females (10-15), and 2 females (<10).  [Note: One researcher says George Hoover died in 1830; and that George & Elizabeth had a daughter named Mildred Millie Hoover (1802-1841) who married Aaron Atherton.] [Note: Another researcher says George Garrison Hoover was born in Ohio County in 1807 and died 1870, and that he married Sarah “Sally” Byers.] [A third researcher says George and Elizabeth had ten children: Jacob, Leonard, Mary Polly Jane, Mildred Millie, Jonathan, George garrison, Elizabeth James, Sally Ann, John Cicero, and Susan A. – all children born between 1790 and 1814.]

Mary Magdalina (Hoover) Shoemaker

            Adam Shoemaker is found in the 1810 U.S. census for Ohio County, Kentucky. ¹² The household contained 1 male (45+) and one female (45+).  [Note:  This couple does not show up in later census records for Ohio County.  I did find a Mary M. Shoemaker in the 1860 census, age 86, so born about 1774 in PA, living in Fulton County, PA with her adult son, David, but there is no certainty this is the same person. Also, a Mary Shoemaker, a widow, died in PA May 1850 & she was born in PA about 1770]

Elizabeth (Hoover) Shinn

            George Shinn and family are found in the 1800 U.S. census for Whiteley Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. ¹³ The household included: 1 male (45+), 1 male (10-15), 1 female (16-25), 1 female (10-15). In 1810, the family was enumerated in Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania.¹⁴ In the household were 2 males (45+), 1 male (16-25), and 1 female (10-15). Elizabeth died prior to 6 Jan 1817, and may have likely died prior to the 1810 census enumeration.¹⁵

Margaret (Hoover) Smith

            Godfrey Smith is found in German Township, Fayette County in the 1790 U.S. Census.¹⁶ The household had 1 male (>16), 1 male (<16), and 2 females. Godfrey’s daughter Emily “Milly” married Jacob Bacus, son of Peter Bacus, on 27 Jan 1816 in Scioto County, Ohio.¹⁷ By 1819, Godfrey was living in Greenup County, Kentucky.¹⁸ They are found in this county in the 1820 U.S. census enumeration.¹⁹ The household included: 1 male (45+), 1 male (16-26), 1 male (16-18), 1 male (10-16), 1 female (45+), 1 female (16-26), 1 female (10-16), 1 female (<10). The family is still in Greenup County in 1830.²⁰

Barbara (Hoover) Baccus

            Peter Bacus and family were in Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio by 1820 and may have been there even earlier.²¹ The family included: 1 male (45+), 1 male (16-26), 3 males (<10), 1 female (45+), and 2 females (10-16). The family is still there in 1830: 1 male (60-70), 1 male (15-20), 2 males (10-15), 1 female (60-70), and 1 female (20-30).²²

Hannah (Hoover) Hoover

            Joseph Hoover is found in German Township, Fayette County in the 1800 U.S. census.²³ The household consisted of 1 male (16-25) and 1 female (16-25). The family is also there in 1810.²⁴ The household consisted of: 1 male (26-44), 1 male (10-15), 1 male (<5), 1 female (16-25), 1 female (10-15), and 1 female (<5). Joseph Hoover is listed in township tax records from 1800 through 1816 when he and wife Hannah sold the 75 acres they inherited from Mary Hoover to Hugh Gilmore.²⁵

Rachel (Hoover) Gray

            In 1808, James Gray was living in German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania on a portion of the Hoover’s property. Mary Hoover gave this part of the property to her daughter Rachel in her will.²⁶ I did not find James Gray in the Fayette County census records. However, there is a James Gray living adjacent Godfrey and Jacob Smith in Greenup County, Kentucky in 1820.²⁷ The household includes: 1 male (26-45), 1 male (16-26), 4 males (<10), 1 female (45+), 1 female (16-26), and 2 females (<10). This could be the James and Rachel (Hoover) Gray family.

Footnotes

1.         Toothman, Rick, Monongalia County, West Virginia Deedbook 1784—1810 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books Inc., 1994), page 70, “13 Aug 1798, Jacob & Mary Hoover, Fayette Co. PA to John Lantz of Greene Co. PA 126A near the PA line on the North side of Dunker Creek, adjoining Nicholas Shins. No Wits. Recorded OS 1:521.” 

 

2.         Jacob Hoover Last Will & Testament, Fayette County Wills, Book 1: 50, written 24 Aug 1797, probated 8 Sep 1800 

 

3.         Mary Hoover Last Will & Testament, Fayette County Wills, Book 1: 124, written 2 Dec 1808, probated 20 Dec 1808 

 

4.         Zinn, Monongalia County (West) Virginia Court Records; George Shinn is identified as the son-in-law of Jacob Hoover 

 

5.         Ruff, Paul Miller, Jacobs Lutheran and Reformed Church, German Township, Fayette County (Greensburg, PA: Baltzer Meyer Historical Society, 1998) 

 

6.         John Shoemaker household, 1790 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, German Township, page 37; National Archives micropublication M637, roll 8. 

 

7.         John Shoemaker household, 1800 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, German Township, page 540; National Archives micropublication M32, roll 38. 

 

8.         John Shoemaker Sr. household, 1810 United States Federal Census, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, page 322; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 5 

 

9.         George Hoover household, 1790 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, German Township, page 34; National Archives micropublication M637, roll 8.

 

10.       Hoover, Luella Schaumburg, “Some Descendants of Andrew Hoover” (typescript; State Library, Pennsylvania), page 23 

 

11.       George Hoover household, 1810 United States Federal Census, Ohio County, Kentucky, Ohio Township, page 74; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 8. 

 

12.       Adam Shoemaker household, 1810 United States Federal Census, Ohio County, Kentucky, Ohio Township, page 96; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 8. 

 

13.       George Shins household, 1800 United States Census, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Whiteley Township, page 23; National Archives micropublication M32, roll 40 

 

14.       George Shins Sr. household, 1810 United States Federal Census, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Wayne Township, page 32; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 49 

 

15.       George Shintz will (#359), Green County Will Book 1: n/a 

 

16.       Godfrey Smith household, 1790 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, German Township, page 37; National Archives micropublication M637, roll 8. 

 

17.       Shoemaker, Caryn R. and Rudity, Betty J. Sisler, Scioto County, Ohio Marriages (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987) 

 

18.       Godfrey Smith Revolutionary War pension file (#S37426), transcription 

 

19.       Godfrey Smith household, 1820 United States Census, Greenup County, Kentucky (not stated), page 184; National Archives micropublication M33, roll 21. 

 

20.       Godfrey Smith household, 1830 United States census, Greenup County, Kentucky, not stated, page 62; National Archives micropublication M19, roll 37.

 

21.       Peter Bachus household, 1820 United States Census, Scioto County, Ohio, Green Township, page 135; National Archives micropublication M33, roll 95. 

 

22.       Peter Bachus household, 1830 United States Census, Scioto County, Ohio, Green Township, page 91; National Archives micropublication M19, roll 140. 

 

23.       Joseph Hoover household, 1800 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (German Township), page 536; National Archives micropublication M32, roll 38.

 

24.       Joseph Hoover household, 1810 United States Census, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (German Township), page 712; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 54. 

 

25.       Joseph Hoover to Hugh Gilmore (1816), Fayette County Deed Book L:40.

 

26.       Mary Hoover Last Will & Testament, Fayette County Wills, Book 1: 124, written 2 Dec 1808, probated 20 Dec 1808.

 

27.       James Gray household, 1820 United States Census, Greenup County, Kentucky(not stated), page 184; National Archives micropublication M33, roll 21.