Israel Hoover (1911)

HOOVER, RAY, STEVENS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 8/13/2010 at 13:08:45

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, February 2, 1911
Page 5

County and City

Another of Madison county’s pioneer’s has been called home. We refer to Israel Hoover of the Elm Grove neighborhood, who passed away on last Friday, and was buried Sunday. He was past 86 years of age and is survived by the aged wife, several children grown beyond middle age, besides children of the third and fourth generation. We hope to give a more extended notice of his life in a later issue of this paper.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 9, 1911
Page 2

Obituary

Israel Hoover was born in Randolph county, North Carolina, November 7, 1824, and died January 27, 1911 at his home near Peru, Iowa, aged 86 years, 3 months and 20 days. He moved to Indiana with his parents in his youth and was married there to Miss Nancy Ray in 1846. They moved to Iowa in 1865. To this union 10 children were born, six sons and four daughters, out of this number only three of them survive him, Henry, Lewis and Ed. He has resided near Peru on a farm all the time since he came to this state.

On June 2, 1881, his wife departed this life, and on Feb. 18, 1893, he was married to Mrs. Jane Stevens who survives him. He was a good husband, a loving parent, a good friend to the needy and was loved by all who knew him. He leaves a wife, three sons, 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren to mourn his loss.

Funeral services were held at the residence by Rev. Corkill at 11 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 29th after which he was laid to rest by the side of his first companion in the Union Chapel cemetery.

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