H. O. Hove

HOVE

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 3/3/2008 at 16:07:09

H. O. Hove is a native of Norway, born July 11, 1829. He came to America in 1853, landed at New York, going from thence to Chicago, and then to Dane Co., Wis., where he remained two years. From Dane county he came to Worth county and located on section 35, Hartland township, where he yet resides. He owns 160 acres of well improved land. Much of his time he devotes to stock raising. He was married in 1857 to Olina Hove, born in Norway in 1830. They have been blessed with six children — Ole, Edward, Lewis, Henry, Caroline and Helen. The family are all members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Politically, Mr. Hove is a republican.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 772.