Hoover, Solomon Y.,

 

 

                                      Farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Quarry; owns 97 ½ acres of land, valued at $45 per acre; born Sept. 19, 1825, in Miami Co., Ohio; came from there to this county in 1856, and settled on his farm. Was married to Margaret S. Mote Nov. 24, 1853, in Ohio; she was born July 14, 1830; they have five living children—Lucy A., William B., Delilah S., Mary A., Louis C; lost four—Olive E., Loren, Elijah and Edith. Is a member of the Friends’ Church; Republican.

                                      p.596, Le Grand Township

 

 

 

                             --Taken from “The History of Marshall County Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, &r.,” and published by Western Historical Company of Chicago in 1878.

 

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