The Graveyard Rabbit of the Hoover Clan

Blogging Woeful Wednesday

2009-07-22T14:52:00.001-07:00

I've been horrible at posting lately....my apologies! Tis Renaissance Faire season, and I've been very busy vending at Faire.

Then, I injured my back and have been preoccupied by PAIN...

I will post on all my blogs SOON!!

Tombstone Tuesday

2009-03-31T09:04:00.001-07:00

My great-grandmother, Jennie A. (Boltz) Hoover.

Wife of Thomas Benton Hoover.

Jennie died of breast cancer.

Wordless Wednesday

2009-03-04T09:54:00.001-08:00

This is actually in Hoover, Alabama (no kin that I know of there)...but Hoover nonetheless!

Wordless Wednesday

2009-02-11T16:15:00.001-08:00

Virginia John Lincoln, great-grandfather of President Abraham Lincoln

"My father's name was Thomas, my grandfather's Abraham, the same as my own. My grandfather went from Rockingham county in Virginia, to Kentucky about the year 1782. And two years afterward was killed by the Indians. We have a vague tradition that my great-grandfather went from Pennsylvania to Virginia, and that he was a Quaker. Further than this I have never heard anything." The first Lincoln to emigrate to Virginia is called in the Lincoln genealogy "Virginia John." He was the great grandfather of the president, and the father of the Ohio John.

The Lincoln homestead was on Linville Creek, Virginia, just down the road from the Hoover family.

Tombstone Tuesday - Hand Holding Heart meaning

2009-02-10T07:12:00.000-08:00

This symbol was selected for Valentine's Day, coming up. However, the Hand holding a Heart depicts Charity, not Love, as I first thought! A very beautiful symbol, don't you think?

Wordless Wednesday

2009-02-04T13:40:00.001-08:00

John Denver's 'almost Heaven' comes to mind...
home of part of the Hoover Clan...West Virginia

Tombstone Tuesday (NOT)

2009-01-27T10:05:00.000-08:00

I know it's Tombstone Tuesday, but I am anxious to post a link to a wonderful website with tons of information about Coote's Store, Virginia.

Carolyn, owner of the site, has graciously given me permission to post this on this blog and provide a link to her wonderful website! Thank you, Carolyn!

This area, where Coote's Store is, is where some of my Hoover family were born and raised. Carolyn has posted photos, stories written by schoolchildren, history, and much more!

To give you a little taste of what you will find here, the following was written by 13 year old Mabel E. Turner:

"The little village of Cootes Store is located at the junction of the roads leading from Broadway to Ft. Seybert W. Va. and from Dayton to the Orkney Spring Grade.

Old documents show that the village is built either on the Trumbo or Brock grant of land, which was issued by the English from Williamsburg about the year 1760.

There are several old buildings still standing but we are not able to find out when they were built. The Cootes house was built in 1834 by Samuel L. Cootes, who came to this section from Pennsylvania.

A post office was established about a year after Mr. Cootes settled here. He was appointed postmaster. From this point mail was distributed for miles including Brocks Gap country. It was the home of Mr. Gailey, the first mail carrier to Ft. Seybert. The mail was carried on horse back."

Please take a few moments and visit. You can find it here:

http://www.cootes.com/

Tombstone Tuesday

2009-01-20T15:45:00.001-08:00

The Columbarian Wall in the Prescott National Cemetery where my father, Rex Hoover, Sr., is interred. He was in the U.S. Navy during WWII on the ship the U.S.S. Helena - in 7 major sea battles in the Pacific arena.

My father was also at Pearl Harbor, on the Helena, on December 7, 1941.

Thought I would post this on such an historic day (the inauguration of Barack Obama) as my father was one of "The Greatest Generations" and I have hope that his great-grandchildren will take up the torch and become another "Great Generation".

Wordless Wednesday

2009-01-14T07:08:00.000-08:00

Thomas Benton Hoover
my great-grandfather
b: 05 Apr 1865
Oakville,,Iowa
d: 22 Feb 1943
Brighton,Washington, IA
buried: Hillcrest Cemetary, Brighton,,Iowa

Tombstone Tuesday

2009-01-13T18:29:00.001-08:00

Thomas Benton Hoover - My great-grandfather
born:05 Apr 1865
Oakville,,Iowa
died:22 Feb 1943
Brighton,Washington, IA

TransylvanianDutch: How Genealogy Can Determine Your Age - 2009

2009-01-09T19:02:00.000-08:00

TransylvanianDutch: How Genealogy Can Determine Your Age - 2009

Wordless Wednesday

2009-01-07T09:08:00.000-08:00

My Sister, Pamela Hoover, 1961

Tombstone Tuesday

2009-01-06T07:20:00.000-08:00

Catherine (Ritchie) Hoover
29 Oct 1810 - 20 Oct 1864
Burial: Fellowship Cemetery, Melrose, Virginia

Catherine is my 3rd great-grandmother. She married John Hoover.

Our Dutch Line

2008-12-21T11:57:00.000-08:00

I will be posting our Dutch line here soon, also. Louisa Marie Racer (wife of Isaac Hoover, our great-great grandfather) was of the family surname DeCoursey (our line changed their name to Racer, the Anglisized version of DeCoursey, during the French/Indian Wars).

Louisa Marie's line goes back to the original colony in New York, then known as New Amsterdam. This family is quite historical, and I will blog much on this line.

This line was in the original colony to settle in New Amsterdam. Jesse DeForest, credited for founding this colony, is our 11th great-grandfather.

Some of the surnames in this line are:

de Course/Corssen/Corzen, etc.
Racer
Van Campen/Kampen
Croy/Cray
Van Oblinis
de Forest/DeForest
Van Garden/Gordon
Christiaens
Vroom
Hendrickse
Verbrugge
Low
Koevert
Simons

and more...coming soon...

My Hoover Clan

2008-12-21T08:16:00.000-08:00

Beginning with Jacob Hoover, Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth (unknown maiden name) to his son Jacob, Jr. and his wife also named Elizabeth (maiden name Shoemaker).

Onward to his son, John and wife Catherine (Ritchie), to their son, Isaac (named after his maternal grandfather, Isaac Ritchie) and Isaac's wife Louisa Marie Racer (of the DeCoursey line) and on down the generations...

I intend, with this blog, to document my Hoover family history with photos of family members and the cemeteries they are buried in. I will also post photos of headstones and interesting history of the family and these cemeteries.

Here is a photo of Isaac Hoover, born 11 Nov 1834 in Brocks Gap, Rockingham, VA, USA and died 14 Jan 1916 in Brighton, Washington, IA, USA.

Isaac is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery: Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, USA

Here is a view of the old section of Hillcrest Cemetery in Brighton: