

Jesse Hoover moved from Ohio with his father Eli in 1854. They traveled by river boat and covered wagon to a farm outside West Branch, Iowa, a small town founded by Quakers. In 1870, Jesse, now the town blacksmith, married Hulda Minthorn, a teacher from Ontario, Canada. The Hoovers began a family in a small cottage by the Wapsinonoc Creek.
Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 for Jesse Clark
name: Jesse Clark gender: Male baptism/christening date: baptism/christening place: WEST BRANCH MONTHLY MEETING, WEST MILTON, MIAMI, OHIO birth date: 02 Sep 1846 birthplace: death date: name note: race: father's name: Eli Hoover father's birthplace: father's age: mother's name: Mary mother's birthplace: mother's age: indexing project (batch) number: C53576-1 system origin: Ohio-VR source film number: 413893 reference number: 2:1RZLZPF
United States Census, 1850 for Jesse Hoover
name: Jesse Hoover residence: Union, Miami, Ohio age: 4 years calculated birth year: 1846 birthplace: Ohio gender: Male race (original): race (expanded): death month: death year: film number: 444704 digital gs number: 4204496 image number: 00558 line number: 34 dwelling house number: 2224 family number: 2227 marital status: free or slave: Household Gender Age Eli Hoover M 30y Mary Hoover F 30y Francis Hoover F 8y Allen Hoover M 7y Jesse Hoover M 4y Rebecca Hoover F 1y
United States Census, 1860 for Jesse C Hoover
name: Jesse C Hoover residence: , Cedar, Iowa ward: Springdale Township age: 14 years estimated birth year: 1846 birthplace: Ohio gender: Male page: 184 family number: 1269 film number: 803314 dgs number: 4218035 image number: 00188 nara number: M653
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September 2, 1846
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Stillwater, Miami, Ohio, United States
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1850 |
1850
Age 3
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Union, Miami, Ohio
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1856 |
1856
Age 9
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Springdale
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1860 |
1860
Age 13
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Springdale, Cedar, Iowa
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1871 |
January 28, 1871
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West Branch, Cedar, IA, United States
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1874 |
August 10, 1874
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West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, United States
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1876 |
September 1, 1876
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West Branch, Cedar Co., Iowa
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1880 |
December 13, 1880
Age 34
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West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa, United States
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1880
Age 33
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West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States
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