MIAMI COUNTY OHIO
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File contributed for use in the Ohio Biographies Project by:
Karin Lange
klange@nque.com
August 28, 2000
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Andreas History of the State of NE, pub 1882 


Nemaha co, NE: J. B. HOOVER, merchant, Nemaha City, who was born in Miami
County, Ohio, in 1835, is a son of Dr. Jerome Hoover and Ann (Prill)
Hoover,
both Virginians by birth. Dr. Hoover entered the town site of Nemaha City
(320 acres) in 1854; moved thereon, with his family, in May, 1855. J. B.
Hoover made a claim adjoining it to the west, and opened a stock of goods
in
partnership with W. H. Hoover, in 1856, and has continued in business
almost
constantly since. During the civil war, he was engaged in freighting to
the
Rocky Mountains, employing several teams and making several trips
himself.
His large brick house, now run by Mr. Davis as the "Hoover House," was
built
in 1856. Mr. Hoover married Elizabeth Tann, who died October 16, 1859,
leaving a daughter--Frances. Mr. Hoover's second wife, Fannie (Simpson)
Hoover, died, Oct ober 22, 1879. The only child, Frances, married P. L.
Erving, of Plum Creek, Neb., and Treasurer of Dawson County. Esquire J.
P.
Crother and Mr. Hoover are the only original settlers of Nemaha who have
stuck by it through adversity and prosperity, and are both as well known
as
respected.