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Male Jacob HOOVER Click to view Jacob HOOVER in the family tree

Jacob was born in 1773 in Lancaster,Earl Twsp, Pa.  Jacob's father was Matthias HOOVER and his mother was Mary "Maria" Gefeller.  His paternal grandfather was Jacob Huber HOOVER and his paternal grandmother is Anna UNKNOWN; his maternal grandparents were Adam or Abrahamk Gefeller and Mary Magdalene HUBER. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Martin L, Christopher, John H., Nancy, Sarah Sally, Mary Polly and Elizabeth Betsey.  He was the second oldest of the eight children.  He died at the age of 100 in 1873 in Rutherford, TN.  He was buried in Hoover's Gap, , Nc.


Jacob's family with Jemima BROYLES

‌Jacob and Jemima were married in a religious ceremony on June 17th, 1799 in , Greene, Tn.  They had seven sons and three daughters, named Henery, Martin, Matthias J., Christopher, Simeon, Ephriam Buchanan, Julius, Anna, Mary and Elizabeth.

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