Christopher Hoover and Elizabeth Lotspeich

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Husband Christopher HOOVER ¹

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         Born: 1774 - Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania 2
         Died: 22 Mar 1844 - Rutherford Co, Tennessee 3
       Buried: 

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       Father: Matthias HOOVER (Between 1740-1824) 1
       Mother: Mary ??? (Abt 1755-Abt 1825) 1

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     Marriage: 5 Feb 1795 - Pennsylvania 2

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 Other Spouse: Martha W JONES (1795-1861) 4 - After 1840

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Wife Elizabeth LOTSPEICH ¹

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         Born: 9 Apr 1778 - Greene Co, Tennessee
         Died: 31 Mar 1838 - Hoover's Gap, Rutherford Co, Tennessee
       Buried: Apr 1838 - Hoover's Gap Cemetery, Rutherford Co, Tennessee

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       Father: Christopher LOTSPEICH (Abt 1750-      ) 5
       Mother: Barbara STATLER (Abt 1755-      ) 6

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Children

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1 M Matthias HOOVER ¹

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         Born: 20 Oct 1795 - Greene Co, Tennessee 7
         Died: 4 Jun 1860 - Cherokee Co, Texas 7
       Buried: Jun 1860 - Lowe's Chapel, Rusk, Cherokee Co, Texas

       Spouse: Nancy WARREN (Abt 1800-1860) 1
         Marr: Abt 1818

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2 F Sarah R HOOVER ⁸

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         Born: Feb 1797 9
         Died: Oct 1844 - Hoover's Gap, Rutherford Co, Tennessee 9
       Buried: 

       Spouse: John RAWLINGS (Abt 1786-1835) 9
         Marr: 31 Jul 1817 - Rutherford Co, Tennessee

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3 F Catherine HOOVER

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         Born: Abt 1805
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

       Spouse: George USSELTON (Abt 1800-      )

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4 M Major John Lotspeich HOOVER ¹⁰

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         Born: Abt 1807
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

       Spouse: Thankful MURPHREE (Abt 1816-After 1880) 11

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General Notes (Husband)

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[armstrong052306.GED]

Macon Co, MO, Will & Probate
2803 Hoover, John L. Hoover, Jas. M. Admin.
2826 Hoover, John L. Hoover, J. M. Admin.

PRIVATE ACTS OF 1835-36 CHAPTER 36
SECTION 1. That a new county be and the same is hereby established, by the name of Coffee, in honor of the late General John Coffee, east of Bedford, west of Warren and north of Franklin, adjoining said counties, and composed of parts of the same: beginning at the store house of William Norton, in Hoover's gap, in the line between Rutherford and Bedford.
SECTION 14. That the portion of Rutherford county lying in Hoover's gap, shall be attached to and become a part of the county of
Coffee, upon the following conditions, to wit: that the county of Rutherford shall not thereby be reduced below her constitutional
number of square miles; and that a majority of the qualified voters, residing within the boundaries, as hereinafter described, shall, on
or before the 15th day of February next, notify the governor of the State, by written communication, signed by such majority, of their
wish, to be attached to said county of Coffee. A direct line shall be run, crossing Hoover's gap at right angles, as near as may be,
so as to intersect with the Bedford county line, on the ridge, on each side of said gap, leaving Christopher Hoover and Jacob Hoover
on the north side of said line, and crossing the gap as near Jacob Hoover's mill as practicable, to leave those persons on the north
side of said line; and the territory lying on the south of the line to be so run, shall, on the conditions aftersaid, be attached to and
become a part of the county of Coffee. Passed: January 8th, 1836.

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1 Needles, Dwight.

2 Lamascus, Patty.

3 Scott, Debby.

4 Schwend, Kathy, http://www.famgen.net/schwend/fam00170.htm.

5 Fults, John Lee, http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Lotspeich::hoover::1311.html.

6 Ibid.

7 Cemetery, Lowe's Chapel, Cherokee Co, TX.

8 Fleming, Doris, http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/TNRUTHER/2000-04/0956110999.

9 Ibid.

10 Mitchell, Robin, http://genforum.genealogy.com/hoover/messages/2530.html.

11 Ibid.