I found the following John Hoover in Mercer County on the 1880 census CD's. Could this be your John Hoover? Census Place: New Boston, Mercer, Illinois Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 368D Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace John HOOVER Self M M W 55 VA Occ: Bee Keeper Fa: VA Mo: VA Ann HOOVER Wife F M W 38 IN Occ: Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: IN Willie W. HOOVER Son M S W 16 IL Occ: At Home Fa: VA Mo: IN Mary M. COOK Other F S W 17 TN Occ: Housemaid Fa: NC Mo: TN There are other Hoover families listed in the census. If you're interested, I'll be glad to send that information to you. --RuthAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: <shell302@hotmail.com> To: <ILMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 7:13 PM Subject: [ILMERCER-L] Re: John Hoover > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hg.2ADI/135.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I have a John Hoover in my family. His daughter is Cora Hoover. she was born on Aug. 13, 1883. she married my great grandfather. I don't know anything about John Hoover except his name and that he married a Becky Piles? please contact me. > ------NEATO: http://www.neato.net------