--part1_97.5c203be1.2f777a9f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This includes a Charlotte Rife so thought it might be interesting to the Rife hunters amoung us. Ginny --part1_97.5c203be1.2f777a9f_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <INDIANA-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-ya01.mx.aol.com (rly-ya01.mail.aol.com [172.18.141.83]) by air-ya03.mail.aol.com (v104.18) with ESMTP id MAILINYA32-1404245ceac259; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:06:12 -0500 Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists7.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.39]) by rly-ya01.mx.aol.com (v104.18) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYA110-1404245ceac259; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:05:51 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) id j2QL5bd5006912; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:05:37 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:05:37 -0700 X-Original-Sender: Lora1957@aol.com Sat Mar 26 14:05:36 2005 From: Lora1957@aol.com Message-ID: <1e6.3835265e.2f7728a1@aol.com> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:05:37 EST Old-To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5011 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Resent-Message-ID: <4ESqsD.A.UrB.h6cRCB@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/7660 X-Loop: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: INDIANA-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: [INDIANA] Hoover, Rife, Yost, Bartow, Wright, Bouslog, Benbow, Fraizer, X-AOL-IP: 66.43.18.39 Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana Typed By Lora Radiches March 25, 2005 Surnames in this biography are: Hoover, Rife, Yost, Bartow, Wright, Bouslog, Benbow, Fraizer, DAVID F. HOOVER. It is not an easy task to describe adequately a man who has led an eminently active and busy life and who has attained a position of relative distinction in the community with which his interests are allied. But biography finds its most perfect justification, nevertheless, in the tracing and recording of such a life history. It is, then, with a full appreciation of all that is demanded and of the painstaking scrutiny that must be accorded each statement, and yet with a feeling of satisfaction, that the writer essays the task of touching briefly upon the details of such a record as has been that of the honored subject whose life now comes under review, Elder David F. Hoover. David F. Hoover is the son of George and Catherine (Rife) Hoover and was born in Jefferson township, Henry county, Indiana, on the 9th of November, 1846. The Hoover family is of German extraction, though the immediate ancestors of the subject were natives of Rockingham county, Virginia. The subject's maternal ancestors were also natives of the Old Dominion, and there grew to maturity. Shortly after his marriage George Hoover and his wife left their native state and located in Henry county, Indiana. This was in 1836, when the country was mostly covered with woods, but he bought a tract of land from his brother and entered upon the task of creating for himself and family a home. In 1859 he erected the house in which the subject now resides and lived in that house until his death, in 1889. He was the first elder in the German Baptist Brethren church in this community and held that position for the long' period of thirty-five years. He was prospered in his business undertakings and gave each of his children a good start in life. At his death so methodical and precise had his arrangements been that no administrator was required to settle the property. He was the father of the following children: Joseph R.; Anna A., the wife of Jacob W. Yost, deceased; John J., deceased; Mary, deceased; David; Sarah, the deceased wife of John Bartow, and Elizabeth, the deceased wife of Charles Wright. The subject of this sketch was reared upon the home farm and received the benefit of a good common school education. He prepared himself for the profession of teaching and at the age of nineteen years taught his first school in Iowa. He was remarkably successful in this vocation and continued it through fifteen terms. In 1877 he was chosen to the ministry of his church and in 1885 was made an elder and has since had charge of the congregation to which his father had ministered for so many years. Since that time he has done much effective work in the cause of the Master, being at times engaged in special evangelistic work, and he has united in marriage about one hundred couples. He received at his father's hands about fifteen hundred dollars with which to commence life and he has exercised such wise judgment in his business affairs that he is today the owner of one hundred and fifty-five acres of good land and is entirely free of debt. Politically he has been affiliated with the Democratic party and in 1882 was elected trustee of his township, in which office he served efficiently and to the satisfaction of his constituents. In 1887 he was chosen trustee of the Aged Persons' Home and Orphans' Asylum, in Jefferson township, of the German Baptist church, and is also the editor of the Home and Orphanage Monthly, a paper established in February, 1902, whose circulation is principally among the members of this church. Mr. Hoover was united in marriage on the 22d of February, 1872, to Miss Mary C. Bouslog, at South English, Iowa. She was born in Henry county and was a schoolmate of her husband. To this union were born seven children, five still living, the names of the latter being as follows: Joseph L., born November 12, 1872, married May Benbow and both are engaged in the occupation of teaching; John J., born February 18, 1874, married Allegra Fraizer; Charles E., born February 15, 1880, is unmarried and lives at home; George H., born October 28, 1881, and Paul, born April 16, 1885. There are few men in Jefferson township who have more richly earned or more universally given the highest meed of admiration and respect for the work he has accomplished in life and as he has gone about endeavoring to follow out the teachings of the lowly Nazarene he has accomplished a measure of good which can only -be calculated in "that great day." He has won many loyal friends who have come to know and appreciate his true worth. Mr. Hoover has in his possession a couple of interesting and valuable heirlooms in the shape of two parchment deeds executed March 20, 1837, and signed by President Martin Van Buren. ==== INDIANA Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the Indiana mailing list, use INDIANA-l-request@rootsweb.com or INDIANA-d-request@rootsweb.com if you are on the Digest list. ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx --part1_97.5c203be1.2f777a9f_boundary--
Wondering if the Catherine Rife named herein is the daughter of Henry Rife. I show a Catherine Rife b. 1828, I believe. -----Original Message----- From: LethaH@aol.com [mailto:LethaH@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 6:55 PM To: OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Fwd: [INDIANA] Hoover, Rife, Yost, Bartow, Wright, Bouslog, Benbow, Fraizer, --part1_97.5c203be1.2f777a9f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This includes a Charlotte Rife so thought it might be interesting to the Rife hunters amoung us. Ginny --part1_97.5c203be1.2f777a9f_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <INDIANA-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-ya01.mx.aol.com (rly-ya01.mail.aol.com [172.18.141.83]) by air-ya03.mail.aol.com (v104.18) with ESMTP id MAILINYA32-1404245ceac259; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:06:12 -0500 Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists7.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.39]) by rly-ya01.mx.aol.com (v104.18) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYA110-1404245ceac259; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:05:51 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) id j2QL5bd5006912; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:05:37 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:05:37 -0700 X-Original-Sender: Lora1957@aol.com Sat Mar 26 14:05:36 2005 From: Lora1957@aol.com Message-ID: <1e6.3835265e.2f7728a1@aol.com> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:05:37 EST Old-To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5011 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Resent-Message-ID: <4ESqsD.A.UrB.h6cRCB@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/7660 X-Loop: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: INDIANA-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: [INDIANA] Hoover, Rife, Yost, Bartow, Wright, Bouslog, Benbow, Fraizer, X-AOL-IP: 66.43.18.39 Compendium of Biography Of Henry County, Indiana Typed By Lora Radiches March 25, 2005 Surnames in this biography are: Hoover, Rife, Yost, Bartow, Wright, Bouslog, Benbow, Fraizer, DAVID F. HOOVER. It is not an easy task to describe adequately a man who has led an eminently active and busy life and who has attained a position of relative distinction in the community with which his interests are allied. But biography finds its most perfect justification, nevertheless, in the tracing and recording of such a life history. It is, then, with a full appreciation of all that is demanded and of the painstaking scrutiny that must be accorded each statement, and yet with a feeling of satisfaction, that the writer essays the task of touching briefly upon the details of such a record as has been that of the honored subject whose life now comes under review, Elder David F. Hoover. David F. Hoover is the son of George and Catherine (Rife) Hoover and was born in Jefferson township, Henry county, Indiana, on the 9th of November, 1846. The Hoover family is of German extraction, though the immediate ancestors of the subject were natives of Rockingham county, Virginia. The subject's maternal ancestors were also natives of the Old Dominion, and there grew to maturity. Shortly after his marriage George Hoover and his wife left their native state and located in Henry county, Indiana. This was in 1836, when the country was mostly covered with woods, but he bought a tract of land from his brother and entered upon the task of creating for himself and family a home. In 1859 he erected the house in which the subject now resides and lived in that house until his death, in 1889. He was the first elder in the German Baptist Brethren church in this community and held that position for the long' period of thirty-five years. He was prospered in his business undertakings and gave each of his children a good start in life. At his death so methodical and precise had his arrangements been that no administrator was required to settle the property. He was the father of the following children: Joseph R.; Anna A., the wife of Jacob W. Yost, deceased; John J., deceased; Mary, deceased; David; Sarah, the deceased wife of John Bartow, and Elizabeth, the deceased wife of Charles Wright. The subject of this sketch was reared upon the home farm and received the benefit of a good common school education. He prepared himself for the profession of teaching and at the age of nineteen years taught his first school in Iowa. He was remarkably successful in this vocation and continued it through fifteen terms. In 1877 he was chosen to the ministry of his church and in 1885 was made an elder and has since had charge of the congregation to which his father had ministered for so many years. Since that time he has done much effective work in the cause of the Master, being at times engaged in special evangelistic work, and he has united in marriage about one hundred couples. He received at his father's hands about fifteen hundred dollars with which to commence life and he has exercised such wise judgment in his business affairs that he is today the owner of one hundred and fifty-five acres of good land and is entirely free of debt. Politically he has been affiliated with the Democratic party and in 1882 was elected trustee of his township, in which office he served efficiently and to the satisfaction of his constituents. In 1887 he was chosen trustee of the Aged Persons' Home and Orphans' Asylum, in Jefferson township, of the German Baptist church, and is also the editor of the Home and Orphanage Monthly, a paper established in February, 1902, whose circulation is principally among the members of this church. Mr. Hoover was united in marriage on the 22d of February, 1872, to Miss Mary C. Bouslog, at South English, Iowa. She was born in Henry county and was a schoolmate of her husband. To this union were born seven children, five still living, the names of the latter being as follows: Joseph L., born November 12, 1872, married May Benbow and both are engaged in the occupation of teaching; John J., born February 18, 1874, married Allegra Fraizer; Charles E., born February 15, 1880, is unmarried and lives at home; George H., born October 28, 1881, and Paul, born April 16, 1885. There are few men in Jefferson township who have more richly earned or more universally given the highest meed of admiration and respect for the work he has accomplished in life and as he has gone about endeavoring to follow out the teachings of the lowly Nazarene he has accomplished a measure of good which can only -be calculated in "that great day." He has won many loyal friends who have come to know and appreciate his true worth. Mr. Hoover has in his possession a couple of interesting and valuable heirlooms in the shape of two parchment deeds executed March 20, 1837, and signed by President Martin Van Buren. ==== INDIANA Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the Indiana mailing list, use INDIANA-l-request@rootsweb.com or INDIANA-d-request@rootsweb.com if you are on the Digest list. ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx --part1_97.5c203be1.2f777a9f_boundary-- ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research in Gallia County, Ohio.