Christopher Columbus Hoover (1862 - 1882)

Born 1862 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Oct 1882 at about age 20 in DeWitt, Illinois, United States

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Biography

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Name

Columbus /HOOVER/^[1]

Obituary from Find-a-Grave

Clinton Public, DeWitt County, Illinois October 27, 1882

Died at the home of Nicholas Foley, in Wilson township, October 17, 1882, Columbus Hoover, from injuries received from being thrown from a horse. He was born in 1862, in West Virginia, and was the son of John and Christena Davis Hoover. His life was a brief one, and as we scan the backward flow of years, dark shadows overhang the stream. Left an orphan in early childhood, his father having lost his life in the defense of his country, the first year of the rebellion, he and his elder brother George were left dependent on their widowed mother for support. In 1877 the two brothers emigrated to try to make an honest living for themselves, and by honest industry and by careful industry and economy had earned enough money to buy 120 acres of land near Storm Lake, Iowa, where the brothers intended to move this winter. The funeral was preached the Rev. Lapham, of DeWitt, assisted by Rev. Stoddard, of Saybrook at the Chapel. The high esteem in which he was held was evident from the large attendance at the funeral. Every neighborhood where the boys had worked laid aside their worldly cares to attend the funeral. Though Columbus was among strangers, he found kind friends and loving hands to administer the last sad rights. A beautiful wreath was placed on his coffin and he was quietly laid to rest in Rucker Chapel Cemetery. George Hoover, the bereaved brother, has the sympathy of the entire community.

Sources

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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13989106/christopher-columbus-hoover: accessed 19 November 2022), memorial page for Christopher Columbus “Columbus” Hoover (1862–17 Oct 1882), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13989106, citing Rucker Chapel Cemetery, Wapella, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by kbcook (contributor 46773217) .
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4Y-24P : 29 May 2021), Columbus Rexrode in entry for George W Rexrode, 1870.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Christine Hollis for creating WikiTree profile Hoover-1259 through the import of Davis Family Tree_2013-04-09.ged on Apr 9, 2013.

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