Hoover - Jacob 1895
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 12 April 1895
Wednesday noon occurred the death of Jacob Hoover at his home near Linden. He was eighty two years old and death ensued from a complication resulting from a fall he received last January by which his hip was dislocated.
He was one of Montgomery County’s most respected citizens and was a lifelong member of the Dunkard Church of whose principles he was a conspicuous example. In early days he came to Crawfordsville from near Dayton, Ohio, and teamed between here and Chicago before any railroads were built.
His first wife was a Miss Fannie Pickerill, by who he had three children, one of whom, Eli Hoover, father of Mrs. Walter Jones, still survives. In 1842 he settled on a farm two miles from Linden, where he has lived since. He was again married to Esther Weaver, but there were no children.
The funeral will occur Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Christian Church of Linden. -s