George Hoover

George Hoover - This old pioneer of '49 is the son of Jacob and Rosanna Orviller Hoover, born in Richland County, Ohio, in May, 1826. He moved with his parents, when eight years old, and settled in Quincy, Illinois, where he attended school and helped his father on the farm, and remained in that place until March, 1849. He then started for California, coming the old emigrant route, and first located in the Golden State at Hangtown (Placerville), where he followed mining for two years. He then made a visit to his home in Quincy, where he sojourned until September 1st, when he proceeded to New Orleans, and sailed from that port for San Francisco September 10,1852, coming via Panama, and arriving in San Francisco October 20th of the above year. He then proceeded to Salem, Oregon, where he engaged in farming, and followed this for three years. In the fall of 1856 we find this old pioneer anchored in Napa Valley, on the place where he now resides, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres, two miles west of Calistoga, surrounded by his family and respected by the community in which he lives. He was married in Calistoga to Miss Elizabeth Bartlett, a native of Canada. Their children are Charles, Mary, Bell, and Ada.

History of Napa and Lake Counties,: San Francisco, Cal.: Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers, 1881
Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, June 2007 Page 490

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