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In memory of Samuel Torrance Hovey, my Paternal 4th Great-Grandfather on the DYKEMAN branch.

Bibliography:

  • 1850 Census Candor, Tioga, New York Ancestry
  • 1855 NY State Census, Jasper, Steuben County, New York Ancestry
  • 1860 Census Cono, Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa
  • 1870 Census Cono, Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa
  • The Book of Daniel Hovey and His Descendants, page 417 Archive
  • 1850 Census Candor, Tioga, New York Ancestry
  • 1855 NY State Census, Jasper, Steuben County, New York Ancestry
  • 1856 Census Newton, Buchanan, Iowa
  • 1860 Census Cono, Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa
  • 1870 Census Cono, Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa
  • The Book of Daniel Hovey and His Descendants, page 417 Archive
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Samuel Torrance Hovey

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Birth:

1 Jul 1812

Vermont (or New York)

Marriage:

Tioga County, New York

Death:

Burial:

1 Feb 1871

Quasqueton, Iowa

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Biography

Samuel Torrance Hovey was born on July 1, 1812, possibly in Vermont, as reported on at least two censuses. He married in Tioga County, New York, to Mahala Jordan. They were counted on the census in Candor, Tioga County, New York, in 1840 and 1850. In 1855, he was counted on the census in Jasper, Steuben County, New York. The following year, in 1856, the family was living in Newton, Buchanan, Iowa. In 1860 he was in Cono, Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa, where he died in 1871.

Children

Samuel Torrance Hovey & Mahala Jordan were the parents of my ancestor,

  1. Helen M. Hovey (1835-)
  2. Mahala Augusta Hovey (1838-1898)
  3. Sarah A. Hovey (1841- )
  4. Edgar Hovey (1843- )
  5. Sophronia Hovey (1845- )
  6. George Hovey (1848- )
  7. Alzina A. Hovey (1851- )
  8. Willis E. Hovey (1858- )
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