George and his family first made their home in and around Pendleton County, Virginia/West Virginia before deciding to move westward into what is present day Ohio. Over the years, some of the family continued West into Indiana and beyond. The information in this book is everything we have so far. This is a work in progress. We will make corrections and additions as soon as any new information become available. We hope you enjoy finding out more about your Hoover ancestors

This is the final volume of this series on the Descendants of Sebastian hoover Family. If you have purchased the three previous volumes, you will notice in this volume there is not as much information available for each individual child. To date, we have been unable to find any further information on these siblings. By publishing this information, we hope to open new lines of communication with other descendants of Sebastian Hoover from Pendleton County, Virginia. (now West Virginia.)

This famous and interesting surname, with a number of entries in the "Dictionary of National Biography" and over twenty-eight Coats of Arms, is a patronymic of William. William is derived the Norman form of an Old French personal name composed of the Germanic elements "wil," will, desire, and "helm," helmet, protection. The personal name was introduced into England at the time of the Conquest of 1066, and within a very short time it became the most popular given name in England, mainly no doubt in honor of the Conqueror himself. The surname was first recorded in the 1279 Hundred Rolls of...