Spouse: William Gillmore BINGHAM. Mary HOOVER and William Gillmore BINGHAM were married on 19 October 1829 in ,Rutherford,Tennessee. Children were: Jacob Hoover BINGHAM, Samuel BINGHAM, Calvin Curlee BINGHAM, Elizabeth Jane BINGHAM, John BINGHAM, Mary Caroline BINGHAM, Alexander C BINGHAM, James Knox Polk BINGHAM, William R O BINGHAM, Sarah Frances BINGHAM, George Robert BINGHAM, Benjamin Putman BINGHAM, Thomas Prayter BINGHAM, Henry Leonard BINGHAM, Christopher BINGHAM.

Spouse: Mary Maria GEFELLER. Mary Maria GEFELLER and Mathias HOOVER were married in 1766 in Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Children were: Martin L HOOVER, Christian Christopher HOOVER, Jacob Huber HOOVER, Elizabeth Betsey HOOVER, Sallie HOOVER, Nancy HOOVER, Mary Polly HOOVER, Sally Sarah HOOVER.

Spouse: Mary Maria GEFELLER. Children were: Jacob HOOVER.

Matthias was born about 1740 in the Earl Township of Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania
to Jacob and Anna Huber. He was raised in the Mennonite Faith. He married
Maria? around 1765 and they made their homethere. Three of their children
Martin, Christopher, and Jacob were born there.

In 1778 Matthias took the oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania in
Hanover Township, Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania. In the book Lancaster County
Deeds, Matthas Hover is named on a list of persons of which the following was
stated:
Lancaster County SS: The within isa just and true account of the
persons names to whom the Oath of Allegiance has been administered
to agreeable to act of General Assembly since my last return was made.
Certifyed May 1st, 1779, by Tim Green.

In 1778 a second StateCensus tallied those against the Revolution. Included o
this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others whorefused to take oaths,
as well as Tories still in the new nation.

Matthiasand his brother Jacob inherited their father's estate to be shared
equally between them. In 1779 Matthias sold his half to his brother.

Shortly after this, Matthias with his sister Magdalene and Brother-in-law
Abraham G. Fellers andtheir families left Lancaster Co. for the Southland.

They followed the beaten trail through York, Frederick, Harper's Ferry,
Winchester, and up the VallyPike to Rockingham Co. Virginia. Matthias's son
John was born here about 1780.

Matthias again moved his family to Shenandoah Co. Virginia, where he purchased
232 acres of land on the 26th of September 1782 from the estate of Hugh Divinia
Here their daughters Nancy c.1784, Sarah "Sally" c.1786, and Mary "Polly"
c.1788 was born. On the 4th of November 1784 Matthias and his wife Mary sold
the 232 acres to John Reeser of Maryland.

They stayed in the Shenandoah Valley until about 1790 when Matthias picked up
his family and moved to the Sweetwater Valley of Eastern Tennessee. (This was
the part of North Carolina thatbecame the Southwest Territory of the United
States in 1790. Tennessee did not become a state until 1796.) Their last child
a daughter was born here c.1790/91. They named her Elizabeth and called her
"Betsey".

Matthias finally settled his family in Davidson Co. Tennessee. (The part he
settled in was changedto Rutherford Co. in 1803.) There is an area called
Hoover's Gap that sits inthe corner where Rutherfore, Bedford, and Coffee
Countys join together.

Matthias was a land barren and owned several thousands of acres of land.
On August 9, 1793, he purchased 5000 acres from Guilford Dudley in the area
presentlyknown as Rutherford County, Tennessee. At the timeof sale, the land
was located in Davidson County.

Though they are sparse, we are lucky to have the following personal memories
that have been passed down through the years on our ancestor, Matthias Hoover.
He was said to have spoken only German all of his life, and He was the first
member of the Huber/Hoover family to embrace a religion other than the Mennonit
faith, when he became aMethodist.

Matthias Hoover died in October 1824, and his will was probated on the 20th of
October 1824. The court order is as follows.

Order for the Division of the Lands o Matthias Hoover, deceased....

State of Tennessee, Rutherford County court, October Term, 1824:

On motion and petition it is ordered by the court that Joel Smith,
Jacob Fox, John Parents: Jacob Huber HOOVER and Mrs. Anna HOOVER.

Spouse: Mary "Maria" GEFELLER. Mary "Maria" GEFELLER and Matthias HOOVER were married in 1776 in , Lancaster, Pa. _UIDB555635CCF54804A994BDA45FD17A9A41AC4
_UID5C2DF42095D18E4C97F083D97D91706CAA14 Children were: Martin L HOOVER, Jacob HOOVER, Christopher HOOVER, John H. HOOVER, Nancy HOOVER, Sarah Sally HOOVER, Mary Polly HOOVER, Elizabeth Betsey HOOVER.

Spouse: Jacob Koch HOOVER. Mrs. Anna HOOVER and Jacob Koch HOOVER were married in 1733 in ,Lancaster,Pennsylvania. Children were: Mathias HOOVER, Mary Magdalene HUBER.