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Jesse Hoover
(1846–1880)
BIRTH
September 2, 1846
PLACE
near West Milton, Ohio
NAME
Jesse Clark Hoover
DEATH
December 13, 1880
PLACE
West Branch, Iowa
FAMILY
WIFE
Hulda Minthorn Hoover
(1848–1884)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
CHRISTIAN
QUAKER
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Jesse Clark Hoover was father of US president Herbert Hoover. He worked as a blacksmith and farm equipment dealer in West Branch, Iowa, and married Hulda Minthorn in 1870.
EARLY LIFE
He supported his family as a blacksmith and farm equipment dealer in West Branch, Iowa.
CAREER
DEATH
Jesse Hoover died in West Branch on December 13, 1880. National Park Service accounts identify heart failure and differ on whether pneumonia or rheumatism preceded it.
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