Newton Co., IN Bio Newton County, Iroquois Township. From A History of Warren, Benton, Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883. JOHN H. HOOBER was born in Pike County, Ohio, October 27, 1829. He is the son of Ellrey and Mary A. Hoober, both natives of Virginia; the former died in 1835, aged forty-five, the latter in 1875, aged eighty. Mr. Hoober was by trade a cooper, in politics a Whig, but voted for General Jackson; and had been a soldier in the war of 1812. John H. Hoober had little schooling. He came with his parents from Pike County to Crawford County, Indiana, in 1835, where his father died six weeks afterward, and his mother returned to Ross County, Ohio. From 1842 to 1847, John H. traveled with a blind man, and received a boy's wages. He began to learn his trade in 1847, from which time until the present, excepting that in the United States service, he had followed manufacturing farm implements and general blacksmithing. He enlisted in 1861 in Company C, Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Col. Don Piatt, as musician (solo alto) in the regimental band. He was in the "Morgan Raid" in Ohio in 1863, and had a personal encounter with one of his men, in which the latter received a dangerous wound, and had his horse captured by Mr. Hoober, who escaped death by the discharge of the rebel's gun. In 1864, he went from Circleville, Ohio, in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment Ohio National Guards, with the hundred-day men, Col. Sage. On his return, he was mustered out, returned to Circleville, and resumed business. From Pickaway County, Ohio, he moved to White County, Indiana in 1865, where he was burnt out, saving only his clothing and a team of horses. He came to Kentland in 1871, and is located were the first building was erected. December 31, 1851, he married Miss Catherine Kemp, of Madison County Ohio. They have four children--Laura, Letitia, Elizabeth and Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Hoober are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Hoober is a Republican, and a member of Lodge 361, F. & A.M. Mr. Hoober is patentee of the "Hoosier Gopher," a cultivator made by the firm of Hoober & Fletcher, at present in good demand, and was patented March 6, 1883. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted By Gerald Born Email - Wizzofozl0@aol.com