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The first
child of Samuel Marshall (1801-1835) and Phebe Perry (1803-1885), "Sim" Hovey was a merchant and hotel-keeper,
a farmer, and a citizen who was active in the communities where he made his home: Lisbon and Franklin, in Venango County,
Pennsylvania; and from the 1870s until his death, Simeon (near Charlottesville), Virginia. He was named for his "grandfather"--Dr. Simeon Hovey of Happy Retreat, Hovey Twp., Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Indirect evidence
seems to show that Dr. Hovey and his wife Mary Ann "Polly" Truby Hovey provided
a home for Simeon's father Samuel after Samuel's parents died in 1806 on the Ohio
frontier. His Aunt Polly Hovey was the sister of Samuel's mother, Catharina. Simeon Marshall married Mary Jane Hoover
(1829-1886), and they were parents of seven children (see names below).
Click on underlined words, above, for more information.
CHILDREN OF SIMEON H. MARSHALL
AND MARY JANE HOOVER
Mary Bailey Marshall Fletcher (1850-1924)
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hoover Marshall Behrendt (1851-1925)
Alpheus “Al” Hoover Marshall
(1854-1891)
Samuel M. Marshall (1856-?)
Jane “Jennie” Marshall
Souder (about 1859-after 1930)
Sarah “Sadie” Marshall (1866-1919)
Lyda Marshall Macconnell (1873-?)
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| Awaiting a Photograph of Mary Jane Hoover Marshall (1829-1886) |
At Home in Pennsylvania
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Why Did They Move?
Why did
Simeon Marshall, in the 1870s when he was in his 50s, move his entire family from their familiar home places in Venango
County, Pennsylvania, to begin a new life as a farmer near Charlottesville, Virginia?
Included in that migration were his daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Charles Fletcher, who already
had established a family of their own. Perhaps his descendants recall family
traditions about that important migration? The past year [2007] has brought
the great, good fortune of connecting with many of them—Fletcher descendants with surnames Williams,
Clark, Wilber, Smith, Thompson, Taylor [and Marshall—not our line!]; and
Behrendt descendants, the Gleasons.
(From Family! (Vol. 3, No. 2, October 2007
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Uncanny Family Resemblance --
The Genes At Work Across Generations!
Note the photos, below, and the remarkable family
resemblances. You'll see Simeon H. Marshall (1824-1912), the elderly, bearded ancestor, and his great-grandson,
Charles Tennant Fletcher, Sr. (1922-2001) as a young man in the military and at an older age. Fletcher's
grandson Chris Thompson also shares this family likeness in a striking way. Chris is a great-great-great
grandson of Simeon Marshall.
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At Home in Virginia
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| Historical Marker for COLLE, the home of the Marshalls at Simeon, Virginia |
FROM
A Guide to
Historic Charlottesville & Albemarle County, Virginia
Jean L. Cooper (Charleston:
The History Press, 2007), page 64
SIMEON
"Turn right onto Route
732. The land on your right along this road is Tufton, one of Thomas Jefferson's farms. It belongs to the Thomas
Jefferson Foundation and is open for special events. (Check the Monticello website for a schedule). You will pass a
small stone building on your left where Route 732 meets Route 53. This was the Simeon Post Office, named
for longtime postmaster Simeon Marshall, who lived in Colle. It is now home to a restaurant and catering
business."
A Guide to Historic Charlottesville & Albemarle County, Virginia [click here]
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| Simeon, Virginia -- a view from the site of the Marshall home |
Click here for more information about St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Simeon, Virginia--you see it above, in the background.
Links You'll Like
The Simeon Marshall Family
Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Classified Business Directory (Albemarle County 1888-89)
PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDREN OF THIS FAMILY
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| Elizabeth Hoover Marshall Behrendt (1851-1925) |
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For family photos prepared for descendants of
William Hoyt Fletcher (1888-1961), click on the LINK below. I assembled this document after an April 2007 visit with
distant cousin Elizabeth Behrendt Gleason of Charlottesville, to learn more about the family of their common ancestor Simeon
Hovey Marshall (1824-1912).
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO DOCUMENT!
PHOTO CREDITS THIS PAGE
The photo of Simeon Hovey Marshall comes from the photographs of the Marshall
Fletcher Family, through his descendant Alice Marshall (her husband David isn't a descendant of S. H. Marshall!)
and her cousin Elizabeth Behrendt Gleason.
The two photographs of Charles T. Fletcher, Sr., come from the family photos
of his wife, Kathryn Boone Fletcher, as does the picture of her grandson, Chris Thompson.
21st Century Descendants of
Simeon H. Marshall and Mary Jane Hoover
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| Dr. Charles Gleason and his wife, Elizabeth Behrendt Gleason (Charlottesville) |
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| Family of Alma Fletcher Thompson, Alabama (2007) |
Click here for more about Chris Thompson
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| The Charles A. Williams Family of Louisiana |
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| Family of Kathryn Fletcher Smith at the 2006 Wedding of Karah Marshall Smith (Texas) |
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| Virginia Clark Wilber and husband Jim Wilber, Texas |
"It is amazing
how much family
is out there!
Who knew?!?"
Cousin Jeff Olson
of the State of Washington
Jeff is a sixth-generation descendant
of John Marshall and
Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall
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