Wesley Hover’s biography, Akron Township, Tuscola County, Michigan

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WESLEY HOVER, farmer, was born in Candor, N. Y., February 8, 1844.  He came 
with his parents to Akron, Mich., in September 1856.  They settled in section 11, 
where Mr. Hover now resides, and he spent his youth mostly in improving their 
pioneer home and its surroundings.  Later, however, he worked as a carpenter and 
joined in Bay City and elsewhere.  He and Miss Melissa Streeter, of Akron, were 
married May 17, 1863.  She was born in Oakland County, Mich., April 14, 1845.  
They have had six children.  Hattie, Gertrude, Loren, Bertha (deceased), Ernest 
and Chloe.  Mr. Hover has in his farm home eighty acres of land with sixty under 
cultivation.  He has apples, pears, plums, cherries, and other small fruits, a 
commodious dwelling and other buildings, and is about to make still further 
additions, thus increasing the conveniences of their already pleasant home.