Grover Cleveland Hovious. Son of John Lewis HOVIOUS and Mary Jane BOTTOMS. Born in Ottawa, Franklin Co., KS, on 16 April 1886. Married Grace SPAW [b.2- - 1888 Casey Co., KY; d.2- -1951, Detroit]. Grover Cleveland Hovious was a telegrapher for Southern Railroad and later owned and ran a store in McKinney, KY. Grace was a teacher.

    Grover Cleveland Hovious died on 27 April 1940 in Lexington, KY. He and Grace are buried in Stanford, KY.

    Children:

    1. Ruth Hovious, b. 1909 Carrollton, KY.
    2. Ralph Hovious, b. 1911, Sloans Valley, KY (Pulaski Co.)
    3. Earl Hovious, b. 26 Apr 1913, Lansing, TN. D. 1986 Dearborn, MI
    4. Stanley Edwin Hovious b. 11 June 1915, Lansing, TN. Died 4 June 1993, Hustonville KY.
    5. Mabel Hovious, b. 1918, Eubank, KY (Pulaski Co.)
    6. Dorothy Hovious, b. 1921, McKinney, KY (Lincoln Co.)
    7. Mary Dee Hovious, b. 1930, Stanford, KY.


    Thanks to John R. Hovious Jr. and Jim Hovious for contributing this research.