When Edward Emmett Hovious was born on 9 July 1874, in Monroe, Indiana, United States, his father, Thomas Hovious, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Frances Houston, was 22. He married Carrie Elizabeth Moore on 30 June 1895, in Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States for about 4 years and Bloomington Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States in 1930. In 1930, at the age of 56, his occupation is listed as night watchman - stome mill in Bloomington Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States. He died on 7 June 1942, in Bloomington, Perry Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States.
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Americanized form of Dutch Hovius: Latinized form of Hof , Van Hove or Ten Hove, a topographic name meaning ‘at the (manor) farm’.
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