Thomas Hoge

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Thomas Hoge is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of James Irvin Hogue Son of James Hoge and Mary Irvin

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1808	expect Center Twp., Butler Co. PA; see source notes
1st Marriage	1835		Harriet Cross (d. 1836)
2nd Marriage	1837		Jennie Whan (d. 31 Jan 1854 at Harrisburg); dau. of Francis Whan
3rd Marriage			Eliza Henderson (nee Marrow) of Allegheny Co. PA(d. 1879)
Death	1885	Franklin, PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6          Generation 7
 
                  +-- James Hoge
                  |   (1766-1840)
 Thomas Hoge -----+ 
 (1808-????)      |
                  +-- Mary Irvin
                      (????-????)
                      
                      
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Children

Both daughters with 2nd wife Jennie Whan

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Mary T. Hogue	F			married in 1863 to Alphenis/Alpheus M. Hoover (in oil business, d. 1878)	d. after 1890
Hattie E. Hogue	F			married to H. A. Cooper (a Franklin PA merchant; apparently died before 1890 compilation of ref. 10)	d. after 1890

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Butler Co. PA	parents arrived 1798;expect Thomas born here 1808

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1830 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 1. Families headed by: James Hogue: 1 male 60-70, 1 female 60-70. This corresponds to James Hoge and Mary Irwin.
2	1840 United States Federal Census, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 9. Census is not dated. Family headed by Thomas Hoge: 1 male 30-39, 1 female 0-5, 1 female 20-30.
3	1850 United States Federal Census, Sandy Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 18. Census is not dated. Lines 20-29: Adam Kirkwood, 40, laborer; Elizabeth, 38; William, 12; John, 10; Jackson, 8; James, 6; Thomas, 4; (unnamed) Kirkwood, 1 month, female; Thomas Hoge, 41, manager; John G. Clark, 22, clerk. All born PA.
4	1860 United States Federal Census, Franklin Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 29. Census dated 11 June 1860. Lines 5-9: Thomas Hoge, 52, merchant, $6000 real, $6000 personal property; Eliza, 41; Mary, 21; Hattie, 16, in school; Westley Henderson, 17, in school. All b. PA.
5	1870 United States Federal Census, Franklin Ward 1, Venango Co, PA, page 33. Census dated 9 June 1870. Lines 14-16: Thos. Hoge, 61, oil operator, $20000 real, $40000 personal property,; Eliza, 52, keeping house; Milton Henderson, 29, at home. All b. PA.
6	1880 United States Federal Census, District 241, Franklin, Venango Co, PA, page 3. Census dated 2 June 1880. Lines 46-49: Thomas Hoge, 70, widower; Mary J., 42, daughter, widow; Molley Owler, 23, servant, single. All b. PA. Ancestry search engine finds this as Hoye.
7	The Descendants of Robert Hoge or Hogg of Tuscarora Valley, Pennsylvania Including the Families of Lytle, McCullough, McKee, Sturgeon, Dunbar, Graham, Stitt, Harnish, Vance, Robinson, Potts, McBride. Being a copy of a manuscript prepared by Dr. Egle about 1900 for publication in a second volume of his Pennsylvania Genealogies. Dr. Egle died before this material was published. The original manuscript was purchased from Miss Catherine I. Egle by Leonard Lytle of Detroit, MI, and a copy with additional matter made by him in August, 1921. Butler Area Public Library, Butler PA p.2: Robert Hogg or Hoge, born Nov. 1721 in South Scotland; emigrated early to County Down,Ulster, Ireland; came to America in 1752; spring of 1754 located in Tuscarora Valley, then in Cumberland Co., now Juniata Co., PA; wife Letitia, born June 1724 in Northern Ireland, died March 8, 1812, Juniata County PA. They had 7 children (see text) including (6.) Thomas, b. 1808; d. March 12, 1885 in Franklin, Penn. In 1833 removed to Venango County where he was manager of Lonely Furnace Co.; m. 1838, located three miles east of Franklin where he managed the Van Buren Furnace Co., built a flour mill near to the furnace on French Creek, and also a saw mill; in 1853 elected State Senator, and on his return took up his residence in Franklin and engaged in merchandising; during the War for the Union was appointed Commissioner of the draft for Venango County; in 1863 again elected to the State Senate; and was Mayor of Franklin in 1875; Mr. Hoge was twice married; m. first Nov. 20, 1837, Jennie Whan, dau. of Francis Whan, who died in 1854 at Harrisburg; m. secondly Mrs. Eliza Henderson (nee Marrow) of Allegheny County who d. in 1879. By first wife there was issue: 1.) Mary T.; m. 1863, Alphenis M. Hoover; d. 1878; was engaged in the oil business. 2.) Hattie E.; m. H. A. Cooper, a merchant of Franklin, Pa.	(See Text)
8	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]	N/A
9	Will of James Hoge, Estate File #H-43, Butler Co. Court House;on microfilm at Butler Public Library, Wills Vol. B. p. 201, 1841. James Hoge of Slippery Rock. Twp., Butler Co. Pa, mentions children of his son Robert Hoge ($1 ea); son James I. Hoge heirs (balance of tract of land "on which we now live", after expenses; to be divided with William; borders on land of Mathew Adams and Richard Hinds); son William Hoge; son Thomas Hoge (proceeds from land in Juniata County,Turbett Twp.). Executor James I. Hoge. Signed 20 Jan. 1838, at home of James McKee. Witnesses: James McKee, David (Gill?), David McKee. Probated 16 Sept. 1841 by James McKee.	(See complete text)
10	History of Venango County PA, Vol.2, Brown, Runk & Co., Chicago, 1890;Reprinted 1894 for Venango County Historical Society, Franklin, PA, John Morrie Co. Chicago. p.831. Thomas Hoge, deceased, was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, March 7,1808, son of John and Mary (Irwin) Hoge. His grandparents, Robert and Mary Hoge, were natives of Ireland, as were also his maternal grandparents, James and Martha Irwin, who emigrated in 1760 and settled in the Tuscarora valley, Juniata County. His parents were married in 1789 and reared a family of five sons, Thomas being the youngest...In 1853 he removed to Franklin, thenceforth his residence until the time of his death, March 12, 1885. In 1835 he married Harriet Cross, who died the following year. In 1837 he married Jane Whann, who died January 31, 1854, leaving two children: Mary J., widow of Alpheus Hoover, and Harriet E., widow of William A. Cooper...His third wife was Eliza Henderson, who died in 1879...Mr. Hoge was a memeber of the Meghodist church.	(See complete text)
11	History of Venango Co. PA, Vol. 1, pg. 401-402, The Venango Bank, subsequently merged in the Venango National Bank, founded by Charles Vernon Culver, opened 3 Nov. 1862. Francis D. Kinnear was president and Thomas Hoge vice president. Culver was business & financial manager who carried out large enterprises with large returns on capital invested. "Culver was the financial lion of the oil region". Early in 1866 rumors circulated against feasibility of some of his projects, & against the financial credit of the banking house of Culver, Penn & Co. of NY., head of Culver's family of banks. These rumors occasioned a run on that bank; it failed 27 Mar 1866. The banks at Franklin, Oil City, Petroleum Center, Titusville & Meadville also failed. Creditors, stockholders, depositors lost heavily. Some creditors were in favor of allowing Culver to work out his debts, but Thomas Hoge was not among them. Per articles in the Titusville press, Culver was imprisoned in Franklin for several months, until the U. S. Congress reconvened and issued his release. The financial community was divided & resentment remained toward Culvers prosecutors.	See complete text
12	Titusville Morning Herald columns regarding Thomas Hoge's role in the prosecution of Charles V. Culver in the collapse of the Culver, Penn & Co. of NY banking house, and failure of several banks in Venango Co. PA. Titusville Morning Herald, 17 Dec 1866. "Letter from C. U. Culver to Thomas Hoge, James S. Myers, & F. D. Kinnear" including text of affadavit of Thomas Hoge as grounds for arrest of C. V. Culver, and part 1 of Culver's reply. Titusville Morning Herald, 18 Dec 1866, pg.2. Continuation of "Letter from C. U. Culver to Thomas Hoge, James S. Myers, & F. D. Kinnear" re. false charges in failure of Culver Penn & Co. Titusville Morning Herald, 25 Dec 1866. Editorial re. report to U. S. House of Representatives of breach of "privilege of the House" in the arrest of Culver. Titusville Morning Herald, 25 Apr 1871. Notice of the establishment of the Exchange Bank of Franklin. Among the officials are F. D. Kinnear, director, & Thomas Hoge, stockholder.	See images 4 columns

Source notes

• There is a difference between source [7] ("Descendants of Robert Hoge") which says Thomas Hoge was born in "Franklin", & source [10] (History of Venango Co. PA) which places the birth in "Butler County". It is possible that source [7] refers to Frankin Co. PA in the Tuscarora Valley, where it borders Juniata Co. Thomas Hoge's grandparents Robert & Letitia Hoge settled there, and Thomas' father James Hoge was born in Juniata Co. It is also possible there is confusion around Franklin Twp., Butler Co. PA (Thomas' parents moved in 1798 to Center Twp., Butler Co., part of which later became Franklin Twp. - though not the part they lived in). The most likely explanation is that the author of source [7] placed Thomas' birth in the city of Franklin, Venango Co. PA, where Thomas located in 1833, where his work as an adult was located with the Venango National Bank, and from which place he was a state congressman.
• Death dates for daughters Mary and Hattie are places as after 1890, the compilation date of the Venango County History that reports them as widows of deceased husbands.

Conjecture

• 1830 United States Federal Census, Spring Garden Twp, Philadelphia Co, PA, page 99. Census is not dated.
  Family headed by: Thomas Hogg: 1 male 0-5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30.
  Note: Philadelphia location makes this source questionable for our Thomas Hoge. No other Thomas Hogg/Hoge/Hogue born about 1808 found in PA by Ancestry.com search engine.

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