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James Hoge was born in 1766 in the Tuscarora Valley of Cumberland County (present Juniata County),to Scottish parents Robert & Letitia Hoge who had immigrated to America in 1752. James met Mary Irwin who had also been born in Tuscarora Valley, apparently of Irish descent, and they married in 1789. Their first 3 children were probably born there. Despite having been given a 200 acre farm by his father, James Hoge moved westward in 1798 and settled in Centre Twp., Butler Co. PA for a time, on 150 acres of land. In 1803 he owned 150 acres in Middlesex Twp.; this probably represents the division of Centre Twp into additional townships, rather than a change of location for the Hoges. James and Mary had 3 more children, presumably born in Butler County. By 1830 he lived in Slippery Rock Twp., and there he died. He may have still retained the farm given him by his father,or he may have inherited his father's farm, for James Hoge's will speaks of proceeds from land in Turbett Twp., Juniata County. The farm in Slippery Rock Twp. passed to his 3rd child, James I. Hogue who lived there until he died; and then to James I. Hogue's son, Archibald Hogue.

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6            Generation 7     Generation 8
 
                                      +-- Robert Hoge
                                      |   (1721-1798)
                     +-- James Hoge --+ 
                     |   (1766-1840)  |
 James Irvin Hogue --+                +-- Letitia [unknown]
 (1796-1877)         |                    (1724-1812)
                     +-- Mary Irvin
                         (176_-????)      
                                       

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Children

(all children with Mary Irvin)

Places of Residence

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. James I. Hoge: 1 male <5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 30-40, 1 female <5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 30-40.
2	Book: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895, page 581, indicates that the original settlers of Centre Twp. came there in 1796 and included James Hoge, with 150 acres, and Archibald St. Clair, with 400 acres.
3	1895 History of Butler Co. by Robert Brown, p.581 In 1796, sixty pioneers of Centre Twp., Butler Co., divided the land and drew lots for the various sites. By 1797, actual residents included James Hoge, with 150 acres.	(See text)
4	1895 History of Butler Co. by Robert Brown, p. 56 Taxables of Middlesex Twp. in 1803. James Hoge, 150 acres, 1 cow, value $158, tax $0.47
5	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. 8: " James Hoge (son of Robert) born January 1766, in Tuscarora Val.; d. March 22, 1840 in Slipping Rock (sic) Twp., Butler Co. His father gave him a farm of 200 acres upon which he resided until 1798, when he removed to Butler County, locating four miles from the county (...own/line?). Mr. Hoge m. Sept. 1789, Mary Irvin, b. in Tuscarora Valley. Six children listed including 3rd child James Irvin Hogue, b. 1796; resided on the farm of his father, and there died; m. Margaret St. Clair of Butler Co.; a son Archibald resides on the old homestead.	(See Text)
6	1895 History of Butler County PA p. 587, Centre Township Pioneers. "In 1796 a branch of the Centre (township) colony drew lots for the cabins built west of the line.. This plan worked admirably, and within the year the following named tract owners were actual residents: ... James Hoge, 150 acres; George McCandless, 400; James McCandless, 400; John McCandless, 400; Robert McCandless, no land taxed; ...Archibald St. Clair, 400; ...The men named located in this township, while (others) who formed part of the company of sixty colonists, located in what is now Franklin township. ...	(See text)
7	History of Venengo 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)
8	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)
9	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]	N/A

Source notes

• The History of Venango County PA, p. 831 biography of Thomas Hoge is at present the only source that gives the names of the parents of Mary Irwin. The reliability of the author is however questionable. This source lists the parents of Thomas Hoge as Mary Irwin and John Hoge (rather than James Hoge), and it lists his grandparents as Robert and Mary Hoge, (rather than Robert and Letitia). These variances in given names , between this source and The Descendants of Robert Hoge, leave the names in question, without additional evidence.

Conjecture

• Early Bounty Hunters of Butler County, PA, ed. David K. Webb & John M. Stevens, self-published by David K. WEbb, Chillicothe, OH 1934.pp. 25, 27.
  June 30, 1841, Robert Hogg, 2 foxes;
  April 16, 1843, Robert Hogg, 1 red fox.
  This individual has not been identified but is likely part of this family.

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