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- Nathaniel Hovey, who married Lucinda, daughter of Capt. Benjamin Clark, located at Ulster in 1802. He subsequently moved to Batavia, N.Y., enlisted in the War of 1812, was sergeant of a company and died near Sackett's Harbor in 1814. He left two sons, Simmons C. and William M. and one daughter, Hannah (Mrs. Hiram Horton).
- R. M. HOVEY, clerk, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Sayre, is a native of Ulster township, this county, born November 18, 1847. He is a son of William and Jane (Moore) Hovey, natives of the same place, the former of whom died on the old homestead, in 1849, at the age of thirty-six years, and the latter, now Mrs. Jane Mundy (having remarried), resides in Ithaca, N. Y. William Hovey’s grandfather, Capt. Benjamin Clark, was a member of Gen. Washington’s staff, during the Revolution, and his father, Nathaniel Hovey (grandfather of R. M. Hovey), was an orderly sergeant in the War of 1812, dying in the service of his country. In the family of William and Jane (Moore) Hovey were six children, of whom four survive, the subject of these lines being the fifth in order of birth. He attended the public schools in his boyhood, after which he was a student at the Towanda Collegiate Institute, and afterward at Eastman’s Business College, where he graduated in 1866. His first business experience was in the store of Powell & Co., dry-goods merchants, Towanda, with whom he was employed until 1872, when he was offered and accepted a position on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, at Ithaca, N. Y. He afterward removed to Sayre, where he has since remained. In November, 1870, Mr. Hovey was united in marriage, at Ithaca, N. Y., with Miss Laura Stillwell, daughter of John and Eunice (Hart) Stillwell. She is the youngest in a family of nine - two sons and seven daughters - and was born in Hector, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Hovey have two children: Kate E. and William S. The family are prominent and exemplary members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Hovey is president of the board of trustees. He is a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 51, F. & A. M., of St. Augustine Commandery, No. 38, and of Eagle Chapter, No. 58. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party.
- Nathaniel Hovey, who married Lucinda Clark, came to Ulster as early as 1802. He moved to Batavia, N. Y.; enlisted in the war of 1812, was sergeant of a company, and died near Sackett's Harbor in 1814. Rev. S. C. Hovey, the eldest son of Nathaniel, lived with his grandfather, Clark, until his death; became possessor of a part of the old farm, and yet resides in Ulster. Portraits and a biography of him and his wife will be found on another page.
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(Age 69 years) 