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E. Hoover, merchant, Monticello, Ark. In his business operations in this county Mr. Hoover has pursued the same progressive and enterprising principles which characterize the customs of those of German nationality. His birth occurred in Bavaria, near the River Rhine, in August, 1840, and he is the son of Samuel and Henrietta Hoover, natives of Germany. The father died in his native country, but the mother is still living there. E. Hoover left his motherland and sailed for America in 1856, taking passage at Havre, on a sailing vessel, and landing at New Orleans after a thirty-nine days’ ocean voyage. After reaching this continent he sailed up the Mississippi River to Grand Lake, Ark., where he remained a short time, and then peddled through the country until the war broke out. In 1861 he enlisted in the West Battery from Napoleon, and served until the surrender. He was neither wounded nor captured, although he was in a great many hard-fought battles. He returned to Grand Lake, Ark., remained there one year, and then engaged in business for a short time at Gaines Landing. After this he came to Collins, Drew County, carrying on the business for several years, and then moved to Pine Bluff, where he remained for four years, engaged in business. Subsequently he came to Monticello, where he engaged in the sale of liquors for sometime, and in 1887 he embarked in the dry goods business, which he still carries on. He was married, in January, 1874, to Miss Pauline Cahn, by whom he has two children: Samuel and Lillie. He is a prominent business man, and one who has the confidence and esteem of his patrons.