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MAURICE A. HOOVER, M. D., was born in Marion county, Ind., near Indianapolis, April 6, 1858, and is a son of Perry C. and Catherine M. (Bender) Hoover, the former of whom was born September 13, 1832, in Marion county, Ind., and is now a substantial grocery merchant of Indianapolis; the mother is a native of Boiling Springs, Pa., and was born November 13, 1836. His father is a son of Andrew Hoover, one of the first settlers of Indianapolis, Ind., whose homestead was one mile from the western boundary of the city. The section of six hundred and forty acres was purchased of the government by Andrew Hoover, and it is intact and owned by four of his children. The old deed with the president’s signature is still in their possession. Of four children, the subject of this sketch is the eldest, and is the only one residing in Nebraska. He was educated at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., where he took, in addition to his literary studies, a special two-years’ course in the study of chemistry. In 1879 he began reading medicine with Drs. P. H. & H. Jammerson, of Indianapolis, and March 3, 1881, graduated, with the degree of M. D., from the Butler University Medical College of Indiana, of that city. He began the practice of his profession at Mount Jackson, Ind., but a year later moved to Indianapolis, and until March, 1883, continued practice there, meeting with more than ordinary success. April, of the same year, he came to Kearney, Nebr., where his abilities were soon recognized, and professional success naturally followed. It was not a long time, either, before his genial manner’s and social qualities attracted attention, and in the fall of 1884 his friends elected him coroner of the county for the term of two years.

November 3, 1883, he was married to Miss Eva A. Cox, daughter of B. F. Cox, a prominent citizen for many years of Crawfordsville, Ind. Dr. and Mrs. Hoover have one child, Bessie B., five years old.

Dr. Hoover is one of the leading physicians of central Nebraska, and enjoys a large and growing practice. He is a member of the Nebraska State Medical Association, and was a member of the Indiana State Medical Association while a resident of that state. He is also a member of the National Surgeons’ Society, composed of railway surgeons, and is resident surgeon for the Union Pacific and Burlington & Missouri River railroads. At the organization of the United States Pension Board, in 1887, at Kearney, Dr. Hoover was elected secretary, and has held that position ever since. He was appointed examining physician of the board of insanity by Judge Hamer in 1887, and still retains that office.

The doctor and wife are members of the Methodist church. Of a cheerful disposition, he prescribes bountifully of the “medicine of mirth,” which makes him a very popular guest of the sick-room. He is thoroughly in sympathy with the big-hearted West, and gives cheerfully of his time and means for its development.