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WILLIAM HAROVER, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen, is another of the old and native-born citizens of Brown County; he is a son of Alexander and Mary (Hite) Harover, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Pennsylvania. In 1800, he, a single man, came to Kentucky, where he lived a short time, and then crossed the river and followed farming. He was married to Mary Hite, and afterward settled where John Brookover now lives. He was successful during his life, and accumulated a good property. He died in 1853, aged seventy-nine years. She departed this life in 1855, aged seventy years. To them were born thirteen children, eleven of whom grew up to maturity, namely, John, Milburne, Clinton, William, Alexander, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Lucinda, Fatina, Cassandra and Marmon. Thomas died in childhood. After becoming of age, the children scattered, and, at present, our subject is the only son living in the county. Mrs. Harover was a member of the Christian Church. Sarah, the mother of Mary Harover, came from Pennsylvania with John Grethredge, who purchased about 300 acres of land. She married a man by the name of Stephenson, and removed to Champaign County, Ohio, and afterward to Indiana, where she died. Our subject was born in the year 1812, and was reared on the farm. He was married to Sarah Haman, now known as Haymen, June 16, 1840; he soon after located where he now resides; he owns 227 acres of well-improved land in the southeast corner of the county; he is a member of the Christian Church, with which he has been connected a number of years. To him was born eight children, five now living — Francis M., Martin, Thomas, Marshall and Eliza (Pollard). The deceased are Clinton, John and Parkinson. Francis M. enlisted first in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry; afterward in the One Hundred and Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was a Captain of one of the companies; he was taken prisoner while in the One Hundred and Seventy-third, and incarcerated in the Andersonville Prison, where he was kept until the close of the war.