[Could the following mentions of Martin Hoover be referring to this Martin Hoover’s father?]

Martin Hoover settled on the river, in what is now Lawrence township, in 1801. He came from York county. Hoover was a thrifty, energetic, and prosperous man. In 1814 he was sent to the Legislature; at another time he was county treasurer. He died in 1841, having raised a large family. His brother George was an early settler in the county, but did not come until some years later. He had a large family also.1790Clearfield

A Martin Hoover is listed among the earliest settlers of Clearfield County, PA. Hoover came from York county, and settled in 1801, in what afterwards became Lawrence township.1791

More on this Martin from York County at this source. His wife was Catherine Zinn and they had a daughter Ann who married the Rev. John Flegal.1792
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A Martin Hoover is listed among the early settlers of Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, PA at this source.725
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A Martin Hoover is the original Clearfield County Representative chosen at it’s first election following January 29th, 1822, when the Assembly passed a law organizing Clearfield county as a body politic for all purposes, and authorizing its citizens to elect county officials.1372
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We next find that among the minutes and proceedings of the Board of Trustees of the Clearfield Academy, inter alia, it is thus recorded. "And now to wit: May 8, 1830. On motion Martin HOOVER, esq., was appointed President of the Board of Trustees of the Clearfield Academy, for the ensuing year, and Joseph M. MARTIN was appointed Secretary... And now to wit: Saturday, May 22, 1830, Messrs. ROSS, HARTSHORN, HOOVER, HEMPBILL and MARTIN being present on motion."448
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Martin Hoover came from York County and settled on the River in Lawrence Township, in 1801. A Martin Hoover among others is named in December of 1806 among the 155 taxable inhabitants of Chinklacamoose township, (Centre County) which included all of Clearfield county.1793
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A Martin Hoover is named as a Representative in the Pennsylvania state Legislature prior to 1837.1794