Martha Jane Kinkead

Martha married George Beck about 1833. George was born about 1820 in Pennsylvania; died about 1855 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes on Find A Grave list her as Frances Levina Speedy? McSwiney.

The Indiana Gazette

Mrs. Levinia McSwiney

Mrs. Levinia McSwiney, widow of the late Dennis McSwiney, of Washington Township, died at her late home Saturday evening, July 23, of complications of diseases. She was aged about 58 years. She is survived by the following children: Bryan, Martha, Harry, Vernie, Grace, Mabel and Arthur, at home, and Mrs. Sally Hoover, of Atwood. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. D.W Lacrone and interment was made in the Atwood cemetery. Mrs. McSwiney was notified last week of the fact that she was to receive about $2,000 back pension. The papers arrived from Pittsburgh the day before her death.

Frances married Dennis B. McSwiney about 1879 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Dennis (son of Bryan McSweeney and Mary Burkholder) was born on 23 May 1835; died on 20 Dec 1899; was buried in Atwood Cemetery, Atwood, Armstrong, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Find A Grave notes show:

Son of Dennis McSweeney and Francis Beck
Husband of Bonita Synder (1887-1953)

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Obituary

Mrs. Sally Edna Hoover, McSweeney, wife of C. C. Hoover of Indiana [PA], died Tuesday morning at two-fifteen o'clock, age 37 years. She leaves these children: Edna, Veda, Ruth, Jean, Etta Mae, Richard and Cathleen.

Scan of Obituary, not referenced or dated, on Find A Grave (Memorial ID 251473759]

Her Indiana Marriage License listed her parents as Dennis and Frances L McSwiney.

Her Indiana Death Certificate shows her parents as Denis McSwany and Frances Beck. Information was CC Hoover, of Indiana, PA.

Sally married Christopher Clair Hoover on 19 Jun 1906 in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Christopher (son of Zenas Hamilton Hoover and Elizabeth Ellen Roxan Rowley) was born on 3 Dec 1883 in Atwood, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; died on 2 Jun 1972 in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania; was buried in Atwood Cemetery, Atwood, Armstrong, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Find A Grave notes show her as a daughter of Dennis and Lavina Beck McSwiney, and married to Herbert Carl Fairman (1891-1964)

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The SSDI shows her a daughter of Christopher Hoover and Sally McSweeney.

Veda Tocci

Veda Belle Tocci, 88, of San Antonio, Texas, formerly of Indiana, died Saturday, June 21, 1997, in San Antonio.

A daughter of Christopher and Sally McSweaney Hoover, she was born Sept. 29, 1908, in Plumville.

Mrs. Tocci was a former member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church in Indiana.

She was a housewife and employed as a cafeteria worker in the San Antonio school system. She moved from Indiana to San Antonio in 1970.

Surviving are one son, Ronald, and his wife, Julie, Mandeville, LA.; two grandchildren, Ronald and Luchia Tocci; three sisters Ruth Tocci, Delmont; Etta Yarkowski, Pittsburgh, and Kathleen Clever, Akin, S.C. and one brother, Richard Tocci, Cedar Edge, Colo.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James V. Tocci, Sr; and an infant son, James V. Jr.

A graveside service will be held 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Bernard Cemetery in Indiana, with her niece, Deacon Jean Steel, officiating.

Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana in charge of arrangements.

Indiana Gazetta, 24, June 1997, Tue - Page 7

Family/Spouse: James Vincent Tocci. James (son of Angelo Joseph Tocci and Mary Rose Mambuca) was born on 20 Feb 1906 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 28 May 1967 in Bexar County, Texas; was buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Olive married the younger is brother of her sister's husband, Frank, both sons of Angelo Tocci and Mary Rose Mambuca.

A photo on Find A Grave, from the Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum, shows the following three names:

Ruth Tocci 1912-2007
Kenneth K Snyder Sr 1927-2013
Betty L [nee KINTER] Snyder 1927-No Date of Death yet shown

Ruth's relationship to the Snyder's is not known. Per the obituary of Kenneth Snyder, also viewable on Find A Grave he is a son of Archie and Florence McKay Snyder, and the brother of Betty Smith. His wife born in 1927 was Betty Lou Kinter Snyder. It is possible they simply share the same space in the Mausoleum, and were not related.

Olive married Frank Antonio Tocci on 19 Feb 1931 in Pennsylvania. Frank (son of Angelo Joseph Tocci and Mary Rose Mambuca) was born on 1 Oct 1907 in Creekside, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 18 Jan 1970 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary
Indiana Gazette

Zenas Hoover

Zenas H. Hoover, 77, Indiana, died March 16, 1994, at the University Mediccal Center in Las Vegas, Nev.

A son of Christopher C and Sally McSwiney Hoover, he was born Oct. 2, 1916, in Plumville.

Mr. Hoover was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Indiana, [PA}; and the VFW Post #1989, having served as past commander and as a district commander of the 26th District.

He was a veteran of World War II, where he served in the U.S. Army Co. A, 38th Regiment, 2nd Division. He received the Bronze Starr and Purple Heart. He organized and was the first commander of the Indiana County [PA} United Veterans.

He was a retired letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Indiana [PA]. He was elected and served as Indiana County Auditor. He was also involved with numerous organizations throughout the county.

Survivint are his wire, Winifred F. Neal Hoover, Indiana [PA}, two sons and one daughter, Richard G., Penn Run, Robert W, Indiana; and Betty J. Glenn, Las Vegas; six grandhildren; five great grandchildren; four sisters and one brother, Veda Tocci, San Antonio, Texas; Ruth Tocci, Indiana; Etta Yarkowski, Brentwood; Kathleen Clever, Aiken, S.C., and Richard C., Grand Junction, Colo.

Services and interment will be at the convenience of the family. The Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana, [PA] is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made the to the American Cancer Society of the Salvation Army.

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On the 1940 census, she was a student nurse at the Indiana Hospital in White Township, Pennsylvania.

Family/Spouse: Edward Anthony Yarkowski. Edward was born on 18 Sep 1915 in Wyano, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; died on 6 Aug 1991 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Jefferson Memorial Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]