Alvin Peterson Hovey
Born: September 26, 1821
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Indiana
Father: Abiel Hovey 1776 – 1823
Mother: Frances Peterson 1780 – 1836
Wife: Mary Ann James 1825 – 1863
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Indiana)
Children:
Esther Hovey Menzies 1846 – 1915
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Indiana)
Enoch James Hovey 1848 – 1854
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Indiana)
Charles James Hovey 1850 – 1923
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Indiana)
Mary Hovey 1854 – 1855
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Indiana)
Mary Ann Hovey 1857 – 1858
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Indiana)
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Mount Vernon, Indiana
Served in Mexican – American War as 1st Lt.
1850: Delegate to Indiana State Constitution Convention
1851 – 1854: Circuit Court Judge in Indiana
1854: Judge of Indiana State Supreme Court
1856 – 1858: United States District Attorney in Indiana
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 24th Indiana Infantry Regiment
1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1862: Brigade Commander in Siege of Corinth, Mississippi
1862: Commander of 2nd Division, District of Eastern Arkansas
1863: Served in the Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign
1863: Received letter of his wife’s death
1864: Division Commander in the Atlanta, Georgia Campaign
1864 – 1865: Union Army Commander, District of Indiana
1865: Brevetted Major General of Union Army Volunteers
1865: Resigned from the Union Army on October 7th
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1870: United States Minister to Peru
1870 – 1887: Attorney in Mount Vernon, Indiana
1872: Refused the Republican Nomination for Governor
1887 – 1889: United States Congressman from Indiana
1887 – 1889: Member of House Committee on Pacific Railroad
1889 – 1891: Governor of Indiana
Died: November 23, 1891
Place of Death: Denison Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana
Cause of Death: Collapsed due to la grippe and failure of circulation
Age at time of Death: 70 years old
Burial Place: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Indiana
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