William married Rachel Malinda Smyth in 1867 in Ka. Rachel (daughter of David Smyth (Smith) and Nancy A Shepherd) was born on 1 Sep 1847 in Jackson Co., MO.; died on 25 Dec 1923 in QUINCY, KS; was buried in Quincy, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Laura Jane Hoover was born on 14 March 1868 in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States of America; died on 27 October 1958 in Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States of America; was buried in Quincy, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States of America.
2. Rosetta A. Hoover was born about 1870 in Kansas; died on 2 Oct 1925 in Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States.
3. William Franklin Hoover was born on 8 July 1873 in Pleasant Grove, Douglas County, Kansas, United States of America; died in 1943 in Kansas, United States of America; was buried in Johnson, Stanton County, Kansas, United States of America.
4. Essie M Hoover was born in January 1876 in Kansas, United States of America; died in 1959 in United States of America; was buried in Quincy, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States of America.
5. Charles Ernest Hoover was born on 26 April 1878 in Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, USA; died on 25 May 1929 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA.