The Stover Family Originated Either in Germany Or Switzerland Where Variations of The
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“The Stover family originated either in Germany or Switzerland where variations of the name include Staufer, Stouffer, Stoever, Staver, Stover, Stoeffer and Stiver. These families began migrating to America in the 1700’s, most landing in either Virginia or Pennsylvania. Later these families migrated mainly to Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee.”
Jacob Stover
On June 17, 1730, Jacob Stover a native of Switzerland, was granted leave by the colonial council to take up 10,000 acres of land on the south fork of the Shenandoah, for the settlement of himself and divers (an undetermined number, but more than one) Germans and Swiss whom he proposed to bring thither within the next two years, the said land to be laid off in such tracts as he should judge fitting...the names of eight petitioners of 1732, who had bought land in Massanutten of Jacob Stover in 1729 or 1730, were as follows: Adam Miller, Abram Strickler, Mathias Selzer, Philip Long, Michael Rhinehart, Hans Rood, Michael Kaufman. The family names of all these men, with perhaps one or two exceptions, are today familar and widely distributed, not only in the counties of Rockingham, Page and Shenandoah, but also in many quarters beyond the limits of Virginia. History of Rockingham County, Virginia, Wayland, 1912.
In 1733 Jacob Stover (grant described as being in Spottsylvania County, St. Mark's Parish) an enterprising German, obtained from the then Governor of Virginia, a grant for 5,000 acres of land on the South Fork of the Gerando; River, on what was called Mesinetto Creek. Kerchival's History of the Valley, p49.
Dietrich Stover
no date: born Germany.
no date: m/2 Mary Magdalena Everwein.
1734: Pastor of a Lutheran Church, Madison County, Virginia, then to Spottsylvania County, Virginia.
Lived Frankenburg, Hesse, Germany.
Reverend John Casper Stover (son of Dietrich and Magdalena (Eberwein) Stover)
no date: son John Casper, Jr. born.
no date: son Philip born.
no date: daughter Catherine born.
1728: to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with son John Casper, Jr.
1733-1779: pastor at Tulpelochan Church in Pennsylvania.
1788: died at sea on his return from Germany where he had been to raide money for his church in Virginia.
Later lived in Virginia.
John Casper Stover, Jr. (son of Reverend John Casper Stover)
1728: with father to United States.
Descendant of the Minister John Casper Stover who came in 1728 and died in 1779, age 72 years, was born in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, came in 1806 as an old man to Montgomery County, Ohio. He had tree sons: Frederick, Casper and John who were all heads of families at that time. John had 5 sons and 5 daughters - 3 sons Frederick, Samuel and Elias stayed here. Early Settlers of Montgomery County, Ohio, DAR Magazine 1926 p683.
Catherine Stover (daughter of Reverand John Casper Stover)
no date: married ______Countz.
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Christian Stover
no date: son Peter born.
Lived Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - Christian Stauffer.
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Peter Stover (Stauffer) of Shenandoah County, Virginia - Will dated 8 Aug 1795-probated 10 Sept 1799: wife, Frainey; son, Joseph, John and Christian; daughters, Elizabeth Hoffman (deceased), Ann Stickley, Katherine Shroubb and Regina Spangler. Shenandoah County, Virginia Will Book E p308. DAR Kansas Bible, Cemetery and Marriage Records, 1968,
Peter Stover (son of Christian Stauffer)
1715: born. DAC
no date: married Frainey ______. DAC
no date: son Jacob born.
1699: died Strasburg, Virginia. DAC.
Original Proprieter, Virginia.
Lived Shenandoah County, Virginia.
DAC Lineage Book 1943, #564376.
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Jacob Stover (son of Peter and Frainey (______) Stover)
of Shenandoah County, Virginia - Will dated 6 Jan 1816-probated n.d.: sons, John and Joseph; daughters, Frainey (idiot), Katherine and Betsey; sons-in-law, Samuel Bowman, Sr. and Samuel Bowman, Jr. Shenandoah County, Virginia Will Book _ p209. DAR Kansas Bible, Cemetery and Marriage Records, 1968.
no date: son Joseph born.
1816: died. DAC
Joseph Stover (son of Jacob Stover)
1790: born. DAC
1817: married Margaret Zea (1795-1834). DAC
1821: son Emanuel born.
1864: died. DAC
Emanuel Stover (son of Joseph and Margaret (Zea) Stover)
1821: born. DAC
1848: married Catherine Veach (1825-1898). DAC
1868: daughter Jeanette Waugh Stover born, married 1889 Andrew Kirkpatrick. DAC
1904: died. DAC
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Jacob Stover (son of Peter Stover)
no date: married Dorotha Neff, daughter of Henry Neff who died intestate by 29 Jan 1802 when Jacob Stover, Sr. sold land in Hardy County, Virginia.
1803: son Nimrod born.
29 Jan 1808: deed from Jacob and Dorothy Stover to Abel Seymour, all of Hardy County, Virginia, 55 pounds current money of Virginia...one equal eleventh of all the landed estate of Henry Neff...descended to the said Jacob and Dorothy by the death of said Henry Neff (father to the said Dorothy who died intestate)...Text says Dorothy, signature spelled Dorotha, her mark. Witnesses: George Harness, Jr.; James Seymour; Thomas Simmons; Jethro Nevill. Hardy County, West Virginia Deed Book A p493.
September 1809: son Jacob born.
1819: not on tax list of Hardy County, West Virginia.
no date: may have died in Champaign County, Ohio.
David Stover married (#274) 16 June 1810 by Joseph Hoskinson, in Hardy County, West Virginia, Jane McNeill.
Benjamin Stover married 26 Sept 1815 by Joseph Hoskinson, in Hardy County, West Virginia, Sarah Silket. Marriage record #264.
Elijah Stover married (#543) 17 Nov 1822 in by Richard Armstrong, Hardy County, West Virginia, Catherine Hartman.
Sarah Stover married (#624) 12 June 1823 by Harvey Sawyers, in Hardy County, West Virginia, Peter Hartman.
Elizabeth Stover married (#708) 14 Sept 1825 by W. N. Scott, in Hardy County, West Virginia, Joseph Evans.
J. W. Stover
1859: born.
no date: married Anna V. ______.
1880: died, buried Asbury cemetery, Hardy County, West Virginia.
John Stover
1832: received two tracts of land - Drain North River - Hardy County, West Virginia Deed Book 17 p63.
Mary Stover
ca 1787: born Virginia.
1850: census - Hardy County, Virginia - 63, born Virginia, living with Azubah and David Leatherman.
Dinah, Elijah, Elizabeth and Jacob Stover were customers of John Hopewell's store in Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. History of Grant and Hardy Counties, West Virginia, E. L. Judy, Charlestown, West Virginia: Charlestown Printing Company, 1951, p136.
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Nimrod Stover ?????
ca 1783: born - 67 in 1850.
ca 1829: son? George born.
ca 1831: daughter Catherine born.
ca 1832: son Jacob born.
ca 1837: son Job born.
1850: census #291 #298 farmer in Hardy County, West Virginia. Moses Westfall age 56, laborer born Virginia, lived with this family.
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George Stover (son of Nimrod Stover)
ca 1829: born Virginia.
no date: son James William born.
James William Stover (son of George Stover)
Lived Ohio.
Catherine Stover (daughter of Nimrod Stover)
ca 1831: born Virginia.
Jacob Stover (son of Nimrod Stover)
ca 1832: born Virginia.
Job Stover (son of Nimrod Stover)
ca 1837: born Virginia.
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Nimrod Stover (son of Jacob and Dorotha (Neff) Stover)
1803: born.
1850: census - Hardy County, Virginia.
no date: son Nimrod, Jr. born.
7 Feb 1861: at age 35 married in Hardy County, West Virginia by Adam Bovey, Mahala Groves, age 21.
Samuel C. Stover
3 Aug 1869: estate #2034 Hardy County, West Virginia.
27 Feb 1873: estate #2293 Hardy County, West Virginia.
Nimrod Stover, Jr. (son of Nimrod Stover)
no date: married Lucretia Connell (ca 1828 Hardy County, West Virginia-9 Sept 1860, age 32, comsumption, Hardy County, Virginia) daughter of Timothy and Nancy Connell/Cornell.
no date: son John born.
no date: daughter Emily born.
Dec 1852: son William H. born, died 7 days/months old in Hardy County, West Virginia.
no date: son Peter born.
1860m/2 and moved to Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia.
1870: lived Champaign County, Ohio.
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James Stover
13 Dec 1876: James W. Stover 22 married Mineral County, West Virginia, Agnes Drace.
no date: married Sarah ______.
27 Aug 1886: son Samuel M. born.
20 Apr 1893: son Russel R. born.
19 Sept 1896: son John born.
19 Sept 1899: son James born.
Samuel M. Stover (son of James and Sarah (______) Stover)
29 Aug 1886: born Beaver Run, Mineral County, West Virginia.
Russel R. Stover (son of James and Sarah (______) Stover)
20 Apr 1893: born Beaver Run, Mineral County, West Virginia.
John Stover (son of James and Sarah (______) Stover)
19 Sept 1896: born Headsville, Mineral County, West Virginia.
James Stover (son of James and Sarah (______) Stover)
19 Sept 1899: born Knobley, Mineral County, West Virginia.
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*Jacob Stover, Jr. (son of Jacob and Dorotha (Neff) Stover) ???
September 1809: born (Bible) Virginia (West Virginia was originally part of Virginia).
1830: received land. Hardy County, West Virginia Deed Book 11 p343.
15 Jan 1832: married Elizabeth Ann Powelson (10 Oct 1816-19 May 1864, buried Creamer Cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio) (Bible).
5 Dec 1832: son William Henry born.
1832: sold land - Hardy County, West Virginia Deed Book 12 p235.
1832: sold part of 157 acres, Middle Mountain. Hardy County, West Virginia Deed Book 12 p284.
22 June 1836: son Benjamin Thompson born.
23 Nov 1838: daughter Ann Eliza born.
13 Nov 1840: daughter Jane Heath born.
1 Dec 1842: son Samuel Smith born.
*24 Apr 1845: daughter Sarah Elizabeth born.
15 Apr 1847: son Jacob Israel born.
15 June 1849: daughter Martha Frances born.
1850: census Hardy County, Virginia (now West Virginia) #84 #88: Jacob Stover, age 40, laborer, born Virginia; Elizabeth Ann, age 33, born Virginia; William Henry, age 17, laborer; Benjamin F., age 14; Anna Eliza, age 11; Jane H., age 9; Samuel Smith, age 7; Sarah E., age 5; Jacob Israel, age 3; Martha Frances, age 1; all children born in Virginia.
19 Apr 1851: son James Hunter born.
25 Aug 1853: son John Wesley born.
18 Oct 1855: son Charles Talbert born.
29 Oct 1859: Deed from Benjamin and Elizabeth Anderson to Jacob Stover all of Fayette County, Ohio for $100, 1 acre of land beginning at two hickories and two elm trees in the line of John Parrett's land and the corner of James Sanderson - thence North 84 degrees, east 10 poles to a stake - thence South 2½ degrees East 8 poles to a stake - thence South 84 degrees, West 20 poles to a stake - thence North 2½ degrees, West to the place of beginning...being part of survey of Abraham Hite
1860: census Jefferson Township, Fayette County, Ohio, Jacob Stover, 57, carpenter, 100A; Elizabeth Stover, 44; Thompson Stover, 24; S.S. Stover, 17; S.E. Stover, 15; J.J. Stover, 13; Frances Stover, 11; James Stover, 9; J.W. Stover , 7; C.T. Stover, 4. The entire family was born in Virginia.
Nov term 1871: one of trustees of Center Society, Bowersville Conference vs Center Socity - desire to sell church property. Fayette County, Ohio Chancery Court Record Book S p483.
23 Dec 1875: died (Bible) of small pox, buried Section 15-15 in Washington Court House cemetery, Union Township, Fayette County, Ohio.
Bible (published by A. L. Holman & Co. 1222 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1884) belonged to Ann Eliza Stover, in 1962 this Bible was in the possession of the sisters - Miss Maud Draper and Mrs. Homer A. Smith, 444 Comfort Land, Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio.
Son of Sarah Elizabeth Stover - William Henry Benjamin Rupert - said the children in the family were named William, Jacob, James, John, Thomas, Charles, Jane, Francis, Rachel, Matthew, and Smith.
William Henry Stover (son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Powelson) Stover)
5 Dec 1832: born (Bible).
no date: married Sarah Christy (1830-1865, buried Creamer cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio.
30 Nov 1868: son born Jefferson Township. Fayette County, Ohio Birth Book 1.
Benjamin Thompson Stover (son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Powelson) Stover)
22 June 1836: born (Bible).
8 Feb 1906: died (Bible).
Private, Company A, 1st Ohio Volunter Calvary.
Ann Eliza Stover (daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Powelson) Stover)
23 Nov 1838: born (Bible).
15 Sept 1853: (married Hardy County, West Virginia) "Henry W. Baylis of Frederick County, Virginia and Ann E. Stover of Hardy County, Virginia, [married] on September 15th 1853 at her parents' by Rev. John W. Stewart. Witnesses - J. M. Beaty and Newton Wimer." (Bible). (Henry W. Baylis: 23 Dec 1807-17 June 1890 - Bible).
16 Nov 1856: son John H. Baylis born, 2 Dec 1896 married Mary E. Kendall, died 29 Oct 1927. (Bible).
3 Feb 1860: son Thomas Marshall Baylis born (Bible), died 2 Aug 1889.
3 June 1862: son Edmond Robert A. Baylis born (Bible), died 9 May 1885.
8 Sept 1864: son William Sherman Baylis born (Bible), died 2 Feb 1885.
11 Oct 1866: daughter Florence V. Baylis born, 15 Apr 1889 married John M. Draper (Bible).
24 Apr 1869: son Francis J. Baylis born, 26 Dec 1897 married Minnie A. Allen (Bible).
24 Apr 1869: son Charles A. Baylis born, died 14 Nov 1891. (Bible).
26 June 1873: daughter Mary A. Baylis born, 2 Aug 1891 married Elijah "Lige" McClellan Allen (29 Jan 1869-_____) (Bible). Children listed in Bible:
Bessie Allen born 29 Jan 1892, died 16 July 1892.
Ward P. Allen born 16 Jan 1894, died 12 Apr 1922.
Roy Allen born 1 Nov 1895.
12 July 1876: daughter Clara Cordelia Baylis born, died 16 Sept 1881. Bible).
4 Feb 1879: son Oscar S. Baylis born, died 19 Apr 1926. (Bible).
11 Apr 1881: son born and died (Bible).
12 June 1892: died (Bible).
Jane Heath Stover (daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Powelson) Stover)
13 Nov 1840: born (Bible).
no date: married William King.
Mar 1912: died (Bible).
Samuel Smith Stover (son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Powelson) Stover)
1 Dec 1842: born (Bible).
no date: married Samantha A. Willis (1846-1927, buried Millegeville cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio).
1862: enlisted as a private in Company K, 90th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infanty.
1868: daughter May born, died 1890, buried Milledgeville, Fayette County, Ohio.
29 Aug 1871: son Willis died 15 Dec 1874 age 3 years, 3 months 17 days, buried Millegeville cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio.
1 Jan 1875: John G. and Sarah E. Barnes to Samuel S. Stover all of Fayette County Ohio for $930 lot #3 in the Village of Millegeville, Jasper Township, Fayette County, Ohio. Fayette County, Ohio Deed Book Z p364.
2 Mar 1880: Deed from Samuel S. and Samantha A. Stover to John T. Mason all of Fayette County, Ohio for $725 lot #3 in Village of Millegeville and 20' bu 26' out of the NW corner of lot #4 in said Village on waters of Rattlesnake Creek. Fayette County, Ohio Deed Book 5 p516.
26 Nov 1904: died (Bible), buried Milledgeville cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio.
1913: Samantha S. (widow Smith) Stover listed in Millegeville, Fayette County, Ohio. Washington Court House City Directory, 1913 p226.
Company K 90th Regiment.
Sarah Elizabeth Stover (daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Powelson) Stover)
24 Apr 1845: born Hardy County, West Virginia (Bible).
31 Dec 1863: married Fayette County, Ohio, William Henry Rupert (15 Oct 1841-27 Mar 1898, buried Walnut Hill cemetery, Logan County, Ohio) son of William Henry and Rachel (Faint) Rupert.
19 Mar 1874: died (Bible said Spring), buried Milledgeville, Fayette County, Ohio.
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Jacob Israel Stover (son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Powelson) Stover)
15 Apr 1847: born (Bible) Virginia.
24 Sept 1867: married Fayette County, Ohio, Phebe Jane Haines(ca 1847 Ohio-______) blind in old age.
4 Jan 1870: son Edmond B. born, died 18 Mar 1871, scalded, Jasper Township. Fayette County, Ohio Death Book 1.
1870: census Jasper Township, Fayette County, Ohio; Jacob, age 24, farmer, born Virginia, 700A; Phebe, age 24, born Ohio; Edwin, age 5 months, born Ohio.
14 Aug 1872: son D. B. born.
16 Jan 1879: daughter Malvinia H. born.
23 July 1880: Deed from Jacob I. and Phebe J. Stover of John S. Sanders all of Fayette County, Ohio for $1830, 10 and 25½ poles. Beginning at a stake in the line of Williamson Furguson - thence S58d, W92.9 poles to a stone in the line of John S. Prosinger - thence with Prosinger's line S 49½ d E54.4 poles to a stone in the line of said Prosinger and corner Jesse Pearson - thence with Pearson's line N68½d E71.44 poles to a stone corner to Margaret McMahan - thence with her line N43 3/4 N38 poles to a stone corner of said Margaret McMahan - thence with another of her lines N54½ E11.5 poles to a stone another of her corners and in line of Williamson Furguson - thence with said Furguson's line N48d W46.8 poles to the beginning...being a part of P. G. Carrington's survey #872. Fayette County, Ohio Deed Book 6 p6.
1920-22: alive, had a feedstore in Celina, Mercer County, Ohio.
D. B. Stover (son of Jacob Israel and Phebe Jane (Haine) Stover)
14 Aug 1872: born Jasper Township. Fayette County, Ohio Birth Book 1.
Malvinia H. Stover
16 Jan 1879: born Jasper Township. Fayette County, Ohio Birth Book 1.
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Martha Frances Stover (daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Powelson) Stover)
15 June 1849: born (Bible).
no date: married Patrick Kelly.
James Hunter Stover (son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Powelson) Stover)
19 Apr 1851: born (Bible).
12 Dec 1877: married Fayette County, Ohio, Caroline Comfort Hill.
11 June 1903: died (Bible).
The igi says James Hunter Stover, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Ann (Powelson) Stover, was born 27 Apr 1858 in Hardy County, West Virginia.
John Wesley Stover (son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Powelson) Stover)
25 Aug 1853: born (Bible).
no date: married Nancy J. Watson (1853-1920, buried Millegeville cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio).
24 Dec 1878: daughter born Union Township. Fayette County, Ohio Birth Book 1.
1913: listed in Jeffersonville, RR2 Jefferson Township, Fayette County, Ohio. Washington Court House, Ohio City Directory, p223.
1939: died, buried Millegeville cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio.
Charles Tolbert Stover (son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Powelson) Stover)
18 Oct 1855: born (Bible). Tombstone says born 1856.
no date: married Mary C. Lindemuth (1864-1918, buried Millegeville cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio).
Oct 1893: infant daughter Lola died, buried Millegeville cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio.
1918: died, buried Millegeville cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio.
MARYLAND
Michael Stover
2 Apr 1779: bought a lot in Elizabethtown (now Washington) in Washington County, Maryland. Washington County, Maryland Deed Book A p499.
PENNSYLVANIA
Daniel Stover
9 May 1785: did attend 2 Comm days, 1 fil day, Capt Jacob Thoress' Co. LDS 20449 Bucks County, PA.
David Stover
9 May 1785: did attend 2 Comm days, 1 fil day, Capt Jacob Thoress' Co. LDS #1044d Bucks County, PA.
Jacob Stover (son of Henry Stover)
13 May 1757: born Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
no date: married Elizabeth Schwartz.
no date: m/2 Catherine Stover (1764 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania-10 Nov 1841 Bucks County, Pennsylvania).
1783: daughter Elizabeth born, married Philip Kratz, Jr.
9 May 1785: did not attend the musterings of Capt. Moneys Co., 1st Batt. Comm days 2, Fil days 1
LDS #20449 Bucks County, Pennsylvania Military Records.