Jacob Stover Jr (abt. 1795 - aft. 1850)

Born about 1795 in Franklin, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Olive (Dixon) Stover — married about 1819 in Monroe Co., Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

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Biography

Jacob Stover, Jr., was born in the 1790s in Franklin County, Virginia according to a contemporary, William Turner, in his remembrances during the 1920s.^[1]. Different sources give differing evidence of the exact year.

Jacob and his family moved quite a bit during his lifetime. An 1830 Census record puts him in Logan County, Virginia which at that time included the area that later became Raleigh and Fayette Counties.^[2]

The 1850 Census finds his family in Van Buren, Madison County, Indiana ^[3]

The Census lists Jacob, his wife, and 6 children still living with them.

• Jacob Stover, M, 60, Virginia
• Olive Stover, F, 50, Virginia
• Elijah Stover, M, 27, Virginia
• Jerisey Stover, F, 16, Virginia
• Henry Stover, M, 12, Virginia
• Olive Stover, F, 9, Virginia
• Mary Stover, F, 6, Virginia
• Eunice Stover, F, 3, Virginia

At some point the family--or perhaps only some of the family--must have returned to West Virginia because the daughter, Olive, married Wilson Williams in Raleigh County in 1859.^[4] It is possible that Jacob was already deceased at that time.

Other sources shown in the Sources section below contain information that has not been verified.

Research Notes

Doubtful this Jacob Stover is the same as the one who died in Page County, Virginia in March 1850. This Jacob was alive and living in Indiana in July 1850, per the 1850 census record shown above. So, I removed the source for the Page County, Virginia Mortality Schedule, and adjusted the death details.

Sources

1. ↑ "Stover and Williams Reunion 1923 Reminiscences by William Turner," web page, viewed 14 August 2020 (http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nylasgenealogy/genealogy/turn7jow2.html)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH54-XNM : 17 August 2017), Jacob Stover, Logan, Virginia, United States; citing 284, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 191; FHL microfilm 29,670.[1]
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHJ5-HZZ : 9 November 2014), Jacob Stover, Van Buren, Madison, Indiana, United States; citing family 54, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR84-SJG : 10 February 2018), Jacob in entry for Wilson Williams and Olive Stover, 05 Apr 1859; citing Raleigh, West Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 34,491.(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR84-SJG)

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ggracie/library/stover/jstover/d1.htm#c3933 Stover, Roots Web]

• Jacob Stover, Jr., and Olive Dixon, By Gracie Stover. WV Stovers, Roots Web

• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMTX-Y53 : 11 February 2018), Jacob Stover in entry for Lucinda Scarbrough, Sep 1874; citing Paint Creek, Fayette, West Virginia, County Records, v 1 p 22, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 584,755.[2]
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJ5-HZZ : 4 April 2020), Jacob Stover, Van Buren, Madison, Indiana, United States; citing family 54, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).