Lena Mae (Carter) Stover (1883 - 1957)

Born 3 Aug 1883 in Tennessee

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Blount Stover — married 20 Jul 1901 in Tennessee

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1957 at age 74 in Nashville, TN

Biography

Lena was born on August 3, 1883 to Andrew "Hamp" Carter and Emma (Edwards) Carter. Andrew's identity has not yet been confirmed. He is thought to have died in or around 1899 to 1900. He is not listed on Lena's birth or death certificate, but he is listed on her sister Laura's death certificate as Andrew Carter^[1] Lena's family Bible lists him as "Hamp" Carter with no birth dates, parents, or other identifying information.

1900 Federal Census record show Lena (age 16) living with her mother Emma, sister Laura and husband John. ^[2]

Lena married Joseph Blount Stover on July 20, 1901, in Cheatham County, TN. ^[3]

Home in 1920: Nashville Ward 2, Davidson, Tennessee, United States ^[4]

• Joe Stover, Head, M, 47, Tennessee
• Lena Stover, Wife, F, 36, Tennessee
• Ruby Stover, Daughter, F, 15, Tennessee
• Leona Stover, Daughter, F, 13, Tennessee
• Elizabeth Stover, Daughter, F, 6, Tennessee
• Harold Stover, Son, M, 1, Tennessee

Home in 1930: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States ^[5]

• Joe Stover, Head, M, 57, Tennessee
• Lena Stover, Wife, F, 47, Tennessee
• Ruby Stover, Daughter, F, 25, Tennessee
• Elizabeth Stover, Daughter, F, 16, Tennessee
• Joseph Harold Stover, Son, M, 11, Tennessee
• Hubert Stover, Son, M, 9, Tennessee
• Herbert Stover, Son, M, 9, Tennessee
• Emma Carter, Mother-in-law, F, 175, North Carolina

Home in 1940: Civil District 11, Davidson, Tennessee, United States ^[6]

• Lena Stover, Head, F, 56, TN
• Ruby Stover,Daughter, F, 35, TN
• Joseph Harold Stover, Son, M, 21. TN

Lena passed away on August 24,1957. ^{[7] [1]}

Picture Scanned from family collection. Lena Carter Stover (R), Emma Edwards Carter (seated), and either Laura or Katie (Lena's sisters) on the left. Circa 1914

DNA Connections

• DNA Match between Summer Orman and (private match) with 92 centimorgans shared across 5 DNA segments; confirmed descent with paper trail, 3rd cousins -- (private match) is also a match to Ray Binkley with 173 centimorgans shared across 6 DNA segments, confirmed paper trail, 2nd cousins 1xr.
• DNA match between Summer Orman and 2nd cousin 2xr S. Tolson with 99 centimorgans shared across 5 DNA segments; same shared with S. Tolson and Ray Binkley.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Tennessee City Death Records, Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis, 1848-1907. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives.
2. ↑ 1900 United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
3. ↑ Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNGD-RRW : accessed 22 July 2017), Joseph Stover, Nashville Ward 2, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 17, sheet 13A, line 21, family 283, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1733; FHL microfilm 1,821,733.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/SPWD-Z3M : accessed 22 July 2017), Joseph B Stover, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 21A, line 23, family 265, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2239; FHL microfilm 2,341,973.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K442-JY7 : accessed 22 July 2017), Harold Stover in household of Lena Stover, Civil District 11, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-41, sheet 4B, line 54, family 95, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3886.
7. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 144830010