Augustus Whittemore Stover (1834 - 1916)

Born 17 Dec 1834 in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Elizabeth Maria (Rugg) Stover — married 24 Apr 1862 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Died 18 Feb 1916 at age 81 in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

In 1875, Augustus Stover had a cottage on Fletcher Avenue, Asbury Grove.^[1]

Augustus W. Stover

Augustus W. Stover, who had been ill for two weeks, died last night, in his 82d year at his home, 7 Eden street, Charlestown, where he had lived for 43 years. He leaves a widow and one son, Col. Willis W. Stover, 5th infantry, M. V. M., and special justice of the Charlestown police court.

Mr. Stover was born in Charlestown, Dec. 17, 1834, the son of Jonathan Stover, who went there in 1820 and conducted a tannery business. Augustus Stover attended the Bunker Hill grammar school and coming to maturity established a grocery business on Main street in 1859. He retired from business in 1895.

He was treasurer of the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank until two years ago; was a member of the old Charlestown city council in 1862-4-5; a representative to the Legislature from ward 4 in 1880-81; chairman for several years of the ward 4 Republican city committee; a member of the Royal Arcanum, of the Charlestown Volunteer Firemen's Association and the Charlestown Improvement Association and an honorary member of the Ensign Worth Bagley camp, Spanish War veterans. Because of physical defects, he was barred from service in the civil war, but he served the Union cause, and that of the United States in the Spanish war, by acting as treasurer of the Charlestown relief fund for soldiers, keeping both records of receipts in the original book used in 1861.^[2]

• Fact: Residence (1880) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Precinct 2 Boston city Ward 4, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Boston Ward 4, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "Residents of the Grove" in the article "The Season at Asbury Grove--Preparations for the Gathering Next Week," Boston Traveler, 12 Aug 1875, p. 1.
2. ↑ Boston Herald, 19 Feb 1916, p.5.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 01 September 2017, 14:06), entry for Augustus Whittemore Stover(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KC5R-65Z); contributed by various users.
• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23RF-X5S : 4 December 2014), Augustus W Stover, 18 Feb 1916; citing Death, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 2105, page 162, State Archives, Boston.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHC1-SMN : 4 December 2014), Augustus W. Stover and Elizabeth Maria Rugg, 24 Apr 1862; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 740,994.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4Q9-PY3 : 30 July 2017), Augustus W. Stover and Elizabeth Maria Rougg, 24 Apr 1862; citing , Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,020.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29L-VL1Z : 13 July 2016), Augustus W. Stover and Elizabeth Maria Rugg, 24 Apr 1862; citing Marriage, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 740,994.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHXN-46G : 26 August 2017), Augustus Stover, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 601, sheet 9B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0553; FHL microfilm 1,254,553.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9YM-NNY : accessed 1 September 2017), Augustus W Stover, Precinct 2 Boston city Ward 4, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1199, sheet 16B, family 367, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,677.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2KJ-X8Q : accessed 1 September 2017), Augustus W Stover, Boston Ward 4, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1302, sheet 19B, family 422, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 614; FHL microfilm 1,374,627.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD36-SLF : 12 April 2016), Augustis W Stover, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 65, family 599, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,124.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD91-GDQ : 12 April 2016), Augustus Stover in household of Jonathan Stover, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 2387, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZHL-1R2 : 12 April 2016), Augustus Stover in entry for Frances W Pearson, 1860.