Jacob Snider Stover (1807 - 1893)

Born 20 Apr 1807 in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Sally (Noffsinger) Stover — married 11 Sep 1830 in Botetourt, Virginia

Husband of Hannah Neff — married 7 Mar 1873 (to 17 Apr 1874) in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States

Died 15 Mar 1893 at age 85 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States

Biography

Jacob Stover^[1] was born on 20 April 1807 in Botetourt County, Virginia,^[2] the third of four known children and the youngest of three sons of John and Catherine Snider Stover.

He married twice:

On 23 September 1830, when he was twenty-three, he married Sarah Nofsinger in Botetourt County.^[3]

On 7 March 1873, when he was sixty-five, he married Hannah Neff in Roanoke County, Virginia.

1850 census

Jacob Stover appears in the 1850 United States Federal Census as a literate 43-year-old farmer with $5739 in real property living with his literate wife, Sarah, and seven children, five sons and two daughters and his literate sixty-year-old mother, who has been twice widowed. All the children of elementary school age attended school in the previous year.

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1850 Census Image for Jacob Stover household

Name: Jacob Stover; Age: 43; Birth Year: abt 1807; Birthplace: Virginia; Home in 1850: District 8, Botetourt County, Virginia; Gender: Male; Family Number: 352.

Household Members: Name Age

Jacob Stover 43

Sarah Stover 42

Peter L Stover 18

John M Stover 16

Mary C Stover 14

George H Stover 12

William C Stover 10

Josephus Stover 5

Salina J Stover 3

Catharine Gish 60.^[4]

On 1-4 Sep 1851 he engaged in a land transaction in Botetourt County, Virginia

In the early 1850s he moved to Clay Twp., St. Joseph County, Indiana.

On 15 March 1893 , a little over a month before his eigthty-sixth birthday, he died in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana.^[5] He is buried in South Bend.^[6]

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Obituary of Jacob S. Stover, 1807-1893, p1.

Obituary of Jacob S. Stover, 1807-1893, p2.

Citations

1. ↑ Weber, Richard. Stover Brethren: The Family of Elder William Stover of Antietam, Columbia, MD: Richard R. Weber, ©2001.
2. ↑ Weber, Richard. Stover Brethren: The Family of Elder William Stover of Antietam, Columbia, MD: Richard R. Weber, ©2001.
3. ↑ Weber, Richard. Stover Brethren: The Family of Elder William Stover of Antietam, Columbia, MD: Richard R. Weber, ©2001.
4. ↑ 1850 Census. District 8, Botetourt County, Virginia; Roll M432_936, Page 64A, Image: 366 (51 of 268). Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=vbO1&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&qh=Rn%2B2OJKhnPKF6Vq0zP6APQ%3D%3D&db=1850usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=jacob%20snider&gsfn_x=0&gsln=stover&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1807&msbpn__ftp=virginia&msrpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msrpn=49&msrpn_x=1&msrpn__ftp_x=1&MSAV=1&uidh=u61&pcat=35&fh=0&h=14885665&recoff=&ml_rpos=1 Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/8054/4191113-00366?pid=14885665&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DvbO1%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26qh%3DRn%252B2OJKhnPKF6Vq0zP6APQ%253D%253D%26db%3D1850usfedcenancestry%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Djacob%2520snider%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dstover%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1807%26msbpn__ftp%3Dvirginia%26msrpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D49%26msrpn_x%3D1%26msrpn__ftp_x%3D1%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Du61%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D0%26h%3D14885665%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=vbO1&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Accessed 16 Jan 2020.
5. ↑ Weber, Richard. Stover Brethren: The Family of Elder William Stover of Antietam, Columbia, MD: Richard R. Weber, ©2001.
6. ↑ Weber, Richard. Stover Brethren: The Family of Elder William Stover of Antietam, Columbia, MD: Richard R. Weber, ©2001.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Stover-526 was created through the import of Thompson Family Tree (2)_2012-11-16.ged on Nov 16, 2012 by Daniel Thompson.

• Patricia Prickett Hickin created Jacob S. Stover (1807-1893) on 23 Nov 2015.

Sources

• Ancestry.com. Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850. Original data - Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT.

• 1850 Census. District 8, Botetourt County, Virginia; Roll M432_936, Page 64A, Image: 366 (51 of 268). Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=vbO1&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&qh=Rn%2B2OJKhnPKF6Vq0zP6APQ%3D%3D&db=1850usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=jacob%20snider&gsfn_x=0&gsln=stover&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1807&msbpn__ftp=virginia&msrpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msrpn=49&msrpn_x=1&msrpn__ftp_x=1&MSAV=1&uidh=u61&pcat=35&fh=0&h=14885665&recoff=&ml_rpos=1 Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/8054/4191113-00366?pid=14885665&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DvbO1%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26qh%3DRn%252B2OJKhnPKF6Vq0zP6APQ%253D%253D%26db%3D1850usfedcenancestry%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Djacob%2520snider%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dstover%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1807%26msbpn__ftp%3Dvirginia%26msrpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D49%26msrpn_x%3D1%26msrpn__ftp_x%3D1%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Du61%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D0%26h%3D14885665%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=vbO1&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Accessed 16 Jan 2020.

• Weber, Richard. Stover Brethren: The Family of Elder William Stover of Antietam, Columbia, MD: Richard R. Weber, ©2001.

• yoopergirl201, comp., “Jacob Snider Stover, b1807,” Besaw/Milem Family Tree, Ancestry.com. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/2861006/person/6107151205/facts Accessed 1 Feb 2020.