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Persoonlijke gegevens Jacob Stover Jr. 

• Hij is geboren op 14 april 1745 in lancaster Co Pa.
• Hij is overleden op 26 november 1811 in Haines Township Centre County Pa, hij was toen 66 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven in Wolf's Chapel aka StoverCemetery, Aaronsburg, PA.
• Een kind van Johann Jacob Stober en Anna Eva Catherine Naess

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BIO: John C. STOVER, Centre County, PA

 

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including the

Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing

Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc.

Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898.

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150 COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

 

JOHN C. STOVER, of Aaronsburg, Centre county, is one of the representative

citizens of the county, and his influence is recognized as a helpful factor

in all the varied movements which promote the welfare of his locality. His

family has been prominent in Penn's Valley from the earliest times, and is

probably more numerous at the present day than any other in Centre county.

The first to come to that beautiful and fertile region was Jacob Stover,

Sr., our subject's great-great-grandfather, a Huguenot, who was born, about

1715, in Alsace-Lorraine, then a part of France, and came to America with

many other persecuted followers of his faith to settle in Lyken's Valley,

Dauphin Co., Penn. About 1772 he visited Penn's Valley, and entered a large

tract of land in what is now Haines township, Centre county, extending from

mountain to mountain. He never resided there but, being well advanced in

years, gave the estate to three of his sons, Jacob, Jr., our subject's

great-grandfather, taking the northern portion, Adam the southern, and John

the central. Another son of this worthy pioneer went to Canada, another,

Michael, to Maryland, and (later) another, Fred, located in the eastern part

of what is now Haines township, near Woodward. The four who settled in

Centre county are the ancestors of this prosperous and highly respected

family who have always displayed the characteristic thrift, industry,

independence and uprightness of their forefathers, together with a love of

nature which has led them to choose almost invariably the calling of

agriculture. No member of the family has ever taken a conspicuous part in

politics.

During the Revolutionary war several battles were fought in Penn's Valley,

and traces of a stockade, which was built on the farm of Adam Stover, were

still visible a few years ago. On July 3, 1778, occurred the massacre of

Wyoming, in which old men, women and children were brutally slaughtered, and

the news of this horrible butchering caused a stampede among the settlers on

what was then the "frontier," and all fled "down country" for protection,

the event being known as the "the big runaway." When the dwellers of Penn's

Valley returned to their former homes they found the property in ruins, the

only evidence of their occupancy to escape the flames lit by the savages

being an apple tree planted some years before at the homestead of Jacob

Stover, Jr. This interesting reminder of early days is still standing. In

time the settlement was rebuilt, and in 1789 Jacob Stover, Jr., donated

seven acres of land for a school site and for the use of the teacher, and

thirty acres for a church, parsonage and cemetery. Most of this land is

still devoted to these purposes, and the more modern buildings which have

taken the place of the original structures are used partly for a school and

partly as a chapel for holding funeral services. In the cemetery but few

have

 

COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 151

 

been interred except the members of the Stover family, and prominent among

these are Jacob Stover, Jr.. and his wife, Anne M. Weaver, the great-

grandparents of our subject. Jacob Stover, who. was born in 1749 and died

in 18--, seems to have been very influential in his day. Of the other three

brothers, Fred married Anne Hetzle, and Adam married Pauline Troutner.

Jacob Stover, Jr., had two sons of whom there is especial record. John,

Jr., passed his life quietly as a farmer at the old homestead, two and a

half miles east of Aaronsburg, and is noted as having been the only Whig in

the family, all the others having been stanch Democrats. He married Barbara

Wolf, and has seven children: (1) George died in Aaronsburg. (2) Eve married

George Bright, Sr., of Aaronsburg, and J. W. Bright, whose biography appears

elsewhere, is their grandson. (3) John married Miss Catherine Brown, and

lived on a farm two miles east of Aaronsburg. (4) Henry married Miss Gredle

Guiswite, and made his home on a farm north of the same town. (5) Catherine

married Adam Harper, a farmer who lived three miles east of Aaronsburg. (6)

Thomas, with his wife, Abilene France, occupied the old homestead. (7) Jacob

W. married Catherine Yeagley, and resided two miles and a half northeast of

Aaronsburg. His son Moses is now a resident of Haines township. All of

this family attended the Stover school in youth, and all were Lutherans in

religious faith.

Adam Stover, son of Jacob, Jr., and the grandfather of our subject, reared

a large family of children, among whom were Michael, now residing in Haines

township, and Jacob, our subject's father, who married Polly Kersteter, and

after spending some years at the old homestead with his parents moved to

another farm in the same township. His wife died at the age of seventy-

four, and was buried in St. Paul's cemetery, but he lived to be over eighty

years of age before his remains were laid to rest beside hers. He was six

feet, two inches tall, stout in proportion, and was active until a short

time before his death. Like the rest of the family, he was a successful

farmer, and although he voted the Democratic ticket regularly, he was not

especially interested in politics. He was a member of the Reformed Church,

to which he contributed liberally. Of his twelve children, nine are still

living. Elizabeth, widow of David Corman, and Christina, widow of Jacob

Bowers, reside in Haines township, Centre county. Harriet died in early

womanhood. Benjamin is a resident of Haines township. John C. is mentioned

more fully below. William K. is a farmer of Haines township. Julia was

taken away in early womanhood. Sally married Jacob Detwiler, of

Tusseyville, Penn. Nellie married Charles Smith, of Haines township.

Leonard died in childhood. Lydia married Moses Eby, of Haines township.

Susan L. (now Mrs. William Musser) resides in the same locality.

J. C. Stover was born July 18, 1834, and was educated in the schools near

his father's farm, his first teacher being Hon. J. G. Meyer. Farm work was

done by primitive methods in his boyhood, and he has spent day and day in

"trampping out" wheat. At nineteen he began to learn the blacksmith's trade

with Jacob Condo, of Boalsburg, and for two years' work received $50. After

completing his apprenticeship he returned home, assisted his father during

one summer, and then spent a year as a journeyman blacksmith with "Squire "

Hosterman, of Haines township.

On November 5, 1857, Mr. Stover married Miss Amelia Hosterman, a daughter

of John and Polly (Bower) Hosterman. She was born August 9, 1834, in Haines

township, and was educated there, her first teacher being Mercy Hill. At

the time of his marriage, Mr. Stover had no capital, save his native

abilities, supported by a strong will; but he fearlessly faced his

responsibilities, and has prospered as he deserved. In the spring of 1858

he bought a blacksmith shop and residence at Aaronsburg from John Guiswite

at a cost of $1,100, borrowing money for the first payment, and there he

carried on his trade until March, 1871, when he sold out to settle upon a

farm in Haines township. For two years after his removal he followed his

trade at the farm, but later devoted his attention exclusively to

agriculture. In March, 1890, he rented the property and moved to

Aaronsburg. His farm consists of seventy-four acres, and he also owns

several acres of land adjoining Aaronsburg.

Mr. Stover and his wife have been members of the Reformed Church for more

than forty-five years. For fifteen years he held the office of elder, and

at present he is a trustee. He has a neat residence in Aaronsburg, and he

and Mrs. Stover are socially prominent. They have had seven children: (1)

Clara V., formerly a successful teacher, married John A. Grenoble, of Spring

Mills, and has five children - Charley E., Margaret A., William, Roberd R.

and Anna M. (2) Tamma C. died in childhood. (3) Mary L. (now Mrs. E. E.

Ardery, of Bellefonte) has two children - Lela A. and Verna A. (4) Annie R.

(Mrs. Franklin Guiswite, of Woodward) has two children - Fred S. and Mary A.

(5,) Katy I. married George Weaver, of Haines township, Centre county. (6)

Cora E. is at home. (7)

 

152 COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

 

Clymer H., a merchant and tinsmith of Aaronsburg, married Miss Anna C.

March, and has two children - Mary Jane A. and John L. Politically, our

subject has always been a Democrat, and while he has never been especially

desirous of public office he has served ably as school director and

supervisor.

Johann Jacob Stover was baptized 21 Apr 1745 at Emaneul Lutheran, Bruckerville, in Lancaster Co, PA. (from The Stover Brethren)

 

In 1778 Jacob Stover, Jr, Adam Stover, and John Stover were taxed as residents of Potter (now Haines) Twp. Centre Co, PA.

 

Jacob Stover of Northumberland Co received a Revolutionary War militia loan on 2 Mar 1787, certificate 14151, recorded in Register B:138, proving his service.

 

On 25 Nov 1789 Jacob Stober, Jr. and Michael Mootz bought from Aaron and Rachel Levy two lots in Aaronsburg for a Lutheran Church and burying ground (Northumberland Co Deed Book D:403, recorded 26 Nov 1789). This should be jacob b.1745, since his son was only age 20 at this time. On 22 May 1792 Jacob Stober Junior, of Haines Twp, purchased 306 acres from David and Elizabeth Shakespear (Northumberland Co Deed Book E:413, recorded 26 May 1792). Haines Twp became part of the new Centre Co, PA in 1800.

 

Jacob Stober's will names his wife Eve, and children Jacob, Adam, John, Valentine, Michael, Ann Maria, Margareth Christina, Barbara, Catharine, and Eve, (Centre Co Will Book A:69, signed 28 Mar 1807, proved 26 Nov 1811). from "The Stover Brethren"

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