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     Thomas E. Stover was born circa 1834 at Ohio.¹ He was the son of John S. Stover and Nancy Sircle.¹

     Urban Carey Stover was graduated at Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., IN; Wabash College.¹ He was born on 16 January 1868 at Ladoga, Montgomery Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Daniel C. Stover and Duck Harney.¹ Urban Carey Stover married Helen Watson, daughter of Horace Watson and Frances Bourne, on 24 February 1899, Ceremony by Rev. Levi E. Murray.¹ Urban Carey Stover lived in 1926 at 5525 Julian Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN.¹ Occupation: Appointed member U.S. Commerce Commission, Sept. 1925. Attorney. in 1926 at Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN.¹

     Vera Garnet Stover was born on 4 June 1894.¹ She was the daughter of Moses E. Stover and Ida Vansyoc.¹ Vera Garnet Stover married Bruce Wallace Hume, son of Joseph Hume and Margaret M. Piper, on 11 June 1916, Ceremony by Rev. Francis M. Burg.¹

     Verda Elizabeth Stover was born in 1913.¹ She was the daughter of Warren Willis Stover and Bessie Prickett.¹

     Vernon K. Stover was born on 8 January 1895 at Waynesboro, Franklin Co., PA.¹ He was the son of Rev. Hugh Mitchell Stover and Anna E. Keifer.¹ Vernon K. Stover lived in 1926 at Frederick, Frederick Co., MD.

     Veta Stover was born in 1908.¹ She was the daughter of Warren Willis Stover and Bessie Prickett.¹

     Viola B. Stover was born on 6 December 1896.¹ She was the daughter of Franklin W. Stover and Isabel K. Burt.¹

     Virginia Alice Stover was born on 7 September 1856.¹ She was the daughter of John W. Stover and Sarah Stanton.¹ Virginia Alice Stover died on 24 July 1921 at age 64.¹

     Virginia Isabel Stover was born on 13 January 1922 at Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI.¹ She was the daughter of Paul Stover and Margaret Patterson.¹

     Warren Hamilton Stover was born on 6 February 1914 at Duncan, Stephens Co., OK.¹ He was the son of Guy Chester Stover and Pauline D. Funk.¹

     Occupation: Was a student at Fort Scott, Kansas Normal College. Bookkeeper. School Teacher. Telegrapher.² Warren Willis Stover was born on 22 July 1867 at Warren Co., IA.¹ He was the son of Gilbert H. Stover and Margaret A. Flager.¹ Warren Willis Stover married Bessie Prickett, daughter of U. O. Prickett and E. J. (?), on 21 September 1891.¹ Warren Willis Stover began military service in May 1898 Served in Co. E 22d Regiment Kansas Volunteers, Spanish-American War. Mustered in May, 1898; out November 1898.³ He lived in 1926 at 126 North 27th Street, Corvallis, Benton Co., OR.¹

     Rev. Wilbur B. Stover was born on 5 May 1866 at Franklin Co., PA.² He was the son of Rev. Jacob A. Stover and Mary C. Lesher.¹ Rev. Wilbur B. Stover married Mary Ellen Emmert, daughter of Rev. John J. Emmert and Catharine Zollers, on 29 June 1893.² Occupation: Both Mr. and Mrs Stover are graduates of the Brethren College at Mt. Morris, Ill. Their interest in Missionary work grew through a careful study of the Word and love for the Church until they volunteered to open up Mission Work in India under the General Mission Board of the Church of the Brethren. The Conference at Meyersdale, Pa., in May, 1894, approved of their going and they sailed for Bombay, India, Oct. 16, 1894. By March of the following year, they located in Bulsar. After 12 years at this station, it was decided that they take up the work at Ankleshwar, where for another 12 years they continued in mission work. During this time they have been home on furlough three times, remaining on the field each time seven years except the second term, when to accommodate others, they remained ten years.
The growth of the work so inaugurated by Bishop Stover can be seen by a late report which says there are now ten head mission-stations, 2 hospitals, 45 American Missionaries, over 100 native teachers, 6 native preachers, 33 deacons and over 2,500 Christians, with an outlook for the future so large that everone hesitates to suggest definitely what it might be. The population of their chosen field is about one and a quarter million.
During the scholastic year 1921-22, Mr. Stover, together with his son J. Emmert, spent in the Northwestern University, where on the course of Religious Education he took the Master's degree. He is the author of the following books: "Charley Newcomer," "India, a Problem," "Missions and the Church," "Visiting India," "The Great First-Work of the Church, -- Missions," "The Family Worship."
During the year 1924, Mr. Stover organized a church at Cleveland, Ohio. in 1926.³

     William Stover was born circa 1750. He was the son of Bishop William Stover and Judith Schaeffer.

     William Stover was born. He was the son of George Snyder Stover and Magdalena P. Jones.¹ William Stover died before 1840.

     William Stover was born on 4 October 1829.¹ He was the son of William Stover and Nancy Gearhart.¹ William Stover married Nancy E. Stover, daughter of Jacob Price Stover and Elizabeth Emmert, in 1858.¹ William Stover died on 19 October 1887 at Shady Grove, Franklin Co., PA, at age 58.¹

     William Stover married Nancy Gearhart.¹

     Bishop William Stover was born in 1725 at Switzerland. He married Judith Schaeffer circa 1748 at Switzerland. Bishop William Stover immigrated in 1754; first to Germantown, then west to Antrim Twp., Franklin County and finally to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was ordained a Bishop of the Antietam (later Price's) German Baptist church. He died in 1800 at Shady Grove, Franklin Co., PA.

     William Burbridge Stover was born on 13 April 1849 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Rev. Mathias Stover and Ann E. Burbridge.¹ William Burbridge Stover married Eva Adeline Adams, daughter of Eugene B. Adams and Fidelia C. Wilder, on 14 March 1876.¹ William Burbridge Stover was Presbyterian.¹ He died on 21 December 1910 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN, at age 61.¹

     William C. Stover was born on 30 October 1821 at Botetourt Co., VA.¹ He was the son of John Stover and Catherine Snyder. William C. Stover married Mary A. Noffsinger, daughter of John Edwin Noffsinger and Susannah Gish, on 14 March 1841.¹ William C. Stover died after 14 June 1900 at Eagle Rock, Botetourt Co., VA.

     William C. Stover was born on 16 April 1907 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Frank Adams Stover and Edna Warner.¹

     William C. Stover was born on 23 November 1862 at St. Joseph Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Hon. George Henry Stover and Sophia A. Meyer.¹ William C. Stover married Ada Mathews, daughter of Mathias Mathews, on 20 August 1889.¹ William C. Stover died after 1926 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN, Dept. Treasurer, St. Joseph's Co.¹

     William Charles Stover was born on 31 May 1920 at Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., CO.¹ He was the son of Hon. Frederick William Stover and Lucile E. Timberlake.¹

     Hon. William Charles Stover was born on 11 July 1841 at Botetourt Co., VA.¹ He was the son of Jacob S. Stover and Sarah Noffsinger.¹ Hon. William Charles Stover married Jane M. White on 16 February 1869.¹ Hon. William Charles Stover married Sarah A. White on 4 April 1881.¹ Hon. William Charles Stover died on 8 October 1908 at Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., CO, at age 67 Mr. Stover, moved with his parents to So. Bend, Ind., in 1851; started overland in the spring of 1860 for the Pike's Peak region; freighted with oxen from the Missouri River to Montana for several years, then located at Fort Collins, Colo., where he thereafter made his home. Was a member of the Territorial Council, 1873, and the Constitutional Convention of Colo., 1880 and for Governor, 1888. Organized and was president of the Poudre Valley Bank and also was extensively interested in cattle raising. Member of the Masonic fraternity.¹

     William David Stover was born on 6 May 1836.¹ He was the son of Abraham Stover and Catherine Moomaw.¹ William David Stover began military service on 25 October 1861 Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861 in Co. M, 2nd Indiana Cavalry, was a Lieutenant when killed. He died on 28 January 1864 at Battle of Indian Creek, Maryville, Blount Co., TN, at age 27.¹

     William Henry Stover was born on 14 July 1863 at Franklin Co., PA.¹ He was the son of Samuel Stover and Elizabeth Price. William Henry Stover lived in 1926 at Mercersburg, Franklin Co., PA.¹

     William N. Stover was born on 15 August 1862.¹ He was the son of Abram H. Stover and Margaret Alcock.¹ William N. Stover died on 27 May 1888 at age 25.¹

     William R. Stover was born on 23 July 1835 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Rev. Mathias Stover and Nancy Fleger.¹

     William Tipton Stover was born on 3 October 1868.¹ He was the son of Sydney Tipton Stover and Helen Jane Davis.¹ William Tipton Stover died on 3 September 1889 at age 20.¹

     William W. Stover was born on 2 October 1858.¹ He was the son of George Rader Stover and Elizabeth Drabell.¹ William W. Stover died on 4 September 1860 at age 1.¹