William Stover

View Tree for William StoverWilliam Stover (b. 23 May 1765, d. 14 Nov 1841) William Stover (son of Adam Stover and Mary Woolweaver Kuntz) was born 23 May 1765 in Dutchess Co, NY346, and died 14 Nov 1841 in Chenango Co, NY347. He married Elizabeth Elwood on 1808 in Chenango Co, NY348, daughter of Richard Elwood and Catherine Bell.

Includes NotesNotes for William Stover: William migrated to Symarna township, Chenago County, NY in 1803.

When he came to Chenango County, New York as a young man, William Stover bought 400 acres in the town of Smyrna, then known as Sherburne, where he farmed the rest of his life. He built a large house there where he reared his large family. He was a man of good business instincts, thrifty and energetic, and accumulated a considerable fortune for those days, being a man of much more than ordinary ability, and was accorded a high place in the community. He, at one time, was a member of the sect of Reformed Methodists, but finally withdrew from that denomination for some cause or other, and built a church on his own land, which he ever afterward supported, allowing no contributions to be taken, but paying all bills himself. Ministers of every denomination were welcomed and invited to occupy the pulpit, when it was not his regular preaching day, for he himself was a preacher of no small renown. He was a very well educated man, and could speak German fluently. He was charitable and benevolent by nature, and was always ready to relieve want and misery of those in need. He was a Christian and a true good man, with most exemplary habits. He never used tobacco in any form, nor did any of his sons use the weed. The butternut grove where he built his church, was, before the erection of that edifice, a favorite spot for holding quarterly religious meetings, and at least one of these was held after it's erection. At one of these largely attended meetings around 1828, among those present was Brigham Young, later head of the Mormon Church. He was, without doubt, one of the great men of his section, and did an incalculable amount of good in shaping the destiny of Chenango, County and Central New York. He had friends by the hundred who aided him materially in his works. Both of his wives seconded his efforts in the home and more extended fields in which he was a power for good. He was a Whig in his politics, and besides serving in other town offices, filled the office of Supervisor of the Town of Smyrna from 1810 to 1820.

Early settlers in the Town of Smyrna (#8) of Original Twenty Towns taken from "1784 History of Chenango & Madison Counties, NY" by James H Smith; pub. 1880.

History of Chenango and Madison Counties: Sept. 18, 1804, Aaron Hutchinson purchased the east half of lot 26, west of the village, now owned by Dwight Hall and Mrs. Manwarring. The same year William Stover bought the old Stover farm; and David Felt, lot 1, the Parsons and Teft farms. William Stover was elected supervisor in 1810 and held that office continuously till 1820.

TOWN OFFICERS.--The first town officers recorded were elected at a meeting over which Isaac Foote, esq., presided as moderator, and were as follows: Joseph Simmons, Supervisor; Jabez Collins, Clerk; Stephen Parker, Jesse Hutchinson and William Stover, Assessors; William Collins, Joshua Talcott, and Robert Emmons, Commissioners of Highways; Solomon Kelsey, Constable and Collector; William Stover and Joseph Collins,etc.

The First Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Plymouth was legally formed March 23, 1812,(*) at a meeting of the "members of the Methodist society in Plymouth," over which Ebenezer White and William Stover presided.

William STOVER Daniel D. Smith's Stereotype Edition of the King James Bible Published and sold by Daniel Smith, New York 1825 First Blank Page inside Bible: Wm Stover s Book 1827 Family Record: Marriages: William Stover and Elisabeth Holnbeck were married October th3 :1789 William Stover and Betsa Elwood were married February th6 :1808 Richard E Stover and Philura P Keeler were married January 17th 1854 (blue ink and different hand) Births Page 1: William Stover born May th23 :1765 Hannah Stover born June th22: 1798 Elisabeth Holnbeck born February th11: 1768 Jemima Stover born March th20: 1800 Mary Stover born December th 26: 1790 William Stover born May th28: 1803 Adam Stover born November th21: 1791 Betsa Stover born December th3: 1792 Asenath Stover born February th5: 1795 Samuel Stover born June th16: 1796

Births Page 2: Betsa Elwood born January th9: 1778 Willie Stover born April 4th 1860 (blue ink and different hand) Susanah Stover born October th 17: 1809 Burt W Stover born December 3d 1868 (blue ink and different hand) Lydia Stover born July th22: 1811 Benjamin Stover born February th7: 1813 Ruth Stover born October th22: 1815 John A Stover born March th4: 1818 Catherine B Stover born January th12: 1820 Richard Elwood Stover born January th21: 1822

Deaths: Betsa Stover Departed this life May th17: 1811 Elisabeth Stover Departed this life October th5: 1806 Adam Stover Departed this life February th17: 1813 William Stover Departed this life Nov the 11 1841 (different hand, different writing instrument, very faint) Samuel Stover Departed this life February 1820 William Stover Departed this life Nov the 11 1841. (NOTE this entry is listed twice with different writing instruments.) Jemima Stover Departed this life September th13: 1824 Betsy Stover Departed this life August 13th 1855. (blue ink, different hand) Hannah Stover Departed this life January th28: 1828 Mary Stover Williams Departed this life March 25th 1859 (blue ink different hand) Wm Stover Departed this Life March th5: 1832 (this is the death of William Stover, Jr.) Philura P. Keeler Stover Departed this life January 2d 1871 aged 38 years 10 months and 29 days (blue ink different hand)

Contributed by Sharilyn Whitaker - Feb. 2004

More About William Stover: Baptism: 29 Sep 1745, "The Clove", Beekman Town, Dutchess Cty., NY. Burial: Unknown, Stover Burial Ground, Symrna, NY.

More About William Stover and Elizabeth Elwood: Marriage: 1808, Chenango Co, NY.348

Children of William Stover and Elizabeth Elwood are:

   +Susan Stover, b. 17 Oct 1809, Chenango Co, NY349, d. 04 May 1891, Niagara Co, NY

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