Descendants of Adam * STOVER

Generation No. 1

1. ADAM *¹ STOVER was born 1811 in Ohio; see NOTES, and died Aft. 1880 in lived @ Butler Co., OH 1840-1880 (census). He married REBECCA * (?) STOVER Bef. 1838. She was born 1817 in Pennsylvania; see NOTES, and died Aft. 1880 in On Butler Co. Census 1840-1880.

Notes for ADAM * STOVER:

Adam & Rebecca are not found anyplace on earth after the 1880 census !! That's a little drastic, but it sure has been tough locating anything. They probably died in that decade - or moved to where one of their children moved - I haven't been able to track most of the children down.

Adam is shown on the 1850, 1860, 1870 & 1880 Butler Co, OH census, and the 1840 census shows him also, and presumably with Rebecca, although the 1840 census was the last to show the only named person in the family was always the head of the household. On the 1850 census, Madison Twp: Adam 39, born OH, Rebecca 34, born PA, and all children shown born in OH: Rosannah 14, Daniel 12, Elizabeth 11, John H. 4, Susannah 6 mos. They showed only $100 of worth, compared to $1350 for Hannah WOLFORD, 5 households away. By 1880 the only child still at home with them was Laura J. age 22. Adam still shown as a Farmer at age 69, & Rebecca, keeping house at 63. In the 1880 census Rebecca & Adam report all 4 of their parents from PA, and Rebecca also born in PA, but Adam reports himself Born in OH. Not far from them also in Madison Twp, Daniel & Sue are on the 1880 census there.

On the 1870 census (Pg.277, Madison Twp.), they are shown living then only with children Susan age 20, and Laura 12. Rebecca lists herself being born in Pennsylvania, and Adam OH. Daniel & Susan are shown living together a few doors down in 1870, with no children, just a year before Alda was born.

In July 1997, I visited Butler Co, and was very dissapointed that I could not find any new data on Adam & Rebecca - which didn't make sense since they were there so many years. I even found the land owned (1875 plat map) by Hannah WOLFORD, where she lived for 56 years (1836-1890), but the Stover's were not found owning land anywhere, despite the census showing them living for several generations near the WOLFORDs. I assume that means they rented land. I did find an Adam STOVER on the 1830 census, page 202, of Montgomery County, German Twp, which borders on the North side of the land where Hannah lived by 1836. I'll need to get a plat map of Montgomery Co. Also I could not find any death or cemetary records for them. I assume it likely they migrated to an area where one of their children lived by their old age? I cannot find any other Stovers in Douglas Co, IL with Daniel, and I believe Dan & Susan migrated here due to Susan's Brother, Daniel WOLFORD moving to Douglas Co a few years before them. There is no evidence that any other Stover's came with them. I have found the death date of one presumed son, John STOVER, May 20, 1923 in Butler Co, Vol#4164, Cert# 30628 - I need to get a copy of this and the obit to determine if this is Daniel Stover's 8 years younger brother who was born about 1846. There is an Adam Stover in Montgomery Co, German Twp. in 1816, 1820 & 1830 - don't know if this is his Father or not ?

Adam is on the following censuses - Rebecca also shown from 1850-1880

1840 - census Page 108 in Madison Twp, Butler Co.

1850 - Census Page 349 - " " " "

1860 - Census Pg.301/302 " " " "

1870 - Page 277 " " " "

1880 - Pg. 153 " " " "

Notes for REBECCA * (?) STOVER:

Rebecca & Daniel STOVER are on the 1860 OH, Butler Co. Madison Twp census living only 5 homes away from Hannah & Susan WOOLFORD. See their notes also. I've been unable to cover anything on Rebecca's ancestors or her maiden name even. That seems to be very impossible so far.

Children of ADAM STOVER and REBECCA STOVER are:

i. ROSANNA² STOVER, b. 1836.

2. ii. DANIEL * STOVER, b. February 7, 1838, Ohio; moved to Douglas, Co, IL 1884; d. June 30, 1907, Douglas Co,IL;Buried @ ArcolaCem; see NOTE.

3. iii. ELIZABETH STOVER, b. July 19, 1840; d. April 25, 1882, @ Elk Grove Cem. with John & his 1st wife.

iv. JOHN H. STOVER, b. 1846.

v. SUSANNA STOVER, b. April 1850.

vi. LAURA J. STOVER, b. 1858.

Generation No. 2

2. DANIEL *² STOVER (ADAM *¹) was born February 7, 1838 in Ohio; moved to Douglas, Co, IL 1884, and died June 30, 1907 in Douglas Co,IL;Buried @ ArcolaCem; see NOTE. He married SUSAN * WOLFORD November 17, 1864 in Ohio; her obit. says 1863, daughter of JACOB WOLFORD and HANNAH BECHTOLD. She was born January 13, 1843 in Ohio; Probably Middletown, Butler Co., and died November 24, 1911 in DouglasCo,IL;Buried @ Arcola Cem; see NOTE.

Notes for DANIEL * STOVER:

Daniel Stover is listed with his parents on the 1860 Ohio, Butler Co., (Middletown), Madison Twp. Census, Page 301 or 302. Although I cannot be certain it is later Susan's Husband, I strongly suspect it is, especially since they were shown living 5 houses down from Susan Woolford in 1860. He was shown as 5 years older than Susan, and listed as a laborer as was his Father. His Birth State was shown as Ohio as was his Father Adam Stover, but the Mother, Rebecca Stover was shown from Pennsylvania. The 1850 & 1880 census shows the same thing, for the Adam & Rebecca's birth location. They were living a few doors from the Woolford's in 1850 also. The dates for the births of Daniel are estimated based on the census, so could be +/- one year. Adam is also shown on the 1840 census in Butler Co., as well and near Jacob Wolford. And probably still living in the same place, as the distance in names on the census is consistent. The 1840 census doesn't show names of people other than head of household but the age ranges/sex of children are the same, so I am relatively certain it is the same family.

He and Susan are shown married on the 1880 Butler Co, census, he age 42, Farmer, says he is from OH, as is his Father, but says Mother was from PA. They misspell Aldas name as Alvi? age 10 and shows Ellen, age 7. I am trying to find out if Ellen is Mrs. Vernon Hartford, listed in Daniel's obituary.

Virginia Lawrence, from Kansas reported to me she has a family bible page that shows the marriage, birth & death dates of Daniel STOVER & Sue WOLFORD. Virginia has sent a copy of this to me (See Sue Wolford's notes).

The obituary from the Arcolian Newspaper of July 1907 says: "A well known resident of the vicinity of Galton, passed away at his home in that village on Saturday morning of last week. Mr. Stover came to the vicinity of Galton about 20 yrs. ago from Ohio. He has been a successful farmer and a much respected resident of the Galton neighborhood. He is survived by he is wife and 2 children, Mrs. Will Skinner and Mrs. Vernon Hartford. At the time of his death he was a few months past 69 years of age. Note: THIS Obit. says nothing of parents or sibs names and whereabouts!

Also see wife, Susan's obit which says They had 3 children, (the 3rd, dying at age 5. Also says Mrs. Vernon HARTFORD lived in Port Arthur, Texas in 1911. I have also found a clipping of Mrs. Vernon Hartford's mother in law in 1929 saying Vernon still lived in Port Arthur, TX, but it did not mention Ellen. This information led me to a few descendants of Ella - one who has written me, but was unable to supply me with barely information on her immediate family - let alone any knowledge whatsoever of Ella's parents. She did barely recall that Douglas Co. has been mentioned, but had no clue where it fit in and had no idea they came from Ohio. This woman did recall that Ella, her Grandmother was sort of a saintly woman, but didn't have good things to say about Ella's husband.

Notes for SUSAN * WOLFORD:

I first discovered Sue was Alda STOVER's Mother when I found Alda's Death & Marriage Cert. in the Douglas Co. Courthouse in Tuscola. I then found Susan WOOLFORD, age 17 living in Middletown, OH on the June 26, 1860 Ohio census of Butler county, Madison Twp. Roll 942. (Page 302 & 303) living with presumed Mother Hannah WOOLFORD, age 52 (Born Pennsylvania) & sibs Samuel 26, Joseph 19, & Eliza 14. No Father was shown, however living next door to them was a Possible older brother John Woolford, 31 & a very young wife Mary E. 19, & child Eliza E. age 1. All the children including John, list State of Birth as Ohio, So we are to presume that Hannah & ? Husband left Pennsylvania before by Hannah's age of 21 (1829) if in fact John was their older child. So will need to check the Pennsylvania census of 1820 & 1830 to see if they were there?

On that same census sheet (5 addresses from Sue) was an Adam Stover see notes on his son Daniel. I need to determine where & when she died to see if a death cert. & obit. exists.

A wonderful confirmation of above came from a letter Virgina Lawrence sent me with a reply from my request for any information she could find. She wrote that she found a tiny amount of information about people unknown to her but whom apparently are her Great Grandparents STOVER/WOLFORD. She found the following handwritten as below in a bible at her home handed down from her Mother or Grandmother?:

Daniel STOVER was born Feb. 7, 1838

& Susan WOLFORD was born Jan.13, 1843

It also confirmed the date of their marriage, and I have a copy she sent me from that bible.

I was quite happy to find Hannah was with the same children plus John then was living with them at stating age 23 on the 1850 census. Now of much greater interest is the fact that in 1850 they were living close as in 1860 to the Adam (w son Daniel) STOVER family.... AND on the 1840 census a Jacob WOOLFORD & family were living about the same number of houses from the STOVERs also. Unfortunately Hannah & the children were not shown then due to that was that 1840 was the last year that the only name given on the census was the head of household. I feel that strongly indicates that Hannah's husband & Sue's Father was this Jacob, shown then with the same number of children/sex & age as before except that there appears to be one extra male under age 5. That likely indicates they had one male child die in between 1840 & 1850? In the 1870, 60 & 50 census they were shown as WOLFORD (one "O") but in 1840, Jacob was shown as WOOLFORD. Sue was shown as Susanna.

July 97: I did find Hannah & Jacob's grave @ Elk Creek Cem. in Madison Twp., Butler Co. showing the given dates here. Hannah's obit. doesn't mention anything about her family (children or ancestors), but does say Hannah died at the same location she lived for 56 years (since 1836).

In Sept. 97, I found Susan's obituary in Arcola. On the front page of the Weekly Arcolian, Nov. 30, 1911:

"Death occurred Fri. Morning; The cause of her death was a stoke of Apoplexy. Mrs. Stover had been a sufferer from paralysis for over 2 yrs. and has been confined to the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.W. Skinner. Mrs. Stover was the daughter of Jacob and Hannah Woolford and was born in Butler Co, OH, Jan. 13 1843. She spent her early years in OH and was married to Daniel Stover there in 1863 (ed.other sources say 1864). The couple came to Illinois 28 years ago, locating at Galton which place was their home for many years. After Mr. Stover's death 5 years ago she continued to live in her Galton home until 2 yrs. ago last June when she was stricken with paralysis. 3 children were born to them, one of which died at age 5. The others are: Mrs. J.W. Skinner, ARcola and Mrs. V.V. Hartford, Port Arthur, TX." This implies they came to Illinois in 1883 or 84, about 15 yrs. after Daniel WOLFORD came to Arcola area.

Children of DANIEL STOVER and SUSAN WOLFORD are:

4. i. ALDA E. *³ STOVER, b. December 31, 1871, Middletown, Ohio- Butler Co.; 1900 census says 1873; d. June 23, 1937, Arcola, Douglas Co. IL; see NOTES.

5. ii. ELLA STOVER, b. 1873, Actually Ellen; d. 1951, Port Arthur, TX; @ age 78; or 1950 ?.

3. ELIZABETH² STOVER (ADAM *¹) was born July 19, 1840, and died April 25, 1882 in @ Elk Grove Cem. with John & his 1st wife. She married JOHN WOOLFORD Aft. June 1863, son of JACOB WOLFORD and HANNAH BECHTOLD. He was born January 15, 1827 in Ohio, (per 1870 census-Butler Co, MadisonTwp., and died January 19, 1908 in 2nd wife was Elizabeth STOVER, sis of Daniel.

Notes for JOHN WOOLFORD:

I visited John's grave at Elk creek cemetery, just South of Astoria, on Hwy 122, 2 miles West of West Middletown. There were 3 people listed on that tall gravestone: He and both wives, 1. Mary E. & 2. Elizabeth. He is also shown on the 1875 platte map living adjacent north to Hannah, and in 1895 on the same property, after Hannah died.

Children of ELIZABETH STOVER and JOHN WOOLFORD are:

i. CHARLES E.³ WOOLFORD, b. 1866.

ii. JOHN H. WOOLFORD, b. 1872.

Generation No. 3

4. ALDA E. *³ STOVER (DANIEL *², ADAM *¹) was born December 31, 1871 in Middletown, Ohio- Butler Co.; 1900 census says 1873, and died June 23, 1937 in Arcola, Douglas Co. IL; see NOTES. She married JOHN * WILLIAM SKINNER August 22, 1895 in Galton, Arcola Twp, Douglas Co.IL, son of JAMES SKINNER and ANNA CHENEY. He was born February 20, 1872 in Illinois; maybe Born:Feb.23rd - went by "Will", and died August 24, 1942 in Arcola, IL in a Mausoleum there.

Notes for ALDA E. * STOVER:

Initially there were other versions of her name (STOKER), but both her marriage certificate and her death certificate show it as STOVER. What is different about the 2 certificates is the 1st name of her Father: the death Cert. reads David and the Marriage C. reads Daniel. The Marriage C. would seem to me to be more likely correct. Both show her Mother as being Sue WOOLFORD, and both parents born in Ohio, and her being born in Middleton, OH. I suspect this is Middletown, (between Dayton & Cincinnati), However I have discovered a tiny town named Middleton on the far Eastern border of Ohio, south of Youngstown, just SE of Columbiana; & NW of Pittsburgh, PA. I need to get her obituary from June 1937 to finalize her research. Later I found solid data showing her family in Butler Co, OH, thus making the correct town that of Middletown in Eastern Butler Co. I've also been in contact - analog mail - with descendants of Alda's only sibling (a brother died at age 5), her sister Ella. Apparently Ella & her husband moved to Port Arthur, TX from Douglas Co., about the turn of the century - and some still live there.

Notes for JOHN * WILLIAM SKINNER:

John is on the 1920 census with his age erroneously corrected to 58 when it should be 48, same as Alda's. That census is from the city of Arcola, and it correctly lists his parents birth places. Virginia LAWRENCE in Pittsburg, KS tells me her Grandfather, John William went by "Will".

Children of ALDA STOVER and JOHN SKINNER are:

6. i. JAMES * CLIFFORD⁴ SKINNER, b. May 12, 1898, Arcola, IL; d. May 6, 1962, Decatur, IL 6 days short of 64 years old of Emphysema.

7. ii. LUCILLE ELIZABETH SKINNER, b. April 29, 1903; d. March 12, 1972, Terre Haute, IN.

5. ELLA³ STOVER (DANIEL *², ADAM *¹) was born 1873 in Actually Ellen, and died 1951 in Port Arthur, TX; @ age 78; or 1950 ?. She married VERNON V. HARTFORD in See NOTES of her Father, Daniel, son of WILLIAM HARTFORD and MARGARET VANDEREN. He was born Abt. 1872, and died 1930 in lived in Port Arthur, TX at least 1911-29.

Children of ELLA STOVER and VERNON HARTFORD are:

i. HAROLD⁴ HARTFORD, b. Abt. 1900.

8. ii. SELMA PEARL (HARTFORD) STAFFORD, b. Abt. 1902; d. 1990.

iii. WAYNE HARTFORD, b. Abt. 1905.

iv. PALMER HARTFORD, b. Abt. 1908.

9. v. EDWIN CLIFFORD HARTFORD, b. February 10, 1915, Port Arthur, TX.

Generation No. 4

6. JAMES * CLIFFORD⁴ SKINNER (ALDA E. *³ STOVER, DANIEL *², ADAM *¹) was born May 12, 1898 in Arcola, IL, and died May 6, 1962 in Decatur, IL 6 days short of 64 years old of Emphysema. He married EDNA * VIOLA BROTHERTON June 1, 1921 in Mattoon, IL, daughter of JOSEPH BROTHERTON and CHARLOTTE HARTLEY. She was born July 4, 1900 in Mattoon, IL, and died October 18, 1994 in Lakeland, FL.

Notes for JAMES * CLIFFORD SKINNER:

J.C. was on the 1920 census of the city of Arcola at age 21, still living with John W. & Alda and his younger sister, Lucille

More About JAMES * CLIFFORD SKINNER:

Burial: Fairlawn Cem., Decatur, IL

Notes for EDNA * VIOLA BROTHERTON:

When I first met my wife's Grandmother, Edna in 1976, she was a very frail, small, friendly lady who lived in Decatur, IL. She had been widowed for 14 years by then and seemed quite capable of being independent and seemed to enjoy remaining so. However, as she became older, and somewhat demented, her only living child, Kenneth (Ann's Uncle) moved her next door to he & his wife in Connecticut. She continued to deteriorate and needed to be moved to a nursing home. In her last 5 years she usually did not recognize her family, and had major medical problems, kept alive in an unnatural state by modern medicine. She died after Kenneth elected to move her to Florida where they were also moving to. - Allan Griffith

More About EDNA * VIOLA BROTHERTON:

Burial: Fairlawn Cem., Decatur, IL

Event 1: 1925, Clifford Stanton = Stillborn

Event 2: 1927, Donald Ray Stanton= Stillborn

Children of JAMES SKINNER and EDNA BROTHERTON are:

i. RALPH * BROTHERTON⁵ SKINNER, b. September 16, 1923, Galton, IL (Near Arcola), Douglas Co; d. February 19, 1960, Decatur, IL; m. PATRICIA * LOU CALHOUN, February 20, 1943, Chicago, IL; b. February 19, 1924, Decatur, IL; Photos of Pat are on the CALHOUN datafile; d. lives @ 620 Frank Dr.Decatur, IL w/Burns Flesher, 2nd H..

More About RALPH * BROTHERTON SKINNER:

Burial: Fairlawn Cem., Decatur

Cause of Death: Malignant Melanoma

Comment 1: Galton, IL is now a Ghost Town between

Comment 2: Arcola & Matoon, IL. Ralph was raised in

Comment 3: Decatur, IL

Event 1: 1942, Grad. Decatur H.S.;

Medical Information: No Heart disease, No High blood pressure, No Stroke, Cancer

Occupation: Newspaper Photographer

ii. KENNETH RICHARD SKINNER, b. April 1, 1929, Decatur, IL; d. Lives in Simsbury, Connecticut; m. JEAN ANN WATTLES, August 15, 1954; b. January 8, 1934, Flora, IL.

7. LUCILLE ELIZABETH⁴ SKINNER (ALDA E. *³ STOVER, DANIEL *², ADAM *¹) was born April 29, 1903, and died March 12, 1972 in Terre Haute, IN. She married SYLVAN AUSTIN YAGER in Arcola, IL, son of ARTHUR YAGER and ALICE FRAZIER. He was born February 18, 1896, and died August 23, 1970 in They lived @ 2227 S.8th St. Terre Haute,IN.

More About LUCILLE ELIZABETH SKINNER:

Burial: Roselawn Cem., Terre Haute, IN

More About SYLVAN AUSTIN YAGER:

Burial: Roselawn Cem.

Children of LUCILLE SKINNER and SYLVAN YAGER are:

i. VIRGINIA LEE⁵ YAGER, b. November 14, 1926; d. Lives in Pittsburg, KS as of 2001; m. PAUL RICHARD LAWRENCE; b. October 2, 1925; d. March 14, 1996, Pittsburg, KS; former teacher in Decatur,IL.

ii. LOIS ANN YAGER, b. January 9, 1930; d. lives Long Boat Key; m. DON HYKE; b. Abt. 1930.

8. SELMA PEARL (HARTFORD)⁴ STAFFORD (ELLA³ STOVER, DANIEL *², ADAM *¹) was born Abt. 1902, and died 1990.

Children of SELMA PEARL (HARTFORD) STAFFORD are:

i. JIMMY⁵ MCKENZIE, b. Abt. 1932; d. 1993.

ii. NORMA JEAN (MCKENZIE) CLIFFE, b. November 1934; d. living in Port Arthur, TX in 1997.

iii. BILLY STAFFORD, b. Abt. 1937, lives in Kerrville, TX in 1997.

9. EDWIN CLIFFORD⁴ HARTFORD (ELLA³ STOVER, DANIEL *², ADAM *¹) was born February 10, 1915 in Port Arthur, TX. He married ALMA HARTFORD. She was born Abt. 1916.

Children of EDWIN HARTFORD and ALMA HARTFORD are:

i. KAREN A. (HARTFORD)⁵ PANSANO, b. 1946, Phone 409-735-2832; d. living @ 855 Turner Dr,Bridge CityTX 77611.

ii. EDDIE L. HARTFORD, b. Abt. 1948.