Stover PipeLine #1,
July, 1975
 

Dear Stovers,

   During a recent visit home, I realized that we could use a better and more regular form of communication for various Stover facts and lore.  I thought I'd start by passing along some information and asking some questions.  I'd like to do this on a regular basis for several reasons; to encourage communication in the way of inputs from you all, and to be an incentive to me to gather some of the information I've received in the past in such a way that it can be communicated.  Any suggestions for a name for such a regular blurb?... How about the "Stover Pipe-line"... and use "StovePipe" for short.  Any comments are appreciated.. they're remembered longer, though, if they're written down!

   Ida Lou:  Regarding the confusion over Prairie Center versus Haven's Chapel - They're one and the same.  The sign over the cemetery gate says "Prairie Center."  There's another church at Prairie Center, though... the name Haven's Chapel distinguishes which church and which cemetery.

   Allen:  I have more than three typewritten pages of the conversations with you and William Weber (Billy) Frederick that I taped.  Your story of Grand-dad Albert J. [Stover] wanting "two things in life; a pot belly and to kill an Indian" was a jewel. [albeit not very politically correct]   Also got a couple of stories about A.J. from Billy... a collection of all these stories might be a good idea for another "StovePipe?"

   Billy Frederick examined a picture of the Hutchinson's and commented that Aunt Martha sure did look a lot like Grand-dad Albert.  I thought that was interesting, because I had heard the story that A.J., on his deathbed, had related that Martha had been taken in with the family as a child.  Now, I wonder...

   A letter I wrote to Evan Hopkins, Fairmont, W. Virginia was returned.
   Does anyone know the whereabouts of any of the descendants of the Hutchinsons?  Mattie Hutchinson married Tom Day; Edith married Evan Hopkins, Nell married Ed Stanton; Jessie married Charles Tracy (they had a son Charles nick-named "Buster"); Verne Hutchinson married (?) and died about 3-r years ago in Tacoma, Washington. - Did he have any children?

   Dorothy and Allen:  I got fragments of a story about a man who got in some kind of trouble and was sent away because he was a source of embarrassment to his parents.  (Was it horse stealing?)  Anyway, he survived partly on his regular allowance from home.  I've written to Bette Ewer, but haven't received a reply.

   A lady by the name of Berenice Krippene of Oakland, California is an active genealogist and a 3rd cousin of Bert Stover's children.  (Third cousin technically means that they have the same great- grand- father.)  In the two years that we have been corresponding, she has made a lot of progress on the Stover line, and has used it to gain membership on the Society of Mayflower Descendants.  I'm pretty sure we all qualify as well,.... but there's still pretty shaky proof that A.J. Stover's father, Daniel, was indeed the son of g-g-f Joseph Stover.

   The attached page includes a summary of Mrs. Krippene's work, the lineage of Joseph Stover.

   Please share with your kids who might be interested.
 

Albert J. Stover was the son of:

Daniel Stover and Hannah (Aiken?)
   Little is known of Daniel.  He was born in N.Y. about 1813.  He was living in Rome, N.Y., in 1835.  He had a wife, was entitled to vote, and owned two horses.  Albert J. was born in N.Y. in April, 1836.  His brother Clark was born in Illinois in November, 1837.  By 1850, they were in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.  They were also there in 1860, although Daniel was enumerated with his parents, Joseph and Nancy.  (This is the only hard evidence of the relationship between Daniel and Joseph... although Joseph and family migrated from N.Y. through Illinois to Wisconsin at about the same time.)  I know nothing of Daniel after 1860.  Hannah lived with and died at the home of Clark in Chicago in 1889.  I'm currently searching for any records of her death that might include some mention of Daniel.  A legend about Daniel and his brother Cyrus being lay ministers has come from both Mrs. Krippene and another third cousin.  Also a story about Daniel teaching his nephew to wrestle.  The lay minister story matches well with the story that Gram May told about why Grand- dad A.J. was 'down' on religion.

Joseph Stover and Nancy (?)
   Joseph was born in Schagticoke, N.Y. in 1785 and died in Somers Township, near Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1865.  His grave was found in Somers, Wisconsin; a perpetual care fund was recently established by Mrs. Krippene with contributions from several descendants.  Daniel was the oldest of seven children.  Joseph and a man by the nam of Jonathon Talcott operated a Potash Manufacturing Plant and a Peppermint Distillery in the Spencer Settlement just outside Rome, N.Y., before they both migrated to Wisconsin.  One of Joseph's daughters married on of Jonathon's sons.  They owned adjacent parcels of land in Wisconsin.  A man who lives near the Stover stead in Wisconsin knows where their house was, although the location is now a highway, and has some day lilies that he transplanted from the original location of the old Stover Cabin.  (Any of you ever heard mention of the name Talcott?)

Joseph was the son of:

Jacob Stover and Rhody Doty
   Jacob was born at Beekman's Precinct, N.Y.  Rhody was born at Charlott, N.Y. in 1754.

Rhody Doty was the daughter of:

Joseph Doty and Lucretia DeLong
   Joseph Doty was born in 1708 at Oyster Bay, N.Y.  Lucretia was born at Crum Elbow, N.Y.; they also were married there.

Joseph Doty was the son of:

Joseph Doty and Sarah (?)
   Joseph Doty, Sr., was born in 1680 at Oyster Bay, the son of Issac Doty and Elizabeth England.  Issac Doty was the son of Edward Doty of the Mayflower.
 

Next, PipeLine #2, Grandpa Charles Murray, Sr., "Uncle Charlie" Wamsley, "Grandpap" Murray
 
 

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