Larimer County, History of Colorado, BIOS: STOVER, Fred W. (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II



p. 371-372



HON. FRED W. STOVER.

	Hon. Fred W. Stover, who was elected mayor of Fort Collins on the 
2d of April, 1918, and is now directing the affairs of the 
municipality, is also well known as an able attorney at law. He was 
born September 25, 1878, in the city where he still resides, his father 
being William C. Stover, a Larimer county pioneer, who was a member of 
the constitutional convention of Colorado and took active part in 
framing the fundamental law of the state.

	Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, Fred W. 
Stover acquired his early education in the public schools of Fort 
Collins and later became a student in the University of Denver, while 
his preparation for the bar was made as a student in the Denver Law 
School. He was admitted to practice in 1904 and entered upon the active 
work of his profession in his native city. No dreary novitiate awaited 
him. He soon gave demonstration of his power to handle important and 
involved litigated problems and his practice steadily grew. In 
November, 1907, he was appointed to fill out the unexpired term of 
Judge C. V. Benson, judge of the 'county court of Larimer county, and 
in November, 1908, was elected by popular suffrage to a full term and 
by reelection was continued on the bench from 1907 until 1917, making a 
most creditable record as a fair and impartial jurist and one whose 
efforts greatly furthered the ends of justice. He retired from the 
bench with a most creditable record of faithful and honorable service 
and entered into partnership with Fred W. Stow, while later they were 
joined by Herman W. Seaman, who, however, has now left for the front in 
defense of world democracy, although the firm style of Stow, Stover & 
Seaman is still retained. The firm has always enjoyed a large 
clientage, connecting them with the most important litigation tried in 
the courts of the district. Judge Stover possesses naturally an 
analytical mind, logical and inductive in its trend. His analysis has 
ever been most clear, his reasoning sound and his logic indisputable, 
and he has therefore long occupied a position among the eminent 
representatives of the Larimer county bar. In the spring of 1918 he was 
nominated and elected with opposition to the office of mayor of Fort 
Collins and won the election by a good majority, so that he is now the 
city's chief executive. In his administration he closely studies the 
public needs, brings to bear practical solution for municipal problems 
and at the same time looks to the attainment of high ideals in civic 
life. He has been appointed food administrator of Larimer county and 
discharges his duties effectively and justly, giving much of his time 
to the problems of food conservation and distribution.

	On the 28th of December, 1904, in Sterling, Colorado, Judge 
Stover was married to Miss Lucille Timberlake and they have become 
parents of a daughter, Sarah Margaret. The family occupy an enviable 
social position and Judge Stover is a valued member of the Fort Collins 
Country Club, the Denver Motor Club and two Greek letter fraternities-
the Beta Theta Pi and the Phi Delta Phi. Along the strict path of his 
profession his connection is with the Larimer County Bar Association, 
the Colorado State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He 
is a man whose entire life has been actuated by high ideals and 
honorable purposes and he never stops short of the successful 
accomplishment of his well thought-out plans.