STOW BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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STOW, Marvil Sr. - b: 1789 Charlotte Co, VA
source: Aubrey G. Cloud, Nov 7 1999
residence: Wadesburg, Cass Co, MO

Marvil Stow, Sr. was born 1789 in Charlotte County, Virginia. He was one of eight 
children born to Joel Stow and his wife Frances (St. John) Stow. Marvil grew up 
in Charlotte County, Virginia and came to southeast Kentucky with his family 
where they settled in Whitley County after about 1805. Marvil¹s first wife was 
Nancy Reese who he married in 1813 in Knox County, Kentucky. To this marriage 
was born 4 children ­ John Richard Stow, Nancy Stow, Joel Stow, and Marvil 
Stow, Jr.. After Nancy¹s death in early 1826, Marvil married Anna Bones in Laurel 
County, Kentucky. Marvil and Anna had 4 children ­ Francis, Elizabeth, John who 
were born in Laurel County, Ky, and Sarah who was born in Jefferson County, 
Missouri. Marvil and a brother, John Stow, obtained several tracks of land in 
Laurel County, Ky where they farmed until about 1832. After selling their farms, 
Marvil and John headed west and settled in eastern Missouri in Jefferson County, 
southwest of St. Louis. Marvil and his brother bought Public Domain Government 
Land and settled in to raise their families and farm. Marvil donated land so a 
school house could be built at House Springs, Mo. where he also taught school for 
awhile. In the early 1860's, Marvil again disposed of this land and accompanied by 
his son, Marvil Stow, Jr. and his family, moved west to Cass County, near 
Wadesburg, Missouri where they purchased farms. In 1866, Marvil bought an 80 
acre farm just across the Henry County line where he and Anna lived until Marvil 
Stow died in January of 1867. Anna continued to live on their farm and died there 
in August of 1868. Marvil left no will. A neighbor, Cornelius Quick was appointed 
Administrator of the Estate. At the time his death, Marvil was survived by 4 
grandchildren­Children of Marvil Stow, Jr. and Mary Ellen (Edwards) Stow. Their 
names were: Nancy Ellen Stow, John Blon Stow, Susan Frances Stow, and Cordelia 
Pauline Stow. Both Marvil and Anna were buried on their farm in the family plot 
which later became known as the Stow Cemetery. - The author of this biography 
is a grandson of Susan Frances (Stow) Cloud and Orville Bradley Cloud and a gr-
gr-grandson of Marvil Stow, Sr. and Anna (Bones) Stow.

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