Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Stover, Abraham Z.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Haycock Township


  ABRAHAM Z. STOVER farmer and miller, P.O. Keller's Church, 
was born in this township in 1840.  About the year 1810 the 
first Stovers came to Haycock township.  His grandfather, 
Abraham Stover, was born July 9, 1793, and was married to 
Susanna Stover in 1814.  He bought the mill and farm in 1816 
from William Stokes and occupied the homestead until his 
death, April 20, 1874.  After his death the mill and farm 
were by will given to his second son, John S., and after his 
death to his two sons.  In 1880 Abraham Z. bought the 
property.  The homestead has been in the Stover name 
seventy-one years.  Abraham Stover had nine children.  Henry 
L., the eldest, was born in 1815 and married Mary Ann, 
daughter of Henry Ziegenfuss, of Rockhill township.  Nine 
children were born of this union, six of whom are now 
living, Abraham being the eldest.  The mother died in 1870, 
aged 53 years, and the father is still living.  From the age 
of two and one-half years Abraham lived with his grandfather 
until the latter's death.  In 1868 he married Amanda, 
daughter of John Ritter, of Springfield township, this 
county.  They have had three children:  Ely (deceased), 
Watson R. and Elmer.  Mr. Stover has a large grist-mill on 
his farm, where all kinds of family milling are done.  He is 
a member of the Mennonite church and politically a 
republican.