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


   HENRY W. STOVER miller, P.O. Carversville, was born in 
Bedminster township December 14, 1839, and is a son of Isaac 
and Elizabeth (Wismer) Stover.  His grandfather was Jacob 
Stover, born May 13, 1857, who was a soldier of the 
revolutionary war and followed farming in Bedminster 
township.  His wife, Catharine, was born March 27, 1768.  
His children were:  Elizabeth, Henry, Matthias, Nancy, 
Jonas, Jacob, Samuel, Abraham, Catharine and Isaac.   The 
latter in early life was a tanner and teamster and before 
the days of railroads made several trips between this 
section and Pittsburg.  In 1843 he purchased the 
Carversville mills, which he conducted until his death in 
1876.  His children were:  Oliver (deceased), Anna M. (Mrs. 
Watson Scarborough), Henry W., Jacob A., Fannie E., Sarah J. 
(deceased), Kate M. (Mrs. S. B. Jones), Cornelia (deceased), 
I. Newton and Emma L.   Mr. Stover's maternal grandfather 
was Henry Wismer, wife Barbara Ruth, a farmer and drover of 
Plumstead township and one of the original manufacturers of 
eight-day clocks in Bucks county. Jacob A. Stover is in the 
exchange and livery business and I. Newton in the grocery 
business, both in Trenton, N. J.   The latter married 
Adelaide Opdicke and has one child, Jacob M.   Henry W. 
Stover was reared in Solebury from the age of four years.  
He learned the milling business and at his father's death 
succeeded to the business.  He married Amanda, daughter of 
Josiah R. and Catherine (Cress) Hellyer, of Solebury, and 
has four children:  Helen, Warren, Ray and Miriam.  Mr. 
Stover was postmaster of Carversville two years under 
President Hayes's administration.  He is a member of the 
Christian church, the Knights of Pythias and the I. O. O. F. 
Politically he is a republican.