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Grorge H Stover, School Trustee and farmer on sec. 28; P. 0., South Bend; was born in Virginia in 1839, and
is of German descent. His father, Jacob, a native of Virginia, was born in 1807, and is now living with him; his
mother, also a native of Virginia, whose maiden name was Sarah Nofsinger, died in 1871. Mr. S. came with his parents
to this county in 1850 and settled in this tp., where he has lived ever since, and where his mother died. He was
united in marriage in 1862 to Sophia Meyers, a native ol Indiana, who was born in 1837, and they have 2 children,
both living, William C. and Ella V. Mr. S. is a member of the Masonic lodge at South Bend, No. 45. Politically,
he is a Democrat. His educational advantages were fair; he taught several terms of school and attended college
at Franklin, Ind. He owns 40 acres of land, which he considers worth about $75 per acre. Mr. S. is now School Trustee,
and the high esteem in which he is held as a citizen of the tp. is manifested by the fact that he has held every
other office in the tp. He is an industrious, enterprising man.
FROM:
History of St. Joseph County, Indiana
Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Publisher
Chicago 1880.
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