Obit: Stover, Col. G. W., Clarion Co, PA SUBJECT: COL. G. W. STOVER SUBMITTER: Leslie Raybuck EMAIL: lraybuck@csonline.net DATE: Oct 03, 1999 PASSWORD> SURNAMES: STOVER, COX, KEISTER Clarion Republic Jan. 13, 1916 COL. GEORGE W. STOVER Col. George W. Stover died at his home in Callensburg on Sunday, January 2, aged 82 years 11 months and 14 days. He was born on Jan. 18, 1833, and located in Clarion County in 1844 when a boy of 11 years old. He had resided in Callensburg since that time. He was married twice. His first wife Rebecca Cox died on May 11, 1873. They had a family of seven children. In 1875 he was married to Mary E. Keister and five children were born to them. He was grandfather of 46 children and had 10 great-grandchildren. Col. Stover at the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted in Aug. 1861 in Co. A. 103rd Pa Vol. Regiment. He re-enlisted in 1864 and was taken prisoner at Plymouth, N.C., on April 20, 1864 and was confined in Andersonville Prison almost 9 months. He was converted to God in 1913 and in the death of Col. Stover the community looses a sterling citizen, the wife of a good husband, the children a kind father, the church a faithful worker and many have been made better by his being on earth. Funeral services were conducted at Callensburg last Thursday by his pastor Rev. J. H. Rupert, and his body was laid to rest in the Callensburg Cemetery. ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.