Susanna Stover

Brief Life History of Susanna

When Susanna Stover was born on 12 March 1825, in Hagerstown, Jefferson Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, her father, Joseph Stover, was 41 and her mother, Esther Yount, was 39. She married Isaac Addison Smith on 10 March 1844, in Johnson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Liberty Township, Johnson, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. She died on 30 April 1896, in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Addison Smith
1823–1906
Susanna Stover
1825–1896
Marriage: 10 March 1844
David N Smith
1846–1914
John H Smith
1848–1936
Addison D Smith
1851–1904
Elva A. Smith
1853–
Emma Orilla Smith
1856–1927
Etta Belle Smith
1858–1945
Alice Lillian Smith
1862–

Sources (22)

  • Susan Smith in household of Isaac Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Susanna Stover, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Susan Stover Smith, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830

Historical Boundaries: 1830: Wayne, Indiana, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

North German (Stöver): from Middle Low German (bad)stover ‘bather, barber, worker at a public bathhouse’, mainly an occupational name, but occasionally perhaps a nickname for a dedicated bather. Compare Stoever .

English: variant of Stopher with intervocalic voicing of /f/ to /v/.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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