When Ruth Stover was born on 10 September 1821, in Hagerstown, Jefferson Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, her father, Joseph Stover, was 37 and her mother, Esther Yount, was 36. She married James Madison Magruder Sr. on 15 November 1839, in Johnson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pleasant Valley Township, Johnson, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Fremont Township, Johnson, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 21 March 1905, at the age of 83, and was buried in Walker Cemetery, Johnson, Iowa, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Historical Boundaries: 1830: Wayne, Indiana, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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