Brief Life History of Jacob Yount
When Jacob Yount Stover was born on 4 August 1823, in Wayne, Indiana, United States, his father, Joseph Stover, was 39 and his mother, Esther Yount, was 38. He married Susan Rebecca Switzer on 12 July 1863, in Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Johnson, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 30 June 1916, at the age of 92, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States.
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- Jacob Y Stover, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Jacob Y Stover, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Jacob Y Stover, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
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.
1839
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Johnson, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Johnson, Iowa, United States
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
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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