BARTON SYLVESTER STOVER

BARTON SYLVESTER STOVER (1889 - 1974) - I remember vague references to "Uncle Sylvester" from my father and his siblings,  but nothing now that I could actually tell about.  He was a brother to Jennie C. (Stover) Applebach, making him the son of John J. and Mary Ida (Wolfe) Stover.

 On Find A Grave, he is memorial #82857511.

 In the 1910 Lancaster Co (Earl Twp), Pennsylvania census he is listed as age 20, a farm laborer, boarding in the household of Harry Zimmerman.

In the 1920 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania census he is listed as age 30 and married to Gertrude with 2 daughters. He is listed as renting and a farmer.

In the 1930 Lancaster County (Earl Twp), Pennsylvania census he is listed as age 40 and married to Gertrude with children: Dorothy, Evelyn, Alfred, Lucille, and Leonard. He is still farming.

In the 1940 Lancaster County (Earl Twp), Pennsylvania census,  he is listed as age 50 and married to Gertrude with children: Dorothy, Evelyn, Alfred, Lucille, Leonard, Donald, and Gerald.  He is still farming.

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