My paternal gr-grandmother was Mary Ida (WOLF) STOVER. She was born in Lancaster County, PA on Feb. 22, 1864 to Lazarus and Elizabeth (NEWPHER/NEWFER) WOLF. Her first husband was Jacob Hahn - they had one son Irvin. Her second husband (my gr-grandfather) was John J. STOVER - they had 6 known children (one daughter died before her).
By family accounts, John and Mary did not have a happy marriage and it is thought by the current living members of my family that they may have spent the last 10 - 15 years of their marriage living separately. My grandma (Jennie) told her own children that she was in her teens before she remembered meeting her father.
Above is Mary's death certificate - she is listed as married, and her youngest daughter filled out the info on the death certificate.
Mary STOVER died on Dec. 17, 1924. Here is her obit in the Lancaster newspaper. She was survived by 6 children and 10 siblings. No husband is listed in the obit, even though he was still living.
Her estate was settled in Jan. 1925 (#25 January 1925). I obtained this from the Lancaster Archives. The person who signed for the intestate papers for the estate to be settled was Ray Grube - the husband of her daughter Elasta. In fact, John STOVER is not mentioned in the papers at all.
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Notice that on page 2, listed are her children and where they live is listed - I already knew who the children were, but I did not know where all of them lived so this helped me locate some other information.
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On page 3 the children had to sign all signed to renounce their right to be the administrator of the estate, so I now can see their signatures.
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Page 4 shows that Mary (WOLF) STOVER had no property and nothing else of value either.
I have not found any photos of Mary, and no family members admit to ever having seen one.
Below is the photo of her gravestone in Terre Hill Cemetery, Terre Hill, PA
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Photo Source: Find A Grave
Memorial # 103007174
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