Stover, John H
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 24, 1833, in Aaronsburg, Pa. In 1861 he entered the volunteer army as a private; was at once made captain; served as major of the one hundred and sixth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers until 1864; and was then colonel of the one hundred and eighty-fourth regiment until the close of the war. He participated in the battle of Yorktown, the seven days' battles, and those of Fredericksburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, and was present at the final surrender of the confederate forces. He moved to Missouri; and was elected a representative from that state to the fortieth congress to fill a vacancy.