Lydia Ann Hartman

Notes:

According to her brother, Andrew's obituary, Mrs. Stover was living in Dansville in 1880. Although in her sister's obituary she is listed as "of Amsterdam." In her brother James Surrogate records in Geneseo, 1854 she is married to Martin J. Stover of Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY. She was a woman of strong character and a worthy helpmeet.

Lydia married Reverand Martin J. Stover on 24 Aug 1837 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York. Martin (son of Jacob M. Stover and Christine Wetsel) was born on 1 Feb 1807 in Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York; died on 27 Nov 1893 in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1864; American Civil War (North) 101st Ohio Volunteer Regt. Captured at Stone River and confined in Libby Prison.

Notes:

James served through the civil war as private in the One Hundred and First Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; at the battle of Stone River, he was captured and confined for a long time in Libby Prison, thence sent to a military hospital, and near the close of the war was discharged on account of disability. He was broken in health and was never strong afterward. In 1880 he is living with his family in Lodi, Seneca Co., NY with his father-in-law, working as a Traveling Agent.

Died:
Heart Failure

James married Martha Coleman in 1868. Martha (daughter of Mahlon Coleman) was born in 1848; died on 26 Aug 1908 in Lodi, Seneca County, New York; was buried in Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg, Tompkins County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christened:
Trinity Lutheran Church

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1862; American Civil War (North) 17th Ohio Vol Regt Discharged 1865

Notes:

Martin was educated at Wittemburg (Ohio) College, and when but
seventeen enlisted in the Seventeenth Ohio Battery, served out his full time, re-enlisted, and served until the close of the war. He saw much hard service but escaped uninjured. He became a noted jurist, was supreme judge of the fourth judicial district of New York, and is now a leading lawyer of New York City and Amsterdam.

Martin married Helen Elizabeth Shuler on 10 Sep 1874 in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. Helen was born in 1853; died on 3 Mar 1927 in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George was superintendent of Knitting Mill, Amsterdam

Christened:
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

Family/Spouse: Josephine VanBrocklin. Josephine was born in 1849; died in 1921; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He prepared for college at Seneca Falls, New York, and in 1871 entered Cornell University, where he remained two years. He then entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with the degree of M.D. with the class of 1880. He located in Amsterdam, New York, where for the first three years he was a partner of Dr. William H. Robb, one of the oldest established physicians of the city. At the end of that period, he began practicing alone, and is now one of the best known and most skillful physicians of the Mohawk Valley. He is connected with the city, county, state and national associations of his profession, has served in the county and state officially, in 1910-11 as president of the Medical Society of State of New York, and in 1908 and 1910 was a delegate to the American Medical Association at Chicago, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri. He is a Master Mason of Artisan Lodge, No. 84, of Amsterdam, has taken the chapter and council degrees, and is a Knight Templar of St. George Commandery, Schenectady. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Amsterdam. His social clubs are the Fort Johnson and Antlers, both of Amsterdam. Dr. Stover takes an active interest in the affairs of his city and the benefit of his professional knowledge and experience is given to various institutions for the relief of suffering mankind. He is a member of the Amsterdam Board of Trade; trustee of New York State Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis at Ray Brook, New York; is trustee and on the staff of the City Hospital as consulting physician, and professionally represents leading insurance companies of his city. He is unmarried.

Christened:
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

Notes:

1920 living in Butler,PA. 1930 living in Ithaca,NY

Kent married Maud about 1905. Maud was born about 1885 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

San Francsico,CA

Family/Spouse: William Godfrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Gardner Earl MacKenzie on 25 Apr 1916 in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. Gardner was born on 19 Jul 1888 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York; died in Feb 1980 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Joseph Gordon Stillson on 19 Apr 1944 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Robert Charles Bell on 24 Apr 1948 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York. Robert was born on 2 Aug 1924 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York; died on 6 Oct 1990 in Severna Park, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]