Mary Elizabeth Sonner

Mary married John H (of Shenandoah) Stover 18 Apr 1817, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA. John (son of Jacob (of Peter of Strasburg) Stover and Elizabeth Ruffner) was born Abt 1789, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA; died , Strasburg, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Jacob Stover was born Abt 1811, Strasberg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA; died 20 Jan 1891, Mad River, Champaign County, Ohio, USA; was buried , Westville, Champaign County, Ohio.
2. John S Stover was born 15 Dec 1816, Strasberg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA; died 16 Feb 1908, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA.
3. Margaret "Peggie" Stover was born 28 Feb 1820, Strasberg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA; died 8 Apr 1877, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA; was buried 1877, Strasberg, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA.
4. Joseph O Stover was born 15 Sep 1823, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA; died 3 Dec 1887, Corydon, Harrison, Indiana, USA; was buried , Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana.
5. Mary Stover was born 1829, Strasberg, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; died 6 Nov 1911, Strasburg, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA.

Other Events:

• Name: John Sonner
• Birth: Abt 1758, Virginia
• Death: Abt 1828, Virginia

Notes:

Died:
John Sonner's will was produced in court and proved on Monday the 9th of March 1829, witnessed by Joseph D Spengler and Daniel Kern, in the motion of John Sonner.

John — Ann Bowman. Ann (daughter of Jacob (John) Bowman and Elizabeth Stover) was born Abt 1766, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Bowman

Notes:

Birth:
Ref: From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, Bly, Vol2 p84.

Jacob married Elizabeth Stover Bef 1770, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Peter (of Strasburg) Stover and Mary Frances "Frainey" Funk) was born Abt 1748, Strasburg, Shenadoah County, Virginia; died 1795. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Birth listed as abt 1748 in Daniel Bly's From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, pg 69.

Other Events:

• Birth: Abt 1716, Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany; Alternate: Peter Stover (who died in 1799), father to Jacob, Christian and Joseph, was a son of Jacob Jr., as claimed by Through the Years, Your Family and Mine, 1962, Virginia Golden Walgreen Pg 49. http://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G002218.pdf
• Possessions: 1749, ,Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; Jacob Funk Sr emigrated to Virginia soon after Christian Stauffer. Jacob purchased a great deal of land. After his death in 1746, Jacob Funk Jr sold 438 acres to Christian's son, Peter, deed recorded in 1749. Ref: Veach and Stover Families 1913, pg 58.
• Residence: Abt 1749, ,Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; Peter Stover, son of Christian, emigrated to the Shenandoah Valley about 1749. Ref: Veach and Stover Families 1913 pg 61.
• Possessions: 2 May 1749, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia; Peter Stover purchased 483 acres of land from Jacob Funk, his father-in-law.
• Possessions: 1760, ,Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; The above tract of land purchased from Jacob Funk later became the site of the town of Staufferstadt (Stover's Town). All inhabitant were Germans, some from Alsace. It was from influence of those from Alsace that Peter changed the name to Strasburg.
• Possessions: 1761, ,Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; Peter Stover applied for a town charter in November 1761, giving the town the official name of Strasburg.
• Census: 1783, ,Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; Virginia Census shows Peter with a family of eight. Ref: Veach and Stover Families 1913 pg 62.
• Census: 1785, ,Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; Virginia Census shows Peter with a family of seven.
• Residence: Bef 1795, Shenandoah, Virginia
• Will: 10 Sep 1799, ,Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; Will of Peter Stover was proved 10 Sep 1799. Transcription ATTACHED. Source Ref: Veach and Stover Families 1913 pg 63.

Notes:

Will of Peter Stover of Strasburg dated 8 Aug 1795, proved 10 Sep 1799. Mentions son Joseph to provide for wife Frainy. Sons Jacob, John, Christian. Four daughters: Elizabeth Hoffman dec'd (with children), Ann Stickly, Catharine Shroubb, and Regina Spangler. Execs: sons Joseph Stover and Philip Spangler. Wits: Alexander Hite, Thomas Norvell Jun., and _________ (unknown).

Birth:
Peter Stover, founder of Strasburg, VA. Peter is son of Christian Stover according to McNabb document and Ref: Stauffer Stover History 1899 pg 178. And Ref: A Short History of Page Co, Virginia 1952, pg 369.

Peter married Mary Frances "Frainey" Funk 1742, Strasburg, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. Mary (daughter of Jacob Sr Funk and Veronica Franey Frances) was born 1720, Strasburg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died Abt 1795, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Frainey Funk dau of Jacob Funk is highlighted in Daniel Bly's From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, pg 69.

Died:
Frainey was mentioned in her husband's will when written in 1795, but she is not found in records after Jacob's death, so it's believed she died before 1799.