[1][2] He was the youngest of 12 children and he lived on the family farm in Pennsylvania until he was 18.

[1] On the 1880 U.S. Census form he listed his occupation as "inventor".

[7] Stover then started several other companies in Freeport Illinois.

[9] During Stover's career his companies produced tanks, bicycles, stationary engines, windmills, cultivators and other farm equipment.

[11] Stover's cause of death was reported as a severe heart ailment.