In 1817, he began publishing the Hamilton Recorder with P. B. Havens.
On September 2, 1824, he married Amelia Kellogg (1804–1882), and their only child died in infancy.
On April 20, 1829, Stower received a recess appointment from President Andrew Jackson as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and took up his duties at Key West, Florida.
He resigned in March 1830, before the U.S. Senate took a vote on the nomination.
He died of "consumption and pulmonary attack", and was buried at the Madison Street Cemetery in Hamilton.