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Stuver, William Francis

Birth Name Stuver, William Francis
Gramps ID I1775
Gender male
Age at Death 76 years, 8 months, 4 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1877-09-06 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
 
Census 1880 Warren, Salamonie Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1900 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1910 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1920 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1930 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Census 1940 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
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Death 1954-05-10 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
 
Burial   Mount Hope Cemetery, Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Stuver, Alfred [I0029]1845-10-071928-01-17
Mother Cooper, Martha Jane [I1773]18561939-12-02
         Stuver, William Francis [I1775] 1877-09-06 1954-05-10
    Brother     Stuver, John Franklin [I1776] 1878-12-09 1957-02-17
    Brother     Stuver, Charles W. [I1777] 1880 1936
    Sister     Stuver, Anna Mae [I1789] 1889-03-07 1990-11-09

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Narrative

[Obituary for William Stuver, paper and date unknown but presumed to be a Huntington publication; clipping from the files of Jane Anne Thomas.]

STUVER
HUNTINGTON, May 10 - William Stuver, 76, proprietor of the Stuver Cement Works which makes burial vaults, died at 10:35 am today in the Huntington County Hospital, where he underwent surgery last Thursday. He had been in failing health since last winter and seriously ill since Feb. 27. Mr. Stuver was in the cement contracting business for four years prior to March, 1910, when the first cement burial vacuum vault patent was granted. In May of that year he started making vaults with the Huntington County copyright privileges. Vaults manufactured in later years were basically the same type. Mr. Stuver engaged in the cement and vault business for 48 years. Survivors are a brother, John Stuver, this city; a sister, Mrs. Anna Poe, this city; a half-sister, Mrs. Effie Bayha, Bluffton; three nieces and two nephews. The body has been returned from the Bailey Mortuary to the residence, where friends may call. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the residence with the Rev. R.B. Meckstroth, Fostoria, O., officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

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Note: Researching William Stuver

"Will" appears in two households in the 1900 US Census; as a boarder in Huntington, and in his father's household.

There is a marriage record from 9 Dec 1940 (when Will was sixty-three years old) to a Bessie A. Tarter (who is buried under that name in Mount Hope Cemetery in Huntington, Indiana, b. 1882, d. 1963); Bessie's maiden name was Weston, and she was the younger sister of Ovilla Weston, who married Will's younger brother John. On that marriage record, Will indicated that this was his first marriage, while Bessie indicated that she had been married once prior, and divorced in 1934. As Will's obituary mentions no wife among the survivors (despite Bessie outliving him), it seems likely that they divorced sometime prior to his death.

Will is buried beside Bertha Sult (b. 25 Oct 1882, d. 12 Dec 1938), sharing a headstone with her; the listing on the FindaGrave.com website reports her as his spouse, though I've found no record indicating as much. Assuming they married after 1930 (when Will was living with his mother and listed on the census record as single), this might explain why Will was listed as widowed in the 1940 US Census, though his marriage record to Bessie (noted above) does not acknowledge such a marriage. Additionally, his obituary mentions no wife preceding him in death, either. I'm uncertain as to Bertha's relationship to the Stuver family at this point.

Jane Anne Thomas, granddaughter of Will's older half-sister, Elfrieda "Effie" (Stuver) Bayha, writes that Will was quite close to his younger brother John, and that he built the house in which his parents lived with him during their later years. Jane Anne notes that Will was very fond of his nephew Lewis (son of his younger sister Anna), and that Will was very much a fan of the "underdog." He was in the habit of giving work (at his vault-making business) to those that needed it, even if there wasn't much call for the work at the time.

Pedigree

  1. Stuver, Alfred [I0029]
    1. Cooper, Martha Jane [I1773]
      1. Stuver, William Francis
      2. Stuver, John Franklin [I1776]
      3. Stuver, Charles W. [I1777]
      4. Stuver, Anna Mae [I1789]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880-06-02
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9H-8JC : 24 August 2017), Alfred Stuves, Warren, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 193, sheet 509C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0285; FHL microfilm 1,254,285.

        Event Date 1880
        Event Place Warren, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Alfred Stuves Self M 33 Ohio, United States
        Martha J Stuves Wife F 23 Indiana, United States
        Francis W Stuves Son M 3 Indiana, United States
        John Stuves Son M 2 Indiana, United States
        Effie Stuves Daughter F 11 Indiana, United States

  2. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MM15-Y3Z : accessed 29 December 2014), Wm Stuver in household of Wm Isenberg, Huntington Township Huntington city Ward 1, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 15B, family 354, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,240,378.

        Event Year: 1900
        Event Place: Huntington Township Huntington city Ward 1, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Wm Isenberg Lodger M 42 Pennsylvania
        Joseph Simon Lodger M 23 Indiana
        Wm Stuver Lodger M 23 Indiana
        Chas Wason Lodger M 36 Ohio
        James Erpelding Lodger M 24 Indiana

  3. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910-04-16
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKPS-FFY : accessed 23 January 2015), Alfred Sutuver, Huntington Ward 5, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96, sheet 3B, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,369.

        Event Year: 1910
        Event Place: Huntington Ward 5, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Alfred Sutuver Head M 64 Indiana
        Martha Sutuver Wife F 52 Indiana
        William Sutuver Son M 30 Indiana
        Charles Sutuver Son M 27 Indiana

  4. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920-01-16
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF7J-GGS : accessed 29 December 2014), William F Stuver in household of Alfred Stuver, Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 10B, family 218, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,820,437.

        Event Year: 1920
        Event Place: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Alfred Stuver Head M 74 Pennsylvania
        Martha J Stuver Wife F 64 Indiana
        William F Stuver Stepson M 42 Indiana
        Charles W Stuver Son M 38 Indiana

  5. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHMY-VSX : accessed 29 December 2014), William Stuver, Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0011, sheet 20A, family 456, line 37, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 593; FHL microfilm 2,340,328.

        Event Year: 1930
        Event Place: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        William Stuver Head M 53 Indiana
        Martha J Stuver Mother F 73 Indiana
        Effie Miller Servant F 61 Indiana

  6. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V1TD-C9X : accessed 23 January 2015), William F Stuver, Huntington Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-14, sheet 19B, family 379, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1055.

        Event Date: 1940
        Event Place: Huntington Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        William F Stuver Head M 62 Indiana