Cumberland County, Maine - Captain Lemuel H. Stover
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Biography
Captain Lemuel H. Stover
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 228

Captain Lemuel H. Stover, Cashier of the Pejapscot National Bank of Brunswick,
Me., formerly a master of merchant vessels, was born in Harpswell, Me., March 6,
1825, son of Simeon and Lois (Hinckley) Stover.

Elisha Stover, the father of Simeon, was born, it is thought, in Harpswell. He
was a son of Alcott Stover, who was probably, a native of old York, York County,
Me., but spent the greater part of his life in Harpswell. Grandfather Stover
followed farming in Harpswell, attaining the age of eighty years. His son,
Simeon Stover, also engaged in agriculture on the old homestead in Harpswell,
where he died at sixty-six years of age. His wife, whose maiden name was Lois
Hinckley, was a daughter of Lemuel Hinckley, a prosperous farmer of Lisbon, Me.
They were the parents of seven children, five of whom are now living. Mrs. Lois
H. Stover died in Harpswell at the advanced age of eighty years. Both she and
her husband were communicants of the Baptist church.

Lemuel Hinckley Stover spent his early boyhood with his parents. At fourteen
years of age be left home to follow the sea, and at first secured a place on a
coaster. By his faithful performance of the duties intrusted to him he won the
attention of his employers, and he was promoted from time to time until he
became master of a vessel running between Portland and the West Indies. He held
this position for a number of years, after which he was placed in charge of a
merchantman, making trips from New York to Europe, Antwerp being one of the
points of destination on some of these trips. After twenty years' service as
Captain, in 1859 he retired from the sea and took up his residence in Harpswell.
In 1871 he was elected Cashier of the Pejapscot National Bank in Brunswick, a
position that he has since continued to fill with credit and honor.

On June 1, 1851, Captain Stover was married to Miss Jane J. Sinnett, who was
born in Harpswell, and is a daughter of Captain J. Sinnett, a ship-master. By
this union Captain Stover has two daughters, namely: Mary L., who married J. L.
Orr, Captain of a fishing vessel, and has one child -Ethel; and Lizzie M., the
wife of Captain S. S. Dunning, who runs regularly to the East Indies, but has
recently completed a tour of the globe. They have two sons - Herbert S. and
Willis. After his first wife's death Captain Stover formed a second union with
Miss Mary A. Stover, a lady of the same name, but not of the same family. This
union has been blessed by the birth of two sons, namely: George H., sixteen
years of age, a student in the high school; and Herman L., also a pupil of the
high school, in the class of 1900.

In political affiliation Mr. Stover is a Democrat. He was Town Clerk of
Harpswell for ten years, and he served four terms as a Representative in the
State legislature. He removed to Brunswick in 1871, and has lived here ever
since. He is a Trustee of the Public Library and a member of the Historical
Society. Captain Stover is Secretary of United Lodge, No. 8, A. F. & A. M.,
which was chartered in 1801, and of which he has been a member since 1872; is
also a member of St. Paul's Chapter, No. 14, Royal Arch Masons; and of Dunlap
Commandery, Knights Templars, of Bath. He is a communicant of the Congregational
church.