Rev. S. C. Stover was born near Spring Mills, Center County, Pennsylvania. After receiving his elementary training in the public schools, he entered the Academy at Penn Hall, Pennsylvania, at the age of sixteen, and there prepared for Franklin and Marshall College under the instruction of Dr. D. M. Wolf. Prior to going to college, he taught three successive school terms. During his attendance at College, he taught in the Academy at Aaronsburg, and was an instructor in Palatinate College, Meyerstown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1885 and from the Seminary in 1888.

His first Charge was the Dunnings Creek Charge, Cessna, Pennsylvania. Here he was married to Miss Sara Kuhns, of Berlin, Pennsylvania, in the year 1895. The length of his pastorate was twelve years. In 1900, he accepted a call to the Paradise Charge, Troutville, Pennsylvania, where he remained three years. During this time a new parsonage was built at a cost of $2,600, and the two churches repaired at an additional cost of $2,000, all of which was paid before his leaving.

In 1903, his pastorate began in the Wilhelm Charge. The Wilhelm Church was repairing during a coal strike, costing over $1,100; and this and a debt resting on the parsonage was provided for on the day of re-dedication, and within a year the whole debt was liquidated. After serving this Charge eight years, he accepted a call to the Boalsburg Charge. In the Boalsburg Church, he was licensed to preach by West Susquehanna Classis. He has served this Charge since 1911. During the school year of 1918 and 1919, he taught the Boalsburg High School, together with his regular pastoral work. This was done as a war emergency work, and approved by his Charge.

Mr. Stover has two sons; John Kuhns, who in the United States Navy as Chief Pharmacist, and Homer Elwood, at home, attending the High School.

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