Elias S. Stover
Elias S. Stover | |
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Died | February 3, 1927 | (aged 90)
Elias Sleeper Stover (November 22, 1836 – February 3, 1927) was an American businessman, politician, and university president.
Stover was the son of a sea captain, and initially followed his father's trade and went to sea. Stover moved to Kansas in 1858. He was an artillery officer in the
In Kansas, Stover was one of the founders of the First National Bank of Council Grove. In 1867 he was appointed Indian agent to the Kaw tribe. Stover was one of the principals of Stover, Crary, and Co., a large wholesale grocer in Albuquerque, and one of the founders of the First National Bank of Albuquerque.[2]
When the
Stover Avenue in Albuquerque is named after Elias S. Stover.
Stover married Susan Gage (1844–1903) in 1874; they had one child, Roderick Stover (1880–1919). Elias Stover married Margaret Zearing (1852–1934) in 1920.
References
- ^ "University of New Mexico bio" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- ISBN 0-8263-2248-4.
- ^ "Albuquerque’s 20th-Century Suburban Growth", David Kammer, New Mexico Office of the State Historian website
- ^ "The Territorial Fair". Santa Fe New Mexican. October 13, 1881. Retrieved June 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.