Short Cemetery
On 21 Oct 1847 he married Jane Wesley Elrod (1828 - 1885).
They had ten children:
Josephine F Gover who married William Joseph Causey (1844 - 18 Jan 1897);
Lizzie Gover (1852 - ?):
Samuel F Gover (1854 - 1937);
Mattie Gover who married William Buchanan (22 Nov 1850 - 4 Apr 1893);
C A Gover (1857 - ?);
Etta Gover (1868 - ?); and
Anna Gover (1873 - ?).