The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

Thomas Johnson Prather¹

M, #776, b. 16 November 1875, d. 11 April 1893

Parents

Father	Joseph Wesley Prather (b. 18 September 1850, d. 13 January 1905)
Mother	Julia Francis DeVault (b. 29 November 1853, d. 2 April 1946)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Thomas Johnson Prather was born on 16 November 1875 in Piney Flats, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.¹ He died on 11 April 1893, at age 17, in Mount Airy, Surry Co., North Carolina.¹ He was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Mount Airy, Surry Co., North Carolina.²

Thomas Johnson Prather had reference number 777. OBITUARY - Yadkin Valley News, Thursday April 13, 1893

Our community was pained when it was announced Tuesday night that Thomas J. Prather was dead. The funeral service was conducted Wednesday afternoon at the residence of J. W. Prather after which the remains were interred in Oakdale Cemetery. Though only 17 years old he had developed a buisiness capacity and intelligence that promised a successful career.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Peter Miller Reeves^1,2,3

M, #777, b. 16 January 1807, d. 21 September 1891

Parents

Father	Edward Prothero Reeves (b. 7 August 1777, d. 6 May 1841)
Mother	Mary Miller (b. 1778, d. 23 January 1807)

Pedigree Link

Family: Matilda "Mattie" DeVault (b. 19 December 1814, d. 1 July 1896)

Son	William Catlett Reeves (b. 1 April 1837, d. 1 October 1837)
Son	John DeVault Reeves+ (b. 25 March 1839, d. 2 June 1915)
Son	Elbert Clay "Eb" Reeves+ (b. 2 March 1841, d. 24 September 1929)
Daughter	Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves+ (b. 17 June 1843, d. 16 December 1924)
Son	James Miller Reeves+ (b. 10 July 1845, d. 25 October 1927)
Child	Child #6 Reeves (b. 1847, d. 1847)
Child	Child #7 Reeves (b. 1849, d. 1849)
Daughter	Adelaide Elizabeth "Lizzie or Addie" Reeves+ (b. 13 June 1852, d. 5 April 1896)
Son	George Alexander "Fred" Reeves+ (b. 13 June 1852, d. 23 October 1922)

BASIC FACTS

Peter Miller Reeves was born on 16 January 1807 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁴ He and Matilda "Mattie" DeVault were married on 10 March 1836 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^4,5 He died on 21 September 1891, at age 84, in "Sinking Spring Farm", Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^2,4,6 He was buried in Peter Miller Reeves Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee (V.)²

Peter Miller Reeves had reference number 778. He resided in The name of his farm was "Sinking Spring.", Washington Co., Tennessee.⁷ He was educated Entered the law school of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee (1867.)⁸ He was a Farmer (1880.)³ He was affiliated with Methodist.⁸ He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880.) The following information provided by Peter Miller Reeves' granddaughter, Myra Gaines Reeves Hardin:

Peter Miller Reeves was my paternal grandfather. There is not a great deal that I can tell about him that is not in "Ancestral Sketches", by LeRoy Reeves.
He married Matilda DeVault and they were the parents of two girls and four boys besides a baby that is mentioned in the book. I have heard that there were also two "blue babies" that died.
Grandfather was a strong man and I have heard the story often about the load of bricks he carried up the scaffolding, but like LeRoy, I forgot how many.
In many ways he was a good man, seeming to keep all the kin who did not have a home, until they died. I have heard that they used to bake 100 huge hand-made-out biscuits for breakfast, and that Grandfather would butter a plateful while they were hot and lay out four on Grandmother's plate. They had a slave boy, Joe, that they were very fond of, and Joe had a small table in the corner of the dining room, and whatever his masters had, he had too.
When Grandfather was a young man he and others of the kin went to a wedding at the old DeVault place down on the Watauga River. That was at the time of what is called the Cold Friday and Saturday. My father used to have the date on a piece of paper he kept in his old clock. They all had to spend two or three days at the DeVault place and it was so bitterly cold that they kept roaring fires day and night. No one could stay outside long, and a stout young man would wrap up and dash out to the wood pile and chop furiously for a few minutes, and as my father used to say, "break and run back to the house," to be replaced by another chopper. The next morning they had to break the ice from the horses' mouths before they could eat, where their breath had frozen.
But Grandfather had a seamy side, too. His disposition was stormy. I have heard my father laugh about how he used to dump anything on the floor that he found on a chair, including the women's bonnets. The Sabbath Day was strictly kept, and when my uncle's wife was first married, she opened the piano one Sunday to play and he told her that it was one of the rules of the house that the piano not be played on Sunday. Aunt Rhoda closed it and said that if such were the rules of his house she would abide by them, but that having her play and sing to him on Sunday was one of her father's greatest pleasures. Her father was Rev. Taylor, father of the two brothers who were governors of Tennessee.
Several of his children lived there for some time after they married. My father and mother lived there six years, then built a house just across the fields from him and moved to it. By then Grandfather was getting a little childish, and he was always very proud of their early garden -- so was my father proud of his. One Sunday Grandfather went out to spend the day at his son's and found my mother was cooking green beans for dinner. His garden had not yet produced any, so he decided it was wrong to cook beans on Sunday and went home in a huff, to their great amusement.
But he was highly respected by his children, as well as both feared and loved. And they copied him to a great extent. For one thing, none of his children would eat chocolate in any form. As a child I was not allowed to read a book on Sunday or to write letters. Nor could I play what we called the organette, a sort of hand organ that played a sheet almost exactly like that used in a player piano. I used to say that it did look to me like they should have copied his better traits.
Grandfather had a dream one night and in it he saw himself and all his daughters-in-law laid out for burial, in the order in which they died, and on each breast was a cross. He saw himself first, then Aunt Addie, Aunt Alice, my mother, and Aunt Rhoda last. They died in that order. The cross of flowers was on each breast -- some accidentally and some because they remembered and put them there -- all but Aunt Rhoda. They forgot hers, because the ones who knew about it were most of them dead or away.
In Grandfather's big old house was a room, still there, called the Haunted Room. Back when Grandfather entertained all the preachers who came his way, some of them begged not to be put in that room. I don't know what they heard, but I have heard my father tell that one night Aunt Addie -- Uncle Fred's* twin sister -- and a friend of hers, a Miss Carr, were sleeping up there. In the night he heard terrible screams and was sure they were being murdered and ran as fast as he could to the rescue. Both were hanging out of the window screaming for help. It seems a mysterious force insisted on pulling the covers from their bed -- which would make most people faint instead of scream. My brother and a cousin once spent the night in that room, after they were grown, and they lay awake all night listening to breathing in the other bed. It was a huge upper room. I remember there was a tree near the north window and I used to watch the flying squirrels leap from roof to tree.
I slept in the room many times, but I never saw or heard anything unusual. The ghost never walked for me, and strange to say, I never gave it a thought. But now I often dream of that room and of being terribly afraid.
Grandfather and his brother, William, both had cataracts, but I don't think either went entirely blind. Grandfather died of old age that took the form of softening of the brain.
Uncle Fred's wife, Addie Boring, was Grandfather's favorite. He requested that she help lay him out. This she did, although she was pregnant at the time.
(Peter Miller Reeves, son of Edward Prothero Reeves and Mary Miller, was born 16 Jan 1807 near Jonesboro, TN, and died 21 Sept 1891 near Jonesboro.)

Note: George Alexander Reeves was called Fred.

OBITUARY - The Comet, September 22, 1891

An Old Citizen Gone
Peter M. Reeves, father of Col. E. C. Reeves, of this city, died yesterday at 10 a. m., aged 84 years, 8 months and five days. Mr. Reeves has been in a critical state of health for a long time, and his death was not unexpected. The funeral services will occur at the old homestead, two and a half miles from this city, today at 10 o'clock.

GRAVE MARKER

R
PETER MILLER REEVES
JAN. 16, 1807 -- SEPT. 21, 1891
AND WIFE
MATILDA DeVAULT REEVES
DEC. 19, 1814 -- JULY 1, 1896
M.D.R. P.M.R. Peter and Matilda's farm was called "Sinking Spring" and is now located within the city limits of Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee. In the 1960's the farm was sold to the Chinouth family and was renamed "Landmark Farm."

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S7048] Genealogy prepared by Reb Edward Bennett
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S4869] Email from Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins dated May 19, 2001
[S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Elbert Clay "Eb" Reeves^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #778, b. 2 March 1841, d. 24 September 1929

Parents

Father	Peter Miller Reeves (b. 16 January 1807, d. 21 September 1891)
Mother	Matilda "Mattie" DeVault (b. 19 December 1814, d. 1 July 1896)

Pedigree Link

Family: Alice Dulcina Robeson (b. 9 October 1851, d. 17 March 1909)

Son	LeRoy Reeves (b. 23 June 1876, d. 25 May 1960)
Daughter	Willie Robeson Reeves (b. 4 August 1877, d. 8 November 1966)
Son	Raymond Peter Reeves (b. 7 April 1879, d. 22 August 1946)
Son	Stanley Reeves (b. 25 October 1881, d. 22 January 1971)
Daughter	Alice Felicia "Felicia" Reeves (b. 18 December 1888, d. 13 November 1891)

BASIC FACTS

Elbert Clay "Eb" Reeves was born on 2 March 1841 in "Wheatland Farm", Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,2,7 He and Alice Dulcina Robeson were married on 23 September 1875 in "Highland Mills", the Robeson home near Blountville, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^8,1,2,9 He died on 24 September 1929, at age 88, in East Radford, Montgomery Co., Virginia.^10,11 He died on 24 September 1929, at age 88, in Richmond, Tennessee.^1,2 He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.²

Elbert Clay "Eb" Reeves had reference number 779. He was educated Graduated Henry and Emory College.¹ He was an Attorney - general practice (1880, 1900 - 1920); lawyer, law practice of Reeves and Carr; clerk of the Supreme Court of Tennessee; Ex-President Johnson's private secretary; Editor of Johnson's newspaper.^{1,2,9,3,4,5,6} He resided in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee; Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ He was affiliated with He was three times a delegate to the General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and one of its commissioners to act in an effort to unite the two Methodist Churches.⁹ He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880, 1900 - 1920.) He was educated Cumberland University.² LETTER - Elbert Clay Reeves to Eva Dawalt, dated January 26, 1923

"Dear Miss Dawalt:
"Yours of Dec. 29th to Mr. A. Beverly DeVault, of this city, has been turned over to me for answer. I fear I cannot assist you much in tracing the "Dawalt" ancestry.
"About the last of the year 1700, or near the beginning of the year 1800, one Henry Devault of York County, Pennsylvania, came to this (Washington) county, Tennessee, and located four sons, Frederick and Valentine in this county and Henry and Gabriel in the adjoining county of Sullivan.
"Valentine had four sons: Isaac, John, Jacob (grandfather of A. B. DeVault) and Valentine. Also there were three girls; Elizabeth married Rev. James Miller; Mary married W. P. Reeves; and Matilda (my mother) marred P. M. Reeves in 1836. One daughter of Henry DeVault, Mary, who came from the said county of York, had married Martin Kitzmiller , who came from York County, or from Maryland, near Pennsylvania, and my memory fails me which.
"That you are "mixed up" with our Devaults here, I have no doubt. I have a theory and give it to you for what it is worth: Henry Devault of York County, Pennsylvania, was your great-great-grandfather. The trouble is with the name for I never heard of a "Dawalt" in my life until I read your letter. There are Dewalds, full Germans, in North Carolina, and I went to the Public Library in Washington and sought to ascertain if Devault and Dewald came from the same name. The librarian said, "No, Dewald is German, and Devault is French, originally 'DeVaux'." Then I remembered that my Uncle Valentine had told me, "Our people came originally from France near the German line, in Alsace-Lorraine, half and half in blood, though they spoke the German language." When I returned home and reported the "DeVaux", then our Devault or Davault kin (for some wrote it one way and others the other way; even brothers differed in the writing of their names) fell on to DeVault, and took on the capital V.
"All in all, I take it that we are of kin.
Very sincerely,
Your supposed kinsman,
E. C. REEVES (Signed)"

EXCERPTS FROM LETTER - Elbert Clay Reeves to Eva Dawalt, dated May 17, 1923

"You are a kind, good cousin. Your letter of the 3rd with the history of the ancient Dawalts is indeed interesting. The facts stated, along with the facts in a former communication, show conclusively that your lineage, mine and a host of other descendants date back to Henrich Dewalt (Henry DeWalt, German; Henri DeVaux, French; Henry Dawalt, English - take your choice).
"The Sullivan County farms, given to Gabriel and Henry, I have seen, and while my mother often spoke of "Uncle Gabriel", and I knew some of his descendants here in Tennessee, I don't remember her referring to "Uncle Henry". He must have left these parts and gone west before her day, or when she was very young. [Note: Mrs. Reeves was born in 1812, Henry Dawalt built the third house in Salem, Indiana, in 1803.]
"My grandfather, Valentine, was the largest farmer in Washington County (Tennessee), the largest slave owner in the county, and keeping up the habit formed in Pennsylvania, owned a distillery. Some of his slaves, I suppose he brought with him from Pennsylvania, for one old Negro woman, said to have been kidnapped and brought from Africa, who was believed to have been over one hundred years of age when she died, use to speak to me, when I was a small boy, of things that happened in "York". I had no idea then where "York was. When old "Aunt Clara" became incapacitated, she just lived around among the "kin". She claimed the white folk as her "kin".
Your kinsman,
E. C. Reeves (Signed)"

Note: Some of the facts in the above letters are not entirely accurate. In particular, the embedded note that Eva Dawalt wrote about Henry Dawalt building the third house in Salem, Indiana in 1803 appears to be an error, at least to the date. I suspect Eva passed this misinformation on to Newland DeVault. Newland, in his report, also said that Henry Dawalt moved to Washington County, Indiana about 1803, however, information has come to light that shows that Henry and family did not move to Indiana until about 1811. It is now believed that from about 1803 until 1811 the family lived in Claiborne County, Tennessee. Henry's first five children always reported in census records that they were born in Tennessee. (The last of these five, Elizabeth, was born in 1809.) It was only the last two children that said they were born in Indiana.

OBITUARY - (from Willie Reeves (Hardin) Bivins' collection of East Tennessee Letters)

ELBERT CLAY "EB" REEVES
After lying in state at the Appalachian Funeral Home, until noon Thursday, the body of the late Elbert C. Reeves, was taken to Munsey Memorial church for funeral service at 3 o'clock. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery, with Masons in charge.
Before a filled auditorium, the pastor, Dr. C. K. Wingo, read a eulogy that was as eventful as it was interesting. Dr. John M. Crowe, Nashville, and former pastor of the Munsey Memorial church assisted Dr. Wingo.
The ceremony for the deceased was a simple one, yet impressive, the songs inspiring. Many were the beautiful floral tributes. Numbers sang by the Munsey Memorial quartette were: "Jesus, Lover of My Soul," "My Faith Looks Up to Thee,"; "How Firm a Foundation," and as the bier was removed, soft strains of Mendelssohn's "Funeral March" came from the organ.
Col. reeves' passing occurred at St. Albans hospital, East Radford, Virginia, September 24, following a lingering illness of several months. The body arrived in Johnson City on Southern train No. 25 Tuesday afternoon.
Pall bearers were: A. H. Abernathy, B. B. Snipes, Sam Bailey, J. A. Vines, Paul Carr and C. P. Faw.
Honorary pall bearers, recent associates of Reeves, and now trustees of Munsey Memorial church were: James A. Martin, H. H. Dyer, E. C. Lockett, S. S. Crumley, S. C. Williams, C. L. Marshall, George S. Hannah, J. C. Campbell.
The deceased was married to Alice Robeson September 23, 1875. Five children were born to this union. His wife, mother and one of the children preceding him to the grave.
Surviving Col. Reeves are three sons and one daughter. Major LeRoy, United States Army in Hawaii; Raymond P., Montgomery, Alabama, Stanley, of Richmond, Virginia, and Miss Willie R. of Johnson City.
A varied career, carrying the deceased through a long and useful pioneer and a devout Christian.
In a civic way the life of Col. Reeves was outstanding, he being the first mayor of this city, supreme court clerk, magistrate, editor, and secretary to Ex-President Andrew Johnson at Greeneville, Tenn.

Note: Elbert's father also died before him.

GRAVE MARKER

ELBERT CLAY REEVES
MARCH 2, 1841
SEPTEMBER 24, 1929
ACCORDING TO HIS WISH HIS
MORTAL REMAINS LIE BESIDE
THOSE OF HER TO WHOSE MEMORY
HE WAS EVER FAITHFUL. Civil War, Confederate Army, Co. G, 29th Tennessee Infantry; He was with his Company under Bragg at Murfreesboro (December 31, 1962) and other engagements. In 1863 he contracted an infection of the eyes and was subsequently discharged.^2,9

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S669] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S1017] 1910 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S1449] 1920 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S4866] Email from Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins dated July 10, 2001 @ 3:28 PM
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)

Family Explorer

Alice Dulcina Robeson^1,2,3,4

F, #779, b. 9 October 1851, d. 17 March 1909

Parents

Father	William Robeson
Mother	Adeline Patton Easley

Pedigree Link

Family: Elbert Clay "Eb" Reeves (b. 2 March 1841, d. 24 September 1929)

Son	LeRoy Reeves (b. 23 June 1876, d. 25 May 1960)
Daughter	Willie Robeson Reeves (b. 4 August 1877, d. 8 November 1966)
Son	Raymond Peter Reeves (b. 7 April 1879, d. 22 August 1946)
Son	Stanley Reeves (b. 25 October 1881, d. 22 January 1971)
Daughter	Alice Felicia "Felicia" Reeves (b. 18 December 1888, d. 13 November 1891)

BASIC FACTS

Alice Dulcina Robeson was born on 9 October 1851 in Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^1,2 She and Elbert Clay "Eb" Reeves were married on 23 September 1875 in "Highland Mills", the Robeson home near Blountville, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^5,1,2,6 She died on 17 March 1909, at age 57, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,2 She was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.²

Alice Dulcina Robeson was also known as Addie Roberson.⁷ She had reference number 780. She was educated Graduate of Martha Washington College, Abingdon, Virginia.⁸ She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880, 1900.) OBITUARY - The Comet, Johnson City, Tennessee, March 25, 1909, Page 2

REMARKABLE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER PASSES
Mrs. E. C. Reeves' Death Wednesday Afternoon Shocks The Community.
Mrs. Alice Robeson Reeves, wife of Attorney E. C. Reeves, after a brief and acute illness with gall stone, died at her home in this city Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. She had been ill since last Thursday but it was not thought a critical illness until the last day of her sickness.
Mrs. Reeves was about fifty-eight years of age. She was the daughter of Rev. Wm. Robeson, of Sullivan county and is survived by her mother, Mrs. Wm. Robeson, and brothers, James and Wm. Robeson, and sister, Mrs. Felicia Weaver, all of Morristown, Tenn.; also her husband, E. C. Reeves and children, LeRoy Reeves, of Nashville, Tenn.; Raymond P. Reeves, of Selma, Ala.; Miss Willie Reeves, of Park City, Tenn., and Stanley Reeves, of the University of Virginia.
At the age of eight years the deceased gave her heart to the Lord and joined the church and for fifty years she has remained true to all the vows she took. If it be true that the pure in heart, the charitable in speech, see God her soul is this day with her Maker. Her's was the soft answer, the kindly, loving act the Christ life, without stain or blemish. Her life was an inspiration and blessing.
She had been a resident of Johnson City for thirty years and was a pillar of strength in Southern Methodism. She had been president of the Juvenile Missionary society for twenty-six years and for many years she was president of the missionary societies. She was also a teacher in the Sunday school and so prompt and regular in attendance that members of the congregation were wont to ask when she was absent, "Where is Mrs. Reeves today?"
The funeral will be conducted by Rev. S. B. Vaught from the Munsey Memorial church at 10:30 a.m. Friday. All the children arrived Thursday.
The grief stricken have the sympathy of the entire community.

OBITUARY - The Comet, Johnson City, Tennessee, March 25, 1909, Page 2

MRS. E. C. REEVES IS LAID TO REST
At 10:30 o'clock last Friday morning the first funeral service ever held in Munsey Memorial Church was conducted over the remains of Mrs. Alice Robeson Reeves, wife of Col. E. C. Reeves, who died on Wednesday before, after a short illness. The church was filled with the sorrowing friends and relatives of the deceased, and as the flower-wreathed casket bearing the mortal remains of Johnson City's noblest Christian spirit was slowly wheeled to the altar, where she has so loved to worship for nearly half a century, and from which she has received many fervent and devout prayers at the throne of the God she has so faithfully served, there was not a dry eye in the congregation and the few moments' silence rested upon the throng like a benediction.
Rev. S. B. Vaught was assisted in the service by Rev. R. T. McDowell, of Elizabethton; Rev. J. J. Robinette, Dr. T. B. Russell, Rev. J. A. Ruble, of this city, and Rev. K. C. Atkins, of Bristol. "Nearer, My God, to Thee," was reverently rendered by the choir, and Mrs. Boring sang "Face to Face" with great pathos.
No funeral sermon was preached, but the short talks by Rev. Atkins, Rev. Ruble and Dr. Russell were beautiful tributes to the memory of a noble woman, full of consideration to the bereaved and inspiration to the living.
The deceased had just passed her 57th birthday and since eight years of age has been a member of the M. E. Church, South. She has resided here for nearly twenty-five years and in that time Johnson City has not known a more ardent church worker, nor one who has been so effective for good. She was the embodiment of Christianity and her daily walk was an inspiration and made one reverence religion as exemplified by her. She carried her Christianity with so much grace and equanimity that her very presence was a blessing. The bereaved husband, daughter and three sons have cause to feel that they have been peculiarly fortunate in living in the atmosphere of such a character, and mourn only as those who have certain knowledge that wife and mother has gone to that home not built with hands, eternal in the skies.
The remains were laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery, six members of her Sunday school class acting as pall bearers, and the mound of earth was transformed by loving friends into a bank of flowers and decorated with beautiful floral designs. Thus ended a noble, Christian life, for which the community in which she lived was made brighter and better.

OBITUARY -

Mrs. Alice Robeson Reeves, wife of Col. E. C. Reeves, of Johnson City, Tenn., who is one of the members of the Book Committee of our Church, died at her home there after a very brief illness on March 17. So sudden was the call that not one of her four children nor of her brothers and sisters reached her bedside in time for a parting word. Mrs. Reeves was a lifelong Methodist, the daughter of an itinerant Methodist preacher, and, like many another of that parentage, a woman of exceptional personal charm. For a quarter of a century she had lived in Johnson City, identified with its social and religious life and loved as widely as known. For more than thirty years she had taught in Sunday school, and for nearly that long had been connected with the Woman's Missionary Society, long as President of the Holston Conference Society. She leaves three sons and a daughter to mourn with their father her going away. She was fifty-seven years of age. "Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her."

RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
By the Munsey Memorial Sabbath School to the Memory of Sister Reeves.
Whereas, On March 17, 1900, our friend and teacher, Alice Robeson Reeves, went to her Heavenly home to live forever with Jesus and the angels; and,
Whereas, She was a teacher in this Sabbath School for more than a quarter of a century; and,
Whereas, She was always faithful and true in the service of her Christ,
Therefore be it resolved by this Sabbath School, That in the death of Sister Reeves we have lost our best and most faithful teacher; that in the many years of her service as a teacher it was always her pleasure to teach the young under her care the beauties and attractiveness of the Christian religion. With watchful care and solicitude she instilled into their hearts and lives those eternal principles of truth and righteousness that make them worthy to live and ready to die. She was a great woman, a great character and a true follower of Jesus Christ. In all these characteristics she stood out preeminently among her fellows. It was her's to speak the kindly words, to do the noble deeds, to elevate mankind. Her life was a benediction and the world was made better by her having lived in it, and Heaven has received one of its brightest jewels and there are many, many stars in her crown, and as the years go on her influence for the good will continue in this Sabbath School until we all have answered the last roll call, and then if we are faithful as she was we will meet with her around the throne of God.
Be it further resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of this Sabbath School and a copy be given to Col. E. C. Reeves, her bereaved husband, and that a copy be given the newspaper of the city for publication.
J. C. King,
S. B. White,
J. B. Cox,
Committee.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet, Johnson City, Tennessee, April 8, 1909, Page 3

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MRS. REEVES
At the Munsey Memorial Church Sunday at 3:p.m. service was held in memory of the late Mrs. E. C. Reeves, who was known over East Tennessee. Mrs. E. E. Wiley, of Greeneville Orphanage, read memories of Mrs. Reeves. Mrs. W. H. Fulton told of her life as president of the Missionary society. Mrs. S. B. White spoke of her labors in the Juvenile societies. Mrs. S. C. Williams read resolutions offered by the Missionary societies of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Miss Isabel Wade read resolutions from the Juvenile societies. J. S. Anderson presented resolutions from the Young Men's Bible Class, which was taught by Mrs. Reeves. Four girls from Greeneville Orphanage sang a sweet song. Rev. S. B. Vaught spoke of her as a typical Christian.

GRAVE MARKER

ALICE ROBESON
WIFE OF
E.C. REEVES
OCTOBER 8, 1851
MARCH 17, 1909
"THEY THAT TURN MANY TO RIGHT-
EOUSNESS SHALL SHINE AS THE
STARS FOREVER AND EVER."

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S669] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S4174] DeVault Genealogy prepared prior to 1933 and supplied by Evelyn (Bayna) Read
[S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

John DeVault Reeves^1,2,3,4

M, #780, b. 25 March 1839, d. 2 June 1915

Parents

Father	Peter Miller Reeves (b. 16 January 1807, d. 21 September 1891)
Mother	Matilda "Mattie" DeVault (b. 19 December 1814, d. 1 July 1896)

Pedigree Link

Family: Rhoda Emma Taylor (b. 28 March 1855, d. 21 November 1943)

Daughter	Rhoda Beatrice "Beatrice" Reeves+ (b. 6 August 1877, d. 23 July 1963)
Daughter	Mae Taylor Reeves (b. 15 December 1878, d. 13 June 1969)
Son	Nathaniel Dulaney Reeves+ (b. 30 September 1880, d. 6 October 1953)
Son	John Peter Reeves (b. 13 September 1882, d. 21 November 1886)
Daughter	Emma Taylor Reeves (b. 12 December 1884, d. 14 November 1886)
Son	David Taylor Reeves+ (b. 16 February 1887, d. 5 October 1920)
Son	Paul Reeves+ (b. 5 June 1889, d. 21 December 1953)
Son	Elbert Clay "Bert" Reeves (b. 20 February 1891, d. 27 March 1969)
Son	John DeVault Reeves, Jr.+ (b. 7 January 1893, d. 2 April 1972)
Daughter	Julia Love "Love" Reeves+ (b. 28 May 1897, d. 27 February 1986)

BASIC FACTS

John DeVault Reeves was born on 25 March 1839 in "Wheatland Farm", Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,5,6 He and Rhoda Emma Taylor were married on 18 April 1876 in Tennessee.⁵ He died on 2 June 1915, at age 76, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,5 He was buried in Peter Miller Reeves Cemetery, Knob Creek Road just south of its intersection with Sunset Drive.¹

John DeVault Reeves had reference number 781. He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1900, 1910.) He was a Farmer (1900); farmer - general farming (1910.)^3,4 GRAVE MARKER

JOHN DEVAULT
REEVES
1839 -- 1915
AT REST.

Citations

[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S669] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S1017] 1910 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S4866] Email from Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins dated July 10, 2001 @ 3:28 PM

Family Explorer

Rhoda Emma Taylor^1,2,3,4

F, #781, b. 28 March 1855, d. 21 November 1943

Parents

Father	Nathaniel Green Taylor
Mother	Emmaline "Emma" Haynes (b. 2 April 1822, d. 16 November 1890)

Pedigree Link

Family: John DeVault Reeves (b. 25 March 1839, d. 2 June 1915)

Daughter	Rhoda Beatrice "Beatrice" Reeves+ (b. 6 August 1877, d. 23 July 1963)
Daughter	Mae Taylor Reeves (b. 15 December 1878, d. 13 June 1969)
Son	Nathaniel Dulaney Reeves+ (b. 30 September 1880, d. 6 October 1953)
Son	John Peter Reeves (b. 13 September 1882, d. 21 November 1886)
Daughter	Emma Taylor Reeves (b. 12 December 1884, d. 14 November 1886)
Son	David Taylor Reeves+ (b. 16 February 1887, d. 5 October 1920)
Son	Paul Reeves+ (b. 5 June 1889, d. 21 December 1953)
Son	Elbert Clay "Bert" Reeves (b. 20 February 1891, d. 27 March 1969)
Son	John DeVault Reeves, Jr.+ (b. 7 January 1893, d. 2 April 1972)
Daughter	Julia Love "Love" Reeves+ (b. 28 May 1897, d. 27 February 1986)

BASIC FACTS

Rhoda Emma Taylor was born on 28 March 1855 in Happy Valley, Carter Co., Tennessee.^5,1,6 She and John DeVault Reeves were married on 18 April 1876 in Tennessee.¹ She died on 21 November 1943, at age 88, in Abingdon, Washington Co., Virginia.^5,1 She was buried in Peter Miller Reeves Cemetery, Knob Creek Road just south of its intersection with Sunset Drive.⁵

Rhoda Emma Taylor had reference number 782. She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1900, 1910); Washington County, Virginia (1940.) NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, Knoxville, Tennessee, September 27, 1915

Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Baker is entertaining as their week-end guests at their home, 1115 Gratz avenue, Mrs. Rhoda Reeves and daughter, Miss Love Reeves, of Johnson City. Mrs Reeves who is a sister of the late Senator Robert L. Taylor, has recently returned from Rochester, Minn., where she underwent an operation from which she is now recuperating.

OBITUARY - Rhoda Emma (Taylor) Reeves, Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee); Monday, 22 November 1943; page 1 column 5; (Ancestry.com):
Sister Of Two Taylor Brothers Dies In Virginia
Abingdon, Va. -- AP -- Mrs. Rhoda Taylor Reeves, 88, sister of the late Bob and Alf Taylor of Happy Valley, Tenn., famous brothers who each became governor of Tennessee and are especially noted in history for their "battle of roses" campaign, in which they toured the state together and spoke on the same platform as opposing candidates, died at 8:35 o'clock Sunday night at Abingdon Hospital. She had been ill since Thursday.
Mrs. Reeves, the last surviving member of the noted Taylor family is survived by four sons and three daughters, N. D. Reeves, Glendale Cal., E. C. Reeves, Prospect, Oregon, John D. and Paul Reeves, Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs. J. W. Sensabaugh, Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. G. C. Simcox, Bulls Gap, Tenn., and Mrs. Roland Craig, Abingdon.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Funeral Notice - Rhoda Emma (Taylor) Reeves, Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee); Tuesday, 23 November 1943; image 3 column 4; (Ancestry.com):
Ex-Governors' Sister Dies
Abingdon, Va., -- AP -- Funeral services for Mrs. Rhoda Taylor Reeves, 88, will be held at Abingdon Methodist church at 11 a.m. Tuesday to be followed by another service at Munsey Memorial church in Johnson City, Tenn., at 3 p.m. Interment will be in the family cemetery in the Knob Creek section near Johnson City.
She was a sister of former Governors, Bob and Alf Taylor of Tennessee. She died Sunday.

GRAVE MARKER

RHODA TAYLOR
REEVES
1855 -- 1943
OUR WONDERFUL MOTHER

(Rhoda was living with her daughter, Julia Love (Reeves) Craig in Abingdon, Virginia at the time of her death.)

Citations

[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S2347] 1940 Census, Virginia, Washington County
[S669] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S1017] 1910 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S7402] Genealogy prepared by Terri Freeman (Ancestry.com)

Family Explorer

Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves^1,2

F, #782, b. 17 June 1843, d. 16 December 1924

Parents

Father	Peter Miller Reeves (b. 16 January 1807, d. 21 September 1891)
Mother	Matilda "Mattie" DeVault (b. 19 December 1814, d. 1 July 1896)

Pedigree Link

Family: Newton Alexander Patterson (b. 28 March 1827, d. 27 April 1910)

Daughter	Helen Reeves Patterson+ (b. 20 October 1872, d. 8 December 1960)
Daughter	Elizabeth Miller "Bettie" Patterson+ (b. 24 February 1875, d. 6 November 1925)
Son	Alexander "Alex" Patterson+ (b. 17 June 1884, d. 14 April 1954)

BASIC FACTS

Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves was born on 17 June 1843 in "Wheatland Farm", Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^3,1,4 She and Newton Alexander Patterson were married on 12 October 1871.⁵ She died on 16 December 1924, at age 81, in at daughter Helen's home, Athens, McMinn Co., Tennessee.^1,3 She was buried in Peter Miller Reeves Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁶

Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves had reference number 783. She resided in On a farm near Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880.)

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S4866] Email from Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins dated July 10, 2001 @ 3:28 PM
[S4864] Email from Willie Hardin Reeves Bivins dated September 17, 2001
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Newton Alexander Patterson^1,2,3

M, #783, b. 28 March 1827, d. 27 April 1910

Parents

Father	James Patterson
Mother	Mary Witten

Pedigree Link

Family 1: Elizabeth Fleming Ramsey (b. 1832, d. 1864)

Daughter	Anna Cora "Coco" Patterson+
Son	Edward Lucien Patterson (b. 28 August 1856, d. after 1867)

Family 2: Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves (b. 17 June 1843, d. 16 December 1924)

Daughter	Helen Reeves Patterson+ (b. 20 October 1872, d. 8 December 1960)
Daughter	Elizabeth Miller "Bettie" Patterson+ (b. 24 February 1875, d. 6 November 1925)
Son	Alexander "Alex" Patterson+ (b. 17 June 1884, d. 14 April 1954)

BASIC FACTS

Newton Alexander Patterson was born on 28 March 1827 in Ten Mile, Meigs Co., Tennessee.^4,2,5 He was born in 1829.¹ He and Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves were married on 12 October 1871.⁶ He died on 27 April 1910, at age 83, in "Vineland", Washington Co., Tennessee.^4,2 He was buried in Peter Miller Reeves Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁷

Newton Alexander Patterson had reference number 784. He held the title Judge. He was a Lawyer (1880); attorney, farmer, inventer and Judge.^8,3 He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880.) Newton was a Judge for awhile after the Civil War but had to retire from the bench because he became profoundly deaf.⁶ His first wife was Elizabeth Fleming Ramsey. For an account of the life and career of of Newton A. Patterson, see pages 119-123 in Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins' book "The Family of Reynolds Ramsey, Revolutionary Soldier."

Florence (Browder) Smythe wrote on February 24, 1997

I was four and a half years old when grandfather (Newton Alexander Patterson) died, and I remember him quite well. I was in the room with his family when he died, and awhile before, he called me to his bed and told me a story.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S4864] Email from Willie Hardin Reeves Bivins dated September 17, 2001
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Helen Reeves Patterson^1,2,3,4

F, #784, b. 20 October 1872, d. 8 December 1960

Parents

Father	Newton Alexander Patterson (b. 28 March 1827, d. 27 April 1910)
Mother	Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves (b. 17 June 1843, d. 16 December 1924)

Pedigree Link

Family: Alvis Craig (b. 12 September 1870, d. 13 September 1932)

Daughter	Adelaide Blanche Craig+ (b. 18 June 1900, d. 3 January 1969)
Son	Ronald Wesley Craig+ (b. 28 June 1902, d. March 1987)
Daughter	Elizabeth Craig+ (b. 18 January 1905, d. 4 February 2007)

BASIC FACTS

Helen Reeves Patterson was born on 20 October 1872 in Sinking Spring Farm, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^2,5 She was born in 1874.¹ She and Alvis Craig were married on 21 March 1899 in "Vineland, " her parents' home near Jonesboro and Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^2,6 She died on 8 December 1960, at age 88, in Orange Co., Florida.^2,7 She died on 11 December 1960, at age 88.⁷ She was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Athens, McMinn Co., Tennessee.⁷

Helen Reeves Patterson had reference number 785. She was a Teacher of elocution.⁶ She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880); McMinn County, Tennessee (1920.) Part of a letter written by Helen Reeves (Patterson) Craig after a visit to Tennessee in the spring of 1955.

We went to Elizabethton via the old Happy Valley home of the Taylor governors (1). I had visited here with Aunt Rhoda (2), their sister, when I was a girl. Governor Alf was then living there -- he was elected later on -- but Bob, the one then in office was also visiting at the old home. When the two brothers were electioneering together, driving horse and buggy much of the time, they were "fighting" the "Battle of the Roses" as they termed it. A perfectly amicable battle it was and they had the time of their lives. Taking turns on the platform they would bless each other out then when they went to their room at night would have fun talking it over. Once when they were called upon to make balcony speeches, Bob got to the balcony first and made Alf's speech. So Alf had to improvise. When the boys first started out from their mother's home to begin their electioneering the mother (3), who was sister of Tennessee's great orator (4), mentioned in Tenn. History, waved them off and cried, "Hurrah for Taylor."
We returned home via Milligan College (5), another place I used to visit as a girl. Milligan was a boys' school and a visiting girl did not lack for attention!
A trip out two miles from the city (Tuesday) to the old John Reeves (6) farm where I have so many times visited the family of my Uncle John. Many, many times when he came to our home -- my mother was his sister and next in age in the family of six -- I would go home perched behind on the pony he rode. This was one of my greatest joys as a child. I was the eldest child of the family of nieces and nephews and I would follow him after I passed the age where he would carry me making the rounds to the barn, etc. He had, in my early childhood, a beard on his chin. Once when he was taking a nap and I played near him, I braided in two braids and tied each with a red, narrow strip of cloth. When he awakened, he was in a great hurry to attend to some business in Johnson City, so he snatched his hat, mounted his horse and went to town. He met a prominent lawyer of the street who said, "John, what on earth have you done with your beard?" He grabbed at his chin and said, "It is that child++" The place belongs to strangers now but as we drove past the wide beautiful lawn and I noted the change which had been made with the house, I saw that the front door still had long narrow panes of glass along the sides and over the front. I said, "I just have to go in and see if the panes are still the frosted kind I used to think were so beautiful. I know the woman who was in the yard wondered about the car load of guests which came up the driveway, but when I told her that I had known the place when it was built 80 years ago, she invited me to come and see the front door as I said I wished to do. Sure enough, of the four panes at the top of the door, three were left of frosted ones I so well remembered. I told the girls who were with me that those old panes of glass were the highlight of my visit so far. It just brought back my childhood more than anything could have done. I even remembered the design as if I had seen it the day before. A little further we visited Uncle John's youngest son (7) whom I had not seen since he was grown. He is about 62 years old. And he paid me what I thought was a high compliment. He was the very image of his father and I said, "Uncle John." He said, "Why it is Helen!"
Learning the address of Kate (Jennings) (8) we set out to see her in Bristol. It was a 30 mile drive but such a beautiful and interesting one. We went past the old DeVault home (9) on the Watauga River where my grandmother (10) lived as a girl and where she was born, also the Will DeVault (11) home where I have spent many happy girlhood hours. I had visited the Grandmother home several times but it was across the river and as the cousins who lived there in my day were young men, they did most of the crossing.
We returned to Johnson City by a different route toward the end of the trip in order that I might see another part of the country which I used to know and enjoy, this time by Austin Springs. Several times I have gone there in the summer and camped with Uncle Jim's (12) family for a month. The old hotel (13) was no longer in use in my day, even, and is now cleared away entirely. Near here I saw the only part of old road (14) which I had traveled many times on horseback, our principal mode of travel at that time.
Friday. Out in the country to Uncle Jim's old home (15) -- almost my second one -- to the old home of my grandparents and the cemetery (16) where most all of my people are buried. I brought away a picture of the very largest lily of the valley bed I ever saw. It was as large as a big room and in full bloom. Cemetery in good condition, which is not usual in a country one.
Then on across the country to my old home (17) where there have been very great changes. The house has been changed by having now a long front porch instead of the portico we used to have, with many potted flowers on it and flowers everywhere. No sign of flowers anywhere nor a sign of the beautiful garden which was my father's delight. Only the old boxwoods I helped my father plant are there and they have grown to mammoth size. On we went past the old spring where we used to get our drinking water and to which I have made a thousand trips and more to carry the milk to strain night and morning, to get milk and butter for the meals, then take my turn at carrying the three gallon jar of sour cream to the house for churning. The distance was nearly a quarter of a mile, maybe not that far, but the distance was certainly great, much too great for one to carry a three gallon stone jar of cream on one's hip all the way.
On past the first home (18) of my grandparents where they had lived for years in a very large brick house on a very large farm with their brother and sister (19), the property being jointly owned and where each year there was a new baby, the sisters alternating. Finally Uncle Willie (20) bought out his brother's interest in the house and they divided the farm. Years later (21) my grandfather gave his land to my mother and her sister and they built their family homes. We went past the one in which my aunt (22) and family had lived. It was not changed in the least unless to be more beautiful, except two of the six maples they set out in the spacious front yard are missing. The ones remaining are huge.
On down the valley we went so I could see some of the old farm homes where I used to visit with my mother to "spend the day." Next across the ridge one and a half miles away where I attended Sunday School and church -- the latter only once a month as it was circuit rider days. We walked across fields and woods to reach the church. I imagine it would not be so easy now as then to take that walk through the winter winds and summer sunshine but it was fun then and about the only outside interest we had except when we would go to town to shop. One bit of shopping we were spared. It was never necessary to shop for shoes if someone else was going. Shoes were bought by number. Of course they hurt when we first wore them and for a long time often. We just "broke" them. No doubt many a bunion followed this breaking, but if our number was 5, we bought and wore a number 5!
They even took me several miles further to see the old home of our family doctor, who besides his many calls over the years, some social, many in his medical capacity, made two very hasty calls to see me. The first on June 18, 1900 (23) and two years later on June 28 (24), each time leaving with me a precious little bundle of love I had never seen before.

Notes:
1) Robert Love Taylor (31 Jul 1850 - 31 Mar 1912), served as Governor of Tennessee from 1887 - 1891, and again from 1897 - 1899; served as United States Senator from Tennessee from 1907 until his death. Alfred Alexander "Alf" Taylor (6 Aug 1848 - 25 Nov 1931), served as Governor of Tennessee from 1921 - 1923; served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 - 1895.
2) Rhoda Emma (Taylor) Reeves (28 Mar 1855 - 21 Nov 1943), daughter of Nathanial Green Taylor and Emmaline "Emma" Haynes; sister to Robert Love Taylor and Alfred Alexander "Alf" Taylor.
3) Emmaline "Emma" (Haynes) Taylor (2 Apr 1822 - 16 Nov 1890), daughter of David Haynes and Rhoda Ann Taylor.
4) Landon Carter Haynes (2 Dec 1816 - 17 Feb 1875), son of David Haynes and Rhoda Ann Taylor.
5) Milligan College is a Christian Liberal Arts College founded in 1866 and located in the mountains of East Tennessee a few miles from downtown Johnson City. It appears to have been originally founded as a coed institution and remains so today. I have not found a reference suggesting that it was ever an all-male institution.
6) John DeVault Reeves (25 Mar 1839 - 2 Jun 1915), son of Peter Miller Reeves and Matilda "Mattie" DeVault.
7) John DeVault Reeves, Jr. (7 Jan 1893 - 2 Apr 1972), son of John DeVault Reeves and Rhoda Emma Taylor.
8) Elizabeth Kathleen "Kate" (Jennings) Boy (15 Mar 1891 - 23 Mar 1985), daughter of John Henry Jennings and Adelaide Elizabeth "Lizzie or Addie" Reeves.
9) Valentine Davault home (aka DeVault Mansion) located on Degrassee Lane, Johnson City, Tennessee.
10) Matilda "Mattie" (DeVault) Reeves (19 Dec 1814 - 1 Jul 1896), daughter of Valentine "Felty" Davault and Susannah "Susan" Range.
11) I think Helen is talking about the William Valentine DeVault (21 Nov 1846 - 12 Sep 1916) home. This home was built around 1856 by William's father, Jacob DeVault. William Valentine DeVault inherited the home and lands in 1878. This time frame seems to agree with Helen's age when she was a girl. I have looked for this home for some time. I think it is now gone but I think it was near where Helen seemed to be traveling when she mentioned it.
12) James Miller Reeves (10 Jul 1845 - 25 Oct 1927), son of Peter Miller Reeves and Matilda "Mattie" DeVault.
13) I'm sure Helen is talking about the Austin Springs Hotel. It operated from 1897 to 1905.
14) Helen is talking about the Great Stage Road that passed by the Valentine Davault house (DeVault Mansion House), crossed the Watauga River at DeVault's Ford and then proceeded on to Jonesborough.
15) Helen is talking about the Sinking Spring farm. The house, still standing, is located at the corner of Knob Creek Road and Xanadu Court.
16) Peter Miller Reeves Cemetery (aka Carr-Reeves Cemetery).
17) I think the farm that Helen is referring to was called "Vineland." In 1838, Helen's maternal grandfather, Peter Miller Reeves, and Peter's brother, William Pouder Reeves, purchased a 400 acre tract of land. They built a large house and both families lived there for a while. The farm became known as "Wheatland." In 1846, Peter Miller Reeves bought a farm and home from the Richard Carr estate. Peter moved his family to this farm. It became known as the Sinking Spring farm, see Footnote 15. At one point the brothers decided to divide up their interest in the Wheatland Farm. The method of dividing up the farm became a point of major contention and was eventually decided by the Tennessee Supreme Court. Each brother got half the farm. Peter Miller Reeves gave his 200 acres to his daughters, Susan (Reeves) Patterson and Elizabeth (Reeves) Jennings. I am assuming that they each got 100 acres. I think the Pattersons called their 100-acre farm, "Vineland." Helen was born on the Sinking Spring farm but grew up on the Vineland farm.
18) Wheatland (see Footnote 18) was located near the intersection of Knob Creek Road and Carroll Creek Road.
19) William Pouder Reeves (15 Dec 1803 - 20 Aug 1885), son of Edward Prothero Reeves and Mary Miller and his wife, Mary Catherine "Polly" DeVault (7 Feb 1808 - 12 Nov 1894), daughter of Valentine "Felty" Davault and Susannah "Susan" Range.
20) William Pouder Reeves (15 Dec 1803 - 20 Aug 1885), son of Edward Prothero Reeves and Mary Miller.
21) My information is that the land transfer to his daughters happened fairly quickly after title passed to Peter Miller Reeves.
22) Adelaide Elizabeth "Addie or Lizzie" (Reeves) Jennings (13 Jun 1852 - 5 Apr 1896), daughter of Peter Miller Reeves and Matilda "Mattie" DeVault.
23) Birth date of Helen's daughter, Adelaide Blanch Craig (18 Jun 1900 - 3 Jan 1960), daughter of Alvis Craig and Helen Reeves Patterson.
24) Birth date of Helen's son, Ronald Wesley Craig (28 Jun 1902 - Mar 1967).

***********

Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins wrote:

Helen was a graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College, a very loving and talented lady. She was Mother's first cousin, and Mother called her Helen. She was Dad's half aunt, 22 years older, so he called her Aunt Helen. I didn't see her often, but I knew her well. She taught me some of the finer points of sewing when I was about 16. I think of her now and feel guilty about my unfinished inside seams! I have a lovely little handkerchief which she made and sent me with a note of apology for the handwork, "The eyes of 80 are not what they used to be."
During the time her son was in Hawaii, Aunt Helen lived with them and made beautiful sea shell jewelry, which she sold and gave as gifts. I have a collection of the pieces she gave to me and my mother. However, the "things" from her that I cherish most are her priceless letters, recounting tender stories and memories of our early relatives in East Tennessee. Information about this family is from Elizabeth Craig.

Cecil Susan (Patterson) Goodhew wrote on March 9, 1985:

Aunt Helen had wonderful times in Hawaii when Ronald and Louise Craig were there. Louise was the one who took such loving care of Aunt Helen during the years she was paralyzed and bed-fast from a stroke. Aunt Helen lived for about three years after she had the severe strokes.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S1441] 1920 Census, Tennessee, McMinn County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S4864] Email from Willie Hardin Reeves Bivins dated September 17, 2001
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Elizabeth Miller "Bettie" Patterson^1,2,3

F, #785, b. 24 February 1875, d. 6 November 1925

Parents

Father	Newton Alexander Patterson (b. 28 March 1827, d. 27 April 1910)
Mother	Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves (b. 17 June 1843, d. 16 December 1924)

Pedigree Link

Family: Samuel Lonzo Browder (b. 10 September 1868, d. 30 December 1927)

Daughter	Helen Westmoreland Browder+ (b. 2 February 1901, d. 21 March 1993)
Daughter	Florence Lotspeich "Toodie" Browder+ (b. 17 September 1905, d. 26 November 2007)

BASIC FACTS

Elizabeth Miller "Bettie" Patterson was born on 24 February 1875 in Vineland Farm, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,4 She and Samuel Lonzo Browder were married on 27 April 1898.¹ She died on 6 November 1925, at age 50, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ She was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁵

Elizabeth Miller "Bettie" Patterson was also known as Hattie Patterson.⁶ She had reference number 786. She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880); Madison County, Alabama (1900); Washington County, Tennessee (1910.) WEDDING RECEPTION - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; September 30, 1909, Image 12 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)

WEDDING RECEPTION AT AUSTIN SPRINGS
Mrs. William DeVault gave a most elegant and charming reception at her beautiful home on the Watauga on Thursday afternoon in honor of her son's bride, Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault. The hours were from three to four and from five to seven.
The guests were welcomed in the hall by Mrs. E. S. Kendrick, in a toilette of black lace over taffeta, and Miss Ella McNeil, who wore a dainty white lingerie with trimmings of baby Irish lace.
In the receiving line were Mrs. William V. DeVault, Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault, Mr. James Newby, a brother of the bride, and Mrs. Hugh Hill.
Mrs. William DeVault wore a gown of green messaline with trimmings of old rose and cream lace.
Mrs. Beverly DeVault wore her bridal gown of handsome white satin, hand-embroidered with pearl and diamond ornaments, and Mrs. Hugh Hill appeared in black spangled net.
The parlor, library and hall were decorated in golden rod, the color scheme being yellow and white, artistically entwined from the chandelier in the dining-room to the four corners of the table, was soft, white tulle, on which were innumerable small yellow hearts suspended from white ribbons. On the center of the table resting on an exquisite lace center-piece, was a bowl of bride's roses. Mrs. A. J. Tyler, who served in the dining-room, wore a black net dress over satin and was assisted by Misses Clara Reeves, Lois Reeves and Claude DeVault, who wore dresses of yellow crepe de chine with white and gold lace.
Miss Eula Lee Kendrick, in a costume of green messaline, ushered the guests into the dining-room and from there to the library, where coffee and hot chocolate were served by Mrs. Samuel Browder and Mrs. E. A. Long. Out in the spacious circle of the wide veranda, Mrs. James Martin and Mrs. Robert DeVault served grape punch from a bowl decorated with bunches of purple grapes and green foliage.
A charming little rustic picture was given out on the lawn under the spreading oaks. A table, from which was served luscious watermelons and sweet cider, was presided over by Mr. William DeVault, Judge A. J. Tyler, Capt. A. S. McNeil and Dr. F. B. Hannah.

Note: Some of the people mentioned in the article are:
Mrs. William DeVault: Barbara E. (Higginbotham) DeVault (1861 - 1932), daughter of Reese Bowen Higginbotham and Louise Jame Emmons. At the time of this reception, Barbara was second wife of William Valentine DeVault. She would later marry William's cousin, George Valentine DeVault.
Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault: Amelia Elizabeth (Newby) DeVault (1887 - 1973), daughter of Cyrus Newby and Anna Catherine "Kitty" Herron. Amelia had just married Albert Beverly "Beverly" DeVault,
Mrs. E. S. Kendrick: Mary Elfrida (DeVault) Kendrick (1861 - 19??), daughter of George Henry "Henry" DeVault and Emily Seraphina Berry. Mary was the wife of Everett Stuart Kendrick.
Miss Clara Reeves: Clara Boring Reeves (1884 - 1968), daughter of George Alexander "Fred" Reeves and Addie May Boring. Clara would later marry Horace Bishop Stevens.
Miss Lois Reeves: Mary Lois "Lois" Reeves (1886 - 1911), daughter of Isaac Edward Reeves and Mary Malinda Dosser. Lois never married. She died just over two years after this reception was given.
Miss Claude DeVault: Claude DeVault (1886 - 1966), daughter of James Miller DeVault and Addie Belle Hickman. Claude would later marry John Lee Hughlett.
Miss Eula Lee Kendrick: Eula Lee Kendrick (1888 - 1959), daughter of Everett Stuart Kendrick and Mary Elfrida DeVault. Eula would later marry Conley Earl "Earl" Ball.
Mrs. Samuel Browder: Elizabeth Miller "Bettie" (Paterson) Browder (1875 - 1925), daughter of Newton Alexander Patterson and Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves. Bettie was married to Samuel Lonzo Browder.
Mrs. Robert DeVault: Osceola (Walton) DeVault (1883 - 1928), daughter of Elijah Powell Walton and Arrispa Gaines Jewell. Osceola was married to Robert Drew DeVault.
Mr. William DeVault: William Valentine DeVault (1846 - 1916), son of Jacob DeVault and Elizabeth Jane Clark.
Dr. F. B. Hannah: Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Jr. (1876 - 1932), son of Andrew Johnson Hannah and India Annie O'Brian. Ferrell was a relative of the DeVaults through the Hannah family. He knew George Valentine DeVault. Both lived in Umatilla, Lake County, Florida. In census records and many genealogies, Ferrell is shown as the son of Andrew and India Hannah. Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Sr. was Andrew Hannah's brother. It appears that he was not the father of Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Jr. Both Ferrell Bratcher Hannahs were dentists.

GRAVE MARKER

ELIZABETH P.
1875 -- 1925.

Citations

[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S402] 1900 Census, Alabama, Madison County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S4864] Email from Willie Hardin Reeves Bivins dated September 17, 2001
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Alexander "Alex" Patterson^1,2,3

M, #786, b. 17 June 1884, d. 14 April 1954

Parents

Father	Newton Alexander Patterson (b. 28 March 1827, d. 27 April 1910)
Mother	Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves (b. 17 June 1843, d. 16 December 1924)

Pedigree Link

Family: Florence "Floss" Oberdorfer (b. 3 August 1886, d. 12 January 1964)

Daughter

Cecil Susan "Susan" Patterson+ (b. 13 April 1909, d. 30 December 1997)

BASIC FACTS

Alexander "Alex" Patterson was born on 17 June 1884 in Vineland Farm, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.^2,4 He and Florence "Floss" Oberdorfer were married in 1907 in Marion, Illinois.^2,5 He died on 14 April 1954, at age 69, in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama.²

Alexander "Alex" Patterson had reference number 787. He was enumerated on the census in Jefferson County, Albama (1930.) He was a Salesman - office supplies (1930.)³ Alex's birth name was Newton Alexander Patterson, Jr. His full name was not used after early childhood.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S1532] 1930 Census, Alabama, Jefferson County
[S4864] Email from Willie Hardin Reeves Bivins dated September 17, 2001
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins

Family Explorer

James Miller Reeves^1,2,3

M, #787, b. 10 July 1845, d. 25 October 1927

Parents

Father	Peter Miller Reeves (b. 16 January 1807, d. 21 September 1891)
Mother	Matilda "Mattie" DeVault (b. 19 December 1814, d. 1 July 1896)

Pedigree Link

Family: Myra Clark Gaines (b. 9 September 1856, d. 22 June 1910)

Son	James Miller Reeves, Jr.+ (b. 15 October 1876, d. 17 March 1934)
Daughter	Myra Gaines Reeves+ (b. 27 September 1889, d. 23 April 1980)

BASIC FACTS

James Miller Reeves was born on 10 July 1845 in "Wheatland Farm" or "Sinking Spring Farm", Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,4 He and Myra Clark Gaines were married on 18 January 1876 in Tennessee.^1,5 He died on 25 October 1927, at age 82, in near Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,5 He was buried in Peter Miller Reeves Cemetery, Knob Creek Road just south of its intersection with Sunset Drive.¹

James Miller Reeves had reference number 788. He resided in Lived on part of the "Sinking Spring" farm.² He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880.) He was a Laborer (1880.)³ His daughter, Myra Gaines Reeves Hardin wrote:

James Miller Reeves, Sr.
My father, James Miller Reeves, was born July 10, 1845. He was one of the eight children of Peter Miller Reeves and Matilda DeVault. Two of these children were "blue babies" and did not live. The others grew up, married, and raised their children within a few miles of each other.
My father was around 6 ft. 3 in. tall and was very heavy. He had hazel eyes and a ruddy complexion.
He had a very good education and was one of the best informed men I ever knew. He always took an interest in politics and was a Republican. His brother, Elbert C. Reeves, (Uncle Eb) was a Democrat, and though the two were very congenial in most ways, they, by common if unspoken consent, never discussed politics.
When I was a child he ran for the office of tax assessor and was elected. He would sometimes be gone for several days while at this work, and when he came back he would bring me a gift. I remember him standing in a doorway holding a small red wagon which was one of my chief joys for several years. Another such gift was a huge book of fairy tales.
I used to hear him talk about his experiences when out looking for votes. One story was about an old colored couple who invited him to stop and eat dinner with them. He accepted the invitation for a few days later. When they called him to the table only one place was laid. He said, "This is your house and your table, and I won't eat unless you do, too."
He had a high temper and a sensitive nature, but was very soft hearted. When I was a small girl I was playing with a cat he was afraid might scratch me in the eyes. He told me to stop, but I kept on, so he spanked me -- the only spanking that I can remember receiving from him. Of course I cried, and that was too much for him to bear, so he took me on his knee and handed me his purse, telling me to help myself to any piece of money that was in it. In turn I was generous too, and took only a small coin. I deserved the spanking and I am sure this would hardly be a wise course in most cases, but it is to me a tender memory.
When he was a young man he met my mother, who was at that time a child. She sat on his knee one day, and he looked down at her and said to himself, "By George, I'm going to wait for you!" And wait he did; they were married when she was nineteen and he was thirty.
Because of his great weight he was forced to give up active farming, but he always made the garden, cut all the wood for the cook stove, sawed logs for the fireplaces, and helped my mother with the house work, washing dishes, dressing chickens, sweeping, carrying water, and peeling fruit by the hour for canning or pies. They had kept a girl most of the time for many years to help with the house work, but decided my father could help enough to not be bothered with having one around. He loved to work and would patiently stand in the shade of a tree and stir apple butter all day, except when I took over long enough for him to eat dinner.
When our house caught fire one night and burned to the ground, he grabbed his shot gun, fired it to attract the neighbors, then took it in and hung it in it's accustomed place to burn. The big family Bible, a cherished possession, was on a small table in what we fondly called the "parlor." My mother called to him, "Old Man, get the Bible." He said later that he could have carried out the table and the several valuable books lying on it, but he brushed them off and saved only the Bible.
The fire began from a lamp. My cousin May Reeves was sick at our house with mumps. She was sick in an upstairs bedroom, and my mother was sleeping in a bed across the room from her. May was so very sick that my mother burned a lamp all night. It was on an old fashioned bureau, a very beautiful one that had been in the family a long time. The room had a sloping ceiling of pine, and the heat from the round wick lamp caught the ceiling. May woke suddenly and opened her eyes -- and the flames were creeping across the ceiling just above her face. She lost all her clothes that she had worn to our house, and her rings.
I hurriedly put on THREE dresses --- one on top of the other. I had always had a horror of being out in the night without any clothes. My mother, May and I were all close to the same size, so each of us had a dress. I ran out on the porch and started up the stairs and met May coming down, drenched with water from the buckets the men were carrying up, and trailing a sheet around her. It was a cold night in early March, so I picked up a feather bed and some covers and carried them out in the yard and got May safely parked. Then I ran back upstairs again, only to be met by the flames coming down the steps.
My mother carried out a great many of my books with the wall burning behind them. Several of them bear the marks of that fire, being scorched on the edge of the leaves. As for me, I saved my side saddle off the porch and carried out a good many dishes and cooking vessels and some silverware. I still have the tablespoons I rescued. Afterward, we searched through the ashes and found the wide gold wedding ring of my mother's. It was too large for her to wear, so she did not have it on her finger. [Note: She finally had a descendant large enough to wear the ring. I began wearing it on my right hand before 1940; I changed it to my left hand when my own lighter weight wedding set wore out about 1965. Willie Harden Reeves Bivins]
We went across the fields to Uncle Fred's*, and May was put to bed. We stayed there three weeks while the carpenters put up a building we called the Smoke House. It was one large room with steps up to a room overhead, and there was a lean-to kitchen where we cooked and ate. We lived in this until our own house was built.
My father loved visitors and there were guests in the house most of the time. I used to wake in the mornings and my first thought would be, "Who is here now?." With a fine garden, a cellar full of canned food, bins of potatoes, a smoke house full of meat, our own meal and flour, butter, eggs, milk and lard in the pantry, food was no problem. He always kept the best of the farm produce for the family.
He was a member of the Methodist Church. He did not drink or swear, and his only "bad" habit was using tobacco. He was painstakingly truthful and honest.
Twice he had pet roosters that would sit on his knee and crow. One lived to be so old he had to be lifted to his roost every night. This rooster was found yeeping in the straw stack one cold day. It was my job to raise him by hand. He was a mean fighter and would attack a stranger like a vicious dog. If we wore unfamiliar clothes he would attack us. I still remember Aunt Sue dashing through the gate to our porch with the rooster in hot pursuit. Just as she thought herself safe, he gave her a mighty hit in the rear, and she yelled, "Gosh." It made quite an impression on my mind to see my staid and conservative Aunt in flight and saying such a naughty word!
One day we were all at the table and his sister Sue was there. Aunt Sue and I started teasing him about something and he got sore at us and told us we should have more respect for age. Aunt Sue looked at him over her glasses and remarked witheringly, "I'm older than you are." That could hardly be disputed, and he wilted then and there. The rest of us were highly amused.
We had an apple tree in the yard and he used to sit under it and watch the evening cloud formations, a past-time of which he never tired.
My mother died seventeen years before he went. I think I have never seen a more pathetically lonely person. He grieved day and night. He said that one night he was praying and longing to see her one more time, and suddenly he had a vision of her, dressed in white, with her long hair down her back, and playing a harp. He said it was a vision.
He had bad eye sight when I can first remember him, and when he was about 77 he had a successful operation for cataract. But about a year before his death, he had a stroke that injured his sight and was almost blind after that. He had his first stroke when he was past 70. He was hoeing his garden and his hand fell off the hoe. He put it back with his other hand and finished the row. He was always a little awkward with that hand after that time. He had several lighter strokes afterward, about seven in all, but lived to be 82.
He and I, both being high tempered, had a good many clashes of wills. Perhaps he summed it up when he remarked to me one day that I was "a chip off the old block."
As he grew older, his disposition mellowed a great deal. He spent almost two years with us in Oklahoma, lacking only a week or two, and was a very pleasant and considerate person to live with. He was devoted to his son-in-law, and very fond of his granddaughter, who would lead him around, feeling very important. She was two and a half when he returned to Tennessee. One day we asked Willie what her grandfather was doing and she answered, "Sit chair, paper read." She would walk up to him when we would be starting to town and ask, "Going to town with us, Jim?" He would go after the mail at some distance from the house and gather wild flowers to bring back to her. [He was the step-uncle of Dad's mother; Grandmother Cora and my father called him Uncle Jim. Willie Harden Reeves Bivins]
We had on Turkey Creek, a vicious bull and we had told my father not to walk through a certain field with the mail, as the bull might attack him. But he either forgot or thought the bull would not bother him. One morning he went for the mail and later on I heard the bull bellowing, and I grabbed my broom and ran out. The bull was at my father's heels, bellowing and pawing. He called to me to go back into the house, but I advanced with the broom and put the animal to flight. Only a few days before, Joe had struck the bull across the nose with a stout stick, knocking the fight out of him. He was still afraid of a stick, and my father owed his life to the cane he was walking with. He said he could feel the bull's breath fanning him, it was so close on his heels.
During this visit to us in Oklahoma he greatly enjoyed a picnic to the Granite Mountains. He loved looking at them and said he could not see how anyone could gaze on those mountains and not be a better man for it.
His last words to me, spoken as he started to get on the train at Olustee to return to Tennessee were, "Remember your Maker." He died October 25, 1927.

* George Alexander Reeves was called Fred.

GRAVE MARKER

JAMES M. REEVES
JULY 10, 1845
OCT. 25, 1927
HIS WIFE
MYRA GAINES
SEP. 9, 1856
JUN 22, 1910. Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins wrote:

In 1908 their house caught fire during the night and was completely burned. It was a two-story house with big storage attic and basement. Very little was saved. After the fire, they dug through the ashes in the basement and found a few little things, including Grandmother's wide gold wedding ring, which had been on a dresser in the second story. It was too large for her, so she seldom wore it. I have worn it for fifty years -- on my right had for about 25 years, then on my left, when my own rings wore thin. I added Mother's to it in 1980.
They built a one-story house nearby and lived there the rest of their lives. Their son and his wife lived there and raised their family. Their granddaughter, Elsie Reeves Sell, and her husband raised their family in the old home, and Elsie still lives there. This house was once in the country; the city has now grown up around and beyond it. Most of the old farm is now housing developments. A new church stands where the barn once was.
We have enjoyed some happy visits with Elsie and her husband and the other relatives who gathered there.
My mother wrote stories of her parents and grandparents, which are printed in EAST TENNESSEE LETTERS, NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Citations

[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S4866] Email from Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins dated July 10, 2001 @ 3:28 PM
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins

Family Explorer

Myra Clark Gaines^1,2,3,4

F, #788, b. 9 September 1856, d. 22 June 1910

Parents

Father	Edmund Pendleton Gaines
Mother	Emily Esther Easley

Pedigree Link

Family: James Miller Reeves (b. 10 July 1845, d. 25 October 1927)

Son	James Miller Reeves, Jr.+ (b. 15 October 1876, d. 17 March 1934)
Daughter	Myra Gaines Reeves+ (b. 27 September 1889, d. 23 April 1980)

BASIC FACTS

Myra Clark Gaines was born on 9 September 1856 in Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^5,3 She and James Miller Reeves were married on 18 January 1876 in Tennessee.^5,3 She died on 22 June 1910, at age 53, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^5,3 She was buried in Peter Miller Reeves Cemetery, Knob Creek Road just south of its intersection with Sunset Drive.⁵

Myra Clark Gaines was also known as Marie Gaines.⁶ She had reference number 789. She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880.) Myra was a great-niece of General Edmund Pendleton Gaines.

GRAVE MARKER

JAMES M. REEVES
JULY 10, 1845
OCT. 25, 1927
HIS WIFE
MYRA GAINES
SEP. 9, 1856
JUN 22, 1910. Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins wrote:

In 1908 their house caught fire during the night and was completely burned. It was a two-story house with big storage attic and basement. Very little was saved. After the fire, they dug through the ashes in the basement and found a few little things, including Grandmother's wide gold wedding ring, which had been on a dresser in the second story. It was too large for her, so she seldom wore it. I have worn it for fifty years -- on my right had for about 25 years, then on my left, when my own rings wore thin. I added Mother's to it in 1980.
They built a one-story house nearby and lived there the rest of their lives. Their son and his wife lived there and raised their family. Their granddaughter, Elsie Reeves Sell, and her husband raised their family in the old home, and Elsie still lives there. This house was once in the country; the city has now grown up around and beyond it. Most of the old farm is now housing developments. A new church stands where the barn once was.
We have enjoyed some happy visits with Elsie and her husband and the other relatives who gathered there.
My mother wrote stories of her parents and grandparents, which are printed in EAST TENNESSEE LETTERS, NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other

Family Explorer

John Albert Mauk^1,2,3

M, #789, b. 12 July 1856, d. 8 October 1942

Parents

Father	Enoch Tennessee Mauk (b. 3 January 1814, d. 25 April 1879)
Mother	Mahaney Conley (b. 1814, d. 27 May 1863)

Pedigree Link

Family: Virginia F. "Jennie" Galloway (b. 10 June 1860, d. 26 October 1879)

Daughter

Bessie Eugene Mauk+ (b. 14 May 1879, d. 26 February 1940)

BASIC FACTS

John Albert Mauk was born on 12 July 1856 in Tennessee.^2,3 He and Virginia F. "Jennie" Galloway were married on 6 June 1878 in Washington Co., Tennessee.⁴ He died on 8 October 1942, at age 86, in Whitewright, Grayson Co., Texas.

John Albert Mauk had reference number 790. He was enumerated on the census in Sullivan County, Tennessee (1860); Grayson County, Texas (1920.)

Citations

[S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book
[S5120] Genealogy prepared by @email address (Ancestry.com)
[S126] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S4127] Descendents of Henry Dewald compiled by Dorothy (DeVault) Bicknell

Family Explorer

Elizabeth Jane Clark^1,2,3,4

F, #790, b. 15 April 1826, d. 4 October 1879

Parents

Father	Henderson Conway Clark (b. 1785, d. 1859)
Mother	Anne H. West (b. 15 February 1803, d. 19 March 1871)

Pedigree Link

Family: Jacob DeVault (b. 16 May 1817, d. 15 October 1878)

Son	William Valentine DeVault+ (b. 21 November 1846, d. 12 September 1916)

BASIC FACTS

Elizabeth Jane Clark was born on 15 April 1826 in Nolichucky, Tennessee.^1,5 She and Jacob DeVault were married on 9 May 1844 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,6 She died on 4 October 1879, at age 53, in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,6 She was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee (V.)⁷

Elizabeth Jane Clark had reference number 791. She was enumerated on the census in Tennessee, Washington County, 4th Subdivision (1850.) GRAVE MARKER

JACOB ELIZABETH J.
DEVAULT wife of
BORN Jacob DeVault
MAY 16, 1817 BORN
DIED APRIL 15, 1826
OCT. 15, 1875 DIED
DEVAULT OCT. 4, 1879

(front) (back.) Marriage performed by James Miller, Jacob's brother-in-law.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S2845] Book: Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S209] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S6449] Genealogy prepared by Kathryn Lynn Staley
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

William Valentine DeVault^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #791, b. 21 November 1846, d. 12 September 1916

Parents

Father	Jacob DeVault (b. 16 May 1817, d. 15 October 1878)
Mother	Elizabeth Jane Clark (b. 15 April 1826, d. 4 October 1879)

Pedigree Link

Family 1: Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" McAfee (b. 29 November 1858, d. 25 June 1880)

Daughter

Elizabeth McAfee "Lizzie" DeVault+ (b. 25 June 1880, d. 2 April 1969)

Family 2: Barbara E. Higginbotham (b. 27 October 1861, d. 15 July 1932)

Son	Albert Beverly "Beverly" DeVault (b. 5 March 1885, d. 17 May 1956)
Son	William Reese "Willie" DeVault (b. 23 July 1887, d. 16 June 1888)

BASIC FACTS

William Valentine DeVault was born on 21 November 1846 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,7 He was born on 10 September 1847 in Washington Co. Tennessee.⁸ He and Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" McAfee were married on 27 March 1879 in Whitfield Co., Georgia.⁹ He and Barbara E. Higginbotham were married on 4 September 1883 in Tazewell, Tazwell Co., Virginia.^1,10 He died on 12 September 1916, at age 69, in Austin Springs, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,7,11 He was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹²

William Valentine DeVault had reference number 792. He resided in Umatilla, Lake Co., Florida.¹ He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850, 1880, 1900, 1910.) He was a Farmer (1880, 1900, 1910 & death certificate.)^8,4,6 WEDDING RECEPTION - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; September 30, 1909, Image 12 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)

WEDDING RECEPTION AT AUSTIN SPRINGS
Mrs. William DeVault gave a most elegant and charming reception at her beautiful home on the Watauga on Thursday afternoon in honor of her son's bride, Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault. The hours were from three to four and from five to seven.
The guests were welcomed in the hall by Mrs. E. S. Kendrick, in a toilette of black lace over taffeta, and Miss Ella McNeil, who wore a dainty white lingerie with trimmings of baby Irish lace.
In the receiving line were Mrs. William V. DeVault, Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault, Mr. James Newby, a brother of the bride, and Mrs. Hugh Hill.
Mrs. William DeVault wore a gown of green messaline with trimmings of old rose and cream lace.
Mrs. Beverly DeVault wore her bridal gown of handsome white satin, hand-embroidered with pearl and diamond ornaments, and Mrs. Hugh Hill appeared in black spangled net.
The parlor, library and hall were decorated in golden rod, the color scheme being yellow and white, artistically entwined from the chandelier in the dining-room to the four corners of the table, was soft, white tulle, on which were innumerable small yellow hearts suspended from white ribbons. On the center of the table resting on an exquisite lace center-piece, was a bowl of bride's roses. Mrs. A. J. Tyler, who served in the dining-room, wore a black net dress over satin and was assisted by Misses Clara Reeves, Lois Reeves and Claude DeVault, who wore dresses of yellow crepe de chine with white and gold lace.
Miss Eula Lee Kendrick, in a costume of green messaline, ushered the guests into the dining-room and from there to the library, where coffee and hot chocolate were served by Mrs. Samuel Browder and Mrs. E. A. Long. Out in the spacious circle of the wide veranda, Mrs. James Martin and Mrs. Robert DeVault served grape punch from a bowl decorated with bunches of purple grapes and green foliage.
A charming little rustic picture was given out on the lawn under the spreading oaks. A table, from which was served luscious watermelons and sweet cider, was presided over by Mr. William DeVault, Judge A. J. Tyler, Capt. A. S. McNeil and Dr. F. B. Hannah.

Note: Some of the people mentioned in the article are:
Mrs. William DeVault: Barbara E. (Higginbotham) DeVault (1861 - 1932), daughter of Reese Bowen Higginbotham and Louise Jame Emmons. At the time of this reception, Barbara was second wife of William Valentine DeVault. She would later marry William's cousin, George Valentine DeVault.
Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault: Amelia Elizabeth (Newby) DeVault (1887 - 1973), daughter of Cyrus Newby and Anna Catherine "Kitty" Herron. Amelia had just married Albert Beverly "Beverly" DeVault,
Mrs. E. S. Kendrick: Mary Elfrida (DeVault) Kendrick (1861 - 19??), daughter of George Henry "Henry" DeVault and Emily Seraphina Berry. Mary was the wife of Everett Stuart Kendrick.
Miss Clara Reeves: Clara Boring Reeves (1884 - 1968), daughter of George Alexander "Fred" Reeves and Addie May Boring. Clara would later marry Horace Bishop Stevens.
Miss Lois Reeves: Mary Lois "Lois" Reeves (1886 - 1911), daughter of Isaac Edward Reeves and Mary Malinda Dosser. Lois never married. She died just over two years after this reception was given.
Miss Claude DeVault: Claude DeVault (1886 - 1966), daughter of James Miller DeVault and Addie Belle Hickman. Claude would later marry John Lee Hughlett.
Miss Eula Lee Kendrick: Eula Lee Kendrick (1888 - 1959), daughter of Everett Stuart Kendrick and Mary Elfrida DeVault. Eula would later marry Conley Earl "Earl" Ball.
Mrs. Samuel Browder: Elizabeth Miller "Bettie" (Paterson) Browder (1875 - 1925), daughter of Newton Alexander Patterson and Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves. Bettie was married to Samuel Lonzo Browder.
Mrs. Robert DeVault: Osceola (Walton) DeVault (1883 - 1928), daughter of Elijah Powell Walton and Arrispa Gaines Jewell. Osceola was married to Robert Drew DeVault.
Mr. William DeVault: William Valentine DeVault (1846 - 1916), son of Jacob DeVault and Elizabeth Jane Clark.
Dr. F. B. Hannah: Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Jr. (1876 - 1932), son of Andrew Johnson Hannah and India Annie O'Brian. Ferrell was a relative of the DeVaults through the Hannah family. He knew George Valentine DeVault. Both lived in Umatilla, Lake County, Florida. In census records and many genealogies, Ferrell is shown as the son of Andrew and India Hannah. Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Sr. was Andrew Hannah's brother. It appears that he was not the father of Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Jr. Both Ferrell Bratcher Hannahs were dentists.

William Valentine DeVault had wanted his daughter to get an advanced education. When she fell in loved and decided to get married at age 16 he was very disappointed. Even though she had a successful marriage, he carried the grudge forever. He left his extensive farm and all other assets to his wife and son, Beverly.

OBITUARY - The Johnson City Staff, September 13, 1916

WM. V. DEVAULT PASSED AWAY TUESDAY
William V. DeVault, aged 69, died at his home at Austin Springs late Tuesday afternoon, following an illness of several months. Mr. DeVault has spent several winters in Florida and returned from there a few months ago, his health at the time being very poor.
Mr. Devault was one of the best known citizens of the county and was a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of this section. He led a very active life, devoting his attention largely to farming, and his farm at Austin Springs stands as a fitting tribute to his energetic efforts put forth in that work. He was a member of the M. E. church, South, and took an active part in the work of the church. He was the son of the late Jacob DeVault.
Mr. DeVault is survived by a widow and two children, Beverly DeVault, who lives at the old homestead and Mrs. J. G. McClellan, of Dalton, Georgia.
The funeral will be held at the home at Austin Springs Thursday morning at ten o'clock and the services will be in charge of Rev. J. S. W. Neal, of Johnson City. The interment will follow in the DeVault cemetery.

GRAVE MARKER

WILLIAM V. DEVAULT
BORN
NOV. 21, 1846
DIED SEPT. 12, 1916. The 1900 Census lists under William and Barbara, an adopted daughter, Mattie Crabtree (b. Apr 1887, Virginia).

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; September 21, 1893 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)

Mr. and Mrs. W. V. DeVault, Mrs. Nannie Higgins, W. Weldon DeVault, Robert DeVault of Austin Springs, and Dr. A. J. Hannah, of Umatilla, Fla., started Tuesday, the 19th, on the vestibule for the World's Fair, via of the N. and W.

Note: The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the new world in 1492.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; March 10, 1910; Image 5 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)

W. V. DeVault and wife have returned from a visit to Umatilla, Fla.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S209] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S669] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S1017] 1910 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)
[S3922] Death Certificate - William Valentine DeVault
[S8919] Marriage Records - Georgia, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828 - 1978 (Ancestry.com)
[S9022] Marriage Records - Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785 - 1940 (Ancestry.com)
[S4021] Death Records - Tennessee "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914 - 1955" (LDS)
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" McAfee^1,2,3

F, #792, b. 29 November 1858, d. 25 June 1880

Parents

Father	Jessie Richardson McAfee, M.D. (b. 13 January 1831, d. 14 January 1912)
Mother	Mary McNair Tarver (b. 10 December 1835, d. 31 December 1903)

Pedigree Link

Family: William Valentine DeVault (b. 21 November 1846, d. 12 September 1916)

Daughter

Elizabeth McAfee "Lizzie" DeVault+ (b. 25 June 1880, d. 2 April 1969)

BASIC FACTS

Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" McAfee was born on 29 November 1858 in Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia.¹ She and William Valentine DeVault were married on 27 March 1879 in Whitfield Co., Georgia.⁴ She died on 25 June 1880, at age 21, in Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia.^5,6 She was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁵

Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" McAfee had reference number 793. She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880.) Note from Lizzie's great-grandaughter, Frances Harris "Bitsy" (McLellan) McFarland:
When it came near the time for Lizzie to deliver her child, she traveled to her parents' home in Dalton, Georgia. Lizzie's father was Jessie Richardson McAfee was the attending physician. After the delivery, he was unable to stop the bleeding and Lizzie died. Her body was returned to Tennessee for burial.

GRAVE MARKER

ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
W. V. DEVAULT
BORN
NOV. 29, 1858
JUNE 25, 1880
The memories of the good in.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S5329] Genealogy prepared by Bitsy (McLellan) McFarland, Source Medium: Book
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S8919] Marriage Records - Georgia, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828 - 1978 (Ancestry.com)
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Barbara E. Higginbotham^1,2,3,4,5,6

F, #793, b. 27 October 1861, d. 15 July 1932

Parents

Father	Reese Bowen Higginbotham (b. 10 April 1829, d. 10 February 1878)
Mother	Louise Jame Emmons (b. 1835, d. before 1880)

Pedigree Link

Family: William Valentine DeVault (b. 21 November 1846, d. 12 September 1916)

Son	Albert Beverly "Beverly" DeVault (b. 5 March 1885, d. 17 May 1956)
Son	William Reese "Willie" DeVault (b. 23 July 1887, d. 16 June 1888)

BASIC FACTS

Barbara E. Higginbotham was born on 27 October 1861 in Tazewell, Tazewell Co., Virginia.^7,8 She and William Valentine DeVault were married on 4 September 1883 in Tazewell, Tazwell Co., Virginia.^1,9 She and George Valentine DeVault were married after 1920. She died on 15 July 1932, at age 70, in Lake Co., Florida.^8,10 She died on 19 July 1932, at age 70.¹ She was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Umatilla, Lake Co., Florida.⁸

Barbara E. Higginbotham had reference number 794. She was enumerated on the census in Tazewell County, Virginia (1870, 1880); Washington County, Tennessee (1900, 1910); Lake County, Florida (1920, 1930.)⁶ She was a Farmer - fruit farm (1920.)⁵ NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Clinch Valley News, Jeffersonville, VA, July 30, 1886, Image 3; (Library of Congress, Chronicling America; Internet)

Local Briefs
Mrs. Barbara Higginbotham Devault of Austin Springs, Tennessee, is visiting her many friends and relatives in this county.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Local Briefs - Clinch Valley News, Jeffersonville, VA, October 25, 1889, Image 5; (Library of Congress, Chronicling America; Internet)

Local Briefs
Mrs. Barbara Higginbotham Devault of Florida, is visiting relatives in Tazewell.

WEDDING RECEPTION - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; September 30, 1909, Image 12 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)

WEDDING RECEPTION AT AUSTIN SPRINGS
Mrs. William DeVault gave a most elegant and charming reception at her beautiful home on the Watauga on Thursday afternoon in honor of her son's bride, Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault. The hours were from three to four and from five to seven.
The guests were welcomed in the hall by Mrs. E. S. Kendrick, in a toilette of black lace over taffeta, and Miss Ella McNeil, who wore a dainty white lingerie with trimmings of baby Irish lace.
In the receiving line were Mrs. William V. DeVault, Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault, Mr. James Newby, a brother of the bride, and Mrs. Hugh Hill.
Mrs. William DeVault wore a gown of green messaline with trimmings of old rose and cream lace.
Mrs. Beverly DeVault wore her bridal gown of handsome white satin, hand-embroidered with pearl and diamond ornaments, and Mrs. Hugh Hill appeared in black spangled net.
The parlor, library and hall were decorated in golden rod, the color scheme being yellow and white, artistically entwined from the chandelier in the dining-room to the four corners of the table, was soft, white tulle, on which were innumerable small yellow hearts suspended from white ribbons. On the center of the table resting on an exquisite lace center-piece, was a bowl of bride's roses. Mrs. A. J. Tyler, who served in the dining-room, wore a black net dress over satin and was assisted by Misses Clara Reeves, Lois Reeves and Claude DeVault, who wore dresses of yellow crepe de chine with white and gold lace.
Miss Eula Lee Kendrick, in a costume of green messaline, ushered the guests into the dining-room and from there to the library, where coffee and hot chocolate were served by Mrs. Samuel Browder and Mrs. E. A. Long. Out in the spacious circle of the wide veranda, Mrs. James Martin and Mrs. Robert DeVault served grape punch from a bowl decorated with bunches of purple grapes and green foliage.
A charming little rustic picture was given out on the lawn under the spreading oaks. A table, from which was served luscious watermelons and sweet cider, was presided over by Mr. William DeVault, Judge A. J. Tyler, Capt. A. S. McNeil and Dr. F. B. Hannah.

Note: Some of the people mentioned in the article are:
Mrs. William DeVault: Barbara E. (Higginbotham) DeVault (1861 - 1932), daughter of Reese Bowen Higginbotham and Louise Jame Emmons. At the time of this reception, Barbara was second wife of William Valentine DeVault. She would later marry William's cousin, George Valentine DeVault.
Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault: Amelia Elizabeth (Newby) DeVault (1887 - 1973), daughter of Cyrus Newby and Anna Catherine "Kitty" Herron. Amelia had just married Albert Beverly "Beverly" DeVault,
Mrs. E. S. Kendrick: Mary Elfrida (DeVault) Kendrick (1861 - 19??), daughter of George Henry "Henry" DeVault and Emily Seraphina Berry. Mary was the wife of Everett Stuart Kendrick.
Miss Clara Reeves: Clara Boring Reeves (1884 - 1968), daughter of George Alexander "Fred" Reeves and Addie May Boring. Clara would later marry Horace Bishop Stevens.
Miss Lois Reeves: Mary Lois "Lois" Reeves (1886 - 1911), daughter of Isaac Edward Reeves and Mary Malinda Dosser. Lois never married. She died just over two years after this reception was given.
Miss Claude DeVault: Claude DeVault (1886 - 1966), daughter of James Miller DeVault and Addie Belle Hickman. Claude would later marry John Lee Hughlett.
Miss Eula Lee Kendrick: Eula Lee Kendrick (1888 - 1959), daughter of Everett Stuart Kendrick and Mary Elfrida DeVault. Eula would later marry Conley Earl "Earl" Ball.
Mrs. Samuel Browder: Elizabeth Miller "Bettie" (Paterson) Browder (1875 - 1925), daughter of Newton Alexander Patterson and Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves. Bettie was married to Samuel Lonzo Browder.
Mrs. Robert DeVault: Osceola (Walton) DeVault (1883 - 1928), daughter of Elijah Powell Walton and Arrispa Gaines Jewell. Osceola was married to Robert Drew DeVault.
Mr. William DeVault: William Valentine DeVault (1846 - 1916), son of Jacob DeVault and Elizabeth Jane Clark.
Dr. F. B. Hannah: Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Jr. (1876 - 1932), son of Andrew Johnson Hannah and India Annie O'Brian. Ferrell was a relative of the DeVaults through the Hannah family. He knew George Valentine DeVault. Both lived in Umatilla, Lake County, Florida. In census records and many genealogies, Ferrell is shown as the son of Andrew and India Hannah. Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Sr. was Andrew Hannah's brother. It appears that he was not the father of Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Jr. Both Ferrell Bratcher Hannahs were dentists.

GRAVE MARKER

DEVAULT
EMBRY

DEVAULT

(main Stone)

BARBARA H. DEVAULT
OCT. 27, 1862
JULY 15, 1932. The 1900 Census lists under William and Barbara, an adopted daughter, Mattie Crabtree (b. Apr 1887, Virginia).

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; September 21, 1893 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)

Mr. and Mrs. W. V. DeVault, Mrs. Nannie Higgins, W. Weldon DeVault, Robert DeVault of Austin Springs, and Dr. A. J. Hannah, of Umatilla, Fla., started Tuesday, the 19th, on the vestibule for the World's Fair, via of the N. and W.

Note: The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the new world in 1492.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; March 10, 1910; Image 5 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)

W. V. DeVault and wife have returned from a visit to Umatilla, Fla. She and George Valentine DeVault had children in No Children.¹

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S1585] 1930 Census, Florida, Lake County
[S669] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S1017] 1910 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S1137] 1920 Census, Florida, Lake County
[S4320] Email from Cathy (Crabtree) Cook dated February 9, 2015
[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S9022] Marriage Records - Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785 - 1940 (Ancestry.com)
[S3977] Death Records - Florida: Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 (Ancestry.com)

Family Explorer

Albert Beverly "Beverly" DeVault^1,2,3,4

M, #794, b. 5 March 1885, d. 17 May 1956

Parents

Father	William Valentine DeVault (b. 21 November 1846, d. 12 September 1916)
Mother	Barbara E. Higginbotham (b. 27 October 1861, d. 15 July 1932)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Albert Beverly "Beverly" DeVault was born on 5 March 1885 in Tennessee.^1,3 He was born on 5 March 1886 in Tennessee.³ He and Amelia Elizabeth Newby were married on 8 September 1909 in Highland Co., Ohio.⁵ Albert Beverly "Beverly" DeVault died on 17 May 1956, at age 71, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,6,7 He was buried in Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio.⁷

Albert Beverly "Beverly" DeVault had reference number 795. He resided in Lived with his parents in the Jacob DeVault house, Austin Springs, Washington Co., Tennessee (1916); Elizabethtown, Tennessee (25 years); Jarrett House, Dillsboro, North Carolina (owned by W. W. Faw) (1954.)^1,8 He was a Farm laborer (1900, 1910.)^3,4 He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1900, 1910.) WEDDING RECEPTION - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; September 30, 1909, Image 12 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)

WEDDING RECEPTION AT AUSTIN SPRINGS
Mrs. William DeVault gave a most elegant and charming reception at her beautiful home on the Watauga on Thursday afternoon in honor of her son's bride, Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault. The hours were from three to four and from five to seven.
The guests were welcomed in the hall by Mrs. E. S. Kendrick, in a toilette of black lace over taffeta, and Miss Ella McNeil, who wore a dainty white lingerie with trimmings of baby Irish lace.
In the receiving line were Mrs. William V. DeVault, Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault, Mr. James Newby, a brother of the bride, and Mrs. Hugh Hill.
Mrs. William DeVault wore a gown of green messaline with trimmings of old rose and cream lace.
Mrs. Beverly DeVault wore her bridal gown of handsome white satin, hand-embroidered with pearl and diamond ornaments, and Mrs. Hugh Hill appeared in black spangled net.
The parlor, library and hall were decorated in golden rod, the color scheme being yellow and white, artistically entwined from the chandelier in the dining-room to the four corners of the table, was soft, white tulle, on which were innumerable small yellow hearts suspended from white ribbons. On the center of the table resting on an exquisite lace center-piece, was a bowl of bride's roses. Mrs. A. J. Tyler, who served in the dining-room, wore a black net dress over satin and was assisted by Misses Clara Reeves, Lois Reeves and Claude DeVault, who wore dresses of yellow crepe de chine with white and gold lace.
Miss Eula Lee Kendrick, in a costume of green messaline, ushered the guests into the dining-room and from there to the library, where coffee and hot chocolate were served by Mrs. Samuel Browder and Mrs. E. A. Long. Out in the spacious circle of the wide veranda, Mrs. James Martin and Mrs. Robert DeVault served grape punch from a bowl decorated with bunches of purple grapes and green foliage.
A charming little rustic picture was given out on the lawn under the spreading oaks. A table, from which was served luscious watermelons and sweet cider, was presided over by Mr. William DeVault, Judge A. J. Tyler, Capt. A. S. McNeil and Dr. F. B. Hannah.

Note: Some of the people mentioned in the article are:
Mrs. William DeVault: Barbara E. (Higginbotham) DeVault (1861 - 1932), daughter of Reese Bowen Higginbotham and Louise Jame Emmons. At the time of this reception, Barbara was second wife of William Valentine DeVault. She would later marry William's cousin, George Valentine DeVault.
Mrs. A. Beverly DeVault: Amelia Elizabeth (Newby) DeVault (1887 - 1973), daughter of Cyrus Newby and Anna Catherine "Kitty" Herron. Amelia had just married Albert Beverly "Beverly" DeVault,
Mrs. E. S. Kendrick: Mary Elfrida (DeVault) Kendrick (1861 - 19??), daughter of George Henry "Henry" DeVault and Emily Seraphina Berry. Mary was the wife of Everett Stuart Kendrick.
Miss Clara Reeves: Clara Boring Reeves (1884 - 1968), daughter of George Alexander "Fred" Reeves and Addie May Boring. Clara would later marry Horace Bishop Stevens.
Miss Lois Reeves: Mary Lois "Lois" Reeves (1886 - 1911), daughter of Isaac Edward Reeves and Mary Malinda Dosser. Lois never married. She died just over two years after this reception was given.
Miss Claude DeVault: Claude DeVault (1886 - 1966), daughter of James Miller DeVault and Addie Belle Hickman. Claude would later marry John Lee Hughlett.
Miss Eula Lee Kendrick: Eula Lee Kendrick (1888 - 1959), daughter of Everett Stuart Kendrick and Mary Elfrida DeVault. Eula would later marry Conley Earl "Earl" Ball.
Mrs. Samuel Browder: Elizabeth Miller "Bettie" (Paterson) Browder (1875 - 1925), daughter of Newton Alexander Patterson and Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves. Bettie was married to Samuel Lonzo Browder.
Mrs. Robert DeVault: Osceola (Walton) DeVault (1883 - 1928), daughter of Elijah Powell Walton and Arrispa Gaines Jewell. Osceola was married to Robert Drew DeVault.
Mr. William DeVault: William Valentine DeVault (1846 - 1916), son of Jacob DeVault and Elizabeth Jane Clark.
Dr. F. B. Hannah: Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Jr. (1876 - 1932), son of Andrew Johnson Hannah and India Annie O'Brian. Ferrell was a relative of the DeVaults through the Hannah family. He knew George Valentine DeVault. Both lived in Umatilla, Lake County, Florida. In census records and many genealogies, Ferrell is shown as the son of Andrew and India Hannah. Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Sr. was Andrew Hannah's brother. It appears that he was not the father of Ferrell Bratcher Hannah, Jr. Both Ferrell Bratcher Hannahs were dentists.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S3197] DAR Application - Elizabeth Amelia (Newby) DeVault (DAR Number 86947)
[S669] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S1017] 1910 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S5767] Genealogy prepared by dgdubois (Ancestry.com)
[S4023] Death Records - Tennessee, Tennessee State Archives (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S3240] Death Certificate - Albert Beverly DeVault
[S12185] Obituary - William Valentine DeVault

Family Explorer

William Reese "Willie" DeVault^1,2,3

M, #795, b. 23 July 1887, d. 16 June 1888

Parents

Father	William Valentine DeVault (b. 21 November 1846, d. 12 September 1916)
Mother	Barbara E. Higginbotham (b. 27 October 1861, d. 15 July 1932)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

William Reese "Willie" DeVault was born on 23 July 1887 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,4 He died on 16 June 1888, at age 0, in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,5 He was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁶

William Reese "Willie" DeVault had reference number 796. In the 1940s, Newland DeVault recorded William's middle name as "Reeves." The stone inscription clearly says "Reese." This makes sense as William's maternal grandfather was Reese Bowen Higginbothan. This error has been much propagated, even to Charles M. Bennett's "Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions."

GRAVE MARKER

WILLIE REESE
Son of
W. V. &
Barbara DeVault
BORN
July 23, 1887
DIED
June 16, 1888.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S8409] Grave Marker - William Reese DeVault, Valentine DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee
[S2845] Book: Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Edna Anne Hannah^1,2,3,4,5

F, #796, b. 22 February 1830, d. 20 October 1918

Parents

Father	George Hannah (b. about 1799, d. after 19 August 1866)
Mother	Elizabeth Stover (b. 25 January 1808, d. 30 November 1904)

Pedigree Link

Family: Valentine "Volly" DeVault, Jr., (b. 16 February 1822, d. 9 January 1906)

Son	John Calhoun DeVault (b. 23 September 1858, d. 1 June 1863)
Son	George Valentine DeVault (b. 23 February 1862, d. 23 March 1951)
Son	William Weldon "Weldon" DeVault+ (b. 3 October 1865, d. 29 March 1910)
Son	Robert Drew DeVault+ (b. 9 May 1869, d. 2 March 1947)

BASIC FACTS

Edna Anne Hannah was born on 22 February 1830 in Roanoke, Roanoke Co., Virginia.⁶ She and Valentine "Volly" DeVault, Jr., were married on 17 November 1857 in Greene Co., Tennessee.^1,7 She died on 20 October 1918, at age 88, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^6,8,9 She died on 21 October 1918, at age 88, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁹ She was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee (V.)^10,11

Edna Anne Hannah had reference number 797. She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1870, 1880, 1900, 1910.) GRAVE MARKER

EDNA A. DeVAULT
WIFE OF
VALENTINE DeVAULT
FEB. 22. 1830
OCT. 20. 1918
-----
SHE LIVED A LIFE OF SERVICE
FOR OTHERS. POEM - Valentine DeVault, II to Edna Anne Hannah, Druid's Oak April 1857

A Lover’s Entreaty

Come, chosen bride; and let us dwell
Amid some sweet sequestered grove,
Where lofty elms and clambering vines
Do thickly twine their arms above.

Beside your river’s silver wave
Our cottage smoke shall sweetly rise;
Where none but pure and loving sounds
Shall roll across those lovely skies.

Oh! There shall love find happiness,
And joy, to wake the hallowed tear
While still the freighted bark of time
Floats down through many a future year.

My chosen bride; then come, oh come
And dwell with happiness and me;
Where yon proud vessel’s snowy sails
Slide downward to the waiting sea.
Druid’s Oak April 1857

POEM by Valentine DeVault, II to Edna Anne Hannah

I send this to one made up
Of loveliness alone
A woman of her gentle sex
The seeming paragon
To whom the better elements
And kindly stars have given
A form so fair that like the air
Tis less of earth than heaven

LETTER - Valentine DeVault, II to Edna Anna Hannah, April 1857

Watauga River, April 1857
My Dear Edney,
I take this opportunity of sending you a line or two. hoping it will be acceptable from your unchangeable friend & believing it will be some satisfaction to you to hear from Watauga. The morning I left your house I felt sad & lonesome because that friend of mine was left behind. but I was relieved to some extent in thinking of the future. that we will not be absent long if life is spared. I had a severe time in getting home, the road was muddy & it was so cold that I like to froze. had I have known it would have been so bad I would not left that day. I have been labouring under a severe cold nearly ever since but have nearly recovered from the attack. I would be happy yes thrice happy to see my Dear Edney but as I am deprived of that pleasure at present. I do sincerely hope she is enjoying good health and spirits. the promise I made you is not forgotten. believe me my Edney I am sincere you will not be disappointed. how much better we would enjoy life together in the World of cares & trouble.
I have nothing of interest to write you at present of our neighborhood. Isaac & family are all well. When I came back little Sister inquired for aunt Edney. wanted to know where she was. it made me think of the past. Pardon me for not writing more & I remain your affectionate Volly. you may expect me on Horse Creek 8th or 9th of May.

LETTER - Valentine DeVault, II to Edna Anna Hannah, June 1857

Watauga River, June 1857
My Dear,
I take this opportunity of sending you a line or two, to relieve me to some extent of the sad hours I have spent since I came home. this World has but few pleasures & enjoyments for me in your absence. I may be in the company of others or in a distant land, but the great absorbing thought is placed upon one who of hope has ever been true to me. My dear, after having declared our attachment for each other it grieves me to think you are so fond of the company of another gentleman it makes me think you disregard the Sacred Vow we made & to trifle with that promise which is to be as lasting as life. I hope there will never be any just cause that I may treat you with indifference but treat you with that respect & affection I have ever wished to & that you have deserved from me? oft and again have I declared my love and affection for you it is the sentiments of my heart. oh; how can I conceal within my bosom the enjoyment & pleasure we have had together in days past. I can never forget no never, and may God, give us a greater enjoyment in the future.
When the mist of trouble encircle me & all is dark at times the thought of our happy union revives my drooping soul. to think I am to be united to that one who is dearer to me than all others, I cannot express my feeling.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S209] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S1017] 1910 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S669] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S9063] Marriage Records: Tennessee, Greene County
[S6449] Genealogy prepared by Kathryn Lynn Staley
[S3376] Death Certificate - Edna A. (Hannah) DeVault
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S2845] Book: Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

John Calhoun DeVault^1,2

M, #797, b. 23 September 1858, d. 1 June 1863

Parents

Father	Valentine "Volly" DeVault, Jr. (b. 16 February 1822, d. 9 January 1906)
Mother	Edna Anne Hannah (b. 22 February 1830, d. 20 October 1918)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

John Calhoun DeVault was born on 23 September 1858 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.^3,2 He died on 1 June 1863, at age 4, in Washington Co., Tennessee.^3,4 He was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.³

John Calhoun DeVault had reference number 798. GRAVE MARKER

In memory of
JOHN CALHOUN
Son of
V. & E. A. DeVEAULT
Born Sept. 23, 1858
Died June 1, 1863

Farewell, dear parents,
till we meet again.

Note: the incorrect spelling of DeVault is the way it appears on John's stone.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S8534] I.G.I. Version 4.01, Source Medium: Book
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

George Valentine DeVault^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

M, #798, b. 23 February 1862, d. 23 March 1951

Parents

Father	Valentine "Volly" DeVault, Jr. (b. 16 February 1822, d. 9 January 1906)
Mother	Edna Anne Hannah (b. 22 February 1830, d. 20 October 1918)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

George Valentine DeVault was born on 23 February 1862 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,8 He and Margaret "Maggie" Embry were married on 30 August 1893 in Jessamine Co., Kentucky.^1,9 He and Barbara E. Higginbotham were married after 1920. He and Mildred Crim Tainter were married in February 1935 in Volusia Co., Florida.¹ He died on 23 March 1951, at age 89, in Umatilla, Lake Co., Florida.^1,8,10 He was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Umatilla, Lake Co., Florida.^11,12

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; September 21, 1893 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. V. DeVault have been spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Valley DeVault. Mr. DeVault was married the 30th of August to a Miss Embry, a Kentucky belle. They took in the World's Fair on their bridal tour and stopped a few days on Watauga. They will return to their Florida home, where Mr. DeVault is engaged in the orange and vegetable business.

Note: The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the new world in 1492.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; October 1, 1914; Image 1 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)

JONESBORO
Mr. and Mrs. George DeVault of Umatilla, Fla., were the guests of Mrs. W. W. Devault this week. George Valentine DeVault and Barbara E. Higginbotham had children in No Children.¹ George Valentine DeVault, son of Valentine and Edna (Hannah) DeVault was born on February 23, 1856 at DeVault's Ford in Washington County, Tennessee. His father was a very successful farmer in that community.
George followed in his father's footsteps as he can be found on the 1900, 1910, and 1930 Umatilla, Lake County, Florida Census Record where his occupation is listed as a orange grove farmer. The town of Umatilla came into being when the St. Johns and Lake Eustis Railroad was constructed in 1881. George arrived in the town about 1883. Among the first businesses in Umatilla was a citrus packing house (perhaps this is the Umatilla Fruit Company?). After the Big Freeze in the mid-1890s, the town diversified. Vegetables were grown and shipped to northern markets and cattle ranches and turpentine extraction helped the changeover. During the beginning of 1900s peaches and oranges were grown. It is not known what attracted George to this community or to the fruit trade business, however, in 1908, George DeVault, along with Mr. Charles Turner and Mr. H. A. Wilson, established the Umatilla Fruit Company which came to be one of the largest organizations of its kind in the state.
George Valentine DeVault married Margaret "Maggie" Embry on August 30, 1893 in Kentucky. She was born about 1874 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. It is not believed that they had any offspring. She can be found on the 1900 and 1910 Umatilla Census Records along with George. No others are listed in the household. Florida death records, ancestry.com, list Margaret's death in 1920.
George married a second time, before 1930, to Barbara H. Higginbotham. They can be found in the 1930 Umatilla, Lake County, Florida Census records as well as one other ancestry tree. In fact, Barbara Higginbotham was the widow of William Valentine DeVault, George's cousin, from Washington County, Tennessee. Again, no others reside in their household but records indicate that Barbara had three children from her previous marriage. Barbara Higginbotham died on July 19, 1932 in Florida.
George married a third time, in February 1935, Mildred Crim (Tainter) Moore. She was born is 1897 and was thirty-five years younger than George.
At one time George Valentine DeVault owned most of the land comprising the city of Umatilla. His obituary indicated that he served as bank president in that community. He also served as the first mayor of Umatilla. He died on March 23, 1951 in Umatilla, Lake County, Florida and it is reported that he left most of his property to the city. There is a street and several subdivisions named for him.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Tampa Sunday Tribune; Sunday, June 26, 1927; Part 1, Page 7 (Ancestry.com)

NEW CHURCH BODY TO FIGHT ATHEISM
Methodists Organize To Keep "Faith of Fathers'
JACKSONVILLE, June 25, -- (A.P.) -- "The Faith of Our Fathers" must be kept, so resolved a group of ministers and laymen attending the recent Florida annual conference, Methodist Episcopal church, south, here in forming the Florida division of "The League for Faith and Life."
Declaring itself to be "girded" for combat against "all teachings of infidelity and atheism, especially as it may be found within the borders of our own church," the league resolved itself to "particularly combat any form of the doctrine of evolution which implies the theory of transmutation of species and which denies the Bible doctrine of God's immediate creation of all forms of life."
While not an officil orgainzation of the conference, some 50 of the clerical and lay delegates became charter members of the "league."
The officers of the organization, which is to meet at every conference session and "in mid-year at the time and place designated by the president" are: president, Rev. R. F. Hodnett, DeLand; vice president, Rev. G. S. Roberts, Jacksonville; connectiional secretary, Rev. E. H. Crowson, Silver Palm; secretary, Rev. L. B. Overstreet, Tampa, and treasurer, George V. DeVault, Umatilla banker.

OBITUARY - From the Johnson City Press-Chronicle, March 25, 1951

MEMBER OF PIONEER FAMILY, GEORGE V. DeVAULT, IS DEAD
George V. DeVault, third generation member of a Washington County pioneer family, and the first mayor of Umatilla, Fla., is dead.
The 89-year-old former bank president died Friday morning in the city he helped to build. He had suffered a heart attack in February and never completely recovered.
Funeral will be this afternoon in the Methodist Church of which he was a charter member. He will be buried in that city.
DeVault, who left here in 1883 for Florida, was the son of the late Valentine DeVault, II. It was his grandfather, Valentine DeVault I, who settled here with his brother, Henry (sic Frederick), in the early part of 1700 (sic 1800). They came here from Pennsylvania, and established residence on a 1400 acre tract of land granted them by the government (sic 635 acre tract purchased by their father) along Watauga River.
DeVault's two brothers, William Weldon and R. D., died a few years ago.
Members of the present generation are William Weldon, Jr., Robert Valentine DeVault, George Edward DeVault, Mrs. Elizabeth Burke, Weldon Walton DeVault, and Mrs. Shelia Qualls.
All the descndants but Robert DeVault and Mrs. Qualls live in this area. The man lives in Asheville, N.C., and Mrs. Qualls lives in Charlotte, N.C.
DeVault, who remained active until his heart attack February 1, at one time owned most of the land comprising Umatilla. He reportedly donated most of it to the city.

GRAVE MARKER

DEVAULT
EMBRY

DEVAULT

(main Stone)

GEORGE V. DEVAULT
FEB. 23, 1863
MAR. 23, 1951
FIRST MAYOR OF UMATILLA. He was a Farm laborer (1880); farmer - orange grower (1910); operator (1940); first mayor of Umatilla, Florida.^8,4,5,7 He resided in Washington Co., Tennessee; Umatilla, Lake Co., Florida (1883.)^13,8 He had reference number 799. He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1870, 1880); Lake County, Florida (1900, 1910, 1930, 1940.)

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S209] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S1585] 1930 Census, Florida, Lake County
[S2068] 1940 Census, Florida, Lake County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S438] 1900 Census, Florida, Lake County
[S762] 1910 Census, Florida, Lake County
[S10267] Obituary - George V. DeVault
[S8565] Kentucky Marriages 1851-1900 (found on Ancestry.com)
[S3977] Death Records - Florida: Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 (Ancestry.com)
[S2805] Book: Edward O. Guerrant, Apostle to the Southern Highlands by J. Gray McAllester and Grace Owings Guerrant, Richmond Press, Richmond, Virginia, 1950
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S9293] Newspaper article circa 11/17/1978 by Amelia Copenhaver, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Margaret "Maggie" Embry^1,2,3,4

F, #799, b. 10 November 1873, d. 6 April 1920

Parents

Father	Charles Talton Embry
Mother	Elizabeth Bridges

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Margaret "Maggie" Embry was born on 10 November 1873 in Kentucky.^5,6 She and George Valentine DeVault were married on 30 August 1893 in Jessamine Co., Kentucky.^1,2 She died on 6 April 1920, at age 46, in Lake Co., Florida.^5,6,7 She was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Umatilla, Lake Co., Florida.⁶

Margaret "Maggie" Embry had reference number 800. She was enumerated on the census in Lake County, Florida (1900, 1910.) GRAVE MARKER

DEVAULT
EMBRY

DEVAULT

(main Stone)

MARGARET E. DEVAULT
NOV. 10, 1873
APRIL 6, 1920. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; September 21, 1893 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. V. DeVault have been spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Valley DeVault. Mr. DeVault was married the 30th of August to a Miss Embry, a Kentucky belle. They took in the World's Fair on their bridal tour and stopped a few days on Watauga. They will return to their Florida home, where Mr. DeVault is engaged in the orange and vegetable business.

Note: The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the new world in 1492.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; October 1, 1914; Image 1 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)

JONESBORO
Mr. and Mrs. George DeVault of Umatilla, Fla., were the guests of Mrs. W. W. Devault this week.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S8565] Kentucky Marriages 1851-1900 (found on Ancestry.com)
[S438] 1900 Census, Florida, Lake County
[S762] 1910 Census, Florida, Lake County
[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S3977] Death Records - Florida: Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 (Ancestry.com)

Family Explorer

William Weldon "Weldon" DeVault^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #800, b. 3 October 1865, d. 29 March 1910

Parents

Father	Valentine "Volly" DeVault, Jr. (b. 16 February 1822, d. 9 January 1906)
Mother	Edna Anne Hannah (b. 22 February 1830, d. 20 October 1918)

Pedigree Link

Family: Adelaide Gammon "Addie" Gresham (b. 17 November 1878, d. 21 October 1979)

Son	William Weldon DeVault, Jr.+ (b. 29 September 1904, d. 8 November 1999)
Son	Robert Valentine DeVault+ (b. 4 May 1906, d. 21 December 1969)
Son	George Edward DeVault+ (b. 31 August 1908, d. 31 January 1993)
Daughter	Mary Elizabeth "Elizabeth" DeVault (b. 1 January 1910, d. 16 May 1985)

BASIC FACTS

William Weldon "Weldon" DeVault was born on 3 October 1865 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.^2,7 He and Adelaide Gammon "Addie" Gresham were married on 24 December 1902 in Home of the bride's parents, Jonesborough, Tennessee.^1,2 He died on 29 March 1910, at age 44, in Washington Co., Tennessee.^2,7,8 He was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁷

William Weldon "Weldon" DeVault had reference number 801. He was educated Attended Milligan College, Carter Co., Tennessee (1885-1886.)⁹ He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1870, 1880, 1900.) He was a Farm laborer (1880); farmer (1900); farmer and gardner (death certificate.)^10,6 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; December 6, 1894; (Today in Johnson City History, Johnson City Press, December 6, 2019)

W. W. DeVault had killed six large wild ducks near his home on the Watauga River with only two shots from his trusty breech loader. They were large mallards --scientific name Anas boschas. DeVault reported several ducks were coming on the river since the rainy days set in.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; September 21, 1893 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)

Mr. and Mrs. W. V. DeVault, Mrs. Nannie Higgins, W. Weldon DeVault, Robert DeVault of Austin Springs, and Dr. A. J. Hannah, of Umatilla, Fla., started Tuesday, the 19th, on the vestibule for the World's Fair, via of the N. and W.

Note: The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the new world in 1492.

GRAVE MARKER

WELDON W.
DeVAULT
OCT. 3, 1865
MARCH 29, 1910

My faith looks up to Thee.

DEVAULT.

Citations

[S9293] Newspaper article circa 11/17/1978 by Amelia Copenhaver, Source Medium: Book
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S4174] DeVault Genealogy prepared prior to 1933 and supplied by Evelyn (Bayna) Read
[S209] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S669] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S9121] Milligan College Catalogue, Abstract dated 1885-1886
[S3924] Death Certificate - William Weldon "Weldon" DeVault