The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

Adelaide Gammon "Addie" Gresham^1,2,3,4,5,6

F, #801, b. 17 November 1878, d. 21 October 1979

Parents

Father	William Madison Grisham (b. 1836, d. about 1894)
Mother	Margaret Bowie Kennedy (b. about 1846, d. about 1896)

Pedigree Link

Family: William Weldon "Weldon" DeVault (b. 3 October 1865, d. 29 March 1910)

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

Adelaide Gammon "Addie" Gresham was born on 17 November 1878 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,2 She and William Weldon "Weldon" DeVault were married on 24 December 1902 in Home of the bride's parents, Jonesborough, Tennessee.^1,2 She died on 21 October 1979, at age 100, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^7,8 She was buried in Monte Vista Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.

Adelaide Gammon "Addie" Gresham had reference number 802. She resided in Lived in Valentine DeVault home on DeVault's Ford until William died in 1910, lived in Johnson City, Tennessee until 1940, moved back to DeVault's Ford.² She was educated Attended Holbrook College, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.¹ She was a Farmer (1910); Music teacher at Boone's Creek Seminary and Piney Flats.^1,4 Her Social Security Number was 413-62-7351, issued Tennessee.⁷ She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880, 1910, 1930.) NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; September 3, 1914; Image 1 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)

JONESBORO
Mrs. W. W. Devault and family have returned to their home here after spending the summer on her farm on the Watauga River.

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.

OBITUARY - unknown paper; Tennessee; October 1979;
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwcobit/devaultadelaidegresham.jpg

Mrs. DeVault Dies At 100
Mrs. Adelaide Gresham DeVault, 100, Rt. 4, died Sunday morning at her residence.
Mrs. DeVault was a daughter of the late William M. and Mary Kennedy Gresham, who were pioneer Washington County residents. She was the widow of William Weldon DeVault who died in 1910. Mrs. DeVault had attended Holbrook College in Knoxville and in earlier years had taught music at Piney Flats and Boones Creek. She was a member of Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, a charter member of the Garden Lovers Club and a former member of the John Sevier Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. DeVault was preceded in death by a son, Robert V. DeVault, who died in 1969.
Survivors include two sons, William W. DeVault Jr., Johnson City, and George E. DeVault, Bristol; one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Poteat of the home; three grandchildren, one step-grandson, several nieces and nephews.
Morris-Baker is in charge

FUNERAL NOTICE

Mrs. Adelaide Gresham DeVault
Graveside services for Mrs. Adelaide Gresham DeVault, age 100, Rt., 4 Johnson City who died early Sunday morning at her residence will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday from the Monte Vista Burial Park with Rev. Richard Looney and Dr. Paul Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the cemetery. Active pallbearers, who are asked to meet at the grave site at 10:45 a.m. will be: Heyward Sell, Willard Lawson, At Marshall, Jeff Cassens, Arthur Gray, Val DeVault. Honorary pallbearers will be: Harry Ford, Giles Crowder, Ferrell Torbett, Joe McCormick, and Larry Seaman. For those who wish, Memorials may be made to the Library Fund of the Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Arrangements by Morris-Baker Funeral Home, 2001 Oakland Ave.

GRAVE MARKER

ADELAIDE GRESHAM
DeVAULT
1878 - 1979.

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
[S1017] 1910 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S1946] 1930 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S4023] Death Records - Tennessee, Tennessee State Archives (Internet), Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Robert Drew DeVault^1,2,3,4,5

M, #802, b. 9 May 1869, d. 2 March 1947

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: Osceola Walton (b. 18 May 1883, d. 24 December 1928)

Daughter	Shelia Drew DeVault+ (b. 28 March 1910, d. 7 August 1999)
Son	Weldon Walton DeVault (b. 29 January 1913, d. 25 April 1990)
Adopted Daughter	Edna Joyce DeVault (b. 31 October 1921, d. 21 February 1962)

BASIC FACTS

Robert Drew DeVault was born on 9 May 1868 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ He was born on 9 May 1869 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁶ He and Osceola Walton were married on 4 June 1904 in Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.¹ He and Kathryn E. France were married after 1930. He died on 2 March 1947, at age 77, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁶ He died on 3 March 1947, at age 77, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,7 He was buried in Monte Vista Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁸

Robert Drew DeVault had reference number 803. He resided in Mount Airy, Surry Co., North Carolina; Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^9,1 He was affiliated with Methodist.¹ He was a Farm laborer (1880); partner w in Charles Pinckney Faw in the Faw and DeVault store in Johnson City; retail dry goods merchant (1920. 1930); Operated a dry goods store at Mt. Airy, North Carolina for a few years before and after his marriage; salesman.^1,10,7,4,5 He was educated Attended Milligan College, Carter Co., Tennessee (1885-1886); attended University of Tennessee.^11,12 He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1870, 1880, 1920, 1930.) 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 - Johnson City Press, March 20, 2011, by Patty Smithdeal Fulton (photo of home)

If these walls could talk: History of East Unaka home
Robert DeVault, member of a prominent pioneer family in the area, built the house at 501 East Unaka Ave. [Johnson City, Tennessee] that his wife, Osceola Walton DeVault, designed.
It was her dream home, a spacious square brick built like a fortress of quality materials. Unaka Avenue was a quiet, tree-lined street and the DeVault home was surrounded by formal gardens, which gradually blended into an expanse of land through which a creek meandered, providing water for the family cow in the fenced pasture just below the vegetable garden.
This was the ideal setting for the young couple to begin the large family both desired. The original plans featured a nursery at the back of the house, adjoining the master bedroom. However, with the passage of time, it was apparent the DeVaults were unable to have children. Adoption laws as we know them did not exist in the 1920s. Mrs. DeVault made it known throughout the community that she wanted to help with the placement of orphaned children.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Summers’ son was adopted from the nursery at 501 East Unaka. The handsome young daredevil was a pilot during World War II who was killed while fighting the Germans. The entire town mourned the death of Joe-Joe Summers.
And there were others, many unknown, but one was a bright young red-haired lady who was an excellent bridge player, mother of several children, and a good wife to her husband, a banker of extraordinary character. Hope Lewis was in the prime of life when she died.
Dr. Hugh Swingle, a prominent local physician whose family lived down the street on the next corner, told me his sister came from the DeVault nursery. His mother became attracted to the infant during one of her visits with Mrs. DeVault and decided to take the baby home for the weekend. She never took her back.
And there was Joyce, the baby girl who was passed over time and time again because she was so ugly. Pretty babies came and pretty babies went and Joyce stayed. When Mrs. DeVault became ill and died on Christmas Eve 1928, at age 45, Joyce was 7 years old. The following year, when the crash of 1929 shattered the economy of the nation, Robert DeVault faced the Great Depression with indebtedness, loneliness, a big house to care for and little Joyce. Fortunately, in time, Robert met, wooed and married Kathryn France, an attractive lady who spoke the smooth, soft language of her native South Carolina. She had the invisible stamina and determination that is so characteristic of many southern ladies — attributes that are elusive because they are handled with such grace.
For their honeymoon, Bob DeVault brought Kathryn to her new home in Johnson City where she set out to clean the dirty house by washing the more than 50 windows and the lace curtains which she stretched, piece by piece, increasingly aware that there were two pieces of curtain to each window. Each piece was carefully soaked, washed, rinsed and attached to adjustable wooden frames by slipping sharp needle-like nails through the delicate lace border of the curtain, pulling until the curtain was taunt and straight. Left to dry in the sun, more than 100 pieces were retrieved from the curtain stretcher and hung at the windows. Kathryn waxed miles of hardwood floors, polished oak woodwork, washed plastered walls and worked herself into a state of exhaustion.
Robert raised cash by selling the land where the family had planted a vegetable garden to Harry Dosser, an owner of Dosser’s Department Store. The red brick Dosser house was soon constructed next door to the DeVault home.
Kathryn had secretarial skills and took a job in the admitting office of the Mountain Home Veterans Affairs Hospital. She told me of Robert’s depression, his failing health, and the embarrassment, which she felt contributed to his depression, because his wife was working to support him. In those days a man was judged by the standard of living he provided for his family and the wife seldom worked outside the home.
In order to increase the family income, Kathryn added a bath on the landing at the top of the back stairway and made an apartment across the back of the house where the nursery had been located. Although the apartment rented readily (Carl and Kathryn Jones lived there when they moved to Johnson City as newlyweds), it became apparent the family would have to make additional changes. Kathryn persuaded Robert to sell the big house, which they could no longer afford to maintain.
The Couch family bought the house and Kathryn designed a modest white frame duplex she and Robert built on the lot beside the Dosser home, the land where the cow had grazed. Robert, Kathryn and Joyce lived in the two-bedroom unit; the one-bedroom apartment provided income.
Robert died in 1947. Joyce, the little girl nobody wanted, became a nurse, married and moved to another state.
In 1959, my husband, Dr.Lyman Fulton, admitted Kathryn to Memorial Hospital to evaluate some persistent digestive problems. After studying various test results, Lyman called Joyce DeVault Kropff to tell her Kathryn had pancreatic cancer. The ugly little girl nobody wanted to adopt traveled to Johnson City and assumed the role of nurse and daughter. Joyce stayed at the bedside of 66-year-old Kathryn throughout her illness and was with her when she died. Two and one half years later, in 1962, Joyce died of cancer. She was 41.
At the top of a gentle hill at Monte Vista Cemetery, there is a sturdy maple tree with large extended limbs, spreading shade over four graves. Standing at the grave of Oceola DeVault, there is a life-size marble statue of a woman wearing a softly draped gown, holding a child in her arms. The inscription reads, “She did what she could for God’s little ones.” Joyce lies beside her.

OBITUARY - Johnson City Press; Johnson City, Tennessee; Tuesday, March 4, 1947; Page 10 (Newspapers.com)

Robert D. DeVault, Active In Early Businesses, Dies
Robert Drew DeVault active in some of the earlier business enterprises of Johnson City died Sunday night at his home, 507 East Unaka avenue after a lingering illness.
In recent years Mr. DeVault, son of the late Valentine DeVault and Edna Hannah DeVault, was a distributing agent for the J. R. Watkins Company. His earlier associations included a partnership with George Hannah in the firm of Hannah and DeVault and with C. P. Faw in the firm of Faw and DeVault.
He was born and reared in the old brick house at DeVault’s Ford on Watauga river, a land mark, being one of the first brick homes built in this section. Mr. DeVault’s grandfather came from Yorktown, Pa., and was the son of Henry DeVault, a Revolutionary soldier, who was a native of France.
Mr. DeVault was a steward in Munsey Memorial Methodist Church for 20 years. He was educated at Buffalo Institute (now Milligan College) and studied under the late Professor Josephus Hopwood. Later he attended University of Tennessee, then a military school.
Survivors are his wife, Cathryn F. DeVault and three children: Mrs. A. G. Qualls of Johnson City, W. W. DeVault of Johnson City, and Mrs. James R. Kroff of Nashville.
Funeral will be held Tuesday at 3 p. m. at Munsey Memorial Church with the Rev. Paul Worley the pastor in charge. Dr. William R. Rigell, pastor of Central Baptist Church and the Rev. S. P. DeVault will assist.
Pallbearers: Harry Faw, William DeVault, Beverly DeVault of Elizabethton, Joe McCormick, W. T. Martin and Frank Dial.

GRAVE MARKER

ROBERT DREW DEVAULT
MAY 9, 1869
MARCH 2, 1947.

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
[S1946] 1930 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S1449] 1920 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S3791] Death Certificate - Robert Drew DeVault
[S2845] Book: Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S1933] 1930 Census, Tennessee, Greene County
[S9121] Milligan College Catalogue, Abstract dated 1885-1886
[S11679] Obituary - Robert Drew DeVault

Family Explorer

Osceola Walton^1,2,3,4,5

F, #803, b. 18 May 1883, d. 24 December 1928

Parents

Father	Elijah Powell Walton (b. 2 July 1855)
Mother	Arrispa Gaines Jewell (b. 1 September 1860)

Pedigree Link

Family: Robert Drew DeVault (b. 9 May 1869, d. 2 March 1947)

Daughter	Shelia Drew DeVault+ (b. 28 March 1910, d. 7 August 1999)
Son	Weldon Walton DeVault (b. 29 January 1913, d. 25 April 1990)
Adopted Daughter	Edna Joyce DeVault (b. 31 October 1921, d. 21 February 1962)

BASIC FACTS

Osceola Walton was born on 18 May 1883 in Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.^1,4 She and Robert Drew DeVault were married on 4 June 1904 in Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.¹ She died on 24 December 1927, at age 44, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ She died on 27 December 1927, at age 44.³ She died on 24 December 1928, at age 45, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁶ She was buried in Monte Vista Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,7

Osceola Walton had reference number 804. She was enumerated on the census in Roanoke County, Virginia (1900); Washington County, Tennessee (1920.) 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

IN MEMORY OF
OSCEOLA WALTON
WIFE OF
R. D. DeVAULT
BORN MAY 18, 1883
DEPARTED THIS LIFE DEC. 24, 1928
She did what she could for
God's little ones.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S4864] Email from Willie Hardin Reeves Bivins dated September 17, 2001
[S6934] Genealogy prepared by Patricia Geary, Source Medium: Book
[S693] 1900 Census, Virginia, Roanoke County
[S1449] 1920 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S2845] Book: Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Mary Louisa Wortz^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

F, #804, b. 4 February 1807, d. 15 October 1902

Parents

Father	Jacob Wortz (b. 24 November 1777, d. 5 September 1856)
Mother	Juliane DeWald (b. 11 September 1787, d. 13 November 1858)

Pedigree Link

Family: George E. Houck (b. 1798, d. 31 July 1882)

Son	Jacob M. Houck (b. 2 June 1825, d. 27 May 1878)
Son	John W. Houck (b. 3 December 1826, d. 26 October 1900)
Son	George H. Houck (b. 27 December 1827, d. 11 October 1863)
Daughter	Louise Margann "Louisa" Houck+ (b. 3 December 1831, d. 4 April 1891)
Daughter	Angeline C. Houck+ (b. 1832, d. 1890)
Daughter	Etholinda Julianne Houck+ (b. 28 December 1833, d. 26 May 1921)
Son	David A. Houck (b. about 1836, d. before 1900)
Son	Rufus Peter Houck (b. about 1839, d. 6 October 1859)
Daughter	Henrietta S. Houck+ (b. 8 February 1841, d. 21 April 1875)
Daughter	Sabina Elizabeth Houck+ (b. October 1844, d. 29 July 1932)
Son	Abraham S. Houck+ (b. 8 February 1847, d. 9 May 1922)
Son	Isaac L. Houck (b. 8 February 1847, d. 1913)
Daughter	Serilla Alice Houck (b. 6 January 1850, d. 25 September 1875)

BASIC FACTS

Mary Louisa Wortz was born in 1805 in Adams Co., Pennsylvania.⁸ She was born on 4 February 1807 in Adams Co., Pennsylvania.^9,2,8 She and George E. Houck were married in 1825 in Pennsylvania.¹⁰ She died in 1901, at age ~94.⁸ She died on 15 October 1902, at age 95, in Centerville, Wayne Co., Indiana.^11,7 She was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Centerville, Wayne Co., Indiana.¹¹

Mary Louisa Wortz was also known as Marie Wortz.⁹ She had reference number 805. She resided in Littlestown, Adams Co., Pennsylvania; Centerville, Wayne Co., Indiana.^9,4 She was enumerated on the census in Adams County, Pennsylvania (1850); Wayne County, Indiana (1860 - 1880, 1900.) She was a Landlord (1900.)⁶ OBITUARY

Mary Worts Houck was born in Hanover, Pa., February 4, 1807 and departed this life October 15, at the advanced age of 95 years, 8 months and 9 days. She was joined in matrimony with George Houck in Pennsylvania, May 16, 1824. To this union 13 children were born, four of whom are still living. Two sisters are still living in Pennsylvania. There are 21 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She with her husband and family moved to Indiana and located in Centerville about the year 1856, where she has spent the remainder of her life.
In Pennsylvania she bacame a member of the Lutheran church in her childhood, and on locating in Centerville she joined the M. E. church and ever lived a consistent christian life, always dilligent, with the children in attending all services of the church and ready to contribute her part in the social meetings as well as in all other departments of church work. Her faith in the principals and promises of the gospel was strong and her joys were many.
She was a good kind neighbor, always doing for the poor and the needy, even not willing to turn a tramp from her door without supplying his needs. Therefore she had the respect and love of all who knew her, for her long life was filled with good deeds.
For five years past she has been confined at home, unable for the most part to leave her chair, and amidst all, finally she lost the power of speech, but no murmur of complaint was heard, but she attributed all to the will of God and she was happy. After 95 long years of service she has now entered upon the joys awaiting her in the better land.

GRAVE MARKER

GEORGE HOUCK ISAAC L. HOUCK
1798 - 1882 1847 - 1913
- - - - - - - - - - -
MARY HOUCK
1807 - 1902

HOUCK

(front) (back)

Note: Two small stones, one on each side of the main stone are probably the original stones for George and Mary.

GRAVE MARKER

M. H. G. H.
OUR OUR
MOTHER FATHER. She was baptized on 13 April 1807.⁹

Citations

[S4174] DeVault Genealogy prepared prior to 1933 and supplied by Evelyn (Bayna) Read
[S49] 1850 Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County
[S274] 1880 Census, Indiana, Wayne County
[S154] 1870 Census, Indiana, Wayne County
[S82] 1860 Census, Indiana, Wayne County
[S490] 1900 Census, Indiana, Wayne County
[S6069] Genealogy prepared by HamiltonThomas112 (Ancestry.com)
[S2811] Book: History of Hancock County, Indiana, Its People, Industries and Institutions by George J Richman, B. L., Federal Publishing, 1916
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S8536] I.G.I. Version 5.0
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Julianna C. Wortz^1,2,3,4,5

F, #805, b. 14 March 1813, d. 3 January 1884

Parents

Father	Jacob Wortz (b. 24 November 1777, d. 5 September 1856)
Mother	Juliane DeWald (b. 11 September 1787, d. 13 November 1858)

Pedigree Link

Family: Amos LeFevre (b. 25 October 1806, d. 11 November 1872)

Daughter	Lucinda Mary LeFevre+ (b. 2 June 1833, d. 19 March 1864)
Son	David Joseph LeFevre (b. 2 August 1836, d. 29 September 1837)
Son	Jacob Henry "John" LeFevre (b. 27 July 1838, d. 19 November 1859)
Daughter	Henrietta Elizabeth LeFevre+ (b. 6 July 1841)
Daughter	Louisa S. LeFevre+ (b. 18 March 1844, d. 30 January 1865)
Son	Hiram Wortz LeFevre, M.D.+ (b. 8 July 1847, d. 16 November 1885)
Son	Amos F. LeFevre+ (b. 24 June 1851, d. 22 November 1880)

BASIC FACTS

Julianna C. Wortz was born on 14 March 1813 in Pennsylvania.^1,6 She and Amos LeFevre were married on 1 September 1831.² She died on 3 January 1884, at age 70.² She was buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams Co., Pennsylvania.⁷

Julianna C. Wortz was also known as Julia C. Wertz.^2,7,8 She was also known as Julia Wortz.⁹ She was also known as Julian C. Wortz.^6,3 She had reference number 806. She was enumerated on the census in Pennsylvania, Adams Co., Union Twp. (1850, 1870); Pennsylvania, Adams Co., Littlestown (1880.) GRAVE MARKER

LEFEVRE'S

AMOS LEFEVRE JACOB H. LEFEVRE
BORN OCT. 25, 1806 died Nov. 19, 1859
DIED NOV. 11, 1872 Aged 21 years 3 mo.
AGED 66 YEARS & 17 DAYS & 22 da

JULIANNA A.
Wife of David J. LEFEVRE
AMOS LEFEVRE died Sept. 29, 1837
BORN March 14, 1813 aged 1 year & 27 da.
DIED Jan. 3, 1884
Aged 70 yrs. 9 mos. & 19 ds. Children of Amos &
Julianna LeFevre

(front) (right side.) Julianna C. Wortz and granddaughter, Julia C. Gutelius married Amos LeFevre and his nephew, Joseph H. LeFevre. She was baptized on 22 August 1813 in St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.¹

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6946] Genealogy prepared by Patty LaPlante (email address)
[S49] 1850 Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County
[S342] 1880 Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County
[S195] 1870 Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County
[S8536] I.G.I. Version 5.0
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S6016] Genealogy prepared by George Newton LeFevre and supplemented by Franklin D. LeFevre
[S4174] DeVault Genealogy prepared prior to 1933 and supplied by Evelyn (Bayna) Read

Family Explorer

Henrietta Wortz^1,2,3,4,5,6

F, #806, b. 1 February 1820, d. 29 December 1903

Parents

Father	Jacob Wortz (b. 24 November 1777, d. 5 September 1856)
Mother	Juliane DeWald (b. 11 September 1787, d. 13 November 1858)

Pedigree Link

Family 1: Jacob W. Groff (b. 25 February 1811, d. 4 October 1851)

Son	David Wortz Groff (b. 28 April 1847, d. 14 August 1889)
Son	Charles Louis Groff (b. 1 December 1849, d. 18 January 1932)

Family 2: William C. Beecher (b. 17 December 1826, d. 1 April 1895)

Daughter	Laura Elmira Beecher+ (b. 13 April 1856, d. 14 December 1946)
Daughter	Ellie Louise Beecher (b. 18 September 1858, d. 27 March 1860)
Daughter	Henrietta Bertha Beecher+ (b. 12 July 1861, d. 12 July 1914)

BASIC FACTS

Henrietta Wortz was born on 1 February 1820 in Conewago Twp., Adams Co., Pennsylvania.⁷ She was born on 1 February 1820 in York Co., Pennsylvania.^1,4,8 She and Jacob W. Groff were married on 23 June 1846.¹ She and William C. Beecher were married after 1851.¹ She died on 29 December 1903, at age 83, in Manheim Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.^1,8 She was buried in Lancaster City Cemetery, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (V.)⁸

Henrietta Wortz had reference number 807. She was enumerated on the census in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1850, 1860 - 1880.) OBITUARY

Death of Mrs. Henrietta Beecher
Mrs. Henrietta Beecher, widow of William Beecher, formerly of Eden, died on Tuesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bertha Conley, of Philadelphia. Her illness was of short duration, and her death was due to pluro-pneumonia.
Mrs. Beecher was a Miss Wertz [Wortz] before marriage, and although in her eighty-fourth year, was remarkable active and well preserved. She was twice married, and for years was a resident of Eden, this county, in which vicinity she was widely known and universally esteemed. She was a devout member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Her surviving children are Mrs. Conley, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Jacob Ranck, Cedar Lane; and Lewis Groff, residing in the West. A twin sister, Mrs. Louisa Forney, of Hanover, also survives. The funeral will be held in Lancaster, but the arrangements have not yet been made.

GRAVE MARKER

MOTHER
HENRIETTA BEECHER
Born Feb. 1, 1820
Died Dec. 29, 1903. William C. and Henrietta (Wortz) Beecher became members of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania "by certificate" on April 14, 1865.

BOOK: An Authentic History of Lancaster County, 1860. 6 PAPER MILLS

Of the early history of Paper-making in Lancaster county, we have very little definite information. Fifty years ago, the late Mr. John Triewitz, of this city, had a paper mill at Ephrata. At that time he was manufacturing "pasteboard"' by the old and tedious hand-process. He also manufactured print paper, and in later years supplied Mr. Baer with paper for the Volktfreund. Of course, the paper was all made by the old fashioned hand-process. The mill was subsequently converted into a saw-mill. About thirty years ago B. B. Eshleman was engaged in the manufacture of handmade paper, at what was for many years known as Eshleman's Mill, on the West Branch of the Octoraro, in Bart township. We are unable to fix the exact date of the enterprise. The manufacture, however, was earned on only in a small way, and was not a financial success.
In December 1854, Juo. R. Bitner, C. A. Bitner, Baltzer Lipp, Wm. C. Beecher, and Samuel Beecher purchased the old "Fulling Mill," on the Conestoga, at Eden, from D. Q. Swartz, and commenced remodeling it for a paper mill. They procured a new cylinder paper machine from Nelson Gavitt. of Philadelphia, and had their rag engines constructed at the mill. In the fall of 1855, they commenced operations, Mr. Lipp being Superintendent. The mill was calculated for a production of 1500 Ibs per day, but it was soon found that the power was inadequate for such a result. On the 31st of March 1856, one half of the interest of the Messrs. Bitners was sold to Dr. J. II. Kurtz, and shortly after the concern passed into the hands of Kurtz & Lipp, the Bitners and Beechers withdrawing. In 1859 the enterprise failed, and in I860, the mill was purchased by Emanuel Shober, who ran it very successfully for six or seven years, his being the first pecuniary success in paper-making in this county. He supplied the deficiency in water-power with a steam engine and thus doubled the production. During most of this time George Ehrhart was foreman of the mill, and John A. Shober business manager.

BOOK: A History of 1894 Eden Road and Local Area, 1985. 8

The earliest known owner of the surrounding area on the East Lampeter side of the Conestoga was David Binkley. His properties were centered upon his grist and saw mill at the present day site of the Eden Paper Mill. In 1789 he built a beautiful stone arch bridge on this site. Subsequently the local Post Office was called Binkley's Bridge. The bridge collapsed in 1857. Its old approaches can still be traced.
In 1808 David Binkley sold a 130 acre "plantation" to Abram Zook. This land included the site where two mills were later constructed and much of the surrounding land north toward the New Holland Pike. The deed recognized the existence of water power on the property, and it included water rights ("the right to go through and over the lands of Christian Rohr to repair the dam"). But the deed contained a special clause prohibiting the construction of a grist or saw mill. Binkley undoubtedly inserted this clause to prevent competition with his own grist and saw mill.
By 1815 Abram Zook had built two mills. In 1818 Joseph Zook inherited the property from his father. Sometime before 1834, the Zooks sold the two mills to Andrew Swartz, retaining most of their farm, however. Their dwelling is shown on maps in a location which is very likely the present day Ahl's house. This Zook family is part of the clan after which Zook's Corner is named.
For a time, Andrew Swartz ran the two mills as a "woolen and fulling mill and a card manufactory." The card manufactory was the downstream building and it got its power by means of a mechanical linkage from the upstream building. In 1834 Swartz sold the downstream building to Israel Groff along with rights to continue using the mechanical linkage. Israel Groff turned the card manufactory into a foundry and machine shop. In 1848 Israel Groff built the Eden Covered Bridge and then sold it to the County. He died in 1853.
In 1853 William C. Beecher, Samuel W. Beecher Jr. and Benjamin Harnish bought the foundry from Israel Groff's estate. The property is described as a "factory, machine shop and foundry, dwelling, stable and other improvements," having 1.5 acres. They undoubtedly modernized the foundry's power supply, because they sold their rights to the adjacent mill's mechanical power in 1855. In 1859 Sam Beecher sold his interest to the other two partners. In 1870 William C. Beecher bought Harnish's interest making him the sole proprietor of the Eden Iron Works which had previously been known as Beecher and Harnish Iron Works. The present building (apartments) probably dates around 1865.
Andrew Swartz continued to operate his woolen mill until around 1854 when he sold it to Emanuel Shober who turned it into a paper mill. The Beecher brothers were part of a venture in 1854 which purchased Binkley's Mill and converted it to a paper mill. That paper mill failed in 1860 and was reorganized in 1865. Emanuel Shober was still operating his paper mill at Eden in 1864. By 1868 Benjamin Harnish, Beecher's partner in the foundry, purchased Shober's mill and converted it to a grist mill. In 1881 he sold the grist mill to Jacob K. Umble. A Samuel Harnish, probably Benjamin Harnish's son, was the foreman at Eden Iron Works. He lived on Eden Road.
The two lots or purparts which make up 1894 Eden Road originally came from a 99 acre tract which was claimed or "warranted" by James Marshal in 1733. Marshal never paid the Penn government for it and so he sold his claim to Robert Patten in 1761. Patten quickly resold it to Sebastian Graffe in 1762. The farm remained intact, but the identities of its owners are unknown until Michael Shallenberger sold the "99 acre tenement or plantation" to Christian and Elizabeth Rohr in 1801. It was passed to son John Rohr in 1835, and to his son Abram in 1848. Both John Rohr and his son Abram sold off parts of the farm around its edges for individual dwellings. These included all of the properties on the south side of Eden Road between Conestoga Creek and New Holland Pike.
The two tracts which make up present day 1894 Eden Road were sold from the Rohr's farm at different times. John Rohr sold the first purpart to Jacob Groff in 1847. Abram Rohr sold the second purpart to the Beechers in 1867.
Abram Rohr continued to live on this farm at least until 1899 when he still owned 70 of the original 99 acres. The "old farm road" which still can be traced from the base of the front steps toward Jones' house undoubtedly accessed Rohr's farm before John Rohr sold this land in 1847. It was then replaced with the "bicycle trail" which was used as principal access to the farm after Abram Rohr moved his dwelling to a site very near the corner of the 1894 Eden Road property. (See Maps.)
Jacob Groff was Henrietta Beecher's first husband, also a "machinist." In addition to the tract bought from John Rohr in 1847, Jacob and Henrietta Groff owned and probably lived in the house which was on the site of the present day pumping station. (It was torn down in 1959.) When Jacob Groff died in 1855, Henrietta assumed ownership. Around 1847 Henrietta Groff married William C. Beecher.
William C. Beecher appears for the first time in Manheim Township tax records in 1849 as a "machinist" and "singleman." His father, Samuel W. Beecher, Sr., owned a nine acre farm near the present day intersection of Eden Road and Euclid Drive. William C. Beecher resided there in 1850. He is repeatedly listed as a machinist throughout the 1850's. He probably worked at Israel Groff's foundry before buying it in 1853.
His brother, Samuel W. Beecher, Jr., was listed in the tax records as a machinist until 1851 when he is listed as "innkeeper." In the 1850 tax records for Manheim Township, in the taverns section, is a note the S. W. Beecher "intended an application in January 1850." This confirms that Samuel W. Beecher, Jr. built the Eden Hotel. Tax records indicate that he sold the hotel in 1854. He had a wife, Mary.
In 1857 W. C. Beecher is listed for the first time as a property owner in Manheim Township. Almost surely the same dwelling in which Jacob and Henrietta Groff lived, Beecher acquired the property (on the pumping station site) through his marriage. William and Henrietta Beecher either lived here or across the road on "purpart one." They sold the property on the pumping station site to George Leaman in 1864.
In 1867 William and Henrietta Beecher purchased the 2nd purpart of "1 acre, 30 perches" from Abram Rohr, which, together with the 1st purpart of "1 acre, 20 perches" already owned by Henrietta Beecher, made the present day configuration of 1894 Eden Road. 1867 tax records confirm this, indicating that W. C. Beecher "bought 2 ½ acres" and listing his occupation as "gentleman." (Although Beecher would already have owned purpart 1 by common law through his marriage, he probably never recorded this information until her purchased purpart 2 and combined the two purparts into one property.)
Purpart 2 was probably the land to the rear of the present day house, used mostly for open space. Purpart 1 contained buildings in 1853 which seem dissimilar to the present layout. (See map.) Whether the Beechers built anew on this property or altered existing buildings is unknown. If the 1853 map is correct, they built a new "mansion house" there sometime between 1853 and 1867, probably some years after their marriage in 1857. There is no doubt, however, that Beecher supplied the ornamental iron work for the house and erected the barn in 1873.
In 1868 Beecher repurchased the little house (on the pumping station site) and the white double house (where Jesse lives.) He bought both of these Emanuel Shober, owner of Shober's Paper Mill. Shober had purchased the white double house from Jacob Groff prior to his death in 1855. He had purchased the other house (on the pumping station site) from George Leaman.
In 1870 Beecher purchased a 6 acre property for $1170. It was located upstream on the Conestoga around its junction with Landis Run. So, by 1870, Beecher owned 4 contiguous properties in Manheim Township.
Several facts suggest that Jacob Groff was related to Israel Groff: 1) their names are the same; 2) Jacob Groff was a machinist, probably working at Israel Groff's foundry; 3) Jacob and Henrietta Groff lived across the road from Israel Groff (see map 1853); 4) deed research indicates that Jacob Groff owned the property listed as "Israel Groff Estate" on 1853 map'97. This was the tract (purpart 1) John Rohr sold to Jacob Groff in 1847.
If they are related, Israel Groff was father-in-law or brother-in-law to Henrietta Beecher, and she was related through both her husbands to the "ironmaster." She was certainly the most enduring individual to live at 1894 Eden Road. She lived in the house on the pumping station site by 1853, or before. She lived in the "mansion house" until her death in 1903. She outlived William C. Beecher who died in 1897, and she passed the property on to her daughter Laura Ranck, who lived there until 1914. In 1899 she sold the house on the pumping station site to Abram Kreider.
Abram Kreider bought 1894 Eden Road from Laura Ranck in 1914. He owned it until 1938 when he lost it along with 8 other properties to the Conestoga National Bank in a mortgage foreclosure. While he owned the property, Kreider made several additions to the buildings. He added the service stairs on the north of the house, he enlarged the dining room on the west, and he installed the old central furnace. On the barn, he added a garage to its south side.
John and Edna McNinch bought the property in order to improve it and resell it. Their improvements were mainly in the nature of painting and cleaning up. According to Harris Arnold, Sr., improvement was much needed because Abram Kreider, in his later years, had taken very poor care of the property, even letting farm animals wander through the house. When the bank came to foreclose, Kreider removed everything of value from the house, including the iron fence that was on top of the front wall. Harris Arnold might well have known. He was the attorney for Conestoga National Bank who handled the foreclosure.
When Arnold bought the property, he installed all new electrical wiring, plumbing, bathrooms and hot water heat. He added a new chimney to the south end of the house for a new colad furnace, as well as the laundry room (now kitchen dining) and the bathroom above. In what was the original large kitchen, he carved out a smaller modern kitchen, powder room, front closet and library. In the barn, he converted stable into a second garage.
Helen Arnold was a prolific gardener, and the Arnolds did a generous amount of landscaping on the property. They relocated and rebuilt the front walk, planted hemlock trees to the north of the house, and added the large patio and terracing on the southwest corner of the house. In 1957, Arnolds added the screened-in porch and modernized the kitchen.

THE GARDENS OF EDEN BED & BREAKFAST

In 2005 the home of Harriet (Wortz) Groff-Beecher went on sale. Mark Vogel had the following comment: "The home is a magnificent estate known as The Gardens of Eden, located in the village of Eden outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It currently operates as a bed and breakfast. The date listed by the owner is wrong—it was built before the Civil War, probably in the 1840s. Three generations of my ancestors lived there: Henrietta Wortz lived there with her first husband, Jacob Groff, who died in 1851. She married William C. Beecher. They had a daughter Laura Elmira Beecher who inherited the home. She married Jacob Ranck. They had a daughter Henrietta Bertha Ranck. She was the last generation of my family to live there. Bertha is my dad’s mom.

LISTING DESCRIPTION

GARDENS OF EDEN BED AND BREAKFAST $750,000
Eden exists in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Experience the grand early Victorian house and the lovely gardens that is the Gardens of Eden Bed and Breakfast.
This hideway tucked into a wooded glen on the banks of the Conestoga river was built c.1867 by a wealthy local ironmaster. Constructed of brick, with elaborate use of ironwork trim, the house blends elements of Federal and early Victorian styles. The 3.5 acre site overlooks the Conestoga River with terraced grounds that include wildflowers, perennials, woodsy trails and scores of song birds. The heavily wooded acres are brightened by sweeping areas of naturalized wildflowers, hostas and ferns. Perennial beds and herb gardens add to the beauty and fragrance of the landscape.
Inside and out, this small bed and breakfast is delightful with beautiful gardens, a river view and a beautifully restored home filled with heirlooms. The main house has 3 guest rooms and one owner bedroom and 4.5 baths. The restored kitchen has working bake ovens in the walk-in fireplace. During warm weather, breakfast is served on the screened porch overlooking the falls. The private guest cottage in the restored summer kitchen provides a sitting room with a working fireplace, dining area, and kitchen facilities downstairs; and a bedroom and bath upstairs. The bank barn has a 2 car garage and additional off street parking for 9 cars.

Citations

[S12380] 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
[S52] 1850 Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County
[S348] 1880 Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County
[S118] 1860 Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County
[S200] 1870 Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County
[S11052] Obituary - Louisa (Wortz) Forney
[S6354] Genealogy prepared by Jonathan Beacher (email address)

Family Explorer

Louisa Ann Wortz^1,2,3

F, #807, b. 1 February 1820, d. 31 January 1917

Parents

Father	Jacob Wortz (b. 24 November 1777, d. 5 September 1856)
Mother	Juliane DeWald (b. 11 September 1787, d. 13 November 1858)

Pedigree Link

Family: Abner Wirt Forney (b. 8 February 1819, d. 26 December 1895)

Son	David Franklin Forney+ (b. 1 February 1845, d. 21 May 1913)
Son	Ezra Wirt Forney+ (b. 8 May 1847, d. 1937)
Daughter	Henrietta Gabriel Forney+ (b. 10 July 1849, d. 9 April 1873)
Daughter	Lucy Ann Forney (b. 3 October 1852, d. 23 April 1918)
Son	Jacob Adam Forney (b. 14 October 1856, d. 2 June 1857)

BASIC FACTS

Louisa Ann Wortz was born on 1 February 1820 in Conewago Twp., Adams Co., Pennsylvania.^4,2 She and Abner Wirt Forney were married on 22 December 1842 in St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.^1,2 She died on 31 January 1917, at age 96, in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.^1,4,2 She was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania (V.)¹

Louisa Ann Wortz had reference number 808. She was enumerated on the census in York County, Pennsylvania (1850, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910.)² OBITUARY -- Hanover Record Harold, January 31, 1917

OLDEST WOMAN DEAD

MRS. ABNER W. FORNEY LACKED THREE YEARS OF THE CENTURY MARK.

Lived An Exemplary Christian Life and Leaves a Wide Circle of Friends -- Died One Day Before 97th Birthday Anniversary.

Following the illness of one week from grippe, Mrs. Louisa A. Forney, of No. 309 Baltimore Street, widow of the late Abner W. Forney and Hanover's oldest and one of her most estimable women passed peacefully to the Great Beyond at 1 0'clock this morning. She was aged 96 years, 11 months and 29 days, lacking but one day reaching her 97th birthday anniversary, and within three years of the century mark.
For a number of years Mrs. Forney held the honor of being one of the oldest citizens of Hanover. She was a daughter of the late Jacob and Julian Wortz homestead, now known as the Henry Menges farm, mear McSherrystown.
After her marriage to Mr. Forney at the age of 22 years, she moved to the Forney farm, along the Becker Mill road, near town, residing there until her husband retired from active duties and moved to her late home on Baltimore Street. This was about forty-two years ago. Their son the late David F. Forney then took charge of the farm and his son, William Forney, now resides on the old homestead.
The deceased was a life-long member of St. Matthew's Lutheran church, and older residents will recall that when she was but a girl, over three quarters of a century ago, she sang on the choir of Hanover's mother church. She was always active and interested in church work until the weight of years compelled her to give up these duties.
Mrs. Forney was a true and sincere Christian lady, loved by all who knew her, and notwithstanding her extreme old age, always read her Bible and kept in touch with the progress of Hanover and the outside world by reading the papers. She possessed a kind and lovable disposition and was ever ready to aid and comfort those in distress. Her many acts of kindness, as well as, the exemplary life she led will live long in the memory of those she befriended.
She leaves two children, Ezra Forney, residing on the Becker Mill road and Miss Lucy Forney, at home. There are also ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren surviving.
Funeral, Friday, Feb. 2d, services at the house at 2 p.m., Rev. Wm. I. Redcay, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church, officiating. Interment on the family lot in Mount Olivet cemetery.

OBITUARY - Special to the Gazette, 1917

HANOVER'S OLDEST LADY DIES ON EVE OF BIRTHDAY

Death of Mrs. Louisa Forney Followed Weeks Ilness From Grip - In Her 97th Year

Hanover, Jan 31 -- By the death of Mrs. Louisa Forney, widow of the late Abner W. Forney, which occured at her home on Baltimore Street at 1 o'clock this morning, one day before her 97th birthday, Hanover looses not only her oldest resident, but a woman of infinite worth, who will be sadly missed by a wide circle of friends. Death followed a week's illness of the grip. Mrs. Forney, who was the daughter of Jacob & Julian (DeWald) Wortz, of near McSherrystown, is the last surviving member of a family of five children.
In 1849 she was married to Abner W. Forney, who preceded her in death, 22 years ago. After her marriage she resided on the Forney farm, near Hanover, until 1875, whe she and her husband moved to 309 Baltimore St. where she died. Two children survive her. On Feb. 1, last year, the deceased was hostess at a birthday dinner which was attended by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Forney was interested in the affairs of the day and read papers, daily, from Hanover and Philadelphia. She was also an active worker in St. Matthews Luthern Church, having been a zealous worker in the choir of that church during her younger days.
One son, Ezra, who resides in Penn township, and one daughter, Miss Lucy, at home, survive with the following ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren: Sister Mary Anna of Baltimore; Raymond, William, Claude, Bertha, Irene, Wirt, Elmo, Robert, and Abner Forney and Marx, Louise and Beecher Forney.
The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at her late home on Baltimore Street, at 2 o'clock, Rev William T. Redcay, of St. Pauls Lutheran Church oficiating. Interment will be made in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

GRAVE STONE

MOTHER

LOUISA WORTZ
WIFE OF
ABNER W. FORNEY
BORN ---- DIED
1820 ---- 1917
AGED 97 YEARS. Married by Rev. Mr. Albert.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6312] Genealogy prepared by John A. Forney
[S53] 1850 Census, Pennsylvania, York County
[S11052] Obituary - Louisa (Wortz) Forney

Family Explorer

David Wortz^1,2

M, #808, b. 28 November 1809, d. 27 May 1870

Parents

Father	Jacob Wortz (b. 24 November 1777, d. 5 September 1856)
Mother	Juliane DeWald (b. 11 September 1787, d. 13 November 1858)

Pedigree Link

Family: Rebecca Catherina Gitt (b. 26 August 1821, d. 14 May 1905)

Son	Henry Jacob Wortz (b. 1 February 1843, d. 8 January 1922)
Daughter	Julia Baugher Wortz+ (b. 10 April 1845, d. 1906)
Son	Charles Augusta Wortz (b. 5 October 1848, d. 1861)
Daughter	Clara R. Wortz (b. 5 January 1852, d. 20 February 1873)
Daughter	Anna Elizabeth Wortz (b. 10 November 1854, d. 25 April 1886)
Daughter	Alice Rebecca Wortz (b. 22 July 1857)
Daughter	Mary Louise "Molly" Wortz+ (b. 2 May 1859, d. 22 November 1933)
Daughter	Hermeon Blanche "Herme" Wortz+ (b. 18 December 1861, d. 4 June 1926)
Daughter	Etta C. Wortz (b. about 1864)

BASIC FACTS

David Wortz was born on 18 June 1809 in McSherrystown, Adams Co., Pennsylvania.³ He was born on 28 November 1809 in McSherrystown, Adams Co., Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He and Rebecca Catherina Gitt were married on 24 December 1841.¹ He died on 27 May 1870, at age 60.^1,4 He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania (V.)

David Wortz had reference number 809. Civil War, veteran.¹ He resided in Conewego Twp., Adams Co., Pennsylvania.¹ He was a Farmer (1850); farmer and business man; manager of the Hanover Saving Fund (1858); manager of the Hanover Branch Railroad.^1,2 He was enumerated on the census in Adams County, Pennsylvania (1850.) GRAVE STONE

TO THE
MEMORY OF
DAVID
WORTZ
SON OF JACOB &
JULIAN WORTZ
DIED MAY 27, 1870
AGED 60 YEARS
5 M. & 29 D. Newland lists a Samuel Peter Wortz, born 23 September 1863, baptized 25 June 1864, as the eighth child. I think this is incorrect. The 1870 and 1880 censuses list two children that Newland does not have in his report. That makes a total of nine children without Samuel and agrees with the nine children declared by Rebecca in the 1900 Census. Also, the three children listed as deceased in the 1900 Census are all accounted for.

MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT - The Gettysburg Times, Gettysburg, PA, December 29, 1941

Out OF The Past
(From the Files of the Star and Sentinel and The Gettysburt Times)
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
Married: On Thursday morning, by Professor Baugher, Mr. Daniel D. Gitt, of Berwick township, to Miss Hannah Wierman, daughter of Isasc Wierman, Esq., of Menallen township.
On Thursday evening, by the same, Mr. David Wortz, of Conowago township, to Miss Rebecca Catharine Gitt, daughter of Mr. Henry Gitt, of Berwick Twp.

Citations

[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S49] 1850 Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County
[S6526] Genealogy prepared by Kristen_Singer (Ancestry.com)
[S7804] Grave Marker - David Wortz, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania

Family Explorer

Rachel Dorothy Kitzmiller¹

F, #809, b. 5 November 1785, d. 14 August 1826

Parents

Father	John George Kitzmiller (b. 30 October 1738, d. 10 March 1824)
Mother	Anna Christina Keefauver (b. 27 January 1747, d. 3 March 1831)

Pedigree Link

Family: Jacob Davault (b. 17 October 1785, d. 12 September 1860)

Daughter	Elizabeth Christina "Eliza" Davault+ (b. 14 December 1808, d. 18 December 1879)
Daughter	Maria Catherina "Mary" Davault+ (b. 30 January 1810, d. 15 February 1895)
Son	George Henry "Henry" DeVault+ (b. 1 January 1812, d. 31 March 1889)
Son	Samuel Davault+ (b. 23 July 1813, d. between 1860 and 1870)
Son	Jacob A. DeVault, Jr.+ (b. 6 September 1815, d. 6 January 1908)
Son	Michael Kitzmiller DeVault+ (b. November 1817, d. 1903)
Son	John David "David" DeVault+ (b. 17 November 1819, d. 6 October 1892)
Daughter	Rachel Mary DeWald+ (b. 1821, d. 15 October 1900)
Daughter	Susannah C. "Susan" DeVault+ (b. 13 February 1824, d. 1 February 1899)

BASIC FACTS

Rachel Dorothy Kitzmiller was born on 5 November 1785 in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.^2,1 She was born on 15 November 1785 in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.³ She and Jacob Davault were married on 10 January 1808 in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.¹ She died on 14 May 1826, at age 40, in York Co., Pennsylvania.⁴ She died on 11 August 1826, at age 40, in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.² She died on 14 August 1826, at age 40, in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.⁵ She was buried in St. Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania. (V) (See Note.)²

Rachel Dorothy Kitzmiller had reference number 810. GRAVE STONE

In
Memory of
RACHEL DOROTHY
Wife of
JACOB DEWALD
born Nov. 5, 1785
died Aug. 11, 1826
Aged 40 years, 9
Months & 9 Days
------------------
Adieu, may God Bless you

This stone, and the others at St. Matthew Lutheran Church was lost when all the stones around the church were buried in a hole about where the rear parking lot now stands around 1975. Jacob DeWald and Rachel Kitzmiller were married by Frederick Valentine Melsheimer in St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania. In the church records they are listed as Jacob Thewald and Rahel Kitzmüller.
There was a close relationship between the family of Jacob DeWald and Rachel Kitzmiller and the family of Martin Kitzmiller (Rachel's brother) and Mary DeWald (Jacob's sister). Later Martin's son, Martin Kitzmiller, Jr., married Jacob's daughter, Eliza Christina DeWald.

There was also a close relationship between the families of Jacob and Rachel (Kitzmiller) DeWald and Gabriel and Magdalene (Kitzmiller) Davault, the wives being first cousins.

Citations

[S6460] Genealogy prepared by Kay Appleby (email address)
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S4078] Descendants of John George Kitzmiller prepared by Marian E. Colestock
[S6724] Genealogy prepared by Mary (Fluts) Gillmore
[S8273] Grave Marker - Rachel Dorothy Dewald, St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania

Family Explorer

Elizabeth Scott^1,2

F, #810, b. 19 September 1785, d. 1860

Parents

Father	John Scott
Mother	Mary McCorkle

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Elizabeth Scott was born on 19 September 1785 in Maryland.^3,4,5,2 She and Jacob Davault were married about 1835 in Tennessee.^3,1 She died in 1860, at age ~75.^3,5

Elizabeth Scott had reference number 811. She left a will in Registered November 24, 1834.⁴ She was enumerated on the census in Sullivan County, Tennessee (1850.) She and Jacob Davault had children in No Children.⁶

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S58] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S6460] Genealogy prepared by Kay Appleby (email address)
[S4863] Email from Willie Hardin Reeves Bivins dated September 16, 2001 (#2), Source Medium: Book
[S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book
[S5968] Genealogy prepared by Franklin Hunt Broyles

Family Explorer

Canada A. Hodges^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

M, #811, b. 22 September 1830, d. 19 November 1910

Parents

Father	James H. "Jimmie" Hodges (b. 26 October 1802, d. 11 June 1888)
Mother	Mary "Polly" Kitzmiller (b. 28 July 1807, d. 3 December 1896)

Pedigree Link

Family 1: Sarah Jane King (b. 4 February 1834, d. 5 July 1864)

Son	William King Hodges+ (b. 16 August 1856, d. 3 February 1905)
Son	Henry H. Hodges+ (b. 16 August 1856, d. before 1920)
Son	Samuel C. Hodges (b. 23 September 1858, d. 20 August 1921)
Son	Abijah Buckaloo Hodges+ (b. 2 November 1860, d. 2 January 1922)
Daughter	Elizabeth Hodges (b. 1861, d. 26 May 1934)
Daughter	Laura V. Hodges (b. 26 March 1863, d. 5 September 1864)

Family 2: Adelaide Snapp "Addie" King (b. 23 May 1841, d. 5 February 1891)

Adopted Daughter	Susan Catherine Houston (b. 28 February 1866, d. 20 May 1882)
Son	Elbert Bruce Hodges+ (b. 28 July 1866, d. 30 July 1934)
Daughter	Laura J. Hodges (b. 9 November 1867, d. 12 November 1968)

BASIC FACTS

Canada A. Hodges was born on 22 September 1830 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁸ He and Sarah Jane King were married on 19 May 1853 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., Tennessee.⁹ He and Adelaide Snapp "Addie" King were married on 16 July 1865 in Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^8,10 He and Elizabeth Harkleroad were married on 26 February 1893 in Blountville, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^5,10 He died on 19 November 1910, at age 80.⁹ He was buried in Hodges Cemetery, Boone's Creek, Washington County, Tennessee, Allison/Boring.⁶

Canada A. Hodges had reference number 812. He was a Farmer (1850, 1870); shoemaker (1880); farmer (1900.)^11,2,3,4,5 Civil War, Confederate Army, White's Sullivan County Reserve, Private.^6,12 He was enumerated on the census in Washington Co., Tennessee (1850, 1870); Sullivan County, Tennessee (1880, 1900.)

Citations

[S4822] Email from Sundee Maynez dated March 19, 2001
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S209] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S358] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S666] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S4538] Email from J. R. Hodges, Jr. dated December 31, 2001
[S2845] Book: Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S7353] Genealogy prepared by Sundee Maynez, Source Medium: Book
[S9006] Marriage Records - Tennessee, Tennessee Marriages 1796 - 1950 (Family Search)
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S3169] Civil War Service Records (Ancestry.com)

Family Explorer

Sarah Jane King^1,2,3

F, #812, b. 4 February 1834, d. 5 July 1864

Parents

Father	William King
Mother	Permelia Martin

Pedigree Link

Family: Canada A. Hodges (b. 22 September 1830, d. 19 November 1910)

Son	William King Hodges+ (b. 16 August 1856, d. 3 February 1905)
Son	Henry H. Hodges+ (b. 16 August 1856, d. before 1920)
Son	Samuel C. Hodges (b. 23 September 1858, d. 20 August 1921)
Son	Abijah Buckaloo Hodges+ (b. 2 November 1860, d. 2 January 1922)
Daughter	Elizabeth Hodges (b. 1861, d. 26 May 1934)
Daughter	Laura V. Hodges (b. 26 March 1863, d. 5 September 1864)

BASIC FACTS

Sarah Jane King was born on 4 February 1834 in Bristol, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^1,4 She and Canada A. Hodges were married on 19 May 1853 in Morristown, Hamblen Co., Tennessee.⁴ She died on 5 July 1864, at age 30, in Tennessee.⁴ She was buried in Hodges Cemetery, Boone's Creek, Washington County, Tennessee, Allison/Boring.⁵

Sarah Jane King had reference number 813.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S4822] Email from Sundee Maynez dated March 19, 2001
[S666] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S7353] Genealogy prepared by Sundee Maynez, Source Medium: Book
[S4538] Email from J. R. Hodges, Jr. dated December 31, 2001

Family Explorer

Maria Catherina "Mary" Davault^1,2,3,4

F, #813, b. 30 January 1810, d. 15 February 1895

Parents

Father	Jacob Davault (b. 17 October 1785, d. 12 September 1860)
Mother	Rachel Dorothy Kitzmiller (b. 5 November 1785, d. 14 August 1826)

Pedigree Link

Family: Warrington Cary "Warento" Hunt (b. 7 November 1809, d. 5 December 1876)

Daughter

Louisa Ann Eliza "Lou" Hunt+ (b. 23 May 1838, d. 27 March 1906)

BASIC FACTS

Maria Catherina "Mary" Davault was born on 30 January 1810 in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.¹ She was born on 30 June 1810 in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.⁵ She and Warrington Cary "Warento" Hunt were married on 10 January 1833 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^2,1 She died on 15 February 1895, at age 85, in Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ She died on 15 February 1896, at age 86.² She was buried in Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁶

Maria Catherina "Mary" Davault was also known as Mary. She was also known as Mary Catherine DeVault.^2,7 She was also known as Maria Catherina "Mary" DeVault.^1,2 Death and Obituary Notices Appearing in the Herald and Tribune, compiled by William A. Burns

Vol. XXVI. #43 Wed., Feb. 20, 1895
Hunt, Mary C.
Mrs.--- Hunt (my note: Mary C., widow of Warrington Hung - WAB) died at the residence of her son-in-law, A.C. Broyles, Esq., on Friday night (15th) of last week. She was over eighty-five years of age. Funeral services were conducted at the house Saturday afternoon by Rev. J.C. Hickson, of the M E. Church, South., after which the remains were buried in the old cemetery.

Vol. XXVI. #45 Wed., March 6, 1895
Hunt, Mary C. nee DeVault
Mrs. Mary C. Hunt, nee DeVault, was born in York County, Pa., January 30, 1810. Her father, with a large family of children, moved to Tennessee in 1831. She was married to (an arrow points to this section and written in ink in the margins is: "He died 5 Dec. 1876 Chuckey Valley, TN, according to descendant. J. Troffer. She stated that Jacob DeVault was his father-in-law. Mrs. Troffer also stated that Cynthia A. Hunt who married Luther B. Henley Apr. 6, 1848 (page 34) (Vol. XXVII. #7 Wed., June 12, 1895 - GMO) and two brothers Thomas Hiter Hunt & Warrington Cary Hunt, were children of Henson & Mary (Pope) Hunt.") Warrington C. Hunt, in 1833, and soon afterwards joined the Christian Church. She died in Jonesboro, Tenn. at the home of her daughter, her only child, Mrs. A.C. Broyles, on the 15th February 1895, a little more than eighty-five years of age. Only two brothers and two sisters are still living.

GRAVE MARKER

OUR MOTHER
MARY C. HUNT.
BORN Jan. 30, 1810
DIED Feb 15, 1895

She hath done what she could

Note: One our first two visits to the Old Jonesborough Cemetery, we did not find Mary's stone. I visited it for a third time in August of 2014 with Bill Kennedy, Bernie Gray and Gordon Edwards. Gordon had done an enormous amount of work cleaning up the cemetery. During this process he found Mary's stone completely buried. All those that have family buried in the Old Jonesborough Cemetery owe Gordon a debt of gratitude. She was enumerated on the census in Carter County, Tennessee (1850); Washington County, Tennessee (1880.) She resided in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania; Washington Co., Tennessee (aft. 1826); Sullivan Co., Tennessee; Carter Co., Tennessee (bef. 1857); living with her daughter and daughter's husband (1880.)^8,7 She had reference number 814. She was affiliated with Mary and Warrington were members of the Christian Church (Campbelite.)^8,7 Maria's husband, Warrington Hunt, is the brother of her sister Rachel's husband, Thomas Hunt. The children of these two families are double cousins.

Letter from Lucy Nell Thomas to Newland Devault, August 21, 1952

"The branch of the DeVault family which sprang from the marriage of Mary DeVault to Warrington Hunt has always been close to my mother's. Louise Hunt, who married Andrew C. Broyles, lived for years in Jonesboro, Tenn, where we also lived. In later years they sold their home in Jonesboro and lived with their children, spending some time with each one. When Cousin Louise died and the children carried her body back to Jonesboro for burial in the Old Cemetery there, we entertained them for dinner in our home, my mother being the head of the household at that time, my father having died in 1912. Cousin Mary Hendricks, daughter of Geo Henry DeVault and Emily Berry, who lived in Bristol, Tenn. were with us on that day also. I think all the children of Louise and Andrew Broyles were in Jonesboro at that time." She was baptized on 20 May 1810 in Saint Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.⁸

Citations

[S6460] Genealogy prepared by Kay Appleby (email address)
[S6944] Genealogy prepared by Patrick Welsh (RootsWeb - email address), Source Medium: Book
[S54] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Carter County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S8501] History of Franklin Hunt Broyles, M.D., Bethany, Harrison Co., Missouri, 1915
[S11150] Obituary - Maria Catherina "Mary" (Davault) Hunt
[S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Warrington Cary "Warento" Hunt^1,2,3

M, #814, b. 7 November 1809, d. 5 December 1876

Parents

Father	Henson Hunt (b. 1780, d. 1876)
Mother	Mary Magdaline Pope (b. 1787)

Pedigree Link

Family: Maria Catherina "Mary" Davault (b. 30 January 1810, d. 15 February 1895)

Daughter

Louisa Ann Eliza "Lou" Hunt+ (b. 23 May 1838, d. 27 March 1906)

BASIC FACTS

Warrington Cary "Warento" Hunt was born on 2 November 1809 in Washington Co., Tennessee.⁴ He was born on 7 November 1809 in Carter Co., Tennessee.⁵ He was born on 7 November 1809 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,2 He and Maria Catherina "Mary" Davault were married on 10 January 1833 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,6 He died on 5 December 1826, at age 17.⁴ He died on 5 December 1876, at age 67, in Chucky Valley, Carter Co., Tennessee.¹ He was buried in Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁷

Warrington Cary "Warento" Hunt was also known as Warento. GRAVE MARKER

Warrington C. Hunt
BORN
Nov 2, 1809
DIED
DEC 5 1876
-----
He kept the faith
W. C. -----. Crippled.⁸ He was a Tailor (1850.)^8,3 He had reference number 815. He was enumerated on the census in Carter County, Tennessee (1850.) Maria's husband, Warrington Hunt, is the brother of her sister Rachel's husband, Thomas Hunt. The children of these two families are double cousins.

Letter from Lucy Nell Thomas to Newland Devault, August 21, 1952

"The branch of the DeVault family which sprang from the marriage of Mary DeVault to Warrington Hunt has always been close to my mother's. Louise Hunt, who married Andrew C. Broyles, lived for years in Jonesboro, Tenn, where we also lived. In later years they sold their home in Jonesboro and lived with their children, spending some time with each one. When Cousin Louise died and the children carried her body back to Jonesboro for burial in the Old Cemetery there, we entertained them for dinner in our home, my mother being the head of the household at that time, my father having died in 1912. Cousin Mary Hendricks, daughter of Geo Henry DeVault and Emily Berry, who lived in Bristol, Tenn. were with us on that day also. I think all the children of Louise and Andrew Broyles were in Jonesboro at that time."

Citations

[S6944] Genealogy prepared by Patrick Welsh (RootsWeb - email address), Source Medium: Book
[S2793] Book: A DeVault Genealogy with Gillmore and Hunt Supplements by William B. Gillmore, 1954
[S54] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Carter County
[S2845] Book: Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book
[S6460] Genealogy prepared by Kay Appleby (email address)
[S4128] Descendents of Henson Hunt prepared by Felicia Gourdin & Clara Hunt Miller
[S8501] History of Franklin Hunt Broyles, M.D., Bethany, Harrison Co., Missouri, 1915

Family Explorer

George Henry "Henry" DeVault^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #815, b. 1 January 1812, d. 31 March 1889

Parents

Father	Jacob Davault (b. 17 October 1785, d. 12 September 1860)
Mother	Rachel Dorothy Kitzmiller (b. 5 November 1785, d. 14 August 1826)

Pedigree Link

Family: Emily Seraphina Berry (b. 30 April 1824, d. 25 March 1910)

Son	Milton Tucker DeVault+ (b. 2 April 1849, d. 24 June 1922)
Daughter	Louise C. DeVault (b. about 1859, d. about 1861)
Daughter	Mary Elfrida DeVault+ (b. March 1861, d. 27 November 1924)
Son	John Jacob DeVault+ (b. 14 November 1864, d. 11 November 1939)

BASIC FACTS

George Henry "Henry" DeVault was born in 1809 in Pennsylvania. He was born on 1 January 1812 in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.^1,7 He and Emily Seraphina Berry were married on 28 May 1847 in Elizabethton, Carter Co. Tennessee.⁸ He died on 31 March 1889, at age 77, in Bristol, Bristol City Co., Virginia.^8,9 He was buried in East Hill Cemetery, Bristol, Bristol City Co., Virginia (V.)⁸

George Henry "Henry" DeVault had reference number 816. He resided in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania; Washington Co., Tennessee (aft. 1826); Elizabethton, Carter Co., Tennessee; Bristol, Washington Co., Virginia (At the time of the Civil War.)⁸ He was an Operated a tannery (1850, 1860, 1880); farmer & butcher (1870.)^8,3,4,5,6 He was enumerated on the census in Carter County, Tennessee (1850, 1860); Washington County, Virginia (1870, 1880.) Henry established a tannery at Elizabethton, Tennessee and it was here that he met Emily Berry.

Letter from George DeVault's grandson, David Sullins DeVault, to Newland DeVault, February 6, 1951
"There is an episode that may be worth telling. During the Civil War, a friend of my Grandfather (George Henry DeVault) told him that a band of Unionists were planning to burn his property at Elizabethton and kill him. He hastily packed what he could carry in two wagons and at 2 A.M. set out for the Tenn-Va state line, arriving at Goodson (now Bristol) Va at 3 P.M. the next day and bought a house at or on the Virginia side of town."

GRAVE MARKER

GEORGE HENRY DEVAULT EMILY SERAPHINA
BORN DeVAULT
In York Co., Pa. Born at Areial Furnace
Jan. 1, 1812 Tenn. April 30 1824
DIED Died in
In Bristol Va. Bristol Va. Mar. 25, 1910
Mar. 31 1889

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Citations

[S6460] Genealogy prepared by Kay Appleby (email address)
[S4174] DeVault Genealogy prepared prior to 1933 and supplied by Evelyn (Bayna) Read
[S54] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Carter County
[S120] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Carter County
[S214] 1870 Census, Virginia, Washington County
[S371] 1880 Census, Virginia, Washington County
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S2902] Cemetery Records - East Hill Cemetery, Bristol, Washington Co., Virginia

Family Explorer

Emily Seraphina Berry^1,2,3,4,5,6

F, #816, b. 30 April 1824, d. 25 March 1910

Parents

Father	John Berry (b. 4 April 1774, d. 25 August 1855)
Mother	Kitty Shryock (b. 9 November 1796, d. 12 January 1889)

Pedigree Link

Family: George Henry "Henry" DeVault (b. 1 January 1812, d. 31 March 1889)

Son	Milton Tucker DeVault+ (b. 2 April 1849, d. 24 June 1922)
Daughter	Louise C. DeVault (b. about 1859, d. about 1861)
Daughter	Mary Elfrida DeVault+ (b. March 1861, d. 27 November 1924)
Son	John Jacob DeVault+ (b. 14 November 1864, d. 11 November 1939)

BASIC FACTS

Emily Seraphina Berry was born on 30 April 1824 in Carter Co., Tennessee.^7,8 She and George Henry "Henry" DeVault were married on 28 May 1847 in Elizabethton, Carter Co. Tennessee.⁷ She died on 25 March 1910, at age 85, in Bristol, Bristol City Co., Virginia.^7,9 She was buried in East Hill Cemetery, Bristol, Bristol City Co., Virginia (V.)⁷

Emily Seraphina Berry was also known as Emily. She was also known as Saraphina Emily "Emily" Berry.⁷ She had reference number 817. She resided in of Bristol, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.¹⁰ She was enumerated on the census in Carter County, Tennessee (1850, 1860); Washington County, Virginia (1870, 1880); Bristol City County, Virginia (1900.) GRAVE MARKER

GEORGE HENRY DEVAULT EMILY SERAPHINA
BORN DeVAULT
In York Co., Pa. Born at Areial Furnace
Jan. 1, 1812 Tenn. April 30 1824
DIED Died in
In Bristol Va. Bristol Va. Mar. 25, 1910
Mar. 31 1889

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Citations

[S2902] Cemetery Records - East Hill Cemetery, Bristol, Washington Co., Virginia
[S54] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Carter County
[S120] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Carter County
[S214] 1870 Census, Virginia, Washington County
[S371] 1880 Census, Virginia, Washington County
[S688] 1900 Census, Virginia, Bristol City County
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S5698] Genealogy prepared by David Sullins DeVault (see photo album images)
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S5968] Genealogy prepared by Franklin Hunt Broyles

Family Explorer

Samuel Davault^1,2,3

M, #817, b. 23 July 1813, d. between 1860 and 1870

Parents

Father	Jacob Davault (b. 17 October 1785, d. 12 September 1860)
Mother	Rachel Dorothy Kitzmiller (b. 5 November 1785, d. 14 August 1826)

Pedigree Link

Family: Salina Galloway (b. about 1822, d. after 1880)

Daughter	Mary Davault (b. 27 July 1846, d. 11 October 1860)
Son	Jacob Wesley Davault+ (b. 11 October 1850, d. 19 April 1932)

BASIC FACTS

Samuel Davault was born on 23 July 1813 in Manheim Twp., York Co., Pennsylvania.¹ He and Salina Galloway were married on 24 January 1840 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,4 He died between 1860 and 1870.⁵

Samuel Davault had reference number 818. He resided in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania; Washington Co., Tennessee (aft 1826); Girard, Macoupic Co., Illinois (December, 1850); Pike Co., Illinois (aft. 1860.)⁶ He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850); Macoupin County, Illinois (1860.) He was a Farmer (1850, 1860.)^2,3 Samuel and Salina were married by the Rev. James Miller, who also married Elizabeth DeVault, a daughter of Valentine Davault, Sr. In December of 1850, Samuel, Salina and their two children made the migration to Macoupin County, Illinois. Newland said he thought Samuel had eventually changed the spelling of his name to "DeVault." I could find no evidence of this. Samuel's grandchildren were still using the "Davault" spelling in 1995. He was baptized on 22 August 1813 in Saint Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.¹

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S72] 1860 Census, Illinois, Macoupin County
[S2793] Book: A DeVault Genealogy with Gillmore and Hunt Supplements by William B. Gillmore, 1954
[S144] 1870 Census, Illinois, Macoupin County
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Salina Galloway^1,2,3,4,5

F, #818, b. about 1822, d. after 1880

Parents

Father	John Galloway (b. 1795, d. 1861)
Mother	Mary Combs (b. 1801, d. 1860)

Pedigree Link

Family: Samuel Davault (b. 23 July 1813, d. between 1860 and 1870)

Daughter	Mary Davault (b. 27 July 1846, d. 11 October 1860)
Son	Jacob Wesley Davault+ (b. 11 October 1850, d. 19 April 1932)

BASIC FACTS

Salina Galloway was born about 1822 in Tennessee.² She and Samuel Davault were married on 24 January 1840 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,6 She died after 1880.⁵

Salina Galloway was also known as Susan Galloway.⁷ She had reference number 819. She resided in of Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.⁶ She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850); Macoupin County, Illinois (1860 - 1880.) Samuel and Salina were married by the Rev. James Miller, who also married Elizabeth DeVault, a daughter of Valentine Davault, Sr. In December of 1850, Samuel, Salina and their two children made the migration to Macoupin County, Illinois. Newland said he thought Samuel had eventually changed the spelling of his name to "DeVault." I could find no evidence of this. Samuel's grandchildren were still using the "Davault" spelling in 1995.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S72] 1860 Census, Illinois, Macoupin County
[S144] 1870 Census, Illinois, Macoupin County
[S246] 1880 Census, Illinois, Macoupin County
[S2793] Book: A DeVault Genealogy with Gillmore and Hunt Supplements by William B. Gillmore, 1954
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Rachel Mary DeWald^1,2,3,4,5

F, #819, b. 1821, d. 15 October 1900

Parents

Father	Jacob Davault (b. 17 October 1785, d. 12 September 1860)
Mother	Rachel Dorothy Kitzmiller (b. 5 November 1785, d. 14 August 1826)

Pedigree Link

Family: Thomas Hyder "Hyder" Hunt (b. 7 April 1816, d. 7 June 1863)

Son	James Hunt (b. 8 August 1838, d. 26 November 1860)
Son	Henson Hunt (b. 1841, d. 14 August 1865)
Son	Jacob "Jake" Hunt+ (b. 13 August 1843, d. 13 June 1925)
Daughter	Mary Emily "Emma" Hunt+ (b. 9 November 1844, d. 17 May 1929)
Son	Abedell "Addel" Hunt (b. 1847, d. 1848)
Daughter	Louise Henrietta "Lou or Louisa" Hunt+ (b. August 1847, d. 17 August 1918)
Daughter	Belvadesa C. "Belva or Bell" Hunt+ (b. September 1852, d. 31 March 1931)
Daughter	Eliza C. Hunt+ (b. 18 December 1854, d. 1 February 1888)
Son	Bruce Hunt+ (b. February 1860, d. 10 August 1936)
Daughter	Julia D. Hunt (b. November 1863, d. after 1905)

BASIC FACTS

Rachel Mary DeWald was born in 1821 in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.^6,7 She was born in 1821 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁸ She and Thomas Hyder "Hyder" Hunt were married on 28 October 1837 in Carter Co., Tennessee.⁹ She died on 15 October 1900, at age ~79, in Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri.^10,8,11 She was buried in Reader Cemetery, Chesterfield, Macoupin Co., Illinois (V) (See note.)^9,12

Rachel Mary DeWald was also known as Rachel Mary DeVault. She had reference number 820. She resided in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania; Washington Co., Tennessee (aft. 1826); moved to Girard, Macoupin Co., Illinois (December 1850); Barton Co., Missouri (abt. 1869); Oklahoma.^13,14,9 She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850); Macoupin County, Illinois (1860); Barton County, Missouri (1870, 1880.) Newland (on page 260 of his report) says that Rachel was buried in the Reader Cemetery with her husband and their oldest child. In 2005, we visited the Reader Cemetery. The stones of husband Thomas and son James were there and, more or less, side by side. There was no evidence of Rachel's stone.
According to Newland, Rachel was living with her daughter, Mary Emily (Hunt) Gillmore, in Kansas City, Missouri at the time of her death. It seems unlikely that Rachel's daughter would go to the trouble and expense of having her mother buried in Reader Cemetery and not provide a stone for her.
2012 Update: In the process of planning a visit to City of Lubbock Cemetery where Ephiram and Mary (Hunt) Gillmore are buried, I learned that Mary, too, was buried without a stone. Rachel's husband, Thomas Hunt, is the brother of her sister Maria's husband, Warrington Hunt. The children of these two families are double cousins.

Remarks by William Bruce Gillmore.

Grandmother, Rachal DeVault Hunt, was about eight years old when her mother died and her sister, Susan was a year younger. Their father did not Mary Elizabeth Scott until about 1835. During the years that he was a widower, the little girls spent much time at the home of Warrington and their sister, Maria Catharina (DeVault) Hunt. Their father complained that at home there were only the slave children with whom they could play. At sister Maria Catharina's there was their cousin, Louisa Ann Eliza (Lou) to play with, and no doubt the little girls faired better there than they would at home where they would be cared for by the slaves.

It was here with Warento and sister Kate that Grandmother learned to spin, weave and sew, also to tailor men's clothing, an art that her sister had learned from her DeVault ancestors. Also it was here that Rachal met and married Warento's brother, Thomas Hyder Hunt, when she was sixteen years old.

Rachal and Susan were always very close, and I was grown before I knew that Grandmother had other sisters and brothers. Apparently, she did not get to know her step-mother very well. I can recall no stories concerning her, but I never heard an unkind word about Elizabeth. She seems to have been a quiet, retiring woman who busied herself with her household, and had little time for visiting.

In 1850, Thomas Hyder Hunt took his family and with a number of relatives and friends, went by covered wagon to Illinois. It was quite a caravan, a dozen or more wagons. Mother was six years old and remembered many incidents of the long journey.

At that time the economy of Tennessee was based upon slave labor, and slaves were expensive, costing from $500.00 to $1500.00. My mother remembered a wedding at which the father presented the bride with a slave girl, and the tale was that it was a $500.00 present. Under such conditions, a poor man who had to buy land and slaves had a hard time getting ahead. Illinois offered better opportunities. Land was cheap and a man and his family did the work and every one was on the same footing.

In the party making the trip were Grandmother's brother, Michael DeVault, and her sister Susan (DeVault) Duncan and their families. Thomas Hyder Hunt's sister, Elizabeth (Hunt) Peugh and family were also in the caravan, and there may have been other relatives. There were also many friends who went along.

They settled in Macoupin County, Western Mound Township, where the family of Thomas Hyder Hunt lived until 1869, when they migrated to Barton County, Missouri. Near here, in the Reader Cemetery four miles north and a little east of Chesterfield, Thomas Hyder Hunt and his son James were buried and in 1900 Rachel Hunt was taken to lie beside them.

Some time after 1860, Michael DeVault and family moved to Pike County and Joseph and Susan (DeVault) Duncan with their family moved to Macon County.

When Jacob Hunt came home from the war in 1865, at the age of 22, he found himself the head of the family, his father and older brothers having died. Mary Emily and Louise were young ladies, but Belvia, Eliza, Bruce and Julia were children.

The family had suffered reverses. The oldest son, James, and the father had died. The boys who were old enough to farm had been drafted, probably because they were southerners, and the widow and the children left to do the best they could. Taxes and interest went unpaid while Henson and Jacob were in the army. So Jacob gave up the farm and went to Pike County and settled near Pittsfield near his Uncle Michael DeVault. They lived there until 1869. It was there that Mary Emily Hunt married Ephriam B. Gillmore.

In 1871, Jacob rented the Stephens farm. It was one mile square, 640 acres, with plenty of running water, some woods, and pasture land and fertile fields. By now Bruce was old enough to make a hand in the field. The farm is one half mile west of Kenoma, Missouri. Later the Ft. Scott and Memphis railroad crossed the farm near the house. They were six miles south and east of Lamar.

It was here that Louise was twice married; first to Oscar Hannah, and after his death, to Frank Barrett, who was a civil engineer on the construction of the new railroad. Here also, Belva married Reason Burr, and Eliza married John Lindsey.

After some sixteen years on the farm, Jacob had a sale and went to Lamar and opened a bank, and later engaged in other business activities until about 1890, when he and Bruce moved to Bates County and located near Adrain. A few years later they went to Indian Territory and prospered. Jacob lived for many years at Alex, Oklahoma where he died. For a few years, Bruce farmed near DeRider, Louisianna and later moved to Jackson County, Missouri. There he, Alice and their daughter, Mildred died.

This brief story would be incomplete without mentioning Walter Howey (born October 4, 1873, married Effie Hampton, December 1, 1901 and died June 12, 1954), a boy whom Jacob raised, and who grew up as one of our cousins. Walter and his younger brother, Edward, lost both of their parents at about the same time by pneumonia when Walter was about four years old. An improvident neighbor family by the name of Denham was caring for the little boys, and appealed to the authorities for relief. The county authorities, being unable to locate any relatives of the little boys, were looking for homes for them. Jacob agreed to take Walter, but as he was a bachelor, refused to adopt the child. Edward was adopted by a family by the name of Sharp. Mrs. Sharp was a sister to Celestia Stuart Peugh, and lived west of Lamar. So the little boys were almost in the same family, and grew up knowing each other. These boys never gave their foster parents any grief, and grew up to be fine men. In Bates County, when Walter became twenty-one, Jacob helped him get started farming. He went to the Indian Territory with them. There he married and later settled in Missouri, nine miles west of Jasper City. He raised a fine family of six children, and they were all doing well when last I visited them in 1928.

Citations

[S4616] Email from Kay Appleby dated November 21, 1999
[S172] 1870 Census, Missouri, Barton County, Source Medium: Book
[S310] 1880 Census, Missouri, Barton County
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S72] 1860 Census, Illinois, Macoupin County
[S6460] Genealogy prepared by Kay Appleby (email address)
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S2793] Book: A DeVault Genealogy with Gillmore and Hunt Supplements by William B. Gillmore, 1954
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6442] Genealogy prepared by Kathleen A. Hunt
[S6724] Genealogy prepared by Mary (Fluts) Gillmore
[S12477] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Applications 1889 - 1970 (Ancestry.com)
[S5584] Genealogy prepared by Clarence Williams
[S5968] Genealogy prepared by Franklin Hunt Broyles

Family Explorer

Thomas Hyder "Hyder" Hunt^1,2,3

M, #820, b. 7 April 1816, d. 7 June 1863

Parents

Father	Henson Hunt (b. 1780, d. 1876)
Mother	Mary Magdaline Pope (b. 1787)

Pedigree Link

Family: Rachel Mary DeWald (b. 1821, d. 15 October 1900)

Son	James Hunt (b. 8 August 1838, d. 26 November 1860)
Son	Henson Hunt (b. 1841, d. 14 August 1865)
Son	Jacob "Jake" Hunt+ (b. 13 August 1843, d. 13 June 1925)
Daughter	Mary Emily "Emma" Hunt+ (b. 9 November 1844, d. 17 May 1929)
Son	Abedell "Addel" Hunt (b. 1847, d. 1848)
Daughter	Louise Henrietta "Lou or Louisa" Hunt+ (b. August 1847, d. 17 August 1918)
Daughter	Belvadesa C. "Belva or Bell" Hunt+ (b. September 1852, d. 31 March 1931)
Daughter	Eliza C. Hunt+ (b. 18 December 1854, d. 1 February 1888)
Son	Bruce Hunt+ (b. February 1860, d. 10 August 1936)
Daughter	Julia D. Hunt (b. November 1863, d. after 1905)

BASIC FACTS

Thomas Hyder "Hyder" Hunt was born on 7 April 1816 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^4,5 He was born on 7 April 1816 in Carter Co., Tennessee.⁶ He was born on 7 April 1817.⁷ He and Rachel Mary DeWald were married on 28 October 1837 in Carter Co., Tennessee.⁷ He died on 7 April 1863, at age 47, in Macoupin Co., Illinois.⁶ He died on 7 June 1863, at age 47, in Macoupin Co., Illinois.^4,8 He was buried in Reader Cemetery, Chesterfield, Macoupin Co., Illinois (V.)⁷

Thomas Hyder "Hyder" Hunt was also known as Hyder. He had reference number 821. He was a Farmer (1850, 1860.)^7,2,3 He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850); Macoupin County, Illinois (1860.) GRAVE MARKER

THOMAS H. HUNT
DIED
JUNE 7 1863
AGED
?8 Yrs. 2 Mos.

Note: According to Newland's dates, this should read 47 years and 2 months. Rachel's husband, Thomas Hunt, is the brother of her sister Maria's husband, Warrington Hunt. The children of these two families are double cousins.

Remarks by William Bruce Gillmore.

Grandmother, Rachal DeVault Hunt, was about eight years old when her mother died and her sister, Susan was a year younger. Their father did not Mary Elizabeth Scott until about 1835. During the years that he was a widower, the little girls spent much time at the home of Warrington and their sister, Maria Catharina (DeVault) Hunt. Their father complained that at home there were only the slave children with whom they could play. At sister Maria Catharina's there was their cousin, Louisa Ann Eliza (Lou) to play with, and no doubt the little girls faired better there than they would at home where they would be cared for by the slaves.

It was here with Warento and sister Kate that Grandmother learned to spin, weave and sew, also to tailor men's clothing, an art that her sister had learned from her DeVault ancestors. Also it was here that Rachal met and married Warento's brother, Thomas Hyder Hunt, when she was sixteen years old.

Rachal and Susan were always very close, and I was grown before I knew that Grandmother had other sisters and brothers. Apparently, she did not get to know her step-mother very well. I can recall no stories concerning her, but I never heard an unkind word about Elizabeth. She seems to have been a quiet, retiring woman who busied herself with her household, and had little time for visiting.

In 1850, Thomas Hyder Hunt took his family and with a number of relatives and friends, went by covered wagon to Illinois. It was quite a caravan, a dozen or more wagons. Mother was six years old and remembered many incidents of the long journey.

At that time the economy of Tennessee was based upon slave labor, and slaves were expensive, costing from $500.00 to $1500.00. My mother remembered a wedding at which the father presented the bride with a slave girl, and the tale was that it was a $500.00 present. Under such conditions, a poor man who had to buy land and slaves had a hard time getting ahead. Illinois offered better opportunities. Land was cheap and a man and his family did the work and every one was on the same footing.

In the party making the trip were Grandmother's brother, Michael DeVault, and her sister Susan (DeVault) Duncan and their families. Thomas Hyder Hunt's sister, Elizabeth (Hunt) Peugh and family were also in the caravan, and there may have been other relatives. There were also many friends who went along.

They settled in Macoupin County, Western Mound Township, where the family of Thomas Hyder Hunt lived until 1869, when they migrated to Barton County, Missouri. Near here, in the Reader Cemetery four miles north and a little east of Chesterfield, Thomas Hyder Hunt and his son James were buried and in 1900 Rachel Hunt was taken to lie beside them.

Some time after 1860, Michael DeVault and family moved to Pike County and Joseph and Susan (DeVault) Duncan with their family moved to Macon County.

When Jacob Hunt came home from the war in 1865, at the age of 22, he found himself the head of the family, his father and older brothers having died. Mary Emily and Louise were young ladies, but Belvia, Eliza, Bruce and Julia were children.

The family had suffered reverses. The oldest son, James, and the father had died. The boys who were old enough to farm had been drafted, probably because they were southerners, and the widow and the children left to do the best they could. Taxes and interest went unpaid while Henson and Jacob were in the army. So Jacob gave up the farm and went to Pike County and settled near Pittsfield near his Uncle Michael DeVault. They lived there until 1869. It was there that Mary Emily Hunt married Ephriam B. Gillmore.

In 1871, Jacob rented the Stephens farm. It was one mile square, 640 acres, with plenty of running water, some woods, and pasture land and fertile fields. By now Bruce was old enough to make a hand in the field. The farm is one half mile west of Kenoma, Missouri. Later the Ft. Scott and Memphis railroad crossed the farm near the house. They were six miles south and east of Lamar.

It was here that Louise was twice married; first to Oscar Hannah, and after his death, to Frank Barrett, who was a civil engineer on the construction of the new railroad. Here also, Belva married Reason Burr, and Eliza married John Lindsey.

After some sixteen years on the farm, Jacob had a sale and went to Lamar and opened a bank, and later engaged in other business activities until about 1890, when he and Bruce moved to Bates County and located near Adrain. A few years later they went to Indian Territory and prospered. Jacob lived for many years at Alex, Oklahoma where he died. For a few years, Bruce farmed near DeRider, Louisianna and later moved to Jackson County, Missouri. There he, Alice and their daughter, Mildred died.

This brief story would be incomplete without mentioning Walter Howey (born October 4, 1873, married Effie Hampton, December 1, 1901 and died June 12, 1954), a boy whom Jacob raised, and who grew up as one of our cousins. Walter and his younger brother, Edward, lost both of their parents at about the same time by pneumonia when Walter was about four years old. An improvident neighbor family by the name of Denham was caring for the little boys, and appealed to the authorities for relief. The county authorities, being unable to locate any relatives of the little boys, were looking for homes for them. Jacob agreed to take Walter, but as he was a bachelor, refused to adopt the child. Edward was adopted by a family by the name of Sharp. Mrs. Sharp was a sister to Celestia Stuart Peugh, and lived west of Lamar. So the little boys were almost in the same family, and grew up knowing each other. These boys never gave their foster parents any grief, and grew up to be fine men. In Bates County, when Walter became twenty-one, Jacob helped him get started farming. He went to the Indian Territory with them. There he married and later settled in Missouri, nine miles west of Jasper City. He raised a fine family of six children, and they were all doing well when last I visited them in 1928.

Citations

[S4616] Email from Kay Appleby dated November 21, 1999
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S72] 1860 Census, Illinois, Macoupin County
[S6442] Genealogy prepared by Kathleen A. Hunt
[S4128] Descendents of Henson Hunt prepared by Felicia Gourdin & Clara Hunt Miller
[S12477] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Applications 1889 - 1970 (Ancestry.com)
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S2793] Book: A DeVault Genealogy with Gillmore and Hunt Supplements by William B. Gillmore, 1954

Family Explorer

Susannah C. "Susan" DeVault^1,2,3,4,5

F, #821, b. 13 February 1824, d. 1 February 1899

Parents

Father	Jacob Davault (b. 17 October 1785, d. 12 September 1860)
Mother	Rachel Dorothy Kitzmiller (b. 5 November 1785, d. 14 August 1826)

Pedigree Link

Family: Joseph Franklin Duncan (b. 18 February 1818, d. 30 March 1905)

Son	Boy Duncan
Daughter	Mary Catherine Duncan+ (b. 24 February 1844, d. 4 April 1917)
Son	Martin Kitzmiller Duncan+ (b. 14 July 1846, d. 4 March 1927)
Daughter	Sarah A. Duncan (b. 13 August 1849, d. 21 June 1878)
Daughter	Jennie Duncan (b. 26 April 1852, d. 14 October 1892)
Son	James T. Duncan (b. 2 October 1854, d. 27 January 1939)
Son	Robert P. Duncan (b. 10 November 1857, d. 15 October 1894)
Son	Joseph Franklin Duncan, Jr. (b. 10 April 1860, d. 26 October 1914)

BASIC FACTS

Susannah C. "Susan" DeVault was born in 1821 in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.^6,7 She was born in 1822 in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.^8,9 She was born on 13 February 1824 in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.¹⁰ She and Joseph Franklin Duncan were married on 13 October 1842 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^8,11 She died on 1 February 1899, at age 74, in Moweaqua, Shelby Co., Illinois.¹ She died before 1933 in Macon Co., Illinois.^12,8 She was buried in Westside Cemetery, Moweaqua, Shelby Co., Illinois (V.)¹³

Susannah C. "Susan" DeVault was also known as Susannah C. "Susan" Dewald.^1,2 She had reference number 822. She resided in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania; Washington Co., Tennessee (aft. 1826); moved to Girard, Macoupin Co., Tennessee (December 1850); Near Moweaqua, Macon Co., Illinois (fall of 1851); Decauter, Illinois.^7,1 She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850); Greene County, Illinois (1860); Shelby County, Illinois (1880.) Susan and her sister Rachel went to live with their older sister Marie Catherine DeVault and her husband Warrington Hunt. They were raised by the Hunts and stayed with them until they were married.

OBITUARY

A MOTHER IN ISRAEL
Death of Susan DeValt Duncan, a Beloved Wife and Mother at Rest In Heaven
HER FAITH WAS IN GOD TO THE END.
Susan DeValt beloved wife of Jos. Duncan, Sr., quitely passed away in death at the family home in this city Feb. 1st, 1899, at 1 o'clock p. m., after a lingering illness of, consumption in which she bore her sufferings patient and uncomplainingly. When asked by her friends how she felt, most always answered she felt better, a proof that she was cheerful and her mind lingered on the bright side of life in which no clearer manifestation of a true christian character could have been exemplified. When told of the death of others that had taken place during her last days, she would say it looked almost too bad for so many younger, more useful persons to be taken while she lingered on, thereby manifesting that she felt her allotted time was drawing to a close. She was a kind affectionate wife and mother who loved her husband, and children and she likewise being loved by them in return.
She was a good neighbor and true friend in the years we have personally known her. We could mention many beautiful incidents in connection with her life, but one of the most impressive recalled to our memory was several years ago when her three sons professed religion. And at an afternoon meeting in the old Baptist Church, Robert, James and Joseph all were baptized and united with the Church, she was so happy her heart was overflowing and being unable to control her feelings. She shouted God's Praises in real earnest until there was not a person in the audience who did not shed tears of joy with her. Her family, including her sister were at her bedside when the end came. The funeral took place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Baptist Church was conducted by Rev. Jo. B. Rogers assisted by Rev's Paisley, Jos. Thomas, and J. J. Midkiff. The Pall Bears were, Robt. B. Wilson, H. A. Pratt, Robt. W. Hight, H. Grooms, Wallace Gregory and Samuel Cushing. The remains were laid to rest beside those of her two daughters in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery west of town.
Those who attended the funeral from abroad were: Wm. Hight, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hight, of Macon, H. Grooms of Decatur, Rev. J. J. Midkiff, of Stonington, J. W. Brown of Blue Mound and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cushing of Assumption.

OBITUARY
Susan C. DeValt Duncan, daughter of Jacob and Rachel DeValt was born near Hanover, Pa., Feb. 13th, 1824 and died at Moweaqua, Ill., Feb. 1st, 1899, age 74 years, 11 months and 12 days. She removed with the family to Tennessee when she was a child of about four years. She was married Oct 18th, 1812 to Joseph Duncan and moved to Jacksonville, Illinois in 1851. Living there about one year, they moved to Fayette, Green county, residing there until Feb. 10th, 1867 when they moved to the neighborhood of Moweaqua and later to the home in this city. Bro. and Sister Duncan lived as man and wife together for more than 56 years. To them were born eight children, Sarah A, Jennie, Robert, and a child dying in infancy have passed to the otherside, Mary, Martin, James and Joseph living. Besides the aged husband and four children, Sister Duncan leaves one brother and a sister, Mrs. Hunt, of Tulsa, Indian Territory, who was present during the last months of her illness. She and Bro. Duncan both joined the Baptist Church before they were married, and united with the Church here in 1867, and have been members in good standing ever since.

History of Shelby Co., Illinois, by Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, 1910, Page 869

Nathan Francis: In September 1865 Mr. Francis married in Macoupin Co. Mary C. Duncan, born near Jonesboro, Washington Co., TN, February 24, 1844, a daughter of Joseph and Susannah C. (DeVault) Duncan. Joseph Duncan was born February 27, 1817 near Jonesboro, Washington Co., TN, and moved to Illinois in the fall of 1851, settling in Jacksonville and later buying a farm near Fayette, Green Co., on which he resided only a few years. He then purchased a farm near Moweaqua in Shelby Co., where he lived until locating in the city where he became Senior Deacon of the Baptist Church. After the death of his wife, he made his home with his daughter Mrs. Nathan Francis until his own death occurred March 30, 1905, when over 88 years of age. In 1842 he was married to Susannah C. DeVault and this union lasted 57 years, her death occurring at the family home in Moweaqua, February 1, 1899, when she was nearly 75 years old. Joseph and Susannah C. (DeVault) Duncan had 8 children: Martyn, Sarah, Jennie, James, Robert, Joseph, Mary C. and a son who died in infancy.

GRAVE MARKER

JOSEPH DUNCAN
BORN FEB. 18, 1818 -- DIED MAR. 30, 1905
SUSANA C. WIFE OF JOSEPH DUNCAN
BORN FEB. 13, 1824 -- DIED FEB. 1, 1899
DUNCAN

(This is a very large stone.) She and Joseph Franklin Duncan had children in Several children.¹²

Citations

[S2814] Book: History of Shelby Co., Illinois by Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, 1910
[S4174] DeVault Genealogy prepared prior to 1933 and supplied by Evelyn (Bayna) Read
[S71] 1860 Census, Illinois, Greene County
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S254] 1880 Census, Illinois, Shelby County
[S6460] Genealogy prepared by Kay Appleby (email address)
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S2793] Book: A DeVault Genealogy with Gillmore and Hunt Supplements by William B. Gillmore, 1954
[S11942] Obituary - Susannah "Susan" (DeVault) Duncan
[S9067] Marriage Records: Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S5968] Genealogy prepared by Franklin Hunt Broyles
[S4394] Email from Debra (Adams) Arnold dated December 27, 2004

Family Explorer

Joseph Franklin Duncan^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}

M, #822, b. 18 February 1818, d. 30 March 1905

Parents

Father	James Duncan (b. 8 January 1790, d. 10 October 1865)
Mother	Sarah Hunt (b. 9 November 1789, d. 9 July 1858)

Pedigree Link

Family: Susannah C. "Susan" DeVault (b. 13 February 1824, d. 1 February 1899)

Son	Boy Duncan
Daughter	Mary Catherine Duncan+ (b. 24 February 1844, d. 4 April 1917)
Son	Martin Kitzmiller Duncan+ (b. 14 July 1846, d. 4 March 1927)
Daughter	Sarah A. Duncan (b. 13 August 1849, d. 21 June 1878)
Daughter	Jennie Duncan (b. 26 April 1852, d. 14 October 1892)
Son	James T. Duncan (b. 2 October 1854, d. 27 January 1939)
Son	Robert P. Duncan (b. 10 November 1857, d. 15 October 1894)
Son	Joseph Franklin Duncan, Jr. (b. 10 April 1860, d. 26 October 1914)

BASIC FACTS

Joseph Franklin Duncan was born on 27 February 1817 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹⁰ He was born on 27 February 1817 in Morgan Co., Tennessee.¹¹ He was born in 1818 in Tennessee.¹² He was born on 18 February 1818 in Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹³ He and Susannah C. "Susan" DeVault were married on 13 October 1842 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^14,15 He died on 30 March 1905, at age 87, in Moweaqua, Shelby Co., Illinois.^10,11 He was buried in Westside Cemetery, Moweaqua, Shelby Co., Illinois (V.)¹⁶

Joseph Franklin Duncan had reference number 823. He resided in Tennessee; Jacksonville, Illinois (fall of1851); Fayette, Greene County, Illinois; Moweaqua, Shelby Co., Illinois (1867.)^2,11 He was affiliated with Senior Deacon of the Baptist Church.¹⁰ He was a Farmer (1850, 1860, 1880); landlord (1900.)^5,6,7,8 He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850); Greene County, Illinois (1860); Shelby County, Illinois (1880, 1900.) OBITUARY - Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois, March 31, 1905

AGED MOWEAQUA MAN IS DEAD.
Joseph Duncan had lived Forty Years on his Farm
Moweaqua. Ills. March 31. Joseph Duncan died Thursday at 12:30 a.m. aged 88 years.
Mr Duncan was born in Morgan county, Tenn. in 1817*. At the age of 23 he was married to Miss Susan Debaul of Washington county, Tenn. They moved to Illinois in 1849 and in 1867 they settled on a farm near Moweaqua. They have been living near Moweaqua for nearly forty years. Three years ago his wife died leaving him with his children, Mrs. Mary C. Francis, M.T. Duncan and Joseph Duncan, Jr., of Mowequa and J. T. Duncan of Decatur. Mr. Duncan was a well respected citizen by all who knew him. Since a young man he has been a member of the Baptist church. Funeral services will he held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Mr. Cooper officiating.

* There is no evidence to support the statement that Joseph was born in Morgan County, Tennessee.

OBITUARY (with photo)

A GOOD MAN GONE
AT OCTOGINARIAN LAID TO REST
Father Duncan One of Our Oldest and Most Highly Esteemed Citizens Enters the Home at the End of the Way.
Thursday, March 30th, at 12:30 a. m. our well known and aged citizen Joseph Duncan. Sr., passed from the scenes of time to those of eternity. While his death was not unexpected yet it was sad. To one who had held with such tenacious firmness to life's affairs, it was truly pathetic to see the hour of surrender come. Mr. Duncan was an honorable and honored man. To know him was to esteem him.
The funeral was conducted at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nathan Francis, Sunday at 2:30 p. m. in the presence of a large number of sympathizing friends. The service was in charge of Rev. A. D. Cooper assisted by the other ministers of the town. Rev. Rob't. Irwin also made a brief talk. The music was furnished by a quartette consisting of Mrs. A. J. Combs, Sella Thomas, J. W. Gregory and Morton Gregory. The body was laid away in the West Side Cemetery.
The following are the facts of Father Duncan's life as prepared by those who knew him best:
OBITUARY
Joseph Duncan, Sr., the subject of this sketch was born in Washington county, Tennessee, near Jonesborrough, on February 27, 1817. He grew to manhood on the farm receiving a common school education.
In 1842 he was married to Miss Susan Devalt. This union lasted till Mrs. Duncan's death, about fifty-seven years. Father Duncan was one of the pioneers to Illinois, having settled near Jacksonville, 1851. Later he bought a farm and moved to Green county,. near Fayette. He was converted at the age of twenty-two, uniting with the Baptist church. He has been identified with the same denomination while in this State.
In 1866, Mr. Duncan bought a farm in Shelby county, near Moweaqua. He resided on this farm until a few years ago when he and family moved to Moweaqua. Since the death of Mrs. Duncan, he has lived with his daughter, Mrs. Mary C. Francis.
Through all his life Mr. Duncan been a hard working man, sober, of sturdy and industrious habits. He was a faithful, useful church member. Giving liberally of his time and means to the cause he loved. He was the honored senior deacon of the Moweaqua Baptist church. He gave an endowment fund to this church. He was a man of strong principles and decided convictions. His health began failing over two years ago and since last November has been steadily declining until death came to his relief and went to rest, peacefully trusting in his Saviour. His children are Mrs. Mary C. Francis, Martin K., Sarah, Jennie, James T., Robert and Joseph F. Duncan. Three deceased -- Sarah, Jennie and Robert.
Those in attendance from abroad were: J. D. Francis, Girard; Joseph Duncan, Palmyra; Martin Owen, Decatur; Miss Emma Duncan, White Hall; Mrs. R. P. Duncan, D. Sanders, Oscar Owen, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Owen, all of Stonington; Mr. and Mrs Jas Duncan and Mr. H. Grooms, Decatur; Wheeler Brown, Blue Mound, M. K. Duncan; Mrs. Ada Corzine, Mr. Hight, Assumption; Mr. and Mrs Hilvety, Decatur; Mrs. Edgar, the nurse of Decatur.

NOTE: J. D. Francis was Joseph D. Francis, grandson; Joseph Duncan was Joseph B. Duncan, nephew; Miss Emma Duncan is Emma S. Duncan, niece and M. K. Duncan was Martin Kitzmiller Duncan, son.

GRAVE MARKER

JOSEPH DUNCAN
BORN FEB. 18, 1818 -- DIED MAR. 30, 1905
SUSANA C. WIFE OF JOSEPH DUNCAN
BORN FEB. 13, 1824 -- DIED FEB. 1, 1899
DUNCAN

(This is a very large stone.) He and Susannah C. "Susan" DeVault had children in Several children.¹

Citations

[S5968] Genealogy prepared by Franklin Hunt Broyles
[S7608] Genealogy prepared by William B. Terrell
[S2793] Book: A DeVault Genealogy with Gillmore and Hunt Supplements by William B. Gillmore, 1954
[S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book
[S71] 1860 Census, Illinois, Greene County
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S254] 1880 Census, Illinois, Shelby County
[S466] 1900 Census, Illinois, Shelby County
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S2814] Book: History of Shelby Co., Illinois by Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, 1910
[S10825] Obituary - Joseph Duncan
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S8441] Grave Marker, Jacob & Susana C. (DeVault) Duncan, Westside Cemetery, Moweaqua, Shelby Co., Illinois
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S9067] Marriage Records: Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S4394] Email from Debra (Adams) Arnold dated December 27, 2004

Family Explorer

John David "David" DeVault^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #823, b. 17 November 1819, d. 6 October 1892

Parents

Father	Jacob Davault (b. 17 October 1785, d. 12 September 1860)
Mother	Rachel Dorothy Kitzmiller (b. 5 November 1785, d. 14 August 1826)

Pedigree Link

Family 1: Cynthia Harriet Wells (b. 27 September 1824, d. 26 April 1867)

Son	Charles Wesley DeVault+ (b. 2 August 1850, d. 5 June 1922)
Daughter	Martha Lucinda DeVault+ (b. 25 May 1853, d. 11 April 1932)
Son	Thomas Montgomery DeVault+ (b. 25 November 1855, d. 19 January 1888)
Son	John Dulaney DeVault+ (b. 16 August 1857, d. before 1900)
Daughter	Mary Louise "Mollie" DeVault+ (b. 26 June 1861, d. 8 July 1932)
Son	George Henry DeVault (b. 24 July 1864, d. 13 January 1888)

Family 2: Nancy Melvina "Melvina" Hartness (b. 9 June 1843, d. 9 July 1931)

Son	Joseph Gilbert DeVault+ (b. 10 June 1872, d. 30 October 1961)
Daughter	Florence DeVault+ (b. 25 July 1873, d. 12 January 1913)
Son	Reece David DeVault (b. 13 November 1875, d. 1 February 1929)
Son	Orgie Milton DeVault+ (b. 10 May 1878, d. 11 October 1934)
Son	William Walker "Will" DeVault+ (b. 3 November 1880, d. 8 September 1934)
Son	Jesse Cleveland "Jess" DeVault+ (b. 18 September 1884, d. 4 June 1955)

BASIC FACTS

John David "David" DeVault was born on 17 November 1819 in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.¹ He and Cynthia Harriet Wells were married on 31 January 1848 in Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^1,7 He and Nancy Melvina "Melvina" Hartness were married on 10 November 1868.⁸ He died on 6 October 1892, at age 72, in Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^9,10 He died on 4 October 1893, at age 73.¹¹ He died on 4 October 1897, at age 77, in Sullivan Co., Tennessee.¹² He was buried in Wells Cemetery, Fordtown, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.⁸

John David "David" DeVault had reference number 824. He resided in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania; Washington Co., Tennessee (aft. 1826); Sullivan Co., Tennessee (abt 1833.)¹ He was a Farmer (1850); tanner (1860.)^1,5,6 He was enumerated on the census in Sullivan County, Tennessee (1850 - 1880.) DEATH NOTICE - The Asheville Weekly Citizen; Asheville, North Carolina; Thursday, October 13, 1892; Page 5 (Newspapers.com)

J. David DeVault died on Wednesday last at his home near Kendrick's Creek, Tenn., in the seventy-third year of his age. The deceased was the father of C. W. DeVault of Asheville.

Letter from John David DeVault's son, Joseph G. DeVault to Newland DeVault, dated 1952.

"John David DeVault, my father, left the DeVault Settlement (DeVault's Ford area) when he was a young man and went to Wells X Road, Washington Co., (which shows on some old maps) 25 miles away where he learned the tanners' trade and married his boss's daughter, Cynthia Wells, and later lived on her inheritance in Sullivan Co. He had a tannery there until the close of the Civil War when the Federals destroyed it. Everything he had was destroyed, except the land ---- he raised a large family of twelve and did not have much time to talk of the past." [His brother, George Henry DeVault also operated a tannery at Elizabethton, Tennessee, which was also destroyed by the Federalists.]
"My grandfather [Jacob DeVault, Sr.] came to the DeVault Settlement when my father was a young man, 16 years old." [Joseph remembers his father telling him this and as his father was born in 1819, this would make the year 1835, when Jacob, Sr. left Washington Co., Tennessee and moved to Sullivan Co., Tennessee, just east of DeVault's Ford. This was about the time of Jacob, Sr.'s second marriage.] "The home in which my Grandfather lived near the DeVault Settlement, on the Watauga, was burned. He was badly burned and spent the remainder of his life with his daughter, Mary, who married Warrington Hunt and was buried in the old Cemetery at Jonesboro. I do not know where or when his first wife died or was buried."

Note: Jacob, Sr.'s first wife, Rachel Dorothy (Kitzmiller) Dewald died on August 8, 1826 and was buried in the church yard of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

GRAVE MARKER

DAVID DeVAULT
DIED
OCT. 6, 1852
AGED
ABOUT 73 Yrs. He was baptized on 30 January 1820 in Saint Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.¹

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
[S208] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County, Source Medium: Book
[S358] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S58] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S126] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S7608] Genealogy prepared by William B. Terrell
[S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book
[S8054] Grave Marker - John David DeVault, Wells Cemetery, Sullivan Co., Tennessee
[S3219] DAR Application - Mary Mabel "Mabel" DeVault (DAR Number 473905)
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Page 254
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Page 241

Family Explorer

Cynthia Harriet Wells^1,2,3

F, #824, b. 27 September 1824, d. 26 April 1867

Parents

Father	Jeremiah Wells (b. 20 July 1791, d. 3 June 1848)
Mother	Martha Fitzgerald (b. 26 May 1791, d. 21 January 1841)

Pedigree Link

Family: John David "David" DeVault (b. 17 November 1819, d. 6 October 1892)

Son	Charles Wesley DeVault+ (b. 2 August 1850, d. 5 June 1922)
Daughter	Martha Lucinda DeVault+ (b. 25 May 1853, d. 11 April 1932)
Son	Thomas Montgomery DeVault+ (b. 25 November 1855, d. 19 January 1888)
Son	John Dulaney DeVault+ (b. 16 August 1857, d. before 1900)
Daughter	Mary Louise "Mollie" DeVault+ (b. 26 June 1861, d. 8 July 1932)
Son	George Henry DeVault (b. 24 July 1864, d. 13 January 1888)

BASIC FACTS

Cynthia Harriet Wells was born on 27 September 1824 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ She and John David "David" DeVault were married on 31 January 1848 in Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^1,4 She died on 26 April 1867, at age 42, in Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^1,5 She was buried in Wells Cemetery, Fordtown, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^1,6

Cynthia Harriet Wells had reference number 825. She resided in of Tennessee.⁷ She left a will in Sullivan County, Tennessee Will Book No. 1, Page 106, 1830-70, real and personal property from her father Jeremiah Wells, to her 6 children, James A. Wells, Executor, signed Sinthia H. DeVault, April 15, 1867.⁶ She was enumerated on the census in Sullivan County, Tennessee (1850, 1860.) Newland Devault says that Cynthia's death was largely due to the burdens imposed on her during the Civil War days, when her husband, John David DeVault, was away in the army and the responsibilities rested with her. Her last child was born just three days before her death.

WILL OF CYNTHIA H. (WELLS) DeVAULT

I Cynthia H. DeVault, considering the uncertainty of the mortal life and being of sound mind and memory, do make this and publish this my last will and Testament. And in the manner and form following, that is to say first,
I give and bequeath to my beloved children all my real and personal property that descended to me by my father, Jeremiah Wells.
Last Will and Testament to witt: Chas W. DeVault, Martha L. DeVault, Thomas N. DeVault, John D. DeVault, Mary DeVault and Geo H. DeVault, to be equally divided between the above named children or the proceeds as heretofore provided for.
Secondly, I wish my personal property to witt: all the household and kitchen furniture to be used by my beloved husband, David DeVault, for the use and benefit of the above named children, in keeping house and providing for their comfort and want.
Thirdly, I nominate and appoint James A. Wells, my Executor, to attend to and carry out the provisions of my will set forth in the will, and also if my beloved husband should wish to move from the farm set forth in the proceeding part of the will I hereby appoint my Executor, James A. Wells, or his successor, to sell and convey the real estate at his descretion and appropriate the proceeds of the same to the use and benefit of my beloved children as set forth. In witness I have hereinto set my hand and seal this 15th day of April 1867.

Signed Attest
Cynthia H. DeVault R. P. Gott
G. V. Wells
Sarah A. Wells.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S58] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S126] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S7608] Genealogy prepared by William B. Terrell
[S5242] Genealogy prepared by awc2001 (Ancestry.com)
[S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book
[S2793] Book: A DeVault Genealogy with Gillmore and Hunt Supplements by William B. Gillmore, 1954

Family Explorer

Michael Kitzmiller DeVault^1,2,3,4

M, #825, b. November 1817, d. 1903

Parents

Father	Jacob Davault (b. 17 October 1785, d. 12 September 1860)
Mother	Rachel Dorothy Kitzmiller (b. 5 November 1785, d. 14 August 1826)

Pedigree Link

Family: Mary Ann Bridwell (b. April 1827, d. 4 November 1911)

Son	Elbert Siebert DeVault+ (b. 25 December 1849, d. 23 May 1929)
Son	Landon C. DeVault (b. February 1858, d. 26 May 1931)
Daughter	Laura T. DeVault (b. 15 September 1860, d. 17 June 1930)

BASIC FACTS

Michael Kitzmiller DeVault was born in November 1817 in Manheim Twp., York Co., Pennsylvania.^2,4 He was born about 1819 in Manheim Twp., York Co., Pennsylvania.¹ He was born in 1820 in Manheim Twp., York Co., Pennsylvania.⁵ He and Mary Ann Bridwell were married about 1847.⁴ He died in 1903, at age ~86, in Pike Co., Illinois.^6,1 He was buried in Pittsfield West Cemetery, Pittsfield, Pike Co., Illinois.⁷

Michael Kitzmiller DeVault had reference number 826. He resided in Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania; Washington Co., Tennessee (aft. 1826); moved to Girard, Macoupin Co., Illinois (December, 1850); near Pittsfield, Pike Co., Illinois (Before the Civil War.)^6,8,1 He was enumerated on the census in Macoupin County, Illinois (1860); Pike County, Illinois (1880, 1900.) He was a Farmer (1860, 1880, 1900.)³ Newland DeVault reported that Michael was one of five children of Jacob and Rachel Dorothy (Kitzmiller) DeVault that moved to Macoupin County, Illinois in December of 1850, shortly after the 1850 Census was taken. However, Michael's son, Landon, born in February, 1858, has, in every census record, his birth location given as Tennessee. Either Michael and family did not move to Illinois until after Landon's birth or Michael's wife went back to Tennessee to have Landon.

Michael and Mary lived on a farm adjoining Thomas and Rachel (DeWald) Hunt in Macoupin County, Illinois (1860 census).

LETTER - The following is an excerpt from a letter written by Franklin Hunt Broyles, M.D. in 1933. See notes under Franklin Hunt Broyles for the complete text of the letter.

I visited Uncle Michael K. DeVault in Illinois more than fifty years ago but had not corresponded with any of them for fifty years but once in a while I would send Cousin Laura a birthday card, or a picture of some place of interest I visited but never heard from her. Just this last Christmas I sent her a Christmas card, and two or three weeks later I received a letter from her niece saying her Aunt Laura died three years ago. That her grandparents, her father and her uncle and aunt were all dead and that as far as she knew one brother was the only living relative she had on earth and that if I was a friend of the family or knew any thing about the DeVault family she would be glad to hear from me. I went back to her great, great, grandfather and gave her a quite complete history down to herself, so complete should she wish to join the D.A.Rs she can do so. Although I stopped with the birth and death of my own mother of that branch of our family. I will give this to her in another chapter. I have not heard from her since I sent her that letter, and she has no idea she and I are second cousins. It is too bad relatives get so scattered they loose all trace of each other, but I can I think understand how it is she knows not of her father's family. Uncle Michael DeVault was one of the best men I ever knew, and his wife was just as good as long as she was boss and every one bowed to her, but when they did not she was a regular she devil. Their oldest son Elbert married a young lady his mother had taken a dislike for and I heard her say she never wanted to see him again and that she never wanted to look in her face either in life or death. This marriage took place at the time I visited them, and it is my opinion he gave his family a wide bearth and told his children nothing about them, altho the rest of the famiy never said a word in my presence against the young lady Elbert married. The other two children never married. I know cousin Laura had an opportunity to marry a young man who has made a splendid success of his life, and her mother was willing that he and Laura marry, provided they would move right in and live with or very near her for he would would not be domineered over by her and Laura did not want to live with her for she knew no one could do so in peace, but at the same time she said she could never marry with out her mother's consent and if she did not marry this particular young man she would never marry any. That decided the young man to break the engagement and some years later married a jewel of a young woman. None of the children were at all like their mother in disposition but seeing the heart aches caused by her brother's disobedience caused her to sacrifice a happy married life with a home and children of her own.

GRAVE MARKER

DeVAULT
MICHEAL MARY LAURA LANDON

(single stone)

Note: The above spelling of Michael's name is the way it appears on the stone. There are no dates. See notes for Franklin Hunt Broyles.

Michael and Mary lived on a farm adjoining Thomas and Rachel (DeWald) Hunt in Macoupin County, Illinois (1860 census).

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S252] 1880 Census, Illinois, Pike County
[S72] 1860 Census, Illinois, Macoupin County
[S463] 1900 Census, Illinois, Pike County
[S6460] Genealogy prepared by Kay Appleby (email address)
[S5584] Genealogy prepared by Clarence Williams
[S2975] Cemetery Records - Pittsfield West Cemetery, Pittsfield, Pike Co., Illinois
[S5968] Genealogy prepared by Franklin Hunt Broyles