The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

Person Page 609

Dennis Leon Slagle1

M, #15201, b. 25 July 1906, d. 10 April 1959

Parents

FatherWade Hampton Slagle (b. 9 December 1868, d. 30 May 1944)
MotherIda May Scroggins (b. 27 March 1883, d. 21 October 1951)
Pedigree Link

Family: Esther Pearl McCoy (b. 4 September 1911, d. 16 February 1993)

SonHarry Michael Slagle+

BASIC FACTS

Dennis Leon Slagle was born on 25 July 1906 in Polk Co., Missouri.2,3 He was born on 29 July 1906 in Pike Co., Missouri.1 He and Esther Pearl McCoy were married on 12 September 1935.1 He died on 10 April 1959, at age 52, in Kern Co., California.2,3 He was buried in Union Cemetery, Bakersfield Co., California.2
Dennis Leon Slagle had reference number 15470. His Social Security Number was 548-01-3730, issued: California.3

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S4522] Email from Evelyn O'Dell dated April 5, 2003
  3. [S2858] California Birth/Death Records (Internet)

Harry Michael Slagle1

M, #15202

Parents

FatherDennis Leon Slagle (b. 25 July 1906, d. 10 April 1959)
MotherEsther Pearl McCoy (b. 4 September 1911, d. 16 February 1993)
Pedigree Link

Family:

DaughterGirl Slagle

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Isaac Benjamin Rankin1,2

M, #15203, b. 6 March 1894, d. 4 May 1958

Parents

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Isaac Benjamin Rankin was born on 6 March 1894 in Texas.2 He and Esther Pearl McCoy were married on 3 November 1950.1 He died on 4 May 1958, at age 64, in San Bernardino Co., California.2 He was buried in Throckmorton Cemetery, Throckmorton, Throckmorton Co., Texas.3
Isaac Benjamin Rankin had reference number 15472.

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S2858] California Birth/Death Records (Internet)
  3. [S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book

Charles Nelson McCoy1,2

M, #15204, b. 8 July 1913, d. 15 March 1986

Parents

FatherJesse Elmer McCoy (b. 29 January 1876, d. 14 September 1953)
MotherEthel Owesa Hume (b. 24 March 1879, d. 1 February 1961)
Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Charles Nelson McCoy was born on 8 July 1913 in Kern Co., California.1 He and Edith Ann Hockett were married on 27 June 1937 in near Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co., California.1 He died on 15 March 1986, at age 72, in Nevada Co., California.3
Charles Nelson McCoy had reference number 15473. He resided in Santee, San Diego Co., California; Grass Valley, Nevada Co., California (1975.)1,4 His Social Security Number was 546-03-9347, issued: California, last residence: Grass Valley, Nevada Co., California.5 He was enumerated on the census in Kern County, California (1920.)

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S1105] 1920 Census, California, Kern County
  3. [S3974] Death Records - California, California Death Index 1940 - 1997 (Ancestry.com)
  4. [S10660] Obituary - Jasper Noland McCoy
  5. [S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book

Edith Ann Hockett1

F, #15205, b. 7 April 1916
Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Edith Ann Hockett was born on 7 April 1916.1 She and Charles Nelson McCoy were married on 27 June 1937 in near Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co., California.1
Edith Ann Hockett had reference number 15474.

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Richard Charles McCoy1

M, #15206

Parents

FatherCharles Nelson McCoy (b. 8 July 1913, d. 15 March 1986)
MotherEdith Ann Hockett (b. 7 April 1916)
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Gerald Michael McCoy1

M, #15207

Parents

FatherCharles Nelson McCoy (b. 8 July 1913, d. 15 March 1986)
MotherEdith Ann Hockett (b. 7 April 1916)
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Laurance Jeffry McCoy1

M, #15208

Parents

FatherCharles Nelson McCoy (b. 8 July 1913, d. 15 March 1986)
MotherEdith Ann Hockett (b. 7 April 1916)
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Kathleen Sue McCoy1

F, #15209

Parents

FatherCharles Nelson McCoy (b. 8 July 1913, d. 15 March 1986)
MotherEdith Ann Hockett (b. 7 April 1916)
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Jasper Noland "Jack" McCoy1,2,3

M, #15210, b. 4 September 1916, d. 18 January 1974

Parents

FatherJesse Elmer McCoy (b. 29 January 1876, d. 14 September 1953)
MotherEthel Owesa Hume (b. 24 March 1879, d. 1 February 1961)
Pedigree Link

Family: Helen Frazier (b. 13 December 1918)

DaughterPatricia Emily McCoy

BASIC FACTS

Jasper Noland "Jack" McCoy was born on 4 September 1916 in Bakersfield, Kern Co., California.1,2 He and Helen Frazier were married on 11 September 1937.1 He and Kathleen Mitchell were married on 6 March 1949 in Washington.1 He died on 18 January 1974, at age 57, in Kennewick, Benton Co., Washington.4,2 He was buried in Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Kennewick, Benton Co., Washington.2
Jasper Noland "Jack" McCoy was also known as Jasper E. McCoy.5 He had reference number 15479. His Social Security Number was 564-18-3734, issued: California, last residence: Kennewick, Benton Co., Washington.4 He resided in Kennewick, Benton Co., Washington (1947.)4,2 He was a Machinist for Exxon Nuclear, General Electric and Douglas United Nuclear.2 He was enumerated on the census in Kern County, California (1920.) OBITUARY - Tri-City Herald, (WA); Tuesday, January 20, 1975; page 11:

Jasper "Jack" McCoy
Jasper "Jack" N. McCoy, 59, of 206 N. Yelm St., Kennewick, died Sunday in Kennewick General Hospital.
He was born in Bakersfield, Calif., and lived in the Tri-Cities since 1947.
He was a machinist for Exxon Nuclear and formerly worked for General Electric and Douglas United Nuclear.
He was a member of Columbia Community Church; Elks Lodge 273; Machinist Local 1743; Richland Blue Lodge 283 F & AM; Pasco Chapter 33 RAM; Zadok Council 23 R & SM; Pasco Commandery 21KT; Richland Chapter 239 OES; Al Malaikah Temple AAONOMS, Los Angeles; and served four years in the Merchant Marine during World War II.
Survivors include wife, Kathleen; daughter, Patricia Iceberg, Kennewick; brothers, Ernest, Bakersfield, Albert, Williamstown, Mo., and Charley, Grass Valley, Calif.; sister, Esther Shafer, Patagonia, Ariz.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Mueller Funeral Home with the Rev. Geoff Piper and Richland Blue Lodge 283 officiating. Burial will be in Desert Lawn Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to the Cancer Society in care of Paul Carr Jr., 2312 Tinkle Ave., Richland.
Friends may call at the funeral home 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
He and Kathleen Mitchell had children in No Children.1

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S10660] Obituary - Jasper Noland McCoy
  3. [S1105] 1920 Census, California, Kern County
  4. [S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
  5. [S2858] California Birth/Death Records (Internet)

Helen Frazier1

F, #15211, b. 13 December 1918
Pedigree Link

Family: Jasper Noland "Jack" McCoy (b. 4 September 1916, d. 18 January 1974)

DaughterPatricia Emily McCoy

BASIC FACTS

Helen Frazier was born on 13 December 1918 in Licking, Texas Co., Missouri.1 She and Jasper Noland "Jack" McCoy were married on 11 September 1937.1
Helen Frazier had reference number 15480.

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Patricia Emily McCoy1

F, #15212

Parents

FatherJasper Noland "Jack" McCoy (b. 4 September 1916, d. 18 January 1974)
MotherHelen Frazier (b. 13 December 1918)
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Kathleen Mitchell1

F, #15213, b. 20 May 1908, d. 7 November 1996

Parents

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Kathleen Mitchell was born on 20 May 1908 in Cadiz, Trigg Co., Kentucky.2 She and Jasper Noland "Jack" McCoy were married on 6 March 1949 in Washington.1 She died on 7 November 1996, at age 88, in Kennewick, Benton Co., Washington.2 She was buried in Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Kennewick, Benton Co., Washington.2
Kathleen Mitchell had reference number 15482. She was a Secretary for the Carpenters' Labor Union in Pasco, Franklin Co., Washington.2 OBITUARY - Tri-City Herald (Washington); Saturday, November 9, 1996; page A6.

Kathleen M. McCoy
Kathleen M. McCoy, 88, Kennewick, died Thursday in Kennewick General Hospital.
She was born in Cadiz., Ky., and lived in the Tri-Cities 48 years.
She was retired secretary for the Carpenter's Labor Union in Pasco.
Mueller's Tri-Cities Funeral Home, Kennewick, is in charge of arrangements.

OBITUARY - Tri-City Herald (WA); Sunday, November 10, 1996; page D6

KATHLEEN M. MCCOY
Kathleen M. McCoy, 88, of Kennewick, passed away November 7, 1996 at Kennewick General Hospital.
She was born May 20, 1908 in Cadiz, KY., to Tinney and Mary Mitchell.
Kathleen attended the 1st Baptist Church of Kennewick, was a past worthy matron of the Richland Order of the Eastern Star 239, was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel in 1971 and retired from the Carpenters Local 1849 in 1972.
She donated years of service to the Kennewick Hospital Auxiliary serving over 5,000 hours.
She is survived by brothers, Herman J. Boyd of Cadiz, KY., Adrian Boyd of Owensboro, KY., and Sam S. Boyd of Kennewick, WA.; a sister, Ernestine Burton of Cadiz, KY.; and nephews, Allison, Paul, Kevin, Todd, Byron and Clay: and niece, Cheryl.
Services will be Wednesday, November 13, 11:00 a.m. at Mueller's Tri-Cities Funeral Home. Burial is at Desert Lawn Memorial Park.
Visitations are Tuesday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday 9:00 a.m. until service.
She and Jasper Noland "Jack" McCoy had children in No Children.1

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S10893] Obituary - Kathleen (Mitchell) McCoy

Harry Hume McCoy1,2

M, #15214, b. 19 February 1923, d. 29 December 1943

Parents

FatherJesse Elmer McCoy (b. 29 January 1876, d. 14 September 1953)
MotherEthel Owesa Hume (b. 24 March 1879, d. 1 February 1961)
Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Harry Hume McCoy was born on 19 February 1923 in Kern Co., California.1 He died on 29 December 1943, at age 20.1 He was buried in Bakersfield, California.1
Harry Hume McCoy had reference number 15483. He was enumerated on the census in Kern County, California (1920.)

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S1105] 1920 Census, California, Kern County

John Davalt1

M, #15215, b. 20 March 1880, d. 6 March 1948

Parents

FatherJacob I. "Jake" Davalt (b. 3 January 1851, d. 1 September 1909)
MotherAlice Odessa Sample (b. 11 March 1856, d. 18 March 1938)
Pedigree Link

Family: Bessie Chloe Farrar (b. 22 March 1888, d. 21 April 1963)

SonJacob Edward "Eddie" Davalt+ (b. 12 April 1906, d. 16 October 1989)
DaughterGirl Davalt (b. 11 May 1908, d. 11 May 1908)
SonBoy Davalt (b. 8 March 1909, d. 8 March 1909)
DaughterGeorgia Ellen "Georgie" Davalt+ (b. 14 January 1911, d. 17 August 2000)
DaughterNila Luciel "Luciel" Davalt+ (b. 5 December 1914, d. 23 December 1982)
SonRobert Leeon "Lee" Davalt+ (b. 8 August 1917, d. 11 August 1985)

BASIC FACTS

John Davalt was born on 20 March 1880 in Cantril, Van Buren Co., Iowa.1,2 He was born on 20 March 1880 in Keokuk, Lee Co., Iowa.3,4 He and Bessie Chloe Farrar were married on 1 January 1905 in Doxey, Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma Territory.2,5 He died on 6 March 1948, at age 67, in Elk City, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.1,3 He was buried in Sayre-Doxey Cemetery, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.3,2
John Davalt had reference number 15484. He was a Worked on railroad construction as a young man; farmer and horse trainer.1,4,2 He resided in Came to Waukomas, Oklahoma with his father (1900); Doxie - east of Sayer, Oklahoma.1 He was affiliated with Affiliated with Christian Church.2 OBITUARY #1

John Davalt
Rites AT Elk
Tuesday, March 9
Services for John Davalt, route 4, Sayre, who died of a heart attack in Elk City Saturday noon, were held Tuesday, March 9, at the First Baptist church in Elk City at 2:30 p.m. with Reverend H. L. Janes and Rev Garland Wilson, Sayre officiating.
He filed on a farm in 1900 where he was residing at the time of his death. Mr. Davalt was born March 20, 1880 at Cantrell, Iowa. He was married January 1, 1905 at Sayre to Bessie Farrar.
Two children preceded him in death.
Mr. Davalt is survived by his wife and four children. Eddie of Elk City; Lee of Dighton, Kansas; Mrs. Georgia Fuchs, Elk City; Mrs. Lucille Hindman of Sayre; three sisters, Mrs. Em Farrar of Sandpoint, Idaho; Mrs Mamie Ross of Mission, Texas, Mrs Grace Grisham, Sayre; one brother, Sam of Houston, Texas, eleven grandchildren.
Burial was in the Sayre-Doxey Cemetery.

OBITUARY #2

JOHN DEVALT
ELK CITY -- Services for John Davalt, Sayre, route 4, who died while visiting in Elk City Saturday, were in the local First Baptist church.
He was born March 20, 1880, in Cantrell, Iowa and came to Beckham county in 1900.
Survivors are his wife; two sons, Eddie of Elk City and Lee of Dighton, Kan.; two daughters, Mrs Georgia Fuchs of Elk City and Mrs. Lucille Hinkman of Sayre; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Farrar of Sandpoint, Idaho; Mrs Mamie Ross of Mission, Texas, and Mrs. Grace Grishom of Sayre; a brother, Sam Davalt of Houston, and 11 grandchildren.

OBITUARY #3

John DeVault
Drops Dead In
Local Cafe
John DeVault of the DeVault Machine Shop, 211 West Sixth, dropped dead while eating dinner at a local cafe at 12:15 on Saturday.
It was reported that he had taken only one bite when he fell into the arms of his son, Eddie DeVault, who was with his father at the time that the heart attack struck him.
DeVault was 68 years of age. He is said to have had an attack on Friday night, but it was thought that it was not serious.
He is survived by his widow and four children.
Funeral arrangements, which are pending, are being made by Martin-Hullum Funeral home.

JOHN DAVALT FAMILY MEMORIES BY GEORGIE DAVALT FUCHS

About the year of 1895, Jacob Davalt, with sons Sam and John, walked to Pueblo, Colorado from Keokuk, Iowa, a distance of about 100 miles. Jacob worked as a blacksmith and the boys worked down in the gold mines. They did not like that work so they walked back to Keokuk.

In 1898, John and Jesse McCoy, cousins, walked 550 miles from Keokuk to Oklahoma. They saw the beautiful grass and walked back to Iowa. They persuaded Jacob and others to form a wagon train to come to Oklahoma.

The members of the wagon train were Jacob and Alice Odessa Davalt, daughters Em, Ada and Maymie and sons Sam and John; Jess McCoy, who was the son of Rachel Davalt McCoy, sister to Jacob Davalt; Frank Stump, son of Elizabeth Davalt Stump, sister to Jacob Davalt; Frank Redburn and his first wife; Burt Redburn and wife and daughter; Maggie Wolf and her family (Maggie Wolf married Frank Redburn after his first wife died and reared his only daughter. Frank and Maggie owned and operated a jewelry store in Elk City for many years); Frink Hite and his family and his brother, first name unknown.

The wagon train left Wyaconda, Missouri in the spring of 1899. The train arrived in Enid, Oklahoma in December 1900. They spent December, January and February in Enid. The train left for Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Territory in March 1900.

Grace Davalt was born on Christmas day, 1900 so Alice Odessa stayed in Enid with her three daughters, Ada, Maymie and baby Grace. Later, they rode the train to Granite where Jacob met them.

The wagon box was 4 feet wide and 8 feet long and usually pulled by two houses. John Davalt brought one cow and one dog from Missouri.

When the wagon train was camped near what is now Hammon, Oklahoma, the Indians came and wanted the dog; but John persuaded them to take his offering of tobacco instead. The Indians agreed, leaving the dog with John.

After John built his small house and his sister Em lived with him, he would sometimes hitch the horses to the wagon to go to Buffalo to visit his parents. The cow would not stay home -- she had followed that wagon from Missouri and thought she should follow every time the horses were hitched.

John Davalt was issued Homestead Certificate no. 1465, under Application 18225 for lots one and two of section five, in township ten north of range twenty-two west of the Indian Meridian, containing seventy-nine and eighty-hundredths acres on January 16, 1908, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-second; signed by M. W. Young, Secretary, for Theodore Roosevelt, President. The certificate is recorded in the Beckham County, Oklahoma records in Volume 713, page 40. Jim Davalt has possession of the original copy and has given me a xerox copy.

John Davalt was entitled to 80 acres because he was a single man, but he had to prove his claim -- build a house and occupy that house a certain number of days per month. While he helped build the Rock Island Railroad from Weatherford to Sayre in 1901, he continued his claim. The railroad went on to Tucumcari, New Mexico which was the end of the line from Memphis, Tennessee, but John did not go on west.

While building the railroad from Weatherford to Quannah in 1902 to 1903, John worked with the horses and fresno (a scoop with wheels). He would walk home for the weekend to maintain homestead rights. During the week, Em lived at Buffalo with her parents, but when John was coming home for the weekend, she would ride her horse the 15 miles to John's house near Doxey. When he left to go back toward Quannah to work, she would ride the 15 miles back to Buffalo.

Beatrice and Estella Moler were friends to Em and Maymie and spent many nights giggling as young girls often do. Later, John Davalt dated Beatrice Moler. Beatrice married August Fuchs on October 22, 1902. Their first son was named Edgar Augustus Fuchs. John married Bessie Chloe Farrar on January 1, 1905. Their first daughter was Georgie Ellen Davalt. Bessie had dated George Wingo before her marriage to John and when 12 pound "Georgie" was born, John did not approve of her name, but "Georgie" she is. Edgar Fuchs and Georgie Davalt were married January 14, 1929.

Dr. Windle delivered Georgie, Luciel and Lee, all at home. Eddie was delivered by Dr. McDonald, who is a Modern Woodmen. Both doctors are buried at Sayre-Doxey Cemetery. Dr. McDonald's marker is in the south part of the cemetery and looks like a tree trunk.

Jacob and Sam Davalt brought a load of hogs to Sayre. Jacob took sick and they started home. They reached Amanda Rider Moler Jarvis' house where they stayed three days. Alice and Grace came down to Amanda Jarvis' home. The doctor said Jacob would not live and to take him on home. Sam and others filled a wagon with straw and took him on to Buffalo (about 8 miles). Jacob lived three days after reaching Buffalo, dying September 1, 1909 and buried in Buffalo Cemetery.

Two years later, Robert Moler, son of Amanda Rider Moler, Jarvis, was cutting Alice Davalt's hay. Robert had a cold and chest congestion. He went to his home at Mayfield and died two days later.

Mabel Hagood was a midwife for Beatrice Moler Fuchs and is still living (1991) in Sayre, approximately 99 years old. Alice Davalt acted as midwife for Daniel and Agatha Fuchs.

This is a small introduction into the communication between the Davalt and Fuchs families.

John Davalt had many skills. He owned blacksmith equipment and would work for his neighbors to help support his family. He also was a good carpenter and he and Will Farrar, his wife's brother, worked as carpenters.

In October 1932, John, Eddie, his oldest son, and others re-built the house where Alice and Grace lived in Sayre after the original house burned. Ernestine Rodenberger was staying with them for a few days as she had another case of midwifery scheduled. Her clothes burned in the house, but she went on to stay with Georgie in November 1932 when Lynette was born.

Another source of income for John's family was stud fees. He bred and raised Percheron horses. Roland was one stallion that won many blue ribbons at the Elk City Fair. Roland weighted 2250 pounds and was born in Illinois. His full name was Roland Damascus 206408, and cost $1000 about 1920. Bessie did not think that they would be able to pay the note and feed the four children, but stud fees paid for Roland in one year. He was gentle and could be given a bath in the local swimming hole which was down on the Lewis farm on Coffee Bean Creek. Roland would prance down the road for his bath and after he was washed, he enjoyed being curried and to have his tail braided.

John also kept a jack standing at stud, but they were mean. One time, Jack, a registered jack, took a bite out of John's upper back while he was cleaning Jack's front feet. Jack clamped on for two hours because the only way to make Jack turn loose was to poke him in the eye and John could not reach his eye. The scar was buried with John.

The house that John built and where the family lived had one room. Eddie and I talked about how did mamma and Papa and us four kids sleep in that one room house. Eddie remembered that he slept on a pallet under the table which was planks and with benches for seating. Georgie and Luciel slept on a pallet under the bed where their parents slept and baby Lee slept in the bed with his parents. The mattresses were made of wheat straw as rye or oat straw would rot. On top of the wheat straw mattress would be a feather bed for comfort. John made shelves for the dishes and flatware and cast iron skillets. Sand was used to polish the flatware, granite pans and cast iron skillets.

I usually was the one to churn the butter in the dasher churn. We had a screen window for keeping the milk cool.

Bessie loved to piece quilts. Georgie does not like quilts to this day because she would only have one dress. Georgie would beg for a new dress when Bessie would buy new material, but Bessie would cut it into small pieces and make a quilt. Bessie carded the cotton grown on the farm for quilt batting. Cotton was picked and taken to the gin for removal of the seeds.

Georgie liked to sew. She would stay at home while the family went to town and make doll dresses from small scraps of material. She was so small that she would have to stand to treadle the Montgomery Ward sewing machine.

Their fuel was cow chips. John would take the wagon to the Chisholm Trail about 3 days after a herd had gone by and whey would load the wagon with dry cow chips. The #3 tub was used as a "wood box." On Saturday night, the wood box was emptied, filled with water and all the family members had their weekly bath. After bathing, the water was emptied from the "wood box" and refilled with "fuel."

During the winter, the train crew would kick coal off the car and John would take the kids in the wagon over to the tracks and would gather coal and this would last all winter for coal.

Georgie was a tart. Her brother and sister born between Eddie and her both died at birth. John wanted a boy to hunt and fish with him. When Georgie was born, he told everyone he would make a "boy" of her and so she was allowed to tag after him and be a tomboy. When Luciel was born, Georgie was sent to stay with Grandma Farrar. When she came home, she found out she had a baby sister. She did not want a baby sister and told everyone as much. Grandma Davalt wanted to punish Georgie and tried to put her in the cellar. Georgie kicked her shins so hard that Alice died with the scars from the kicking, but Georgie was not put in the cellar.

Eddie and Georgie teased Luciel. She would cry and run to Grandma Davalt (Alice Odessa). Grandma would try to shame them by saying that they treated her like a dog, so they nicknamed Luciel "Shep." She answered to that nickname until she was an adult.

Just south of the Davalt homestead, Mr. Morrison dug a mine with a shovel and pick, and a bucket for removing the dirt. The mine was dug on a slant and about 50 feet deep. He was looking for gold. All he found was fool's gold (iron pyrite). After the shaft was abandoned, Georgie liked to go play in the mine. She received may spankings for going up there to play.

Eddie found a rabbit in the mine and was bringing it home for dinner, but the rabbit kicked him so hard, it got away. Eddie said it felt like a mule kicking him.

John and Bessie grew varied crops, including watermelon, vegetables including parsnips, potatoes, onions which were stored in the root cellar for the winter. The root cellar was a hole dug in the ground, lined with straw, vegetables were then covered with the straw and dirt. When the vegetables were needed, a small amount of dirt was removed and then the vegetables from below the layer of straw. They also grew sugar cane for their sorghum. The press was about one mile west where the boiling pots were. The standing cane had the leaves removed by whacking with a stick. Then the stalks were cut and laid evenly on the wagon so that they could be fed into the press. After boiling, the sorghum was stored in buckets with lids which were used over again.

John Davalt chewed Brown Mule tobacco. Brown Mule was a compressed square of tobacco with a little red metal mule on the side. He would take his knife and cut off a small piece and put it in his cheek. He was deadly accurate with his spittle -- enjoying aiming at out bare feet and hitting between the big toe and second toe.

Eddie dipped snuff for 51 years and quit when he was 78 years old.

1n 1929, Eddie and Jack Floyd, cousin to Pretty Boy Floyd, got drink on wine in John Davalt's cellar. They went to Sayre and were thrown in jail. They vomited from too much wine and had to clean up the mess before they could get out. Ugh!

The picture in front of the Davalt homestead was made on Thanksgiving Day 1917. A photographer traveling in a covered wagon came by and asked to make the picture. She had the picture made and thought John might fuss, but he didn't. He had gone that day to Buffalo to move Grandma Alice and Grace from Buffalo to Sayre. The negative is a glass negative and Chloe Hindman Andrews has possession of the negative. The picture is made from this glass negative and we since have had a film negative made so that copies are available for anyone. The information on the cover for the glass negative reads as follows:

Mrs. Jno Davalt
P.O. Doxey RFD 1
Directions 9-1/2 miles SW, 7-1/2 miles West and
2 miles south of Elk City
Color Convex 14 x 20 $5.98
House light buff
Trimmings dark buff
Put foliage on trees
Representative Reed & Green from
Fidelity Art Adv. Co.
312 2nd Street
Kansas City, Missouri (on corner "63")

Georgie has the 14 x 20 convex color picture.

John Davalt served on the Spring Creek District #9 Sayre Township School Board. This information is noted on Georgie's April 24, 1920 farewell card from her teacher Flora I. Walker.

Georgia Davalt was promoted to the ninth grade on June 1, 1926 at Merritt School. Georgia Davalt was a pupil of District 2-C, Beckham County, and was neither absent nor tardy for a period of three years, being a mark of diligence and exemplary deportment; she was given a Diploma of Honor on May 22, 1928.

The panties we wore were made from flour sacks which were a heavy white cotton material. They had a band and button. Men always wore long handles and John always wore overalls.

Eddie started to school when he was eight years of age. Georgie started at age 6.

About 1923, Georgie and Carl Poff were looking out the classroom window. A big women, about 6 feet tall and weighing between 250-300 pounds, it took one width of fabric for the front and one for the back and was nicknamed Big 6 Morris. Georgie and Carl saw her kick her mule over the tongue of the wagon because he would not move over. They laughed and were sent to see J. R. King, the principal, for a whipping. When they told him why they laughed, he told them not to look out the window anymore.

GRAVE MARKER

DAVALT
BESSIE JOHN
1888 -- 1963 1880 -- 1948

(Metal plate in front of stone)
JOHN DAVALT
MARCH 20, 1880
MARCH 6, 1948.

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S6656] Genealogy prepared by Lynette (Fuchs) Franklin
  3. [S6014] Genealogy prepared by George Gildersleeves
  4. [S6654] Genealogy prepared by Lynda Davalt, Source Medium: Book
  5. [S9059] Marriage Records: Oklahoma (Internet), Source Medium: Book

Samuel Oral "Sam" Davalt1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #15216, b. 3 October 1881, d. 7 January 1969

Parents

FatherJacob I. "Jake" Davalt (b. 3 January 1851, d. 1 September 1909)
MotherAlice Odessa Sample (b. 11 March 1856, d. 18 March 1938)
Pedigree Link

Family: Nancy Maude "Maude" Johnson (b. 22 February 1887, d. 14 January 1971)

DaughterEmma Florence "Florence" Davalt+ (b. 25 July 1907, d. 18 May 2006)
SonFrancis Everett "Everett" Davalt+ (b. 19 June 1909, d. 5 January 1980)
DaughterEdna Pearl "Pearl" Davalt+ (b. 29 May 1911, d. 15 December 2009)
DaughterAnna Evelyn "Evelyn" Davalt+ (b. 8 July 1914, d. 27 July 2013)
SonFrank Nelson Davalt+ (b. 14 October 1918, d. 6 August 1971)
DaughterHazel Katherine Davalt+ (b. 20 April 1922, d. 14 May 1999)
SonHazen Eugene Davalt (b. 20 April 1922, d. 9 April 1924)
DaughterClara Nell "Peggy" Davalt+ (b. 29 April 1925, d. 19 December 1981)
DaughterWilma Lois Davalt+ (b. 17 December 1929)

BASIC FACTS

Samuel Oral "Sam" Davalt was born on 3 October 1881 in Keokuk, Lee Co., Iowa.2 He was born on 3 October 1881 in Cantrel, Iowa.1 He and Nancy Maude "Maude" Johnson were married on 3 July 1904 in Doxey, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.1 He died on 7 January 1959, at age 77, in Houston, Harris Co., Texas.2 He died on 7 January 1969, at age 87, in Houston, Harris Co., Texas.1,7,8 He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston, Harris Co., Texas.2
Samuel Oral "Sam" Davalt was also known as Samuel Oral "Sam" DaValt.3 He had reference number 15485. He resided in Mayfield, Oklahoma (first eight years of marriage; Rio Grande Valley; Houston, Harris Co., Texas.1,9 His Social Security Number was 460-05-6948, issued Texas.9 He was a Farmer - general farming (1920, 1930); heat treater - oil field equipment (1940); heat treater, Cameron Iron Works in Houston, Harris Co., Texas (death certificate.)2,3,4,5,6 He was enumerated on the census in Duval County, Texas (1920); Hidalgo County, Texas (1930); Harris County, Texas (1940.) On his death certificate Samuel's middle name is spelled "Oral."

GRAVE MARKER

1881 1969
SAM O. DAVALT.
Marriage license lists residence as Wingo, Oklahoma Territory.

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S6656] Genealogy prepared by Lynette (Fuchs) Franklin
  3. [S3826] Death Certificate - Samuel Oral "Sam" Davalt
  4. [S1957] 1930 Census, Texas, Hidalgo County
  5. [S2332] 1940 Census, Texas, Harris County
  6. [S1454] 1920 Census, Texas, Duval County
  7. [S2785] Birth/Death Records, Texas (Ancestry.com)
  8. [S6654] Genealogy prepared by Lynda Davalt, Source Medium: Book
  9. [S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book

Emma "Em" Davalt1,2,3

F, #15217, b. 4 May 1884, d. June 1977

Parents

FatherJacob I. "Jake" Davalt (b. 3 January 1851, d. 1 September 1909)
MotherAlice Odessa Sample (b. 11 March 1856, d. 18 March 1938)
Pedigree Link

Family: William Burton Farrar (b. 13 July 1879, d. 2 May 1949)

SonClyde Harold Farrar+ (b. 24 January 1908, d. 4 February 1976)
DaughterLena Oleta Farrar+ (b. 26 June 1909, d. 15 November 1994)
DaughterAlice Rebecca Farrar+ (b. 14 June 1913, d. 20 January 2011)
SonPaul Peter Farrar (b. 18 August 1915, d. 25 February 1977)
DaughterTeresa Loretta Farrar+ (b. 16 December 1921, d. 2 December 2009)
DaughterEmma Jean Farrar+ (b. 27 March 1924, d. 1 October 1997)

BASIC FACTS

Emma "Em" Davalt was born on 4 May 1884 in Missouri. She was born on 4 May 1884 in Iowa.4,5 She was born on 4 May 1884 in Mayfield, Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma.1 She and William Burton Farrar were married on 16 December 1906 in Mayfield, Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma Territory.1 She died in June 1977, at age 93, in Sandpoint, Bonner Co., Idaho.6 She was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Sandpoint, Bonner Co., Idaho.5,7
Emma "Em" Davalt was also known as Em. She was also known as Emma DeValt.8 She had reference number 15486. She resided in Sandpoint, Bonner Co., Idaho.1 Her Social Security Number was 519-10-4508, issued idaho.6 She was enumerated on the census in Beckham County, Oklahoma (1910, 1920); Bonner County, Idaho (1930.) There are a number of genealogies that say that Emma was born in Oklahoma, however, in all the census records that I have found, Emma says she was born in Missouri. Since Emma's older brother was born in Iowa and her two younger sisters say they were born in Missouri, I would say that she was born in Iowa or Missouri, probably Missouri.

Em was always whistling, a very happy, easy-going person.

GRAVE MARKER

MOTHER
EMMA D. FARRAR
1884 - 1977.

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S1597] 1930 Census, Idaho, Bonner County
  3. [S959] 1910 Census, Oklahoma, Beckham County
  4. [S6223] Genealogy prepared by Jean Britton, Source Medium: Book
  5. [S6656] Genealogy prepared by Lynette (Fuchs) Franklin
  6. [S6654] Genealogy prepared by Lynda Davalt, Source Medium: Book
  7. [S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
  8. [S6014] Genealogy prepared by George Gildersleeves

Mary Elizabeth "Maymie" Davalt1

F, #15218, b. 20 October 1886, d. 13 December 1972

Parents

FatherJacob I. "Jake" Davalt (b. 3 January 1851, d. 1 September 1909)
MotherAlice Odessa Sample (b. 11 March 1856, d. 18 March 1938)
Pedigree Link

Family: Taylor E. Ross (b. 12 August 1883, d. July 1962)

SonGarlin Romaine Ross+ (b. 16 May 1912, d. 20 October 2001)
DaughterAnna Aleene "Aleene" Ross (b. 13 September 1915, d. 9 January 2008)
SonFloyd Orval "Toad" Ross+ (b. 7 June 1919, d. 28 May 2009)

BASIC FACTS

Mary Elizabeth "Maymie" Davalt was born on 20 October 1886 in Missouri.2 She was born in 1887 in Iowa.1 She and Taylor E. Ross were married on 24 December 1910 in Prentiss, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.1 She died on 13 December 1972, at age 86, in McAllen, Hidalgo Co., Texas.2 She died in 1979, at age ~93, in Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas.1 She was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas.2
Mary Elizabeth "Maymie" Davalt was also known as Maymie. She was also known as Mayme Davalt.3 She had reference number 15487. She resided in Mayfield, Beckham Co., Oklahoma; Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas (1918.)1 Her Social Security Number was 451-88-7500.2 Taylor and Mayme left Oklahoma for Texas in 1918 driving a Model T Ford car. Taylor was sheriff of Hidalgo County. They lived in Mission.

Citations

  1. [S6656] Genealogy prepared by Lynette (Fuchs) Franklin
  2. [S3678] Death Certificate - Mary Elizabeth "Maymie" (Davalt) Ross
  3. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Bessie Chloe Farrar1,2,3

F, #15219, b. 22 March 1888, d. 21 April 1963

Parents

FatherEdward P. Farrar (b. 13 June 1857, d. 20 June 1923)
MotherRebecca Elizabeth Taylor (b. 21 July 1863, d. 4 January 1929)
Pedigree Link

Family: John Davalt (b. 20 March 1880, d. 6 March 1948)

SonJacob Edward "Eddie" Davalt+ (b. 12 April 1906, d. 16 October 1989)
DaughterGirl Davalt (b. 11 May 1908, d. 11 May 1908)
SonBoy Davalt (b. 8 March 1909, d. 8 March 1909)
DaughterGeorgia Ellen "Georgie" Davalt+ (b. 14 January 1911, d. 17 August 2000)
DaughterNila Luciel "Luciel" Davalt+ (b. 5 December 1914, d. 23 December 1982)
SonRobert Leeon "Lee" Davalt+ (b. 8 August 1917, d. 11 August 1985)

BASIC FACTS

Bessie Chloe Farrar was born on 22 March 1887 in Gallatin, Daviess Co., Missouri.2 She was born on 22 March 1888 in Gallatin, Daviess Co., Missouri.4 She and John Davalt were married on 1 January 1905 in Doxey, Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma Territory.4,5 She died on 21 April 1963, at age 75, in Elk City, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.2 She was buried in Sayre-Doxey Cemetery, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.2,3
Bessie Chloe Farrar had reference number 15488. She was affiliated with Affiliated the the Methodist Church.4 GRAVE MARKER

DAVALT
BESSIE JOHN
1888 -- 1963 1880 -- 1948.

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S6014] Genealogy prepared by George Gildersleeves
  3. [S6654] Genealogy prepared by Lynda Davalt, Source Medium: Book
  4. [S6656] Genealogy prepared by Lynette (Fuchs) Franklin
  5. [S9059] Marriage Records: Oklahoma (Internet), Source Medium: Book

Jacob Edward "Eddie" Davalt1

M, #15220, b. 12 April 1906, d. 16 October 1989

Parents

FatherJohn Davalt (b. 20 March 1880, d. 6 March 1948)
MotherBessie Chloe Farrar (b. 22 March 1888, d. 21 April 1963)
Pedigree Link

Family: Ruby Lillian Chambers (b. 12 August 1908, d. 29 September 1976)

SonJames Edward "Jim" Davalt+
DaughterBerylene Joe Davalt+
DaughterBarbara Rae Davalt+

BASIC FACTS

Jacob Edward "Eddie" Davalt was born on 12 April 1906 in Doxey, Beckham Co., Oklahoma Territory.2 He was born on 12 April 1906 in Doxey, Beckham Co, Oklahoma.1 He and Ruby Lillian Chambers were married on 2 September 1930 in Granite, Greer Co., Oklahoma.3 He and Nelda Joyce Lacey were married on 27 September 1979 in Wilbarger Co., Texas.4 He died on 16 October 1989, at age 83, in Elk City, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.5,6 He was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.6
Jacob Edward "Eddie" Davalt was also known as Eddie. He had reference number 15489. He resided in Sayer, Beckham Co., Oklahoma; Elk City, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.5,1 His Social Security Number was 562-20-7086, issued California.5 He was a School teacher, machinist, blacksmith; during WWII he worked in an aircraft factory in Wichita, Kansas.7,2 He was affiliated with Affiliated with the Baptist Church.2 Eddie weighed 3 lbs at birth and grew to 5'11", dark brown hair, and brown eyes. In 1926 was in college at Weatherford. He taught school at Highway in 1927-1928. In 1929, he worked on Highway 66. He taught school at Pie Flat in 1931-1933. During WWII, from 1942 to the end of the war, Eddie worked at Stearman Aircraft, which later became Boeing plant in Wichita, Kansas. He bought a blacksmith business in 1946 and worked 17 years as a machinist and blacksmith.

OBITUARY

Funeral services for J. E. "Eddie" Davalt will be conducted at 10:30 A.M. Thursday, in the Martin Funeral Chapel with Dr. Ed Saucier officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery.

Eddie was born April 12,1906 in Sayre and died Monday at the age of 83. He had lived in western Oklahoma most of his life. He taught school at the Bella Vista School for five years, Highway School for three years, and Pie Flat School for four years. He was married to Ruby Lillian Chambers on September 2, 1930 at Granite. They moved to California where they lived for a short time. Then they moved Wichita, Kansas, where he worked as a machinist for Boeing Aircraft. His job was frozen because of National Defense during World War II. After the war they moved to Elk City where he owned and operated a blacksmith and machine shop. Mr. Davalt closed the shop in 1962 and continued working by sharpening saws until some 13 years ago. He was still active in farming at the time of his death.
His survivors include one son Jim Davalt of Wickett, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Berylene Maddox of Norman and Mrs. Barbara Ferguson of Little Rock, Arkansas; one sister, Mrs. Georgia Fuchs of Elk City; Nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was proceeded in death by his wife Ruby on
September 29, 1976.

GRAVE MARKER

DAVALT
RUBY L. J.E.
1908 - 1976 1906 - 1989
MARRIED
SEPT. 2, 1930.
Eddie and Nelda were not married very long. Neither was mentioned in the other's obituary.

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S6656] Genealogy prepared by Lynette (Fuchs) Franklin
  3. [S8007] Grave Marker - Jacob Edward & Ruby Lillian (Chambers) Davalt, Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City, Beckham Co., Oklahoma
  4. [S9009] Marriage Records - Texas Marriage Records (Internet), Source Medium: Book
  5. [S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
  6. [S6014] Genealogy prepared by George Gildersleeves
  7. [S6654] Genealogy prepared by Lynda Davalt, Source Medium: Book

Ruby Lillian Chambers1,2

F, #15221, b. 12 August 1908, d. 29 September 1976

Parents

FatherHerbert Chambers (b. 18 October 1887, d. 11 March 1959)
MotherVirgie Dalton (b. 27 March 1891, d. 3 January 1979)
Pedigree Link

Family: Jacob Edward "Eddie" Davalt (b. 12 April 1906, d. 16 October 1989)

SonJames Edward "Jim" Davalt+
DaughterBerylene Joe Davalt+
DaughterBarbara Rae Davalt+

BASIC FACTS

Ruby Lillian Chambers was born on 12 August 1908 in Beckham Co., Oklahoma.3,4 She and Jacob Edward "Eddie" Davalt were married on 2 September 1930 in Granite, Greer Co., Oklahoma.5 She died on 29 September 1976, at age 68, in Elk City, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.3,2 She was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.4
Ruby Lillian Chambers had reference number 15490. Her Social Security Number was 444-36-1033, issued Oklahoma.3 She resided in Elk City, Beckham Co., Oklahoma.3 She was an Elementary School Teacher, taught first grade at Merritt for 30 years.2,4 She was affiliated with Affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.4 GRAVE MARKER

DAVALT
RUBY L. J.E.
1908 - 1976 1906 - 1989
MARRIED
SEPT. 2, 1930.

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S6654] Genealogy prepared by Lynda Davalt, Source Medium: Book
  3. [S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
  4. [S6656] Genealogy prepared by Lynette (Fuchs) Franklin
  5. [S8007] Grave Marker - Jacob Edward & Ruby Lillian (Chambers) Davalt, Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City, Beckham Co., Oklahoma

James Edward "Jim" Davalt1,2

M, #15222

Parents

FatherJacob Edward "Eddie" Davalt (b. 12 April 1906, d. 16 October 1989)
MotherRuby Lillian Chambers (b. 12 August 1908, d. 29 September 1976)
Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

James Edward "Jim" Davalt and Ellen Moore were married on 26 July 1957 in Pueblo, Colorado.3

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S6656] Genealogy prepared by Lynette (Fuchs) Franklin
  3. [S6654] Genealogy prepared by Lynda Davalt, Source Medium: Book

Ellen Moore1

F, #15223

Parents

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Ellen Moore and James Edward "Jim" Davalt were married on 26 July 1957 in Pueblo, Colorado.2

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S6654] Genealogy prepared by Lynda Davalt, Source Medium: Book

Berylene Joe Davalt1

F, #15224

Parents

FatherJacob Edward "Eddie" Davalt (b. 12 April 1906, d. 16 October 1989)
MotherRuby Lillian Chambers (b. 12 August 1908, d. 29 September 1976)
Pedigree Link

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Barbara Rae Davalt1

F, #15225

Parents

FatherJacob Edward "Eddie" Davalt (b. 12 April 1906, d. 16 October 1989)
MotherRuby Lillian Chambers (b. 12 August 1908, d. 29 September 1976)
Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Barbara Rae Davalt and Dale Vernon Reeves-Ferguson were married on 27 August 1963 in Stillwater, Payne Co., Oklahoma.2

Citations

  1. [S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
  2. [S6654] Genealogy prepared by Lynda Davalt, Source Medium: Book