The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

Robert B. James^1,2

M, #24301, b. 1 November 1881, d. 27 September 1966

Family: Laura Myrtle Smith (b. 8 January 1887, d. 12 April 1968)

Daughter	Ph.D Eleanor M. James (b. 22 October 1912, d. 19 May 2004)
Daughter	Katherine James
Daughter	Martha James
Son	Robert B. "Sonny" James, Jr.

BASIC FACTS

Robert B. James was born on 1 November 1881 in Texas.² He died on 27 September 1966, at age 84, in Temple, Bell Co., Texas.²

Robert B. James had reference number 24575. He was an Owned and operated a grocery store.¹

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3
[S7466] Genealogy prepared by Todd Young (email address)

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Ph.D Eleanor M. James^1,2

F, #24302, b. 22 October 1912, d. 19 May 2004

Parents

Father	Robert B. James (b. 1 November 1881, d. 27 September 1966)
Mother	Laura Myrtle Smith (b. 8 January 1887, d. 12 April 1968)

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Ph.D Eleanor M. James was born on 22 October 1912 in Texas.^2,3 She died on 19 May 2004, at age 91.^1,3

Ph.D Eleanor M. James had reference number 24576. She was a Taught English at Texas Women's University (32 years.)¹ Her Social Security Number was 449-62-1086, issued: Texas, last residence: Temple, Bell Co., Texas.³ Dr. Eleanor James wrote the book "Forth From Her Portals, The First One Hundred Years in Belton." Dr. James began her education in the college's demonstration kindergarten and having earned straight "A's" in all courses, James received her B.A.in English from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (then called Baylor College for Women) in 1933. She earned a teaching fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, where she completed her Ph.D. degree. Dr. James taught English for thirty-two years at Texas Women's University.

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3
[S7466] Genealogy prepared by Todd Young (email address)
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book

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Katherine James¹

F, #24303

Parents

Father	Robert B. James (b. 1 November 1881, d. 27 September 1966)
Mother	Laura Myrtle Smith (b. 8 January 1887, d. 12 April 1968)

Pedigree Link

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3

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Robert B. "Sonny" James, Jr.^1,2

M, #24304

Parents

Father	Robert B. James (b. 1 November 1881, d. 27 September 1966)
Mother	Laura Myrtle Smith (b. 8 January 1887, d. 12 April 1968)

Pedigree Link

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3
[S7466] Genealogy prepared by Todd Young (email address)

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Byron Duncan Smith^1,2

M, #24305, b. 4 April 1898

Parents

Father	Lafayette Pierce Smith (b. 2 November 1852, d. 28 November 1916)
Mother	Martha Melissa "Minnie" Duncan (b. January 1858, d. 17 June 1951)

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BASIC FACTS

Byron Duncan Smith was born on 4 April 1898 in Illinois.^1,2 He and Sylvia Unknown were married about 1925.²

Byron Duncan Smith had reference number 24579. He resided in Palmyra, Macoupin Co., Illinois (1916); Saint Louis, Saint Louis Co., Missouri (1932); Belleville, Illinois.^1,3,4 He was a Payroll clerk in treasurer for the WearEver Aluminum Company.¹ He and Sylvia Unknown had children in No Children.¹

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3
[S7466] Genealogy prepared by Todd Young (email address)
[S10929] Obituary - Lafayette Pierce Smith
[S10698] Obituary - Jesse Albert Smith

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Sylvia Unknown

F, #24306, b. about 1895

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BASIC FACTS

Sylvia Unknown was born about 1895 in Missouri.¹ She and Byron Duncan Smith were married about 1925.¹

Sylvia Unknown had reference number 24580. She and Byron Duncan Smith had children in No Children.²

Citations

[S7466] Genealogy prepared by Todd Young (email address)
[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3

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Ethel Irene Smith¹

F, #24307, b. 30 June 1889, d. June 1986

Parents

Father	Lafayette Pierce Smith (b. 2 November 1852, d. 28 November 1916)
Mother	Martha Melissa "Minnie" Duncan (b. January 1858, d. 17 June 1951)

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Family: Lloyd Charles Lakin (b. 24 August 1882, d. April 1968)

Daughter	Lois Isabelle Lakin (b. 2 May 1912)
Daughter	Meredith Maud Lakin (b. 4 July 1914)
Daughter	Barbara Jane Lakin (b. 28 March 1916)
Son	Charles Austin "Chuck" Lakin+

BASIC FACTS

Ethel Irene Smith was born on 30 June 1889.¹ She and Lloyd Charles Lakin were married about 1911 in Palmyra, Macoupin Co., Illinois.² She died in June 1986, at age ~97.¹

Ethel Irene Smith was also known as Ethel C. Smith.^2,3 She had reference number 24581. She resided in Fort Scott, Kansas (1916.)³ Her Social Security Number was 526-31-4451, issued: Arizona, last residence: Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona.⁴

Citations

[S7466] Genealogy prepared by Todd Young (email address)
[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3
[S10929] Obituary - Lafayette Pierce Smith
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book

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Lloyd Charles Lakin¹

M, #24308, b. 24 August 1882, d. April 1968

Parents

Father	Charles A. Lakin
Mother	Belle Case

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Family: Ethel Irene Smith (b. 30 June 1889, d. June 1986)

Daughter	Lois Isabelle Lakin (b. 2 May 1912)
Daughter	Meredith Maud Lakin (b. 4 July 1914)
Daughter	Barbara Jane Lakin (b. 28 March 1916)
Son	Charles Austin "Chuck" Lakin+

BASIC FACTS

Lloyd Charles Lakin was born on 24 August 1882 in Kansas.^2,3 He and Ethel Irene Smith were married about 1911 in Palmyra, Macoupin Co., Illinois.¹ He died in April 1968, at age 85.²

Lloyd Charles Lakin had reference number 24582. He resided in Fort Scott, Kansas; Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona.¹ He was a Raised cattle and horses; Operated the Lakin Cattle Company in Buckeye, Arizona.¹ His Social Security Number was 527-40-4016, issued: Arizona, last residence: Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona.² Lloyd was employed as President, Investment Company in 1930 in Maricopa Co, AZ.

Home valued at $50K in 1930.

Transcribed from A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E.
Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing
Company, copyright 1918

Lloyd Lakin
LLOYD LAKIN is one of the prominent young business leaders of Kansas. He is secretary, treasurer
and active manager of the Lakin-McKee Manufacturing Company of Fort Scott. This is the largest
individual industry in that city, the largest of its kind in Southeastern Kansas, and perhaps the largest in
the entire West. The output is overalls. The Lakin-McKee overalls are distributed all over the Middle
West. The goods are pre-eminent for quality and service. It is a business built up on character, and to a large degree the constructive and creative ideas of Lloyd Lakin have been fundamental in the success of the business.
The president of the company is Henry P. McKee, while James T. Beatty is vice president. The
company was organized in 1908, and they began manufacturing overalls in a small building and on a
modest scale, and the great extension of the plant has followed as a natural result of the real demand
for the goods. The organizers of the business were the late Charles A. Lakin, father of Lloyd, and Mr.
McKee and Lloyd Lakin. Charles A. Lakin was the first president and Mr. McKee was vice president.
The plant at the beginning was situated in the outskirts of Fort Scott. In less than two years the business acquired by the company made it necessary to enlarge the plant, and in 1910 was erected a factory building which is a credit to the entire State of Kansas. It is modern in every particular, and special attention has been given to the sanitary and lighting features of the building. The overall factory stands on North Main Street, is three stories high, is of concrete, steel and glass construction, and has a floor space of 21,000 square feet. This industry employs constantly between 150 and 200 people, and their payroll is the largest of any industry in Fort Scott, and nothing in recent years has contributed more to the solid prosperity of the city than the overall factory. They maintain five traveling representatives who are on the road all the year around and cover the states of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado and Arkansas.
Mr. Lloyd Lakin was born in Iola, Kansas, August 24, 1882, and measured in years he is still young and has the promise of most of his life ahead of him, though in point of experience he is a veteran business man. His parents were Charles A. and Belle (Case) Lakin. His father was born in Indiana and his mother in Kansas. Belle Case's mother was one of the earliest pioneers in Southwestern Kansas, and for some years was postmistress of Osage Indian Mission. Her brother was killed by the Indians in the early days.
Charles A. Lakin came to Kansas at the age of twenty, was for a number of years in the drug business at Iola, and later extended his enterprise to general merchandise. He remained at Iola until 1885, and then came to Fort Scott, where he was proprietor of a retail grocery store. Later with J. T. Beatty he established a wholesale grocery house under the name Lakin & Beatty. This firm subsequently merged their interests with the Fort Scott Wholesale Grocery Company, and Mr. Charles Beatty continued a member of that firm until 1907, when he retired. In 1908 he joined his son and Mr. Beatty in organizing the Lakin-McKee Manufacturing Company, but soon after it started his health failed and he died in Fort Scott in 1911 at the age of fifty-eight. He was a splendid type of citizen and business man, and his death was widely lamented, since he was at the time only in the prime of his years. He was an active republican, a member of the Methodist Church, and in Masonry had attained the thirty-second degree and belonged to the Mystic Shrine. His widow still lives at her old home in Fort Scott and is one of the regular members of the Methodist Church. There were only two children, and the daughter Maud Lakin died when twenty years of age.
Lloyd Lakin received his early education in the city schools of Fort Scott, graduating from high school at eighteen, and then took advanced training in the literary department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence. After leaving college he became traveling salesman for the Fort Scott Wholesale Grocery Company. After two years he resigned to take a position in the traffic department of the Bell Telephone Company at Kansas City, Missouri. He was there until 1908, when he returned to Fort Scott and secured the cooperation of his father and Mr. Beatty in organizing and establishing the Lakin-McKee Manufacturing Company.
Mr. Lakin should be personally credited with the planning and the arrangement of the model factory building which the company erected in 1910. While he left to a skilled architect the actual drawing of the plans, these plans when completed illustrated his ideas and nearly every detail of the building was carefully thought out by him in advance. It was due to him that the features of sanitary arrangement and lighting were especially emphasized.
Mr. Lakin also retains an interest as a stockholder in the Fort Scott Wholesale Grocery Company. He is a republican on national issues, otherwise independent. He is a past exalted ruler of the local lodge of Elks and is a Mason and Shriner, and belongs to the Methodist Church.
On September 20, 1910, at Palmyra, Illinois, where she was born and where her parents still reside, Mr. Lakin married Miss Ethel Smith, daughter of Lafayette and Mary (Duncan) Smith. They have three children, all born in Fort Scott; Lois Isabelle, born May 2, 1912; Meredith Maud, born July 4, 1914; and Barbara Jane, born March 28, 1916. Mrs. Lakin is a working member of the Methodist Church and
belongs to the Eastern Star and the C. C. Club.

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S7466] Genealogy prepared by Todd Young (email address)

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Lois Isabelle Lakin¹

F, #24309, b. 2 May 1912

Parents

Father	Lloyd Charles Lakin (b. 24 August 1882, d. April 1968)
Mother	Ethel Irene Smith (b. 30 June 1889, d. June 1986)

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BASIC FACTS

Lois Isabelle Lakin was born on 2 May 1912 in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was born on 2 May 1912 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona.^1,2

Lois Isabelle Lakin had reference number 24583.

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3
[S2795] Book: A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, William E. Connelley, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1918

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Robert Lockett¹

M, #24310

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Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3

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Meredith Maud Lakin¹

F, #24311, b. 4 July 1914

Parents

Father	Lloyd Charles Lakin (b. 24 August 1882, d. April 1968)
Mother	Ethel Irene Smith (b. 30 June 1889, d. June 1986)

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BASIC FACTS

Meredith Maud Lakin was born on 4 July 1914 in Fort Scott, Kansas.^2,3 She and Unknown Tiffany were married 4 July.¹

Meredith Maud Lakin had reference number 24585.

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3
[S2795] Book: A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, William E. Connelley, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1918
[S7466] Genealogy prepared by Todd Young (email address)

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Unknown Tiffany¹

M, #24312

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BASIC FACTS

Unknown Tiffany and Meredith Maud Lakin were married 4 July.¹

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3

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Barbara Jane Lakin¹

F, #24313, b. 28 March 1916

Parents

Father	Lloyd Charles Lakin (b. 24 August 1882, d. April 1968)
Mother	Ethel Irene Smith (b. 30 June 1889, d. June 1986)

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BASIC FACTS

Barbara Jane Lakin was born on 28 March 1916 in Fort Scott, Kansas.^2,3

Barbara Jane Lakin had reference number 24587. She was an Actress.¹

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3
[S2795] Book: A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, William E. Connelley, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1918
[S7466] Genealogy prepared by Todd Young (email address)

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Charles Austin "Chuck" Lakin^1,2

M, #24314

Parents

Father	Lloyd Charles Lakin (b. 24 August 1882, d. April 1968)
Mother	Ethel Irene Smith (b. 30 June 1889, d. June 1986)

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Family: Maxine Unknown

Daughter	Linda Lakin
Daughter	Charlene Lakin

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3
[S7466] Genealogy prepared by Todd Young (email address)

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Hezekiah Davidson¹

M, #24315

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Family: Nancy Jane Prophet

Son	Leonard Aaron Davidson+ (b. 24 January 1873, d. 21 July 1954)

BASIC FACTS

Hezekiah Davidson had reference number 24589.

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3

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Nancy Jane Prophet^1,2

F, #24316

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Family: Hezekiah Davidson

Son	Leonard Aaron Davidson+ (b. 24 January 1873, d. 21 July 1954)

BASIC FACTS

Nancy Jane Prophet had reference number 24590.

Citations

[S4279] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 20, 2003 #3
[S3615] Death Certificate - Leonard Ardon Davidson

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Vernon "Vern" Schupp^1,2

M, #24317, d. about 1968

Pedigree Link

Family: Dorothy Dean "Dean" Davidson (b. 20 August 1906, d. 15 December 2007)

Son	Harold "Hal" Schupp+
Adopted Daughter	Beverly Schupp+

BASIC FACTS

Vernon "Vern" Schupp died about 1968.

Vernon "Vern" Schupp had reference number 24591.

Citations

[S4280] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 21, 2003
[S4276] Email from Betty Knoche dated August 23, 2003

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Harold "Hal" Schupp^1,2

M, #24318

Parents

Father	Vernon "Vern" Schupp (d. about 1968)
Mother	Dorothy Dean "Dean" Davidson (b. 20 August 1906, d. 15 December 2007)

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Family: Kathleen "Kay" Unknown

Son	Jay Schupp
Daughter	Robin Schupp

Citations

[S4280] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 21, 2003
[S4276] Email from Betty Knoche dated August 23, 2003

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Kathleen "Kay" Unknown¹

F, #24319

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Family: Harold "Hal" Schupp

Son	Jay Schupp
Daughter	Robin Schupp

Citations

[S4276] Email from Betty Knoche dated August 23, 2003

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Ernest E. Cannon^1,2

M, #24320, b. 2 October 1910, d. 13 February 1997

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BASIC FACTS

Ernest E. Cannon was born on 2 October 1910.³ He and Dorothy Dean "Dean" Davidson were married in 1990.^1,2 He died on 13 February 1997, at age 86.³

Ernest E. Cannon had reference number 24594. His Social Security Number was 526-28-6336, issued: Arizona, last residence: Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona.³

Citations

[S4280] Email from Betty Knoche dated June 21, 2003
[S9886] Obituary - Dorothy Dean (Davidson) Shupp Cannon
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book

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Martha Ryan¹

F, #24321, b. 18 December 1799, d. 21 March 1873

Pedigree Link

Family: Jesse Hunt (b. April 1798, d. 22 June 1873)

Son	Samuel M. Hunt (b. about 1823)
Daughter	Mary Hunt (b. 1824)
Son	Jesse Hunt (b. about 1825)
Son	John W. Hunt (b. 1827)
Son	Uriah Hunt+ (b. 7 October 1828, d. 27 April 1914)
Daughter	Amanda Jane Hunt (b. 18 January 1831, d. 30 May 1910)
Daughter	Dica Hunt (b. 1835)

BASIC FACTS

Martha Ryan was born on 18 December 1799 in Greene Co., Tennessee.¹ She and Jesse Hunt were married on 19 August 1822 in Greene Co., Tennessee.¹ She died on 21 March 1873, at age 73, in Sulphur Springs, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹

Martha Ryan had reference number 24595.

Citations

[S6021] Genealogy prepared by Gerhard Bennett

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Samuel M. Hunt¹

M, #24322, b. about 1823

Parents

Father	Jesse Hunt (b. April 1798, d. 22 June 1873)
Mother	Martha Ryan (b. 18 December 1799, d. 21 March 1873)

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BASIC FACTS

Samuel M. Hunt was born about 1823 in Greene Co., Tennessee.¹

Samuel M. Hunt had reference number 24596.

Citations

[S6021] Genealogy prepared by Gerhard Bennett

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Mary Hunt¹

F, #24323, b. 1824

Parents

Father	Jesse Hunt (b. April 1798, d. 22 June 1873)
Mother	Martha Ryan (b. 18 December 1799, d. 21 March 1873)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Mary Hunt was born in 1824 in Tennessee.¹

Mary Hunt had reference number 24597.

Citations

[S6021] Genealogy prepared by Gerhard Bennett

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Jesse Hunt¹

M, #24324, b. about 1825

Parents

Father	Jesse Hunt (b. April 1798, d. 22 June 1873)
Mother	Martha Ryan (b. 18 December 1799, d. 21 March 1873)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Jesse Hunt was born about 1825 in Tennessee.¹

Jesse Hunt had reference number 24598.

Citations

[S6021] Genealogy prepared by Gerhard Bennett

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John W. Hunt¹

M, #24325, b. 1827

Parents

Father	Jesse Hunt (b. April 1798, d. 22 June 1873)
Mother	Martha Ryan (b. 18 December 1799, d. 21 March 1873)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

John W. Hunt was born in 1827 in Tennessee.¹

John W. Hunt had reference number 24599.

Citations

[S6021] Genealogy prepared by Gerhard Bennett