The Decendants of
ABRAHAM DeVAULT
Abraham Devault is believed
to have been born in Alsasse Loraine France. He is also believed
to have migrated to Germany, where he married a German woman. He
along with several brothers then migrated to Pennsylvania. Variations of
the surname are many even among brothers. Some using Dewalt, Dewald, Davault
and Devault, the latter being the most commonly used.
Much
of the data on this page is the result of many years research by Helen
Thomison Mitchell, Dayton, TN and Dorothy Devault Bicknell, Humbolt,
IA.
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Base Generatrion
1. Abraham DeVault (details excluded),
m. Katherine Gross, (details excluded).
Children:
i Jacob Gross DeVault b. 31 Jan 1797, Sullivan Co. TN, m. Dorces Pearson.
Jacob died 19 May 1875.
2. ii John DeVault b. 1799.
3. iii Elizabeth DeVault
b. 1801.
iv Mary (Polly) DeVault b. 1802, d. UNKNOWN.
4. v Hiram DeVault b. 12
Dec 1807.
vi Abraham DeVault b. OCT 1812, d. UNKNOWN.
vii Katherine DeVault b. OCT 1812, d. UNKNOWN.
viii Henry Devault b. ?, d. ?.
Second Generation
2. John DeVault b. 1799, Sullivan Co. TN,
m. Elizabeth (Bessie) Cloud, b. ?, (daughter of Joseph Cloud and Jane Carpenter)
d. ?. John died 12 Jul 1865.
Children:
i Abraham Augustus DeVault b. 30 Jul 1829, Claiborne Co, TN, d. 1860, Cival
War.
5. ii Elizabeth
Katherine DeVault b. 5 Feb 1831.
6. iii Mahulda
DeVault b. 2 Nov 1832.
iv Benjamin Franklin DeVault b. 14 Apr 1835, Claiborne Co, TN, d. 1862,
Cival War.
7. v H. Calloway
Calvin DeVault b. 10 Jun 1837.
8. vi Louise
Jane DeVault b. 30 Dec 1839.
9. vii Mary
Margaret DeVault b. 22 Aug 1842.
10. viii Henry Clay DeVault
b. 12 Jan 1844.
ix Emmaline DeVault b. 6 Apr 1848.
3. Elizabeth DeVault b. 1801, m. 20 Dec 1825, Lawrence Pearson. Elizabeth
died 1884.
Children:
i Tipton Pearson b. 29 Jul 1839, m. Alice Barnard.
ii Lee Pearson (details excluded), m. ?? Looney.
11. iii Jane Pearson (details
excluded).
iv George Pearson (details excluded).
v Catherine Pearson (details excluded).
vi Adeline Pearson (details excluded), m. John Gilbert.
4. Hiram DeVault b. 12 Dec 1807, Claiborne Co, TN, m. 20 Dec 1828, Mary
Carpenter. Hiram died ?.
Children:
i Manerva DeVault b. 1830, m. Henry Clay Hodges.
ii Adaline DeVault b. 1832, m. William Richard Hayes.
iii Henry DeVault b. 1834.
iv John DeVault b. 1836, m. Katherine Barnce.
12. v Pryor Hamilton DeVault
b. 1 Jan 1837.
vi Margaret DeVault b. 1839.
vii Elizabeth DeVault b. 1841, m. Thomas Jones.
viii Henry Clinton DeVault b. 1845, m. Angeline DeVault (Williams).
ix Mary Louise DeVault b. 1848.
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Third Generation
5. Elizabeth Katherine DeVault b. 5 Feb 1831, Claiborne Co, TN, m. 6
Feb 1854, John Travis Burdine. Elizabeth died UNKNOWN, Knoxville,
(Knox Co) TN.
Children:
i Daighter Burdine (details excluded).
6. Mahulda DeVault b. 2 Nov 1832, m. 14 Jan 1866, Tom Wiley Jones.
Mahulda died 28 Jan 1919, Tazwell, (Claiborne Co) TN.
Children:
i Sally Jones b. 14 Oct 1866.
ii Sally Jones b. 4 Oct 1866.
iii Mary Lucinda Jones b. 24 Mar 1868.
13. iv Morgan Jones b. 2
Aug 1871.
7. H. Calloway Calvin DeVault b. 10 Jun 1837, Claiborne Co, TN, m. (1)
?? ??, m. (2) UNKNOWN, Sereptha J. ??. H. Calloway died UNKNOWN.
Children by Sereptha J. ??:
i Kate DeVault.
ii Gus DeVault.
iii Jim DeVault (details excluded).
8. Louise Jane DeVault b. 30 Dec 1839, Claiborne Co, TN, m. Hiram Johnson.
Louise died UNKNOWN.
Children:
i Jonh Johnson (details excluded).
9. Mary Margaret DeVault b. 22 Aug 1842, Claiborne Co, TN, m. 17 Aug 1859,
Thompson Henegar Cash, (son of James Indigo Cash and Ann Key). Mary died
26 Mar 1918, Loraine TN.
Children:
14. i Henritta Cash b. 20
Jun 1860.
ii Henry Bascum Cash b. 9 Apr 1862, m. Maggie Steele.
iii John Calloway Cash b. 17 Aug 1866, m. Louise Goodale.
iv Willliam D. Cash b. 5 Nov 1870, m. Carrie Brumfield.
15. v James Lawson Benson
Cash b. 16 Sep 1873.
vi Baxter Kavanaugh Cash b. 4 Nov 1876, m. Marie Johnson.
vii Emma Lee Cash b. 21 Sep 1880, m. Alvin Ragen.
16. viii Mary May Cash b.
1884.
ix Robert McKey Cash b. 29 May 1888, m. Lonnie Brainard.
x Flora Ann Henson Cash b. 16 Sep 1893, d. 1912.
10. Henry Clay DeVault
b. 12 Jan 1844, Claiborne Co, TN, m. (1) 1865, Eliza Jane Carpenter,
b. ?, d. ?, m. (2) Mira Ann Spence, b. 1849, d. 1925, m. (3) Kate Pearson.
Henry died 24 Nov 1918, Claiborne Co, TN.
Children by Eliza Jane Carpenter:
17. i Lula Belle DeVault
b. 10 Oct 1869.
18. ii John Calloway DeVault
b. 10 Oct 1871.
19. iii Will W. DeVault
b. 22 Sep 1873.
Children by Kate Pearson:
20. iv Treva Grace DeVault
b. 1918.
11. Jane Pearson (details excluded), m. Madison Cope.
Children:
21. i William Anderson Cope.
12. Pryor Hamilton DeVault b. 1 Jan 1837, m. (1) Mary Ward, d. 1863, m.
(2) 1868, Mary Bundren.
Children by Mary Ward:
i Elizabeth DeVault b. 1859, m. Emanuel Collins.
22. ii James Henry DeVault
b. 1862.
Children by Mary Bundren:
23. iii Charles Lewis DeVault
b. 1878.
iv Eva DeVault m. Arch Hipshire.
v Aurelia DeVault m. John Hipshire.
vi John DeVault.
24. vii Dan DeVault.
viii Nettie B. DeVault m. Mack Hipshire.
Fourth Generation
13. Morgan Jones b. 2 Aug 1871, m. (1) Lilly Cantrell, (details excluded),
m. (2) 1903, Virgie Atkins.
Children by Lilly Cantrell:
i Lilly Jones b. 1899.
Children by Virgie Atkins:
ii Clyde H. Jones b. 1904.
14. Henritta Cash b. 20 Jun 1860, m. Lee Tallent.
Children:
i Chat Tallent.
15. James Lawson Benson Cash b. 16 Sep 1873, m. Maude Cantrell.
Children:
i James Cash.
ii Leland Cahs.
iii Vance Cash.
16. Mary May Cash b. 1884, m. 1907, William Josyh Thompson, b. 1877, d.
1946. Mary died 1914.
Children:
i Helen Thompson b. 1908, m. 1951, Ira F. Mitchell.
17. Lula Belle DeVault b. 10 Oct 1869, m. 1901, Tom Hood.
Children:
25. i Stewart DeVault (details
excluded).
Children by Tom Hood:
ii Ruth Hood (details excluded).
iii Gentry Hood (details excluded).
iv Annie Hood (details excluded).
v Ruby Hood (details excluded).
18. John Calloway DeVault b. 10 Oct 1871, Claiborne Co, TN, m. Lee Ann
Wyrick. John died 16 Dec 1947.
Children:
26. i Lula Belle DeVault
b. 8 Jan 1897.
ii Esie May DeVault b. 16 Feb 1898.
iii Sherman Glaspee DeVault b. 8 Aug 1899.
iv John Henry DeVault b. 26 Jun 1902.
v Hazel Lee DeVault b. 8 Aug 1905.
vi Delphia DeVault b. 28 Sep 1907.
vii Earl Willliam DeVault b. 1 Sep 1910, m. Helen Price.
viii Baby DeVault b. 26 Apr 1911.
ix Ruth Virginia DeVault b. 14 Oct 1917.
19. Will W. DeVault b. 22 Sep 1873,
occupation Farmer, m. ABT 1901, Philadelphia (Delphia) Knight, b. 15 Aug
1875, (daughter of Thomas (Jefferson) Knight and Ruhama Fisher) d. 14 Jan
1954, Dayton, (Rhea Co) TN, buried: Spence Cem. Dayton, TN. Will
died 25 Jan 1953, Dayton, (Rhea Co) TN, buried: Spence Cem. Dayton, TN.
Children:
27. i James Gaston DeVault
b. 27 Mar 1902.
ii William Perry DeVault b. 22 Aug 1903.
28. iii Henry Clay (Hobo)
DeVault b. 28 Feb 1905.
iv Homer DeVault b. ABT 1907.
29. v Katherine Lois (Kate)
DeVault b. 17 Nov 1909.
30. vi Juanita Rhea (Dago)
Devault b. 30 Jan 1911.
31. vii Cleo Franklin DeVault
b. 27 Nov 1912.
32. viii Emmett Branlow
DeVault b. 5 Jul 1914.
ix Zilla Marie DeVault b. 27 May 1917, m. Arthur A. (Ott) Morgan, d. 1988.
Zilla died 27 Apr 1988.
x Warren Harding DeVault b. 22 Nov 1920, Dayton, (Rhea Co) TN, d. 20 Nov
1944, Germany - WW II.
20. Treva Grace DeVault b. 1918, m. 1941, Russell Lee Miller, b. 1915.
Children:
i Sharon Leigh Miller b. 1942.
21. William Anderson Cope m. Emmaline DeVault, b. 1848, d. 1914.
Children:
i Clay Cope b. 1856.
ii Mary Cope b. 1868, d. 1904.
iii Cordia Cope b. 1871.
iv Augustus Cope b. 1872.
v Dora Cope b. 1873, m. 1899, Nathan Tate. Dora died 1951.
vi John Cope b. 1876, m. Molly Starnes. John died 1924.
vii Alphonse Cope b. 1879, d. 1888.
33. viii Carl Cope b. 1890.
ix Jim Cope b. ?, d. ?.
22. James Henry DeVault b. 1862, m. 1881, Alice Young. James died
1925.
Children:
i Victoria DeVault.
ii Minnie Lee DeVault m. George W. Holloway. Minnie died 1960.
iii Jennie DeVault m. Mack H. Noe.
iv Sarah Etta DeVault m. John F. Sullenberger.
v John DeVault.
vi Robert Claude DeVault.
23. Charles Lewis DeVault b. 1878, m. Mary C. Hale. Charles died
1947.
Children:
i Gladys DeVault.
ii Grace DeVault.
24. Dan DeVault.
Children:
i Robert DeVault.
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Fifth Generation
25. Stewart DeVault (details excluded), m. Clara Adeline Purser, b.
31 Jul 1901, (daughter of James Purser and Hester Estelle Burnett) d. 7
Oct 1925, buried: Spence Cem. Dayton, TN.
Children:
34. i James Pershing (Petuck)
DeVault b. ?? Jun 1918.
35. ii Darrell Ralph DeVault
b. 21 Aug 1921.
36. iii Stella Louise DeVault
b. 28 Jan 1923.
26. Lula Belle DeVault b. 8 Jan 1897, m. Charlie Denham.
Children:
37. i Charles Lewis Denham
b. 1922.
27. James Gaston DeVault b. 27 Mar 1902, Rhea Co, TN, m. Hazel Earhart.
James died 24 Dec 1953, Rhea Co, TN.
Children:
i Sherry DeVault d. 7 months of age, buried: Michigan.
28. Henry Clay (Hobo) DeVault b. 28 Feb 1905, Rhea Co, TN, m. Georgia Grissom.
Henry died ?? Oct 1993.
Children:
i Robert DeVault (details excluded).
38. ii Dewayne DeVault (details
excluded).
29. Katherine Lois (Kate) DeVault b. 17 Nov 1909, Rhea Co, TN, m. Roy Herbert
Marler, b. 30 Jul 1902, d. 11 Jun 1971, Rhea Co, TN, buried: Spence Cem.
Dayton, TN. Katherine died 1996, Johnson City, (Washington Co) TN,
buried: Spence Cem. Dayton, TN.
Children:
39. i Lois Sue Marler b.
11 Dec 1939.
30. Juanita Rhea (Dago) Devault b.
30 Jan 1911, Dayton, (Rhea Co) TN, m. 25 Mar 1934, Albert Richard Kerley,
b. 24 Oct 1907, Luminary TN, (son of Robert Lee Kerley and Mary Anne Lewis)
occupation Sawyer, d. 27 Nov 1973, Dayton, (Rhea Co) TN, buried: Spence
Cem. Dayton, TN. Juanita died 7 Nov 1993, Dayton, (Rhea Co) TN, buried:
Spence Cem. Dayton, TN.
Children:
40. i Cecile Ann Kerley
b. 27 Jun 1937.
31. Cleo Franklin DeVault b. 27 Nov 1912, m. Etta Mae Fann. Cleo
died 24 Dec 1971.
Children:
41. i Marietta DeVault b.
1950.
32. Emmett Branlow DeVault b. 5 Jul 1914, m. Pearl Morgan. Emmett
died ?? Jun 1993.
Children:
42. i Billy Gordon DeVault
b. 16 Jun 1942.
43. ii Ronnie DeVault b.
12 Feb 1947.
33. Carl Cope b. 1890, m. Kate Barnard.
Children:
i Mary Emma Cope m. Dr. Sherman Turner.
Sixth Generation
34. James Pershing (Petuck) DeVault b. ?? Jun 1918, m. Helen Carney.
Children:
i Michael DeVault (details excluded).
ii Nicholas DeVault (details excluded).
iii Elizabeth DeVault (details excluded).
iv Margaret DeVault (details excluded).
35. Darrell Ralph DeVault b. 21 Aug 1921, m. Carolyn Thomas.
Children:
i Thomas DeVault (details excluded).
ii Bill DeVault (details excluded).
36. Stella Louise DeVault b. 28 Jan 1923, m. Wilburn Stephen Knight, (details
excluded).
Children:
44. i Martha Lou Knight.
45. ii Stephen Stewart Knight.
37. Charles Lewis Denham b. 1922, m. Eva Lee Comes.
Children:
i Clayton Allen Denham b. 1943.
ii Terry Melinda Denham (details excluded).
iii Kathy Renee Denham (details excluded).
iv Connie Marie Denham b. 1993, d. 1953.
38. Dewayne DeVault (details excluded), m. Linda, Wife of Dewayne DeVault,
#344.
Children:
i Cindy DeVault (details excluded).
ii Debbie DeVault (details excluded).
iii Connie DeVault (details excluded).
iv Kathy DeVault (details excluded).
v Mark DeVault (details excluded).
39. Lois Sue Marler b. 11 Dec 1939, m. Robin Houston Smith, (son of Boyd
Smith and Delilah, Wife of Boyd Smith, #2650).
Children:
i Robin Annette Smith (details excluded).
ii Roy Scott Smith (details excluded), m. (1) Sandy ??, m. (2) Pam ??,
(details excluded).
40. Cecile Ann Kerley also known as:
Delphia Cecil Ann Kerley b. 27 Jun 1937, Dayton, (Rhea Co) TN, occupation
School Teacher, m. 18 Apr 1965, in Dayton, (Rhea Co) TN, William Henry
Linn, Jr., b. 22 Jan 1934, South Pittsburg, (Marion Co) TN, (son of William
Henry Linn and Estelle Acklen) occupation Woodwork - Photographer.
Married at Trinity United Methodist Church with Rev. E. G. Pursley Officiating.
Children:
46. i Albert Troy Linn (details
excluded).
ii Trevor Jackson Linn (details excluded).
41. Marietta DeVault b. 1950, m. (1) Butch Hodges, m. (2) Charles Harris.
Children by Butch Hodges:
i Melody Ann Hodges (details excluded).
Children by Charles Harris:
ii Joshua Franklin (Josh) Harris (details excluded).
42. Billy Gordon DeVault b. 16 Jun 1942, m. (1) Sarah Ann (Sally) Harwood,
m. (2) Dorothy (Dot) Dotson.
Children by Sarah Ann (Sally) Harwood:
i Debra Elaine DeVault (details excluded), m. Micha Manley.
47. ii Emily Carline DeVault
(details excluded).
iii Kimberly Rene DeVault (details excluded).
iv Billy Gordon DeVault (details excluded).
Children by Dorothy (Dot) Dotson:
v Johnna DeVault.
43. Ronnie DeVault b. 12 Feb 1947, m. Thelma Potter.
Children:
i Tonya Annette DeVault (details excluded).
ii Christopher Shane DeVault (details excluded).
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Seventh Generation
44. Martha Lou Knight.
Children:
i Teddy, Child of #2640 (details excluded).
ii Stephanie, Child of #2640 (details excluded).
iii Leslie, Child of #2640.
45. Stephen Stewart Knight.
Children:
i Coty Harris Knight (details excluded).
ii Renee Knight (details excluded).
46. Albert Troy Linn (details excluded), m. Geetha Shanmugasundaram, (details
excluded), (daughter of Rengasamy Shanmugasundaram and Thingamoney _____).
Children:
i Theodore Rajavel Linn (details excluded).
ii Samuel Senthil Linn (details excluded).
47. Emily Carline DeVault (details excluded), m. James Oliver.
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