Edgar Leroy Devault ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Edgar Devault
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 5 Mar 1857
Birthplace: Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Birthplace (Original): Monongalia Co., West Virginia, United States
Race: w
Ethnicity: American
Father's Name: C. P. Devault
Mother's Name: Louisa Devault

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X554-JZ4 : 12 December 2019), Edgar Devault, 1857.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Edgar Devault
Event Date: 25 Sep 1900
Event Place: White Day, Monongalia, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age (Expanded): 42 years 9 months 7 days
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1857
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Annie Or Anna Devault
Father's Name: C. P. Devault
Mother's Name: Louisa Devault
Occupation: Farmer
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
Reference ID: v 2 p 1

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM5B-Y61 : 10 March 2018), Edgar Devault, 25 Sep 1900; citing White Day, Monongalia, West Virginia, County Records, v 2 p 1, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 840,903.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 21 October 1857 and a birth location of , Monongalia County, VA.

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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in District 1, Monongalia County, VA on 8 August 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 174, Family 1240, Roll 1364
District 1, Monongalia, Virginia, United States
Edgar Devault..3..Virginia

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 21 Aug 1857, then his age should have been 2 instead of 3.
.

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Clinton District, Monongalia, WV on 14 July 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 38, Family 288
Clinton Magisterial District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Edgar L. Devalt..11..West Virginia..Works on farm

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 5 Mar 1857, then his age should have been 13 instead of 11.
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Clinton District, Monongalia, WV on 1 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Sheet 176A, District 94, Family 3, Roll 1409
Clinton Magisterial District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
E. L. Devault..Head..22..Virginia..Farmer

(Living with wife and 1 daughter.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 5 Mar 1857, then his age should have been 23 instead of 22.
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Clinton District, Monongalia, WV on 27 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 21A, District 79, Family 344
Clinton Magisterial District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 22 years
Edgar L. Devault..Head..Oct 1857..42..West Virginia..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 children.)

NOTE - His birth date should have been in Mar 1857 instead of Oct 1857. Therefore his age should have been 43 instead of 42.
.

• He was buried on 30 September 1900 in the Meadowdale Cemetery in Fairmont, WV.

Find a Grave Memorial 89473770
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Edgar married Anna Ross, daughter of John Burris Ross and Lorena A. Bunner, on 13 April 1878 in , Marion County, WV.^{1 2 3} (Anna Ross was born on 21 August 1857 in , Marion County, VA,⁹ died on 29 April 1918 in Monongalia County, WV ⁹ and was buried after 29 April 1918 in Meadowdale Cemetery, Fairmont, WV ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Clinton District, Monongalia, WV on 1 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Sheet 176A, District 94, Family 3, Roll 1409
Clinton Magisterial District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
E. L. Devault..Head..22..Virginia..Farmer
Annie Devault..Wife..20..Virginia..Housekeeper
Lillie Violet Devault..Daughter..1..West Virginia..At Home
.

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Clinton District, Monongalia, WV on 27 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 21A, District 79, Family 344
Clinton Magisterial District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 22 years
Edgar L. Devault..Head..Oct 1857..42..West Virginia..Farmer
Ann Devault..Wife..Aug 1859..40..West Virginia..3/3
Ruth Devault..Daughter..Feb 1881..19..West Virginia
Birch Devault..Son..Apr 1884..16..West Virginia
.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Edgar L. Devault
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Annie Ross
Spouse's Sex: Female
Marriage Date: 13 Apr 1878
Marriage Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRHS-5NB : 30 January 2020), Edgar L. Devault, 1878.
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