PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ NEWSLETTER
No. 11 SEPTEMBER, 1986 No. 11
Published by Dean R. Foutz. 1600 Kapiolani Blvd.. Suite 1130, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
A FEW WORDS ABOUT HOW FOUTZ ETC., GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
IS PROGRESSING HERE AND ELSEWHERE
WHAT DO YOU KNOW THAT'S NEW?
Worm Days and Cool Nights
along the Wasatch Front
Dear Colleagues, Friends, and Fellow searchers:
It's been a mighty exciting three months in Pfoutz, etc., genealogy --- assuming You ore one of those folk who get excited about sorting out ancestries. There was so much "breaking news,” as we say in broadcast business that I truly did not know what was most important.
For example, thanks to Daniel Pfoutz, of Gibsonia, Pa,, a descendant, we have learned the whereabouts of Jacob Pfautz, son of Bishop Hans Michael Pfautz, after he left Coventry Twp., Chester Co., Pa, in the 1810s. Nobody had this one right!
‘'Baron' John Pfoutz, who gets the Boron, accolade to help identify him from among the Plethora of Johns, did have a child by his 2nd wife: a son, named Israel, and Israel married and had Issue, which opens up at least one more DAR line --- and we need to take a whole new look at those lost days of the 'Baron.’
We have made a great deal of progress in sorting out the Pfoutz Valley mess --- we use the word “mess” because so many searchers have made so many assumptions about Pfoutz Valley that it is difficult to sort out the fact from the fiction. We went back to Square One --- original records of Cumberland and Perry counties, Pa., and rebuilt the entire structure out of extant fact, [Incidentally, the reason that the Pfoutz did not stay on the land was because it was too good, some of the best in Pennsylvania---and most expensive. Under Pennsylvania law, if a son took land under a will and was required to buy out other legatees shares, he had to pay appraised market value. When top land In Ohio, Indiana, and Ohio could be had for $5 an acre, Pfoutz Valley land was being appraised at $100 an acre. Pfoutz sons consistently turned down opportunities to return to the land after 1830.]
There's an even bigger mess, if possible, northward in Lycoming Co., Pa., where John Leonard Pfoutz and his eldest son Leonard Pfoutz have been so confused that the DAR has actually certified lines that collapse the two men into one. The problem here was that John Leonard, the father, had eight daughters along with three sons, and Leonard, the son, had at least eight daughters also along with five or so sons --- and the aunts and nieces overlapped to such an extent that it was difficult to tell who belonged to whom. Then, of course, accounts in county histories did not agree with heirs identified in legal documents --- plus, because of Israel Pfoutz' women who no one has previously identified, there were extra Pfoutz women who couldn't be placed. This, too, is being sorted out.
With the help of Janet Avery, of Arvada, Colorado, we complete the total survey of Soundex for the Census of 1880 and 1900 --- and have a good start on 1910. If a Foutz, etc., was living In the U.S. in 1900, he/she should be in our files,
We are going to have to renege on that book Publishing venture we laid out so laviously last Newsletter. Since then we have talked to a half dozen vanity publishers, including the Eversons at Logan (genealogical specialists), and have been sobered by the kinds of money outlays required. This is hobby with me --- and the only way can do the books within reason is to do a large part of the writing and editing myself. And, that, the Good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, won't be possible for seven-to-ten years hence when I retire. If anyone is sufficiently anxious as to want to move forthwith, I'll be glad to make the files available. I have no ego involvement about the research,
I got more, but I'm out of room, Best wishes...
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CALIFORNIA FOUTS WITH NUMEROUS PATENTS IDENTIFIED
AS ANOTHER OF 'BARON' JOHN's BRIGHT DESCENDANTS
In April we heard from Robert J, Frederickson, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, who wanted to identify the lineage of his great-grandfather George Shomer Fouts who died in the San Francisco Bay area in the early years of this Century.
All that was known concerning George Shomer Fouts was that he had been born in Ohio, had married in the Bay area shortly after 1900, had sired one son, and had died while his son was yet an infant. Fouts had been an inventor, held a number of patents, and held two companies at the time of his death--- one in California. and one in Nevada.
The Census of 1900 enumerates a George S, Fouts in Alameda, along with a wife and an infant daughter, living with his mother-in-law. This George, really a Foutts, was born in California, but his father, Abraham Fouts (Foutts), was a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio, and was the son of Israel Foutts, who spread his family by two wives over a period of almost fifty years. Not a perfect fit, but few genealogical realities ever fit family oral history descriptions.
Fortunately, because of work done by Helen Fouts Haney several years back, we had access to California death records and found George S. Fouts had died in San Francisco on 9 Nov 1908. We communicated both the Foutts' item and the death certificate number to Frederickson. In the meanwhile, we did a search of the Census of 1910.
George S. Fouts, still living with his mother-in-law in Alameda, was listed, along with a passle of children, still in Alameda, (Wrong man!)
Frederickson sent for a copy of the death certificate. The name was George Shuman Fouts. Born: Ohio, 15 Aug 1862. Father: John W. Fouts. Mother: Harriet Boyd. Residence: Alameda, California.
The "Shuman" was the tip-off.
The Shumans were one of the families who moved into Pfoutz Valley, Cumberland (now Perry) Co., Pennsylvania, around 1800. George Shuman, married Elizabeth Pfoutz, daughter of Michael Pfoutz, Jr., Elizabeth’s oldest brother, Michael Pfoutz (3rd) left Pfoutz Valley in 1831 and moved to Hampden Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio, where he married Anna Quiggle, 15 Feb 1833. Anna and Mike had a large family, including eight sons, one of which was named George Shuman Fouts. In the early 1850s, accompanied by Quiggle relatives, they moved to Thornapple Twp., Barry Co., Michigan. Shuman Fouts (he never used the George) as an old man is enumerated in Michigan in the 1900 Census.
John W, Fouts was Michael Pfoutz' (3rd) eldest son. He remained in Ohio until after the Civil War when he, too, moved to Michigan. John W. is also in the 1900 Census there, along with a second wife and younger family.
This was another illustration of the serendipity that occurs in this research. We were no more involved with George S.'s identification than we encountered Quiggles elsewhere in Pfouts/Fouts association. In Lycoming Co., Pa., we had Michael Quiggle Crane marrying Ann Pfoutz, daughter of John, Jr., of Pine Creek Twp., in the mid- 1810s. Then, in 1840 in Trumbull Co., Ohio, John Pfoutz obtains a marriage license to wed Mary Quiggle, daughter of Michael. Janet Harmon, of New Jersey, wrote about this time to inquire if we had any data on the Quiggles --- who, she said, were related to the Pfoutz through the Klines.
Anna Kline, you'll recall, was 'Baron' John Pfoutz first wife, the mother of John, Jr., (otherwise Leonard), Michael, George, and David, and Elizabeth,
The ancestry of George Shuman Fouts is identified as he being the son of John W. Fouts, who was the son of Michael Pfoutz (Ohio)/Fouts (Michigan), the son of Michael Pfoutz, Jr., the son of Michael Pfoutz, Sr., the son of 'Baron' John Pfoutz, the son of Hans Michael Pfautz, Sr., the two latter being born in Germany and immigrating to America in 1727.
In his own research, Robert J, Frederickson tried to identify his great-grandfather through his inventions. In doing so, he came up with a lists of Fouts who have received patents, You may find it of interest:
GEORGE SHUMAN FOUTS:
14 Jul 1894 #523,273 Grip Block Aberdeen, WA
4 Feb 1896 554,023 Elevator Power Wheel San Jose, CA
18 May 1897 582,732 Logging Apparatus San Fran., CA
28 Feb 1899 620,438 Cable Grip “ “ “
6 Nov 1900 661,045 Mountain Locomotive “ “ “
14 Aug 1906 828 645 Automatic Cable Grip “ “ “
4 May 1909 920,856 Automatic Cable Switch “ “ “
GEORGE H, FOUTS:
1902 Not Identified Dayton, OH
CLARENCE L. FOUTS:
1903 Steam Engine Eureka, CA
CALVIN C, FOUTS:
1907 Corn Popper Middeltown, OH
WILLIAM P. FOUTS:
1910 Not Identified Cleveland, OH
One of these times, we want to do an article on the numbers of Pfautz, etc., who have been physicians. Medical practice has been attractive to Fouts, etc., in all surname lines --- including the lines where the name began as something else. Offhand, we can identify more than 30 who bore "Dr." before their names, not including Silas Hedges Fouts, of Colorado, who "was only a doctor of sorts."
MORE CIVIL WAR RECORDS
We're getting towards the bottom of the barrel on Civil War service records. Missouri and Michigan, plus some odds and ends, this issue, and next issue we'll conclude with Maryland and U.S. Colored Troops,
Here then, are more Fouts, etc., who served in Union regiments during the Civil War. The data comes from military and pension records in the National Archives, Washington, D,C.
MISSOURI
BERNHARDT FAUTZ, - Pvt., Co. D, 17th Missouri Infantry. Enlisted at St. Louis Arsenal, 20 Sep 1861, age 34, born Germany, single, a resident of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Wounded in the Battle of Atlanta, 4 Aug 1864, hospitalized thereafter. Disability discharged on 4 Feb 1865 as three-fourths disabled. Discharge identifies place of birth as Greuzenbach, Baden. In 1870, petitioned for increase in pension, Rejected. Petitioned again in 1873, again rejected. Nothing further in file. No widow or survivor filed for a pension based on this service.
DAVID FOUTS, - Capt., Co. G, 35th Missouri infantry.. Prior service as Capt., Co. I, 4th Military Dist., Missouri State Militia. Was age 32 at time of commissioning, no other personal data given. Service was entirely in Southwest Missouri and Arkansas. Discharged 28 Jun 1865 at Little Rock, Arkansas. On 29 Jul 1890, David Fouts, of Collyer, Trego Co., Kansas, filed for disability pension, alleging rheumatism and piles. There is no indication that a pension was granted. On 5 Dec 1894, Nancy Fouts, widow of David, filed for a pension, alleging that she had married David on 18 Jul 1850 in Washington Co., Indiana, that her maiden name was Nancy Mull. In subsequent correspondence, she advised that there were four children; Charles Fouts; Alice Purnell, nee Fouts; Thomas Fouts, and Frank Fouts. There is nothing in the file after 1895 except a notation that Nancy died, 14 Dec 1914, location unidentified. In the Census of 1900, Nancy was living in Provo, Utah, with son Frank's family. Charles was in Nebraska, Thomas in Missouri. One of Nancy's affidavits for pension was made by, Merrell and Susan Fouts, of Thayer Co., Nebraska. (Both David and Merrell were sons, of the second family of David Fouts, of Washington Co., Ind.)
DANIEL FOUTS, - Quartermaster Sgt., Co. F, 1st Missouuri Cavalry. Mustered in 6 Sep 1861 at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., having enlisted in Madison Co., Illinois. Age: 54, born Richland Co., Ohio. Served as teamster for Hospital Corps. Re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer, 1 Jan 1864. Died at the home of Mary Erwin, 29 Oct 1864, in Six-Mile Precinct, Madison Co., Illinois, while home on leave, leaving no widow but two minor children. Subsequently, Mary A. Erwin was appointed Guardian to Mary A. Fouts, b. 17 Jun 1854, and William Henry Fouts, b. 15 Feb 1857. In various correspondences concerning her wards' pension, Mrs. Erwin advised that the children were the only issue of Daniel Fouts, that they were by his wife Julia, nee McCollum, that Daniel and Julia Ann McCollum had been married in St. Louis Co., Missouri, on 3 Oct 1852. A pension was allowed to support each child until its 16th birthday. (This was not a FOUTZ, but a FOCHT-FOUGHT. Daniel Foutz here was born in Columbiana Co., O., and moved to Richland Co., O., as a child. He was a brother to Reuben, who also used FOUTS.)
MILTON N. FOUTS, - Pvt., Co. G, 4th Missouri State Cavalry. Mustered- in 16 Apr 1862. Service was entirely within State of Missouri. Died 25 Oct 1864 at Kansas City of wounds received in battle on 23 Oct 1864 near Independence. The inventory of Milton's effects includes the information that he was born in Jefferson Co., Iowa. Other military information indicates that the Missouri unit was raised in Taylor Co., Iowa, where Milton lived, and its Captain was Abraham Vansickel of the same place. On 19 Sep 1891, Philetha Fouts, of Taylor Co., Iowa, applied for a Dependent Mother's pension, alleging that her husband [Eri W. Fouts] was totally helpless, that the deceased son was single at the time of his death, and had been a help to his mother. Abraham Vansickel was one of her affiants. The pension was granted, and continued until Philetha died, 16 Jan 1907, in Taylor Co., Iowa,
KANSAS
We published the service record Zimri Fouts [brother of Eri W. Fouts, both sons of Noah Fouts] who served in a Kansas regiment in an earlier Newsletter. We held this back because it's unique.
JOHN W, FOUTS, - Pvt., Co. E, 7th Kansas Cavalry. Mustered-in 30 Oct 1861, having enlisted at Quincy, Illinois, on 30 Aug 1861, being Age 26, a native of Treton, Illinois [he was born in Wayne Co., Indiana], and painter by occupation. Was actively engaged against the enemy 1862-63. Was a disciplinary problem, had both punishments and a court martial. Transferred to Co. C, 3rd Michigan Cavalry, on re-enlistment as Veteran Volunteer, 19 Jan 1864 at LaGrange, Tennessee.
MICHIGAN
JOHN W. FOUTS, Pvt., Co. C, 3rd Michigan Cavalry. Joined regiment at LaGrange, Tennessee, being Age 28, a native of Wayne Co., Indiana, and a painter by occupation. By June, 1864, was under arrest at Devalls Bluff, Arkansas, and on 7 Dec 1864, he was sent to Military Prison at Alton, Illinois, convicted by General Court Martial and sentenced to "be confined at hard labor." We need not go into the details, but John W., while under the influence of alcohol, did a number of things that a prudent man would not do---particularly one under military control. John W. knew better, but alcohol was the ruination both his and his brother Thomas W. Fouts' military careers.
On 1 Aug 1865, confined in the military prison at Jefferson City, Missouri, John W. wrote to Major General John Pope, commanding the Dept. of the West, St. Louis, asking for a pardon on the basis that his father, Capt. William D. Fouts, who was serving under Pope's command, had lately been massacred by the Sioux near Ft. Laramie (see Iowa records). he was released and dishonorably discharged on 29 Sep 1865.
On 18 Jun 1886, John W. Fouts filed for a pension, alleging that he had broken his arm in a horse fall while on duty near Germantown, Tennessee, on 3 Dec 1863. It took six years to make the case, including an Attorney General's opinion that a BCD was no bar to a disability pension. He was granted the pension on 4 Aug 1892, but dropped from the Pension Rolls by the Topeka office on 26 Jun 1893 because of his death.
John W. Fouts apparently never married. He was an itinerant painter, and told the Pension Bureau in 1887 that he had lived in South Bend, Indiana; Dayton, Ohio; Indiana; Wisconsin; Minnesota; The Dakotas; Iowa; Illinois; and, finally, at Veterans Home at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
AUGUSTUS MICHAEL FOUTS, - Pvt., Co. C, 21st Michigan Infantry. Volunteered 9 Aug 1862 in Barry Co., Michigan, to serve three years, being Age 27, born Lake Co., Ohio, and a farmer. Seemingly spent entire service as Brigade and Division teamster. Died 29 Mar l865 at Cumberland General Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, next of kin noted as: Michael Fouts, father, Middleville, Barry Co., Michigan. On 4 Sep 1875, Michael Fouts, of Thornapple, Barry Co., Michigan, filed for a Father's pension, alleging that he was old and had no assets beyond one yoke of working oxen "worth about $100." Sarah A. Gleason, of Montcalm Co., made affidavit that Michael Fouts had not been able to do manual labor for 23 years and had been a cripple from birth, and that Michael A. (Augustus M.) had done all of his father's chores. Philetis Quiggle, also of Montcalm Co., attested that Michael’s only income from 1864-on had been $300 from son Michael A. (Augustus M.) and $200 from his uncle [a legacy from Isaac Pfoutz of Pfoutz Valley, Pa.] Mrs. Ella Kipp, also of Montcalm, attested that Michael had been a cripple from birth. Rose Gleason, of Montcalm, deposed that the mother of Augustus Fouts died 19 Feb 1873. Philetus Quiggle further deposed that Michael Fouts, a tailor by occupation, could no longer work at that trade because of a weakness of the eyes. Peter Quiggle, also of Montcalm, attested that he had known Michael Fouts "for over forty years and know him to be a cripple," Philetus Fouts attested that his brother Michael A. had supported his father during the years prior to his enlistment, Levi Gleason deposed that Augustus Fouts was a single man, and that he had for a time resided in the Fouts' household and knew the state of affairs intimately. Wesley Klock, of Kent Co., attested to the father and son relationship.
Donald A. .McLean, M.D., attested that Michael Fouts was afflicted with talipes varns and had been so fifty-three years according to Fouts. After all of this, there is nothing in the file which indicates whether Michael Fouts received a pension for Augustus M.'s service. [August M. Fouts was the second son of Michael Fouts (as Pfoutz) and Anna Quiggle, who were married in Hambden, Geauga Co., Ohio, 15 Feb 1833. Lake County was later struck off of the north side of Geauga.]
DARIUS FOUTS, - Pvt., Co. C, 1st Michigan Sharp-Shootters. Enlisted at Kalamazoo on 28 Mar 1863. Mustered-in 1 May 1863 at U.S. Arsenal, Dearborn, Michigan, in active combat with Army of Potomac, Mustered-out at Washington, D.C., 28 Jul 1865. On 16 Jun 1880, Darius Fouts, of Willbrook, Mecosta Co., Michigan, age 34, farmer, filed for a pension, alleging that he contracted lung fever at Cold Harbor and Petersburg in Virginia in 1864. The pension was granted. On 21 May 1912, Darius Fouts of Springwater, Clackamas Co., Oregon, applied for an increase in pension, advising that he was born 30 Oct 1844 at Sheridan, Lake Co., Ohio, that he had lived in Mecosta Co., Michigan, until 1904 when he moved to Clackamas Co., Oregon. On 18 Apr 1914, Mary D. Fouts filed for a widow's pension, advising that Darius had died on 28 Feb 1914 at Springwater. That she had married the decedent on 26 Dec 1866 at Orangeville, Barry Co., Michigan, and that her maiden name had been Mary D. Chamberlain. She was pensioned, but the file is silent as to her date of death.
In 1897, Darius Fouts advised the Pension Bureau that he and Mary D. were the parents of four children: Minnie M., b. 26 Feb 1873; Herbert A., b. 17 Feb 1883; Jessie M., b. 27 Feb 1884; and Darius, Jr., b, 28 May 1889. [Darius was one of the sons of Michael Fouts and Anna Quiggle. Two of his brothers served in Ohio regiments. See earlier Newsletters.]
OHIO MISCELLANY
PARENTAGE UNKNOWN
DAVID FOUTS, - Pvt., Co. I, 124th Ohio Infantry. Originally enlisted 12 Aug 1862 in Capt. Sherwin's Company, 119th Ohio Infantry, but regiment was never organized. Transferred to 124th which was mustered-in at Cleveland, although Co. I was located in Cincinnati. Immediately went over the hill (AWOL); then declared a Deserter. Apprehended and returned to regiment at Chattanooga, 8 Nov 1863. Wounded in Battle of Nashville, 16 Dec 1864, shot through left hand and pelvis. Given disability discharge, 27 Jun 1865, at Nashville. Immediately pensioned at three-fourths.
At time of enlistment in Cincinnati, Fouts was age 17, claimed to have been born in Cincinnati, and was a clerk.
On 4 May 1898, from Grant Co., Oklahoma, Fouts advised the Pension Bureau that he had divorced Katherine Harrigan in Covington, Ky., had married Nellie Reed, 6 Dec 1890; and had a son, Thomas, born 8 Dec 1891. He further advised that his first wife had died in Cincinnati, 1 Apr 1898, Fouts died 19 Feb 1907 at Wichita, Kansas, of tuberculosis. His death certificate gives his date of birth as 19 Feb 1844 in Ohio, but the spaces for identifying parents are blank. (In the Census of 1880, living in Ft, Thomas, Ky., 3cross the Ohio river from Cincinnati, Fouts had reported that he was born in Virginia.)
Nellie Reed Fouts applied for a widow's pension which she lost when she remarried in 1909, then reapplied for in 1919 after her second husband's death. There is no indication as to whether she received reinstatement.
In applying for Widow's pension in 1908, Nellie Fouts said that her husband had been born in Morgan Co., Ohio. If so, he did not belong to any of the many known Fouts families. However, there was a David in the family of Jonas Fout, who lived in the south of Morgan County. Jonas was constantly identified as "Jonas Fouts" in Morgan County court records in the mid-1850s, but he was a Fout (Fauth) from Lawrence Co., Ohio, with antecedents in Frederick Co., Va., and Frederick Co., Md. Per Census, David of Jonas was of the same age as the David Fouts here.
ILLITERACY BREEDS FOUTS
ISAAC FOUTS, Co. I, 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery. Mustered-in; at Cincinnati, Ohio, 18 Jul 1863, being age 18, born Morgan Co., Ohio, was a resident of Malta and a miner. Apparently spent most of service on staff of military prison at Knoxville. Mustered-out there, 25 Jul 1865.
On 6 May 1913, Elizabeth Harkins, of Stockport, Morgan Co., Ohio, filed for a widow's pension based on this service. She deposed that she was married to Fouts on 9 Jul 1868 at Malta, Ohio; that she was the mother of his three children; James L. Fouts, b, 23 May 1869; William S. Fouts, b. 22 Feb 1871; and Nora B. Fouts, b. 12 Oct 1873, that he had died 6 Sep 1877 at McConnellsville, Ohio; that she had then married John Harkins on 6 Mar 1881, that said Harkins had died on 21 Mar 1912; that she was again the Widow of Isaac Fouts and claimed a pension. W. Emmet Gatewood, M.D., deposed that had been Isaac Foutch's physician at the time of his death. McConnellsville mayor J.W. McKibben certified a deposition that Elizabeth Harkins had first been married to Isaac Fouch.
After prolonged paperwork, Elizabeth deposed in 1919 that her husband Isaac Fouts “had no education, was compelled at early age to support his mother and younger brother until the War came...he never could write even his own name or read any thing whatever or sign anything with a mark." [An interesting item in view of the clear signature of "Isaac Fouts" on his enlistment papers in 1863.] Elizabeth died 15 Sep 1932 at Broadwell, Stewart P.O., Ohio. Her affairs were settled by James Lewis Fouts, her son, of Columbus, Ohio. Her maiden name was Savage. [These Fouts, therefore, are FOUTCH in origin, likely a corruption of the German PFAUTSCH. Isaac's father, also, Isaac Foutch, is enumerated in the Census of 1850 in Morgan Co., Ohio, as age 72, born Virginia, and a coal digger.]
ANOTHER PFOUTZ WHO BECAME A FOUTS
THOMAS J, FOUTS, - Pvt., Co., I., 136th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (90-days). Mustered-in 2 May 1864 at Columbus, Ohio; mustered-out 31 Aug 1864 at Camp Chase. On 27 Aug 1891, Thomas J. Fouts, of Westerville, Franklin Co., Ohio, applied for a pension for this service, alleging sprain of the left wrist which developed into disease of the bone, rheumatism, catarrh of head and nose, asthma, and disease of the heart. [We ordinarily don't go into these medical complaints in detail, but this one was so minor in its beginning and ranged so wide in its affects that it was unique.] He was pensioned. On 16 Mar 1915, then of North Madison, Lake Co., Ohio, advised the Pension Bureau that he had married Hattie Lillian Dunbar on 6 Aug 1884 at Galena, Delaware Co., Ohio, and that he had no children, living or dead. He was born, he said in 1912, at Newsville, Richland Co., Ohio. On 1 Feb 1929, his Widow Hattie filed for a Widow's pension, advising that Thomas J. had died on 7 Jan 1929. Ironically, Hattie did not get her pension, for she and Thomas J. had been married by her father, a Methodist minister, who failed to make a marriage return. Where a close relative is a legitimatizer of a marriage, ordinary affidavits by witnesses are not acceptable, particularly a brother, even if he is also an M. E. minister. [Thomas J. Fouts was the youngest of the five surviving sons of Henry Pfoutz, of Richland Co., Ohio. Henry, b. Franklin Co., Pa., was the son of John, who was the youngest son of Bishop Hans Michael Pfautz, Jr., of Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co. , Pa.]
NORTH CAROLINA ROOTS
DAVIS FOUTS, - Corp., Co., L, 8th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Enrolled at West Milton, Miami Co., Ohio, 21 Feb 1864, and was honorably discharged at Clarksburg, West Virginia, 30 Jul 1865. On 10 June 1915, Davis Fouts, of Wymore, Gage Co., Nebraska, filed for a pension based on this service, claiming 70 years-of-age. Fouts advised that he was born 9 Jun 1845 at West Milton, Miami Co., Ohio, was the son of John Fouts and Rosanna Waymire, and that he was a retired funeral director. To other information requests, he said that he had married Priscilla Hill on 7 Sep 1867 at Pleasant Hill, Miami Co., Ohio, and that they were the parents of four children: Clara Fouts and Carrie Fouts, twins, b. 26 Jun 1868; John Erta Fouts, b. 2 Apr 1870; and Daniel Edgar Fouts, b. 29 Jun 1872. All of these children were dead by 11 Mar 1915, but Carrie had lived to maturity, had married McCluer. Davis Fouts died 4 Jan 1934. His wife was pensioned thereafter. Her death data is yet available to pubic access. [Davis Fouts was the son of John Fouts, son of Henry, son of John Fouts and Mary Younce. North Carolina line.]
LAST FOUTS LANDOWNER IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C.,
MOVED TO HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSIOURI
Where there had been thirty Fouts families in Randolph Co., North Carolina, in the Census of 1800, there were none in 1870. In 1763, the Fouts, Theobald, Sr. (David, Sr.) and Michael, son of Jacob Pfautz, immigrant before 1730, had obtained more than 1000 acres from Henry Eustace McCulloh, an Englishman with a baronial style King's patent for lands in North Carolina. Because of persecutions associated with their pacifism (Mennonite, Dunker, Quaker) during the Revolution, the Fouts started moving westward in the late 1780s --- first to Wilkes (now Ashe) Co., N.C., then to Montgomery, Miami, and Preble counties, Ohio; then to Wayne, Clark, Harrison, Washington, and other counties in Indiana; and then, for twenty years, those still in Carolina stayed put, but by the 1830s --- although some tried Shelby Co., Indiana, for a few years --- the movement was to southern and southwest Missouri. The last of Revolutionary days patriarch's, Andrew, Sr., son of Michael, died in 1834 in Randolph Co., N.C., and next oldest Jacob, son of John Daniel, eldest son of Theobald, died there in 1835. Thereafter, estate settlements, debt, and economic conditions generally encouraged the Fouts to move elsewhere. Fouts with Copple and Goldsberry in-laws, were in Polk Co., Mo., by the late 1830s and were joined there by those who had found Shelby Co., Indiana, not to their liking. But Andrew Fouts, Jr., son of Andrew, Sr., remained in North Carolina. His children were double Fouts, their mother being a daughter of John Daniel Fouts --- and had started to drift away to Missouri. Michael Fouts was there when Andrew, Jr., died in 1842. By 1850, only Henry Fouts, younger son of Andrew, Sr., and David, a son of Andrew, Jr., still held land in Randolph County. Henry's land went shortly thereafter to debt, and Henry died in 1857, leaving only David Fouts with a few remaining acres along the Uwharrie River where Fouts had once predominated in both population and land holdings.
Where David Fouts was during the Civil War is not clear, but by 1870, he was living in Goldsberry Twp., Howell Co., Missouri next door to his son Andrew Fouts and family:
HOWELL CO., MISSOURI:, CENSUS of 1870
43-43 FOUTS, David 52 M W Farmer $500 $200 N,C.
Sarah 50 F W Kpg Hse Va.
44-44 FOUTS, Andrew 27 M W Farmer $100 N.C.
Elizabeth 27 F W Kpg Hse
Elizabeth 10 F W “
Lafayette 8 M W “
Louis N. 6 M W “
Rosey 4 F W “
If David and Andrew were together during the Civil War decade, it was in North Carolina. David sold his last land holding on the Uwharrie from Missouri in 1872.
There have been Fouts in Randolph County since, but they came from across the line in Davidson County, and are descendants of the second family of John David Pfautz, immigrant of 1749.
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MARRIAGES FROM VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS
PEORIA COUNTY, ILLINOIS
16 May 1850 George J. FOUTS & Mahala BREEZE No. 1604
5 Jun 1853 John F. FOUTS & Elisabeth O'NEILL No. 2458
28 Sep 1881 George J. FOUTS, 55, white, farmer, of Lancaster Landing, b, Ohio, son of John FOUTS and Mary REX, and Hannah KING, 36, white, b, Glasford, Ill., daughter of Eli Taylor and Gila Sparks. Second marriage for both. No. 97
7 Mar 1889 George J. FOUTS, 62, white, laborer, of Kingston Mines, Peoria Co., born Ohio, son of John Fouts and Mary M. REX, and Mary COOKMAN, 57, white, born Virginia, daughter of Andrew 8andy and Rebecca Hartniss. Third marriage for groom, fourth for bride. No. 97
14 Mar 1889 Lewis C. FOUTS, 19, farmer, of Canton, Ill., son of William Fouts and Louisa Hanson, and Kate RUMSEY, 23, of Canton, daughter of Jno. P. Rumsey and Mattie Herron. First marriage for both. No. 131
23 Oct 1893 Margaret E, FOUTS, 20, of Kingston Mines, Ill., daughter of Stephen Trial and Mary R. Woodworth, and William D. FULLER, 32, miner, of Reed City, Peoria Co., son of Benjamin Fuller and Elizabeth Broorn. First marriage for him, second for her. No. 1453
15 Sep 1896 Dora FOUTZ, 28, of Royal Center, Ind., daughter of David N. Foutz and Abigail Miller, and Oliver Mack, 37, railroad switchman, of Iowa City, Ia. First marriage for both.
ALL RECORDED PRIOR TO 1900
MORGAN COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
20 Mar 1833 Charlotte FOLTTZ & Nathan HUNTER, bond by Corbelius Barst.
17 Dec l844 Mary FOUTZ & William LOUDEN, bond by Wm. Foutz.
15 Feb 1851 Harriet FOUTZ & Lewis DYKE
23 Apr 1855 William FOUTZ & Mary Jane MILLER
15 Aug 1865 Catherine S. FOUTZ, 20, daughter of William and Elizabeth Foutz, and George W, Christy, 23, son of Robert and Saran Christy, of Parkersburg, West Va.
16 Dec 1868 Mary F. FOUTZ, 21, daughter of S.A. and Isaiah FOUTZ, and John W. YOST, 20, son of C. M. and Christian Yost, both of Morgan Co., West Va.
MORGAN COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA - Continued
4 Jul 1870 William H, FOUTZ, 36, son of William and Elizabeth Foutz, and Maggie HUDGES, 26, daughter of George Hodges.
29 Oct 1874 Nancy J. FOUTZ, 18, and Matthias W, Ambrose, 21, both of Morgan Co., West Va. [No other data]
2 Mar 1880 Lewis FOUTZ, 24, and Amanda LINENBURG, 16, both of Morgan Co., West Va., [No other data]
5 Apr 1887 William J. FOUTZ, 29, son of William and Mary FOUTZ, and Emma M. PERRY, 25, daughter of R, M. and Nancy PERRY.
ALL RECORDED PRIOR TO 1890
BUCHANAN COUNTY, MISSOURI
20 Mar 1856 Dugan FOUTS, Jr., & Eliza WILSON B:255
17 Aug 1856 John FOUTS & Miss Barbara HERBERT B:263
2 Aug 1863 Lewis W. FOUTS & Miss Anna KIGIN C: 31
24 Jan 1878 Rhoda Jane FOUTS & Samuel HERRING D:191
19 Aug 1880 James FOUTS Miss Mary J. CLARK D:368
13 Apr 1882 Juda FOUTS James M. STOCKTON E:191
13 Jul 1889 William FOUTZ & Martha J. WILGUS H:374
4 Sep 1890 Absalom FOUTS & Miss Alice Belcher, I:143 m, at Gower, Clinton Co., Mo.
4 Nov 1896 Louis W. FOUTS & Miss Anna FLUSKY, both M:291 of Maryville, Nodaway Co., Mo.
6 Nov 1899 Miss Ethel N. FOUTS & John B. CLAVER O:457
ALL RECORDED PRIOR TO 1900
JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
14 May 1860 Jackson FOUTZ & Margaret Ellen SNYDER
18 Feb 1861 Eliza Jane FOUTZ & John J. FRALEY
2 Apr 1889 Carrie L, FOUTZ, 19, and George S. ENTLER, 19, m. near Shepherdstown, West Va.
7 Mar 1889 William, J, FOUTZ, 26, and Mary Q. HAWN, 26, m, near Shepherdstown, West Va.
SAME PLACE, CEMETERY RECORDS
Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown:
FOUTZ, Jackson, d. May 5 1891, 75Y, 6M. 15D,
FOUTZ, Margaret E,C., wife, d. July 3 1884, 44Y, 4M, 13D
FOIJTZ, Mary E., wife of Jackson, d. June 11 1859, 40Y, 6M, 5D
FOUTS, William J., Sept. 13 1862 [blank]
FOUTS. Ada Florence, his wife. May 11 1899, MORE
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