PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ NEWSLETTER
No. 14 JUNE 1987 No. 14
Published by Dean R. Foutz, 1600 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1130, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
A TRIP TO JERSEY SHORE AND PFOUTZ VALLEY
LACK OF GENEALOGICAL INTEREST FROM PENNSYLVANIA PFOUTS
MAY BE DUE TO MALE LINES ALL HAVING RUN OUT THERE
For several years your Editor has been frustrated by the lack of factual data available on the Pfoutz/Pfouts of Perry County (Pfoutz valley) and Lycoming County (Jersey Shore), both in Pennsylvania. Concerned are questions concerning identification and definitions of descendants of John Pfoutz, youngest son of Hans Michael Pfautz, Sr., both father and son immigrating to America in 1727. John Eby Pfautz in his Pfautz book (1881), you'll recall, misidentified this family as being baronial, and we facetiously from time-to-time have referred to John as "Baron John."
Early this month (June 1987) we had the opportunity to mitigate this frustration. Having been elected President of the Utah Society, Sons of the American Revolution, we found ourselves attending the National Congress, SAR, at Valley Forge and having a few extra days before moving on into Ohio on business. We, therefore made our first visit to Pfoutz Valley and the Courthouse at New Bloomfield, Perry Co. and to Jersey Shore and the courthouse in Williansport, Lycoming Co., Pa.
We did not find all the answers, but we located a number of missing Pfouts --- and ran down several of missing links. We also broke off two fingernails digging sod off of almost buried tombstones in the Old Jersey Shore cemetery, and we got soaked in a downpour while trying to read stones in the Old Cemetery at Millerstown in Perry County. In the last instance, we had to give up the search, for we had run out of time and the rain had set in for all-day. We stopped reading tombstones in downpours and blizzards about fifteen years ago.
Specifically, we were interested in getting a better identification on John Pfoutz's eldest son Leonard (also John, Jr., and John Leonard in the records) in Lycoming County, and in trying to make some sense out of the six children and large legacy left by John's youngest son David when he died in 1823. Both the children and the legacy seemingly disappeared in Perry County.
Several family quests had been made for both of these families in the past, but nothing definitive has ever been published or archived. The LDS Library in Salt Lake City has virtually nothing on Lycoming County and little beyond 1860 for Perry County.
From the condition of the Pfouts tombstones in the old section of the Jersey Shore cemetery, we sincerely doubt that a family member has been around to trim around the stones for fifty or more years. The last close relative, John Pfouts Stevens- died in 1940, He was a great-great grandson of "Baron" John.
We resorted to the on-site tombstone reading only after searches of the genealogy sections at the Williamsport Public-Library and the Lycoming County Historical Society established that the Jersey Shore Cemetery had not been done by other tombstone readers --- which was passing strange, considering that Jersey Shore was across the Susquehannah from Fort Antes, which dated back to the French and Indian War and the area abounded in Revolutionary War veteran graves. The DAR, seemingly, had picked out the veterans, but the rest were unrecorded.
When we saw the cemetery, we could understand why it has not been done --- it is a very large burying ground, covering many acres and still much in use today on the north end.
All of the following are in the old section at the south end, are all in the east half, beginning about half way up the hill and to the crown. Whether these have been published before, we know not, but they are published now.
JERSEY SHORE, Pa., CEMETERY
NANCY, wife of LEONARD PFOUTS, d. 14 Nov 1857, 74y 7m 18d.
REBECCA PFOUTS, 1823-1858
DANIEL STRINE LATCHA, 12 Apr 1809-25 Jul 1845.
ISABELLA PFOUTS LATCHA, 17 Dec 1814-31 Jan 1887.
ROBERT WASHINGTON LATCHA, 26 Jun 1836-24 Feb 1837.
NANCY M. LATCHA, 1842-1917
FRANCES PFOUTS RAMM, 1842-1882
GEORGE J. G. RAMM, 1831-1894
EMMA SALMON RAMMM, 1845-1927
ANNA, dgtr of Geo. & E. RAMM, 1887.
MARGARET PFOUTS, 1827-1911.
JOHN PFOUTS, d. 10 Feb 1857, 74y 8m 10d.
SARAH, wife of JOHN PFOUTS, d. 7 Nov 1874, 84y 10m 6d.
ELEANOR T[emperance Pfouts] NEAL, 7 Mar 1832-3 Sep 1914.
CHARLES M. NEAL, 3 May 1828-12 Mar 1887
“RAMM”
J[acob] PFOUTS, 1870-1946
ANNA, 1871-1955
Dr. GEORGE I. PFOUTS, 14 Jun 1822-2 Nov 1883.
MARY V. GONTER, wife of Dr. Geo. I Pfouts, d. 1 Apr 1864.
P(eter) R(ichards) PFOUTS, d. 4 Dec 1870, 50y 9m 7d.
PHOEBE PFOUTS, (wife of P. R.), 1828-1901
MAGGIE C. PFOUTS, [only child of P.R. & Phoebe], 1851-1885.
PFOUTS (one side) RAMSDELL (other side)
MARGARET C. RAMSDELL, 12 Apr 1826-19 Jan 1913
GEO. RAMSDELL, 10 Apr 1819-23 Jan 1895
CARRIE B. RAMELL, 8 Apr 1877-27 Jun 1940
C. OLIVER RAMSDELL, 19 Dec 1860-5 Jan 1917.
(This appears to be two Carothers sisters, their spouses, and their families. Phoebe was a Carothers.)
JAMES O., son of J.W. & ELSEY PFOUTS, d. 5 May 1871, 24y? 4m 2d.
RACHEL, dgtr of L & M.J. PFOUTS, d. 14 Sep 1850, 63Y 3m 10d.
JACOB W. PFOUTS, d. 30 Jan 1872, 79y 5m 16d.
ELSIE IRVIN, wife of JACOB W. PFOUTS, d. 9 Jan 1880, 79y 5m 16d.
BENJAMIN, son of J.W. & ELSIE PFOUTS, d. 2.5 Feb 1852, 27y 4m 11d.
WILLLAM, son of J.W. & ELSIE PFOUTS, d. 7 Sep 1862, 27y 11m 7d.
HANNAH PFOUTS BACON [dgtr of J.W. & Elsie], 13 Jul 1829-29 Dec 1899.
(All of these stones were single slabs, approximately 14 inches wide, and were all fallen over and largely covered with sod. There were two additional stones in the group which could not be read---likely were older, and could have been infants who had died before 1850. Rachel, above, was Jacob W.'s sister. Both were children of John Leonard Pfouts and his wife Mary Ann Crane and were born in Pfoutz Valley, Perry Co., Pa.)
JAMES WESLEY PFOUTS, d. 20 Feb 1864, 7y 2m 12d.
CHARLES NEAL PFOUTS, d. 20 Apr 1859, 3y ?m ?d.
(These are on a twins stone situated between the foregoing group and next group; likely belong to the next group, which is a son of John Pfouts, brother of Jacob W.)
MICHAEL C. PFOUTS, d. 1 Nov 1861, 32y? 2m 4d.
REBECCA, wife of M. C. PFOUTS, d. 17 Sep 1866, 38y 1m 2d.
HARRY M. PFOUTS, 21 Aug 1860-16 Aug 1898.
Rev. JOSEPH STEVENS D.D., 1817-1901.
LEAH PFOUTS STEVENS, 1830-1916.
HELEN M.STEVENS, 1888-1918.
JOHN PFOUTS STEVENS, 1862-1940.
JOHN SEBRING, 1816-1902
MARY A. [Pfouts] SEBRING, 1818-1911
EDGAR SEBRING, 1853-1854
EDSON, SEBRING, 1833-1820
MINNIE S. STAYER, 1855-1920
ANNA BELLE, wife of RICHARD M. SEBRING, 1851 - 1817
B. THOMPSON,only son&child of Richard M. & Anna SEBRING, d. 20 Dec 1900, 21y.
ROBT. A. SEBRING 1848-1924
HELEN WILSON SEBRING, 1851-1916.
(John Sebring was a long-time postmaster and merchant in Jersey Shore and became the executor, administrator, guardian, etc., in the family of John D. Pfouts, who died 10 Feb 1857, supra.)
To help you sort out the folk in Jersey Shore, here's the latest concept of the family of John Leonard Pfoutz, eldest son of "Baron" John, and his wife Mary Ann Crane:
JOHN LEONARD PFOUTZ., b. 20 Nov 1742, Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., m. MARY ANN CRANE, 20 Mar 1773, Lancaster, Pa., d. 10 Jun 1813, Jersey Shore, Lycorning Co., Pa. Both are buried in Pine Creek Cemetery, Porter Twp., Lycoming Co., Pa. Children:
1. LEONARD PFOUTZ, b. 18 Jan 1774; m. Nancy Covenhoven, 24 Feb 1803; d. c1847, Point Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa.
2. SARAH PFOUTS, b. cl776; m. John Waters; d. 30 Jun 1817,-Tioga Co., Pa.?
3. MARGARET PFOUTS, b. c1779; unmarried; d. 1809, Jersey Shore, Pa.
4. JOHN D. PFOUTS, b. 31 Mar 1782; m. 10 Jan 1815, Sarah Richards; d. 10 Feb 1857, Porter Twp., Lycoming Co., Pa.
5. BENJAMIN PFOUTS, b. c1785; unmarried; d. 1808, Porter Twp., Lycoming Co., Pa.
6. RACHEL PFOUTS, b. 4 Jun 1787; d. 14 Sep 1850, Porter Twp., Lycoming Co., Pa.
7. ANN PFOUTS, b. 1790; m. Michael Quiggle Crane; d. 26 Jun 1827, Nippenose Twp., Lycoming Co., Pa.
8. JACOB W. PFOUTS, b. 14 Aug 1792; m. Elsie Irvin; d. 30 Jan 1872, Porter Twp., Lycoming Co., Pa.
9. REBECCA PFOUTS, b. c1795; m. 29 Dec 1818, James Martin; d?. Possibly in Henderson Co., Illinois.
10.ELIZABETH PFOUTS, b. 18 Oct 1800; m. 25 May 1819, Jonas Richards; d. 24 Jun 1882, Oquawka, Henderson Co., Illinois.
11.LEAH PFOUTS, b. c1803; m. 7 Jul 1840, Daniel Ammerman, -d.?, Henderson Co., Illinois.
Michael Q. Crane married a sister of Leonard's wife after the death of Ann. He, too,
moved to Henderson Co., Illinois, taking his children by Ann.
The PFOUTS that concern us at the moment are the three surviving sons of John Leonard, namely Leonard, John D., and Jacob W.
Here is latest concept of the family of Leonard, who was an Innkeeper in Jersey Shore, then in Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa., and lastly a farmer in Point Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa.
LEONARD PFOUTZ, b. 18 Jan 1772, Pfoutz Valley, Pa.; m. 24 Feb 1803, Pine Creek Twp., Lycoming Co., Pa., Nancy Covenhoven, dgtr of Robert Covenhoven and Mercy Kelsey Cutter; d. 1847, Northumberland Co., Pa. Children:
1. MERCY PFOUTZ, b. c1804; m. Joseph Barnes, d.?
2. JOHN PFOUTZ, b. c1806?; m. Mary R. Lemon, d.?
3. MARY ANN PFOUTZ, b. 1808; m. (1) 19 Jan 1826, Joseph S. Bailey, (2) c1843, William Housel; d. Northumberland Co., Pa.?
4. BENJAMIN F. PFOUTZ, b. 1809; m. 5 Feb 1841, Mary Sively; d. 6 Jan 1874, Hanover Twp., Luzerne Co., Pa.
5. MARY LUCRETIA PFOUTZ, b. 1810; m. 5 Sep 1827, John Leonard Eder; d. ?.
6. SARAH PFOUTZ, b. c18l2; m. 21 Oct 1828, Jonathan Purcel; d.?.
7. ISABELLA PFOLITZ, b. 17 Dec 1814; m. Daniel S. Latcha; d. 31 Jan 1887, Jersey Shore, Pa.
8. ROBERT COVENHOVEN PFOUTZ, b. 1817; m. Jane Purcell; d. ?.
9. LUCINDA PFOUTZ, b. c18l8; m. William Lemon; d. ?.
10.NANCY PFOUTZ, b. 1822; M. Daniel Laycock (or Leacock); d. ?.
11.REBECCA PFOUTZ, b. 1823; unmarried; d. 1858, Jersey Shore, Pa.
12.CHRISTIANAPFOUTZ, b. c1825, unmarried; d. 1834. Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa.
This conception differs considerably from identifications found elsewhere. However, a careful analysis of Lycoming Co., Pa., records, both public and ministerial, as well as several county histories indicates that the above description is the most agreeable to Census definitions found in 1800, 1810, and 1820.
JOHN D. PFOUTS, b. 31 Mar 1782, Pfoutz Valley, Pa., m. 10 Jan 1815, Sarah Richards; d. 10 Feb 1857, Porter Twp. (abounding Jersey Shore), Lycoming Co., Pa. Children:
1. MARY ANN PFOUTS, b. 10 Feb 1818; m. 24 Sep 1844 John Sebring; d. 1911, Jersey Shore, Pa.
2. PETER RICHARDS PFOUTS, b. 27 Feb 1820; m. 15 Jan 1850, Phoebe F. Carothers; d. 4 Dec 1870, Jersey Shore, Pa. (A Merchant)
3. MICHAEL CRANE PFOUTS, b. 17 Aug 1822; m. 8 Dec 1853, Rebecca McMurray; d. 1 Nov 1864 Jersey Shore, Pa. (A Merchant, partner with Peter)
4. JAMES McCLURE PFOUTS, b. 29 Jan 1825; m. 1848, Carolina Elizabeth Kell; d. c1860, Clearfield Co., Pa. (Farmer)
5. MARGARET ELIZABETH PFOUTS, b. 1827; unmarried; d. 1911, Jersey Shore, Pa.
6. LEAH AMANDA PFOUTS, b. 1830; m. 20 Oct 1857, Rev. Joseph Stevens; d. 1916, Jersey Shore, Pa.. (Presbyterian minister's wife)
7. ELEANOR TEMPERANCE PFOUTS, b. 7 Mar 1832; m. Charles M, Neal; d. 3 Sep 1914. (Lived in Philadelphia).
This family was active in the Jersey Shore Presbyterian Church and is found often in those records.
JACOB W. PFOUTS, b. 15 Nov 1792, Pfoutz Valley, Pa.; m. 27 Dec 1821, Elsie Irvin; d. 30 Jan 1872, Porter Twp. (abounding Jersey Shore), Lycoming Co., Pa. Children:
1. GEORGE I. PFOUTS, b. 14 Jun 1822; m. 9 Mar 1849, Mary V. Gonter; d. 2 Nov 1883. (Physician).
2. BENJAMIN C. PFOUTS, b. 14 Sep 1824; m. 9 Jan 1849, Margaret M. Gallaher; d. 25 Feb 1852, Jersey Shore, Pa. (A boatman).
3. FLEMING M. PFOUTS, b. 1827; m. Willimena ?; d. ? , (Was a tailor in Philadelphia)
4. JOHN S. PFOUTS, b. 1829; m. ? ; d. ?. (Was a Physician in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
5. HANNAH PFOUTS, b. 13 Jul 1829; m. ? Bacon; c. 29 Dec 1899, Jersey Shore, Pa. (Husband was apparently killed in Civil War, no children)
6. REBECCA A. PFOUTS, b. 1832; m. ?; d. ? (May be Anne Allen, a full share heir, who lived in Chester, Pa.)
7. WILLIAM B. PFOUTS, b. 30 Sep 1834; umarried; d. 7 Sep. 1862. (A druggist, possibly killed in Civil War).
8. SARAH J. B. PFOUTS, b. 1837; M. ?; d. ?
9. JAMES 0. PFOUTS, b. 3 Jan 1840; unmarried?; d. 5 May 1871 Jersey Shore, Pa.?
10.MARY FRANCES B. PFOUTS, b. 1842; m. George J.F. Ramm; d. 1882, Jersey Shore, Pa.
On June 30, 1882, Fleming M. PFOUTS and George J. F. Ram advised the Orphans Court of Lycoming Co., Pa., that the heirs of Jacob W. Pfouts were:
Dr. George 1. Pfouts, of Jersey Shore, Pa.
Dr. John S. Pfouts, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Mrs. Hannah Bacon, of Jersey Shore, Pa.
Mrs. Anna Allen, of Chester, Pa.
Fleming M. Pfouts, of 2101 Sumer St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Jacob B. Pfouts, of St. Louis, Mo.
Margaret M. Pfouts, of Jersey Shore, Pa.
Frank Pfouts, of Mt. Carmel, Pa., a minor.
Elsie Hawkins and William Hawkins, by their guardian, Dr. George I. Pfouts
John F. Ramm, Jacob Pfouts Ramm, Harry O. Ramm, Theodore W. Ram, and Samuel C. Ramm, minor children of Frances Pfouts, intermarried with George J. F. Ramm, by guardian Samuel Christ, of Lock Haven, Pa.
Where all of these fit is still unclear and there are surely some missing pieces. Margaret M. Pfouts was the widow of Benjamin C., heiring her deceased son John G.'s share.
That's enough for the Pennsylvania Pfouts for this Newsletter. We'll do Perry County, Pa., and the six missing children and the missing legacy in the next issue.
SPACE IS TIGHT THIS ISSUE, DESPITE THE EXTRA PAGE, SO IN PASSING.....
Thanks to all who have contributed to the research in Germany, especially to Carolyn Crabtree of North Fort Myers, Florida, who was uncommonly generous. A private report will go to the contributors and then shared in a later issue of the Newsletter. We have our first report from the Genealogist, essentially "progress," but we'll be communicating the specifics.
Thanks to Daniel R. Pfoutz of Gibsonia, Pa., we now have a copy of the will of Jacob Pfautz of East Huntington Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pa., in which one of John Eby Pfautz's missing families is identified. We will feature this in the next issue of the Newsletter, but anyone who wants a copy before then, say so by letter or phone.
In our spare time, we have been working on a definition of the descendants of Michael Pfouts, immigrant of 1787, which is largely Eastern Ohio. We have also made considerable progress in sorting out the Fouts in Miami, Cass, Carrol1, and Wabash counties, Indiana. Anyone interested, write.
JSD
FINALLY, WE GET AROUND TO ANOTHER WAR
FEWER FAMILY MEMBERS SERVED IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
AND THE PHILLIPINE INSURRECTION, BUT THEY WERE AN INTERESTING LOT
For more than a year now we have been threatening to publish the Foutz, etc. records that we have from the National Archives concerning service in the Spanish-American War. Along with that War, we picked up the Philippine Insurrection because in the Western Pacific, the United States had more trouble with the Filipinos in 1900-01 than they had had with the Spanish during the Battle of Manila Bay. We have yet to encounter a Pfoutz, etc. who served in Navy or Marines---that did not happen, apparently, until World War I. Those who served here were generally older than those who served in the Civil War.
Because some of these men survived until relatively recently and there are living close kin, we are going to be judicious in what we publish here. Except where a death was seventy or more years ago (the U.S. Government's right-of-privacy limit), we'll confine our data to military records.
Listed alphabetically without regard for spelling of surname or home state:
ALBERT C. FOUTS, Co. D & Band, 17th U.S. Infantry. Enlisted 20 Jan l899 at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, being a native of Westerville, Ohio, age 25, a clerk, for two years. Discharged 19 Jan 1902, Zamboanga, P.I., as Corporal with expeditionary honors. Character: Excellent. [A son of Samuel E. Fouts, of Westerville, Ohio, who holds the family record for the most enlistments during the Civil war. Samuel E. was one of the orphaned son of Henry Pfautz of Richland Co., Ohio, and Franklin Co., Pa.]
ALFRED C. FOUTS, Co. D, 26th Kansas Infantry. Enlisted 17 Jun 1898 at Holton, Kansas, being a native of Trenton, Grundy Co., Mo., age 24, a farmer, a resident of Fairview, Ks., for two years. Next of kin: Samuel Fouts, Fairview, Ks. Discharged 3 Nov 1898 at Fort Leavenworth, Ks., having served at Camp Alger, Va., concurrent with muster-out of regiment. [Samuel Fouts here was born in Morgan Co., Ohio, a son of Samuel Fouts, grandson of Lemen Fouts. By the Census of 1900, both Samuel and Alfred C. were living in Boise, Idaho.]
BERT B. FOUTS, Co. H, 4th Illinois Infantry. Enlisted 26 Apr 1898 at Paris, Illinois, being a native of Christman, Ill., age 22, a carpenter, for two years. Next of kin: D. W. Fouts, Christman, Ill.. Discharged 2 May 1899 at Augusta, Ga., as musician, having served in Cuba, concurrent with muster-out of regiment. [A son of David W. Fouts, Civil War veteran, and a grandson of Henry Harrison Fouts, who was born in Washington Co., Indiana. By the Census of 1900, Bert B. was back on the farm with his parents in Ross Twp., Edgar Co., Ill.]
BERT E. FOUTS, Co. L, 3rd U.S. Cavalry. Enlisted 2 Jun 1898 at Trenton, Mo., being a native of Belknap, Iowa, age 21, a showman (carnival worker), for two years. Honorably discharged 24 Feb 1899 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, having served at Tampa, Fla., and Montauk Pt., N.Y., as a Trumpeter (Pvt.). Bert E. Fouts died in 1916, having filed a pension claim which stated that he was born 3 Oct 1876 in Belknap, Iowa, had married Lena Proctor on 7 Sep 1903, divorced her on 2 May 1913 in Grunday Co., Mo., had no children, and had worked in Panama, 1911-1913. He seemingly died two days after he had completed his pension eligibility questionnaire on 6 Feb 1916 at Trenton, Mo. [Bert E. Fouts was the son of Austin C. Fouts of Fox River Twp., Davis Co., Iowa, and a grandson of Austin Fouts who was born in Randolph Co., N.C.]
DANIEL W. PFOUTZ, Co. C, 3rd Ohio Infantry. Enlisted 26 Apr 1989 at Gettysburg, Ohio, being a native of Darke Co., Ohio, age 32, a laborer, for two years. Next of kin: Samuel Pfoutz, Gettysburg, Ohio, father. Discharged 26 Oct 1898 at Columbus, Ohio, as an artificer. [A pension record shows that Daniel W. Pfoutz was the son of Samuel Pfoutz and Catherine Mayers, born 14 Oct 1863 in Franklin Twp., Darke Co., Ohio, that he married the widow of his brother David Jacob Pfoutz (d. 6 Apr 1900), Clara C. Duncan Pfoutz on 11 Feb 1902. He died 1 Oct 1934 at the National Military Hospital, Dayton, Ohio.]
DAVID Y. FOUTS, lst Kentucky Infantry. Enlisted 10 Jun 1898 at Lexington, Ky., being a native of Harrison Co., Indiana, age 20, a clerk, for two years. Next of kin: Elizabeth Fouts, New Salisbury, Indiana. Discharged 24 Feb 1899 at Louisville, Ky., as a Pvt., Co. F. Served in Cuba. Subsequently served two enlistments with the 12th U.S. Infantry, at Fort Duschesne, Utah, and Fort Niagara, New York, and two additional enlistments in the U.S. Army Signal Corps at Fort McDowell, California, and Columbus, Ohio. He was still in the Army when the Government dropped the 70-year curtain [data obtained in 1982] in 1912. [David Yelverton Fouts was the third son of Dr. Noah Fouts, and a grandson of David Fouts and Belinda Byrn, both native of North Carolina.]
GEORGE B. PFOUTZ, Co. C, 8th Pennsylvania Infantry. Enlisted 12 May 1898 at New Gretna, Pa, being a native of Quincy, Franklin Co., Pa., age 18, a farmer, for two years. Next of kin: Mrs. Katherine A. Pfoutz, mother, New Franklin, Pa.. Discharged 7 Mar 1899 at Augusta, Georgia. [Not found in the Census of 1900. Mother was still living in Franklin Co., Pa.]
GEORGE S. FOUTS, Co. C, 8th California Infantry; Co. G, 5th California Infantry. Enlisted 22 Jun 1898 at Petaluma, California, a native of Sonoma County, California, age 31, a stone cutter, for two years. Next of kin: Mrs. E. Fouts, mother, Sonoma, Ca.. Discharged 2 Feb 1899 at Presidio of San Francisco, where served enlistment. [He was a son of Abraham Fouts (Foutts), a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio.]
HARRY B. FOUTS, Co. L, 10th Ohio Infantry. Enlisted 23 Jun 1898 at Zanesville, Ohio, a native of Chandlersville, Ohio, age 26, a laborer, for two years. Next of kin: Josie Winn, Zanesville, Ohio, sister. Discharged 23 Mar 1899 at Camp Mackenzie, Georgia. [Son of Lemen (used "Lemuel" after 1865) Fouts, son of Samuel, who was the son of Lemen, Sr., of the Morgan County, Ohio, Fouts.] Harry B. Fouts' pension records indicate that he was born 7 Apr 1872 in Muskingum Co., Ohio, that he married Edith L. Warne on 23 Aug 1899 and that he was the father of one child: Velma Louise, b. 31 Aug 1900. He died 22 Aug 1955 at the Veterans Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, leaving no immediate kin. His death certificate lists Lemuel Fouts, father; Sarah Sutton, mother.
HENRY L. FOUTS, Co. L, 10th Ohio Infantry. Enlisted 7 Jul 1898 at Zanesville, Ohio, a native of Morgan Co., Ohio, age 20, a clerk, for two years. Next of kin: Mary A. Fouts, Zanesville, Ohio, mother. Discharged 23 Mar 1899 at Camp Mackenzie, Georgia, as a musician. (He was the son of Thomas Benton Fouts and Mary Barrell. He died at the VA Hospital, Dayton, Ohio, 9 Sep 1959. Married four times; lst and 4th to same woman, 51 years apart.)
ISAAC FOUTZ, Co. I, 4th U.S. Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted at Frostburg, Maryland, 18 Jun 1898, a native of Frostburg, age 23, a miner, for two years. Next of Kin: Tobias Foutz, father, Frostburg, Md. Discharged at Camp Meade, Pa, 8 Jun 1899, having served in Florida and Cuba. [one of the enigmatic Foutz described in Newsletter No. 13.]
JOHN L. FOUTS, Co. L, 2nd U.S. Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted 27 Jul 1898 at New Orleans, Louisiana, nativity not given, age not given, occupation not given, for two years. Was in Cuba most of service. Discharged Halquin, Cuba, 6 Feb 1899, Address for discharge: Port Arthur, Texas. [There is a pension file for this enigmatic Fouts, but it falls within the Government's seventy-year embargo. John L. has not been found in Census of 1900.]
PHINEAS FOUTS, Co. L, 10th Ohio Infantry. Enlisted 23 Jun 1898 at Zanesville, Ohio, a native of Chandlersville, Ohio, age 18, a molder, for two years. Next of kin: Mrs. Josie Winn, Zanesville, Ohio, sister. Discharged Camp MacKenzie, Georgia, 23 Mar 1899, having been a corporal and being hit by a streetcar in Philadelphia. [Another son of Lemuel Fouts and Sarah Sutton, no pension file.]
RAY R. FOUTS, Hospital Corps, U.S. Army. Enlisted 1 Jun 1898 at San Francisco, California, a native of Meridian, California, age 20 years, a drug clerk, for two years. He applied for a disability pension on 16 Jan 1900, alleging eye strain and need for glasses caused by night duty. Failed to appear for scheduled examination on 19 Sep 1900--and claim abandoned. [Not enumerated in California in Census of 1900. The California State Death Index indicates that a Ray R. Fouts, age 33, died in Napa Co., California, 20 Feb 1912. Parentage assumably ascertainable from death certificate.]
SENECA F. FOUTS, Co. L, 2nd Oregon Infantry. Enlisted 10 Jun 1898, The Dalles, Oregon, a native of Big Rapids, Michigan, age 21, a cigarmaker, for two years. Next of kin: P. F. Fouts, The Dalles, Oregon. Discharged 7 Aug 1899 at the Presidio, San Francisco as a corporal, having served in the Philippine Islands. [He was the son of Philetus Fouts and Eugenia Stafford, the grandson of Michael Pfouts and Ann Quiggle.] He died 10 Feb 1945 at VA Hospital, Portland, Oregon. His pension record includes his statement that he was an attorney-at-law in later life, that he married and divorced twice: Eveanna Jukes, m. June 1902, d. Nov 1907; Marjorie Baker, m. 4 Jan 1908; d. 24 Jun 1912; all at St. Helen's, Oregon. He was the father of one child, a son: Seneca Fouts, Jr., b. 11 Oct 1909, Portland, Oregon.
WALTER FOUTS, Co. B, Independent Battalion, Washington Infantry. Enlisted 21 Jun 1898 at New Whatcom, Washington, a native of New Whatcom, age 22, a clerk, for two years. Next of kin: W. H. Fouts, New Whatcom, Washington. Discharged 24 Oct 1898 at Vancouver Barracks, Washington. [In the Census of 1900, Walter, single, was living with parents, William H. and Martha, both born Ohio, in New Whatcom. Morgan County, Ohio, roots.]
WILLIAM H.PFOUTZ, Co. C, 8th Pennsylvania Infantry. Enlisted 10 May 1898 at Mt. Gretna, Pa., a native of Lancaster Co., Pa.; age 22, a clerk, for two years. Next of kin: S. Miller Pfoutz, father, Lancaster, Pa. Discharged for disability at Camp McKenzie, Georgia, 13 Feb 1899, having contracted acute malaria in Cuba. [This is the father, grandfather of one of our regular readers.]
WILLIAM FOUTS, Co. L, 10th Ohio Infantry (War with Spain); Co. K, 31st U.S. volunteer Infantry (Phillipine Insurrection). Enlisted 23 Jun 1898, Zanesville, Ohio, a native of Morgan Co., Ohio age 24, a laborer. Next of kin: Thomas B. Fouts, Malta, Ohio, father. Discharged at, Camp McKenize, Ga., 23 Mar 1899. Re-enlisted 1 Aug 1899, Cleveland, Ohio, a native of Morgan Co., Ohio, age 25, a soldier, until 30 Jun 1901. Next of kin: Mary J. Fouts, mother. Served in Mindinao, Jolo, and Zamobanga, P.I., and mustered-out of service of 18 Jun 1901 at Presidio, San Francisco. [There is an extensive pension file reflecting a large family. He died as William F. Fouts on 19 Nov 1958 at the VA Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.]
And that's that --- except for the Census of 1900, Military & Naval Establishments: PHINEAS FOUTZ, Corp., Co. K, 19th U.S. Infantry, Cebu, P.I. (never filed for a pension, records not consolidated as with William F.); THOMAS FOUTZ, Co. A, 17th U.S. Infantry, Luzon, P.I.,(son of the enigmatic David Fouts, of Covington, Ky., who appears to have been a FOUT); and WILLIAM FOUTS, Co. K, 31st U.S. Infantry, Davao, Mindinao, P.I.
We suspect that the Morgan County, Ohio, Fouts and their western extensions again had the most participants in this service, a family tradition going back to their common ancestor Andrew Fouts, Sr., son of Jacob Pfautz, who had Revolutionary Service against the British and the Indians on the Virginia-Ohio frontier.
ALWAYS LOOK FOR YOURSELF
FOUTS PROOF FOUND IN LDS BAPTISM FILE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN CULLED LONG AGO
Another case was made for not taking research done by others for granted is a recent finding in the LDS Baptismal File in the Library at Salt Lake City. Considering the number and genealogical activity of the LDS Foutz, we wrongly assumed that all Foutz, etc. had been identified. Wrong!
While waiting to use a microfilm reader a month ago, we idled away the time looking up Foutz, Fouts, Pfoutz, etc. in the various LDS card files on the Main Floor, mostly confirming what we already had in our files, but all of the sudden, we blinked --- for, lo and behold, here was a proof, plus a corroboration of a family story, that folks in Washington State and Nebraska had been looking for, namely: identification of PETER FOUTS, in Huntington Co., Indiana, in 1850; in Nebraska in 1860; in Utah in 1870 and 1880; and apparently back in Nebraska in 1900.
Here’s what the file card -said :
PETER FOUTS, born 31 Dec 1817, Montgomery Co., Ohio, son of Joseph FOUTS and Jane SEARS, baptized 12 July 1863 by Thomas Davenport, ordained 22 Feb 1865 by H. Thornton.
We had presumed that Peter was the son of Joseph Fouts and Jane Smith (per marriage record in Montgomery Co., Ohio, dtd 28 Aug 1811). Sears is intriguing because there were Sears associated with the North Carolina Fouts, and Montgomery Co., Ohio, is where the North Carolina and Pennsylvania Pfouts/Fouts intermingled. most being associated with the Dunkers (Church of the Brethren). The Sears, however, were predominately Kentucky and Indiana. Was it a Jane Sears, Widow Smith, that Joseph married?
But we are documented on another FOUTS, and we continue to reduce the unknowns.
Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz Newsletter
is published more or less quarterly by Dean R. Foutz, 1600 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1130, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814, and is written and edited by Dr. John Scott Davenport, 48 West Broadway, Suits 1101N, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101. Dean Foutz is a descendant of Conrad Foutz, immigrant of 1753. Davenport is a descendant of Jacob Pfautz, immigrant before 1730, who became curious about the North Carolina Fouts in 1969 and has not been able to dodge the various Pfautz, etc. lineages since.
This publication is a non-profit venture in the interest of better definition of the Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz and related surname lineages in America and Germany. Subscription is obtainable by writing Dean Foutz, whose wife Marilyn maintains the substantial circulation list and whose family does the folding, stamping, and mailing.
Contributions to help support the printing and mailing costs are welcome --- and should be sent to Dean Foutz. Items for the Newsletter, quarries, and so forth should be sent to Dr. Davenport.
If you have a missing link or seek identification of your Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz, etc. lineage, Dr. Davenport will be happy to search the files without cost --- other than postage. Always send a self-addressed, stamped envelope when requesting genealogical help from anyone.
Be patient about replies. Dean is general agent for Connect-Mutual Insurance in the State of Hawaii. Dr. Davenport maintains his own consulting firm and travel extensively. Genealogy is a sideline for both --- sometimes has to be put on the back burner.