PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ NEWSLETTER No, 4
OCTOBER 1981
Dean R., Foutz, Publisher
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677 Ala Moana Boulevard
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Edited by:
Dr. John Scott Davenport P. 0. Box 981
Rootstown, Ohio 44272
WELCOME NEW READERS ! We have a number of new readers with this issue, predominately those of the Family name, whatever the spelling variation, or Family genealogical research interest. Inasmuch as this publication is circulated gratis, you may find yourself on our mailing list as the result of the good offices of a relative or friend. If you are not interested in PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ, etc., genealogy, drop the Publisher a postcard. But before you make up your mind, read this issue. Receipt of the Newsletter places you under no obligation. If you have friends or relatives who would like to be on our mailing list, send names and addresses to Dean R. Foutz at the Honolulu address above. JSD
DEAN R, FOUTZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF JACOB FOUTZ FAMILY ASSOCIATION, Inc.
Meeting at Farmington, New Mexico, on Wednesday, October 7, the Board of Directors of The Jacob Foutz Family Association, Inc., elected Dean R. Foutz, of Honolulu, president. Larry Allen, president since May, 1978, was elected chairman of the board.
Dean R. Foutz, general agent for Connecticut Mutual insurance Company in Hawaii, was the prime mover in the Conrad Foutz genealogical research project, initiated in July 1977, subsequently broadened the research effort to include all PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ, etc.. In 1980, he undertook the establishment of this Newsletter, which he and Dr. Davenport jointly underwrote until The Jacob Foutz Family Association, Inc., agreed to fund the publication. Since then, Foutz has served as publisher of the Newsletter, has computerized and integrated the JFFA membership list and Dr. Davenport's Fouts Folk list.
Aiding Dean will be Joy Noel, lst vice-president; Bruce Beckstead, 2nd vice-president; William A. Pope, treasurer; Helen Stradling, secretary. Assisting Larry as directors will be Monroe Foutz, Dewey Foutz, R. B. Foutz, Ed Foutz, Val Jolley, DeVere Walker, and Betty N. Payne. With the exception of Dean, all of the officers and directors are residents of northwest New Mexico.
The first action of the new directors was to suggest to subscribers to the JFFA that an annual donation of $25.00 be considered beginning in 1982. JFFA subscribers, in most part, are descendants of Jacob Foutz, 1800 - 1848, who was a pioneer bishop of the Mormon church in Nauvoo, Illinois, and Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Anyone interested in helping support the broad PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ genealogical research and Newsletter is welcome to participate. Checks should be made payable to "Jacob Foutz Family Assn., Inc." and mailed to Dean Foutz at Honolulu. Newsletter distribution is not conditioned upon donation to JFFA. Further, the Newsletter will not be a primary vehicle for the solicitation of funds. News and notices of PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ family associations will be published. The next issue of the Newsletter will be in January, 1982 --- items should be received by the Editor by December 31, 1981.
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Dr. Davenport Forsakes Academe, Starts Business
Finding himself too old for industry and too cantankerous for the academic life, Dr. Davenport, in association with Dean R. Foutz and Willard Heiss, the renown Quaker genealogist, has founded Family Records, Inc., an Ohio corporation, at Rootstown, Ohio. Family Search, Inc., of Indianapolis, and Family Publications, Inc., of Honolulu, will be subsidiaries of the Rootstown company.
Family Records, Inc., will advertise its product and services in national magazines (the ad to left will appear in the November issue of The Elks Magazine) and will be engaged in promoting current family record keeping, history writing, and memorabilia collection. It will not be engaged in genealogical research. Willard Heiss, C.G., A.G., F.A.A.C., F.N.G.S., one of America's most respected genealogists, will attend to genealogical matters and consolation at Indianapolis. Dean Foutz will expand his role as Newsletter publisher and intended publisher of the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ genealogies to include others.
SIX, SEVEN GENERATIONS BLOCKED OUT:
Descendants of Jacob Pfoutz (B) Held Up by Need for 20th Century Data
On schedule, the compilation of the descendants of Jacob Pfautz (B), Immigrant before 1730, reached its goal of being blocked out by October 1, 1981, Following the patrynimic declination design, that is to say --- only male FOUTS (PFAUTZ) lines were extended; families of daughters were fully described but not extended, succeeding generations were either of the line of Michael Fouts, cl722 - cl803, of Randolph Co., N.C., or of Andrew Fouts, 1736 - 1808, of Brooke Co., (West) Va. Ludwig Pfautz, Jacob's son baptized by Lutheran minister John Caspar Stover in 1730 at Skippach, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) Co., Pa., apparently died young,
Michael Fouts apparently married early (in early 20s --- young by German standards) while Andrew Fouts married late (at 36, unless there was an earlier, undocumented marriage --- a tad on the long side, even by German standards). Both had large families, but only three of Michael’s five sons --- John, Andrew, and Jacob --- lived to marry and continue the family line. Andrew had nine sons, eight of whom --- David, Lemen, Andrew, Allen, Jacob II, William, Absalom, and Sebastian---continued the line. Jacob I died in childhood. Michael's first son John was born in 1747, Andrew's eldest David was born in 1773---the generation spread became even more elongated with the passing of two centuries,
In the sixth generation of Andrew's line, including the patriarch Jacob Pfautz, there are veterans of the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II --- the youngest member of the generation was born in 1929, Spanish-American War veterans are not encountered in Michael's line until the Seventh Generation; World War I servicemen are sprinkled through the Seventh and Eighth generations, World War II veterans likewise in the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Generations.
In respect for the privacy of the living, declination of descendants will be brought no further than 1930, except where the detail is provided and released for publication. This policy will be followed in all subsequent PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ genealogies. Accordingly, the extension of Jacob Pfautz's descendants will be limited to a full Seven Generation and partial Eight Generation extension for the descendants of Michael Fouts, cl722 - cl8o3, and to Six Generations, complete, of the descendants of Andrew Fouts, 1736 - 1808.
The major project of the Jacob Pfautz group during the coming months will be in filling in the missing families in the Sixth and Seventh Generations, most of whom appear to be in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and or Nebraska. Any Fouts in any of those states of descent from Jacob Pfautz are invited to participate. Write the Editor (Dr. Davenport) at Box 981, Rootstown, Ohio 44272. If you do not know your Fouts ancestry, also write -- considering the size of the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ files, we can probably tell you.
Descendants of Theobald PFAUTZ (David Fouts, Sr.), Immigrant of 1738, of Randolph Co., N.C., are advised that work has already begun on blocking out their patrynimic evolvement to present generations. The Editor will be writing a collective letter to the (C) FOUTS group shortly. Address all questions to the Editor at Rootstown.
MISCELLANEOUS IOWA ITEMS
GUTHRIE COUNTY: "DIED --- At the residence of his sister Mrs. W. C. Biggs, in Guthrie Center, Oct. 26, 1906, Isaac H. Foutz, aged eighty-five years, eleven months and fourteen days. The deceased was born near McConnelsville, Ohio, where he spent all of his life except the past eight or ten years which was [sic] spent here. He was the eldest of a family of ten children and the second one to die. In his younger years he was a school teacher and later a contractor and builder. He never married but devoted himself to the care of his mother who died at the age of 98 years. His funeral occurred Sunday afternoon from his late home conducted by Rev. Shipman. Two of his brothers aged 79 and 73, from Central City, Neb., were here for the funeral. He leaves two sisters residents of this place, Mrs. Biggs and Mrs. Borders."
The Guthrian, Guthrie Center, Iowa, 1 Nov 1906, p. 5. (Contributed by Mrs. Helen Squire)
POLK COUNTY: The "Jane" appearing in the Census of 1850, Polk Co., Iowa, in the family of Larkin Fouts, age 36, was Larkin's second wife, married shortly before the Census was taken. Her maiden name was Jane CAVE. She was the daughter of John Smith Cave and Eva Michel. Larkin Fouts, born Randolph Co., N.C., went on the Oregon Trail in 1852 with his first family and the beginning of his family by Jane. In 1860, they were settled in Umpaqua and Yamhill Cos., Oregon. (Cave data contributed by Mrs. Squire)
JEFFERSON COUNTY: Early Marriages---9 Apr 1843, Eri W. Fouts and Philetha Lemings
APPANOOSE COUNTY: Early Marriages ---8 Oct 1854, Moses Wright and Sarah Fouts;
20 May 1855, Charles Barker and Lucinthia Fouts.
YOU ASKED FOR IT! BUT EXPECT TO BE CONFUSED
FOUTS GENEALOGY FRUSTRATED FOR YEARS BY DOUGAN-FOUTS GORDIAN KNOT
Two developments within the past month have brought us to an unavoidable confrontation: (1) W. E, (Gene) Fouts, of Dallas, passed along the documented identification of Isabelle, widow of Thomas Dougan and wife of Jacob Fouts, a long standing enigma; and (2) Alfred W. Johnson, of Evansville, Indiana, has asked that we identify the relationships between the four male Fouts (three named Jacob) who married four female Dougans (mother and three daughters). We worked out the relationships several years back, but, frankly, were avoiding making the explanation. But with the Importance of Isabelle's identification (another Revolutionary certification for those DAR and SAR inclined), we propose to celebrate the occasion by trying to explain the DOUGAN-FOUTS connections.
As to Isabelle, she was the daughter of Edward Sharp, who was one of the Revolutionary War leaders of Randolph Co., North Carolina. The proof is in the following deed, recorded in Dyer Co., Tennessee: (Abstract)
March 5 1827 - Jacob Fouts, wife Eleanor; Lewis Fouts, wife Sarah, Jacob Fouts, wife Mary; William Montgomery, wife Jane; Thomas Dougan, and Edward Fouts, all of Clark County, Indiana, and Angus Fouts, of Scott Co., Indiana, to John Fearney, of Maury Co., Tennessee, and Andrew Smyth, of Laurance Co., Alabama, for- $1300, Quit Claim Deed, for all interests in 5000 acres on waters of North Fork of Forked Deer River in Dyer Co., Tennessee, being a Grant by the State of North Carolina to Edward Sharp, on 10 July 1788 (No. 59). Dyer Co., Tenn., Deeds, B:38.
The females identified as wives were all daughters of Isabelle Sharp Dougan; Thomas Dougan, Edward Fouts, and Angus Fouts were her sons, the latter two by second husband Jacob Fouts. Together, the group composes all of the known children of Isabelle, hence all of her heirs. The 5,000 acres concerned were a North Carolina Land Grant to Colonel Edward Sharp for his services to the State during the Revolution. Fearney and Smyth were first cousins, The children of Edward Sharp were Mary Sharp Fearney, Susanna Sharp Smyth, Isabelle Sharp Dougan, and Michael Sharp.
That will give all of you Dougan-Fouts another line to run down, but our concern at the moment is sorting out all of those Fouts---particularly the Jacobs. And there were not three Jacob Fouts involved, there were five!
First let's identify the Dougans:
THOMAS DOUGAN, 1745 - 1795, Lt. Col. of North Carolina Militia Cavalry during the Revolution, a dashing figure of legendary proportions, and his wife, ISABELLE SHARP, 1767 - 1804. Their children:
SARAH, 1784 - 1852, born Randolph Co., N.C., died Clark Co., Indiana.
MARY, 1788 - 1869, born Randolph Co., N.C., died Clark Co., Indiana.
JANE, cl789 - ? , born Randolph Co., N.C., died Clark Co., Indiana.
ELEANOR, 1790 - 1858, born Randolph Co., N.C., died Fulton Co., Illinois.
THOMAS, 1795 - 1853, born Randolph Co., N.C., posthumously to Father, died Clark Co., Indiana.
In 1800 - 01, the Widow Dougan married Jacob Fouts, 1775 - 1836, and by him had the following children:
ANGUS FOUTS, 1802 - 1851, born Randolph Co., N.C., died Scott Co., Indiana.
EDWARD FOUTS, 1804 - cl856, born Randolph Co., N.C., died Clark Co., Indiana
Isabelle apparently died from complications of Edward's birth. It will be noted that all of the above issue of Isabelle were on the Dyer Co., Tennessee, deed. Now, we shall sort out the Foutses. Prepare yourself, the water starts to get muddy.
First, we are dealing with two Fouts lines: (1) Michael, eldest son of Jacob Pfautz, Immigrant to America before 1730, and (2) David Fouts, Sr., who was Theobald Pfautz, Sr., Immigrant of 1738. (The German diminutive of Theobald was "Dewald" which pronounced with German inflection sounded like "David" to the English-tuned ear. Considering that there were also real Davids among the Germans, there was inherent identification chaos in that dimension.)
Michael Fouts and David Fouts, Sr., were cousins of some degree, settled Pipe Creek waters in Frederick (now Carroll) Co., Md., in the mid-1740s in concert, sold out and moved to Uwharrie waters, Rowan (now Randolph) Co., N.C., in 1762 - 63, and lived out the balance of their lives in close proximity to each other. Michael Fouts, who married Catherine Varner, was a convert to his wife's Mennonite persuasion. David, Sr., who married Catherine Spengel, was a convert to his wife's Dunker religion (or vice versa)
Michael’s role in the Dougan-Fouts connection is the most easily explained. His third son, Jacob Fouts, 1761 - 1835, married Eleanor Malinda Waymire, daughter of John Rudolph Waymire. Jacob of Michael was a Quaker, moved from Randolph Co., N.C., to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1801 - 02; then to Dearborn (now Wayne) Co., Indiana Territory, in 1806. [Jacob of Michael's eldest son William married Sarah Davenport, his second daughter Rebecca married Jesse Davenport, both in Randolph Co., N.C., in 1800---which partially explains your editor's involvement (his own Fouts connection comes through two generations of Hoovers)]. In 1810, Jacob Fouts, Jr., 1788 - 1874, second son, left the Fouts Settlement on the Ohio - Indiana border, journeyed to Clark County, Indiana Territory, and married Eleanor Dougan. He took her back to Wayne County --- where they farmed in the Fouts Settlement until 1819, when they moved to Clark County. In 1832, they moved to Fulton Co., Illinois (Buckheart Twp.).
David Fouts, Sr.'s third son was also named Jacob. This Jacob. c l747 - 1829, married Mary Waymire, daughter of John Rudolph Waymire. (Some of the worst Fouts genealogy has been done by well-meaning Waymire descendants). Jacob of David, like Jacob of Michael, named his second son Jacob. This last Jacob, 1782 - 1860, was also known as Jacob, Jr.. In October, 1806, Jacob Fouts, Jr., son of Jacob of David, Sr., married Mary Dougan. Shortly thereafter, in concert with Jacob of David, Sr., and all of his family, they moved to Clark County, Indiana Territory. While Jacob, Jr., lived out his days in Clark County, some of his daughters and their families settled in Fulton Co., Illinois. Jacob, Jr.'s elder brother David moved to Fulton County, Illinois, in 1832 with Jacob Fouts, Jr., of the Michael line. There were a number of intermarriages between the Michael and David, Sr., lines in Fulton County, which were further complicated, after 1851, by the presence of a large number of descendants of Conrad Foutz from Pennsylvania who shifted over to the Fouts spelling. But let's go back to North Carolina.
David Fouts, Sr.'s fourth son (of seven) was Andrew, who married Elizabeth Garren. There are some disagreements with this identification, but the weight of evidence found in Randolph Co., N.C., documents during the past ten years is conclusive. Andrew of David, Sr., died cl782, leaving four sons and two daughters --- in addition to his widow, who was the "Widow Fouts" and "Elizabeth Fouts" in Randolph records, 1782 - 1801. The second son of Andrew and Elizabeth Garren Fouts was Jacob Fouts. 1775 - 1836. In 1800 - 01, this Jacob Fouts married the Widow Isabelle Dougan and became the father of Angus and Edward. After being widowed for several years, and having sold out in Randolph County preparatory to moving to Clark County, Indiana Territory, Jacob of Andrew married Susannah Fouts, youngest daughter of Jacob Fouts, Sr., and Mary Waymire. She was his first cousin---if the identification is correct. [There's two schools of thought about this also.]
The non-Jacob among the Fouts who participated in the confusion was Lewis who married Sarah Dougan, Isabelle's daughter, in 1801, in Randolph County. Lewis was the third son of Andrew and Elizabeth, was the brother of his step-father-in-law at the time. Lewis, 1778 - 1864, moved to Clark County, Indiana Territory, in 1807 also. His son, Thomas Dougan Fouts, 1825 - 1907, commanded an Indiana Regiment during the Civil War---was the Fouts holding the highest rank (Lt. Col.) in the Rebellion, Union or Confederacy.
Okay, you have all the pieces. The five Jacob Fouts enumerated in Indiana in the Census of 1820 were:
Jacob Fouts, Sr. (of Michael), wife Eleanor Malinda Waymire, in Wayne County.
Jacob Fouts, Sr. (of David, Sr.), wife Mary Waymire, in Clark County.
Jacob Fouts, Jr. (of Jacob of Michael), wife Eleanor Dougan, in Clark County.
Jacob Fouts, Jr. (of Jacob of David, Sr.), wife Mary Dougan, in Clark County.
Jacob Fouts, (of Andrew of David, Sr.), wife Susannah Fouts (of Jacob of David, Sr.), widower of Isabelle Sharp Dougan, mother of Eleanor, Mary, and Sarah Dougan, in Clark County.
Others of note in close proximity (1820):
Lewis Fouts (of Andrew of David, Sr.), wife Sarah Dougan, daughter of Isabelle.
Thomas Dougan, Jr. (of Thomas, Sr.), wife Sarah Ann Roe, married 1819.
William Montgomery, wife Jane Dougan, daughter of Isabelle, married 1810.
All enumerated in Clark County.
What the family relationships were among this group is a matter for others to ponder. The editor pleads more pressing matters elsewhere. Henry Hoover, whose mother was a Waymire, whose Grandmother Hoover was a Fouts, called all the elders "Uncle" or "Aunt," called all the younger ones "Cousin." One of his successes as a politician. Of course, one way or another he was related to half the people in Indiana. On the one visit to the Dougan-Fouts of Clark County he recorded, he wisely refused to sort them out.
Remember, Alfred W. Johnson, of Evansville, Indiana, you asked for it!
FRANKLIN COUNTY NATIVES PREDOMINATE!
FAMILY MEMBERS IN Union Army from Pennsylvania
Mostly Used the "Pf" Spelling of Surname
Continuing our display of Civil War records and pension files in the National Archives, Washington, D,C., this month we list the Pennsylvanians:
ADAM FOUTZ, Pvt., lst Pa. Volunteer Reserves, also Pvt., Co. A, 190th Pa. Infantry, b. 1841, Gettysburg, Pa., enlisted Camp Wayne, Pa., 28 Jun 1861; mustered into Federal Service at Baltimore, Md., 28 Jul 1861; deserted while on the march from Lebanon to Frederick, 13 Sept 1862; arrested as Deserter, 30 Oct 1863; Court Martial, 1 Mar 1864, sentenced him to serve balance of enlistment plus all time missed, various fines, then to be dishonorably discharged transferred to 190th Pa. Infantry for said service; deserted for second time, 25 Sep 1864 near Petersburg, Va., but returned by Provost Marshall on 6 Oct 1864 as having been under arrest when listed as a deserter; discharged 1 June 1865. Never filed for a pension. (I)
CHRISTOPHER C. PFOUTZ, Pvt., Co. B, 1st Pa. Reserve Cavalry; b. 1843, Clinton Co., Pa., enlisted at Lock Haven, Pa., 1 Aug 1861; mustered into Federal Service at Washington, D.C., 27 Aug 1861; wounded at Battle of Cedar Mountain, 9 Aug 1862; re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer at Warrenton, Va., 5 Feb 1864; taken prisoner near Nottaway River, Va., 22 Dec 1864; paroled at Richmond, Va., 15 Feb 1865; hospitalized until discharged at Harrisburg, Pa., 7 Aug 1865. Filed for pension in 1902, stating he had been born 6 Dec 1843 at First Forks of Sinnemahoning, Clinton Co., Pa., that he had never married and was currently a resident of Farrandsville; Pa. died 26 Nov 1921 at Lock Haven, Pa., leaving Miss Susan Pfoutz, sister as next of kin. (A)
FREDERICK S. PFOUTZ, Pvt., Co. L., 21st Pa. Cavalry; b. 1838, Franklin Co., Pa., enlisted at Chambersburg, Pa., 10 Feb 1865; mustered into Federal Service at Chambersburg, 13 Feb 1865; on recruit status until 8 Jul 1865 when unit was mustered-out at Lynchburg, Va.. Widow filed for pension on 27 Jan 1892, stating that she was Harriet E. Pike prior to her marriage to Frederick S. Pfoutz on 11 Feb 1864 at Chambersburg, Pa., that the decedent left two children under the age of sixteen: Lizzie J., b. 19 Jun 1876, and Freddie T., b. 22 Oct 1882, and that she was a resident of New Franklin, Franklin Co., Pa. Whether the widow was pensioned is not indicated by the file --- she had not been able to prove her marriage as of the end of the file. [Prior to 1881, there were no marriage licenses in Pennsylvania---and an affidavit by the officiator or by a witness was required by the Pension Bureau before a marriage would be recognized. It was surely an embarrassing situation, for Frederick S. Pfoutz was the village schoolmaster at the time of his death.] (A)
GEORGE M. PFOUTS, Pvt., Co. D, 7th Pa. Reserve Infantry, b. 1841, Clinton Co., Pa., enlisted at Lock Haven, Pa., 20 May 1861; mustered into Federal Service at Washington, D.C., 27 Jul 1861; missing in action, 5 May 1864, at the Battle of the Wilderness; later found to have been captured while wounded, confined at Florence, S.C., and Wilmington, N.C.; escaped from Wilmington prisoner camp on 22 Feb 1865; individually mustered-out on 26 Jun 1865 [enlistment of regiment was up on 16 Jun 1864] at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md. Filed for pension in 1883. In 1915, he advised the Pension Bureau that his wife's name was Irma L. Wykoff, that they were married 26 Jan 1872 and that he had eight children, all surviving: Francis B., b. 9 Jul 1872; Julia H., b. 2 Jun 1878; Simeon S., b. 23 Jan 1881; Elizabeth, b. 23 Jan 1881 [marked "dead"]; Charles C., b. 2 May 1884; Donna E., b. 19 Aug 1887; Orva J., b. 1 Mar 1890; and Jesse M., b. 5 Jan 1892. His death certificate, 4 Nov 1932, attested that he had died in East Keating Twp., Clinton Co., Pa., that he was the son of Simeon Pfoutz and Irena L. ?, and that he was widowed. [George M. was the brother of Christopher C. Pfoutz, above.] (A)
GEORGE W. FOUTZ, Pvt., 20th Pa. Cavalry, b. 1843, Cecil Co., Md.; enlisted at Lancaster, Pa., 24 Mar 1864; turned down by Army physicians for muster into Federal Service because of varicose veins; returned to civilian life. No pensionable military service. (E)
HENRY PFAUTZ, Pvt., Co. H, 203rd Pa. Infantry, b. 1834, Lancaster Co., Pa., enlisted and mustered into Federal Service, 3 Sep 1864; mustered out on 22 June 1865 at Raleigh, N.C.. Filed for a pension in 1891 as a resident of Brunnerville, Lancaster Co., Pa.. In 1915, he advised the Pension Bureau that his first wife had been Sarah Kreiter, that they had been married in Lebanon Co., Pa., in 1856; that his second wife's maiden name was Mary Snavely and they had been married on 29 Kay 1894. His children, all by his first wife and all with the middle name of Kreiter, were: Elmira K., b. 15 Aug 1857; Fianna K., b. 8 Sep 1858 (dead); Isaac K., b. 26 Jan 1861 (dead); Henry K., b. 27 Feb 1864; Mary K., b. 27 Apr 1865 (dead); Sarah K., b. 7 May 1870; Abraham K., b. 3 Jan 1873 (dead); John K., b. 31 May 1874; Alice K., b. 23 Oct 1876; Annie K., b. 18 Dec 1877; and Samuel K., b. 27 Aug 1880. Henry Pfautz died in Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., 27 Apr 1920. His widow Mary died 4 Oct 1935. [With the exception of Henry's volunteering for military service, this was a strong Church of the Brethren family, descendants of Bishop Hans Michael Pfautz, Jr., of Warwick Twp.] (A)
JACOB PFOUTS, Pvt., Co. H, 203rd Pa. Infantry, b. 1844, Lancaster Co., Pa., enlisted and mustered into Federal Service on 1 Sep 1864; mustered out at Raleigh, N.C., 22 Jun 1865. Never filed for a pension. [May have been brother of Henry Pfautz, above.] (A)
JACOB PFOUTZ, Pvt., Co. M, 102nd Pa. Infantry, b, 1837, Frederick Co., Md., drafted and mustered into Federal Service on 18 Mar 1865 at Chambersburg, Pa.; assigned to the Defenses of Washington, 7 Apr 1865; mustered-out Washington, D.C., 28 Jun 1865. Applied for pension, 10 Apr 1891, while a resident of Richmond Furnace, Franklin Co., Pa. Applications were consistently rejected, because of length of service, until 4 Jul 1905. Jacob died on 12 Jul 1905 before receiving his first pension check. In 1898, he advised the Pension Bureau that his first wife was Rebecca Malone, that he had married her on 3 Feb 1859, that she had died at Richmond Furnace, Pa., 19 Apr 1887. His second wife, married 19 Jan 1888, was Mary E. Butts. Children, all by the first wife, were: William, b. Nov 1859; Elizabeth, b. 9 Aug 1862; Susan, b. 3 Mar 1864; Laura, b. 9 Aug 1866; Mary D., b. 23 Mar 1869; John, b. 7 Oct 1872; and Catherine,b.23 Apr 1876. No widow filed for a pension after Jacob's death.
JOHN FOUTZ, Pvt., Co. C, 2nd Pa. Heavy Artillery, b. 1836, Franklin Co., Pa., enlisted at Chambersburg, Pa., 18 Oct 1862, mustered into Federal Service 30 Oct 1862, assigned to the Defenses of Washington; deserted at Fort Bunker Hill, District of Columbia, 18 May 1863. Special Order No. 106, Headquarters, Dept., of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, Washington, D.C., removed charge of Desertion on condition that John make good time lost by desertion and pay for the expenses of his apprehension. No evidence in file as to made-good service or reimbursement of expenses. No pension application. (E)
JOHN A. FOUTZ, Pvt., Co. B, 2nd Pa. Heavy Artillery, b. 1843, Lancaster, Pa., enlisted and mustered into Federal Service, 28 Jan 1864, at Philadelphia, Pa.; joined Co. B in Defenses of Washington, 28 Jan 1864; died 27 Mar 1864 at Chapel Spring Hospital, D.C., of pneumonia. Military death certificate states that he was a resident of Rising Sun, Cecil Co., Md., at the time of his enlistment, that his marital status was unknown. No widow or parent filed for a pension. (E)
JOHN T. PFOUTZ, lst Lt., Co. L, 21st Pa. Cavalry, b. 1843, Franklin Co., Pa., enlisted at Chambersburg, 28 July 1862; mustered into Federal Service, 11 Aug 1862, at Harrisburg, Pa.; enlisted as Pvt., promoted to lst Sgt., 5 Jan 1864, then 2nd Lt., 30 Mar 1864, then to lst Lt., 12 Dec 1864; captured near Farmville, Va., 7 Apr 1865; paroled 9 Apr 1865; mustered out of service by Special Orders of the War Department effective 15 May 1865. After the War, John T. Pfoutz could not settle down; he left Franklin Co., Pa., for Canada, then British North America (?), then wandered through the American West. In 1878, back in Franklin Co., Pa., he applied for a pension, alleging that he was several times wounded, had several horses shot out from under him, and had injured a leg in making a dismounted attack. In 1880, he got into railroading and served on various roads in various laboring capacities until his death at Pocahontas, Tazewell Co., Va., in September, 1890. No widow or minor child filed for a pension. (A)
JOSEPH PFOUTZ, Pvt., Co. L, 21st Pa. Cavalry, b. 1846, Franklin Co., Pa., enlisted at Chambersburg, Pa., 1 Aug 1863, for six months service; re-enlisted for three years, 5 Jan 1864, Charlestown, (West) Va., and mustered into Federal Service at Chambersburg, Pa.; mustered out at Lynchburg, Va., 8 July 1865. No pension applications filed relative to Joseph's service.
ST. CLAIR PFOUTS, Pvt., Co. F, 5th Pa. Heavy Artillery, b. 1845, Indiana Co., Pa., enlisted and mustered into Federal Service at Pittsburgh, Pa., 3 Sep 1864; assigned to Defenses of Washington; mustered out at Washington, D.C., 30 Jun 1865. In 1899, as a resident of Wood Co., Ohio, St. Clair Pfouts applied for a pension. In the process of proving his age claim, he filed a verified copy of the family Bible of his father, John Pfouts. [A transcript of same is available to those interested.] In 1915, St. Clair, then a resident of Toledo, Ohio, advised the Pension Bureau that his wife was Sarah Adams who he had married on 6 Dec 1871 in Cambria Co., Pa.. His and Sarah's children were: Theodore A., b. 30 Dec 1874; Gertrude S., b. 23 Aug 1877; and Roy F., b. 7 Mar 1882, d. 12 Nov 1911. St. Clair Pfouts died 22 Sep 1916. Sarah, his widow, died 13 Apr 1925, also in Toledo. (A)
WILLIAM H. PFOUTZ, Sgt. Major, 21st Pa. Cavalry, b. 1842, Franklin Co., Pa., enlisted 11 Jul 1863 at Chambersburg; mustered into Federal Service, 15 Jul 1863, at Harrisburg, Pa.; promoted to Regt. Commissary Sgt., 22 Feb 1964, to Sgt. Major 10 Nov 1864; mustered out at Lynchburg, Va., 8 Jul 1865. No pension applications were filed relative to (A)
- End of Pennsylvanians in Union Army -
Frederick, John T., Joseph, and William H. Pfoutz were all sons of Joseph Pfoutz, son of Henry Pfoutz, who was a grandson of Bishop Hans Michael Pfautz, Jr., noted minister of the Dunker (Church of the Brethren) congregation at Conestoga (Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.) before The Revolution. Henry Pfoutz, of Washington Twp., Franklin Co., Pa., was a nonjuring pacifist, but three of his sons jumped the fence. Joseph married Lutheran, died before the Civil War, had four sons in the Union Army. Henry, Jr., moved to Ohio in the early 1830s, where both he and his wife died suddenly in the early 1840s, leaving five sons---all five of those sons served in the Union Army, and all five of those grandsons of Henry dropped the “P,” and went by Fouts. John Pfouts, Henry's youngest son, went to Cass Co., Indiana, where he married and fathered three sons before his death in 1851. All three of those sons served in the Union Army, one was killed at Shiloh.
Of the other Pennsylvanians, Adam Foutz was the son of Adam Foutz, Immigrant of 1839. Christopher C. and George M. Pfouts were the sons of Simeon Fouts, who was a grandson of John Pfoutz, founder of Pfoutz Valley, Pa., and a brother of Bishop Hans Michael, Jr.. George W. Foutz, John Foutz, and John A. Foutz are tentatively identified as descendants of Conrad Foutz, Immigrant of 1752. Henry Pfautz and Jacob Pfouts were also descended from Hans Michael, Jr.. St. Clair Pfouts' ancestry is yet a matter of conjecture, but he was most likely a near cousin of Christopher C. and George M. with common Pfoutz Valley roots.
FOUTS-FOUTTS-FOUTZ In California Death Index, 1905-1929
Thanks to Helen Fouts Haney, of Walnut Creek, California, we have the following new data for those looking for missing links and wandering relatives. From 1905 thru 1929 the following deaths were registered at Sacramento:
Date of Death Name Age County of Death File No.
16 Jan 1907 Edward FOUTS 50 Sonoma 2801
22 Feb 1907 Samuel H. FOUTS 49 Sonoma 5283
28 Jan 1908 Mary A. FOUTS 57 Los Angeles 1315
01 Apr 1908 Nellie M. FOUTS 35 San Benito 9807
9 Nov 1908 George S. FOUTS 46 San Francisco 28888
10 Nov 1908 Evelyn FOUTS 19 Sonoma 32622
31 Oct 1909 Luzena FIOUTZ 25 Sacramento 25290
17 Oct 1910 Arthur E. FOUTS 43 Alameda 24976
6 Mar 1911 Louis FOUTS 54 San Francisco 8448
1 Dec 1911 Harvey J. FOUTS 65 Napa 33683
Date of Death Name Age County of Death File No.
20 Feb 1912 Ray R. FOUTS 33 Napa 5082
6 Mar 1912 Louis FOUTS 38 Sonoma 10080
9 May 1912 Ray FOUTS 31 San Benito 14165
1 Nov 1912 Eliza FOUTS (Wife of J.) 73 Los Angeles 32173
15 Nov 1912 Clara A. FOUTS 63 Sonoma 34353
30 Aug 1913 John F. FOUTS 84 Alameda 24712
10 Oct 1913 C. E. FOUTS 26 San Bernardino 35393
1 Dec 1914 Abraham FOUTS 93 Mendocino 37160
20 Nov 1915 Martha J. FOUTS (Wife of S.E.) 49 Stanislaus 36567
1 Jul 1916 I. FOUTZ (Wife of J.N.) 67 Los Angeles 21762
28 Oct 1916 Manuel S. FOUTS 23 Merced 31965
21 Jun 1917 Sarah FOUTS 84 San Francisco 22085
11 Jul 1919 Martha A. FOUTS (Wife of J.A.) 72 Los Angeles 28207
24 Aug 1919 Dortha M. PIOUTZ 4 Fresno 31216
11 Oct 1919 J. W. FOUTS 89 San Bernardino 39122
16 May 1920 Mary G. FOUTZ (Wife of C.R.) 29 Fresno 19860
23 Aug 1922 Mearl FOUTS (Husband of S.) 88 Santa Barbara 40807
10 Sep 1922 Isabelle FOUTS (Wife of N.) 82 Los Angeles 38316
17 Jan 1923 Florence M. FOUTS (Wife of .P.) 46 Sacramento 3156
9 Mar 1924 William B. FOUTS (Husband of M.) 62 Sacramento 14361
15 Mar 1924 Susan FOUTS (Wife of M.) 86 Santa Barbara 35547
3 Apr 1924 Matilda FOUTS 75 Alameda 16379
2 Aug 1924 Frank FOUTS 52 Sonoma 40177
27 May 1925 Alfred FOUTS (Husband of B.) 49 Sonoma 25764
9 Aug 1925 Erastus J. FOUTS (Husband of N.L.) 63 San Francisco 39124
11 Feb 1927 Nora FOUTS 34 Sacramento 9366
30 Jan 1928 Frank FOUTS 57 San Francisco 4985
6 Apr 1928 Frank M. FOUTTS (Husband of E.E.) 75 Orange 20787
6 Jun 1928 David P. FOUTS (Husband of M.F.) 93 Santa Clara 33202
18 Jun 1928 Jacob G. FOUTS (Husband of L.) 67 San Francisco 32653
30 Aug 1928 Violet M. FOUTS (Wife of J.H.) 20 Siskiyou 48522
6 Nov 1928 John E. FOUTZ 77 Los Angeles 64533
28 Nov 1928 Frederick FOUTS (Husband of C.) 52 Sonoma 60355
6 Mar 1929 Rebecca FOUTZ 77 San Joaquin 17728
Anyone interested in obtaining any of the above death certificates can obtain same for $3.00 each from: Vital Statistics Section, State Department of Health, State of California, 410 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Inasmuch as the numbers are annual serials, be sure and state the year of death as well as the number when ordering.
The two oldest on the list are Abraham Fouts, 93, who was the son of Isaac Foutts and Harriet Garetson, of Columbiana Co., Ohio, and David P. Fouts, 93, who was the son of Henry Pfoutz and Fanny Gable, of Richland Co., Ohio.
SOME MARRIAGE BONDS FROM NORTH CAROLINA
In the Southern Colonies prior to the Revolution, men intending to marry who did not have their banns read in church, supposedly the Anglican State Church, were required to obtain marriage bonds and to provide a surety (bondsman) that they would go through with the ceremony. After the Revolution, banns were no longer required, but both a marriage license and a marriage bond were required. Because there was no return on licenses --- that is to say, solemnizers were not required to certify marriages to a county official, marriage bonds are best evidence that a wedding took place. The date of the wedding was not necessarily the date on the bond. After the Civil War, North Carolina adopted the standard marriage license procedure of the northern states. The following are the only FOUTS marriage bonds yet found, probably represent less than five percent of the known marriages. Then too, both Michael Fouts and David Fouts, Sr., of Randolph Co., N.C., were German sectarians --- and prior to 1800 neither the Mennonites nor the Dunkers favored paying the State a fee for the holy ordinance of matrimony. David Fouts [Sr.'s] appearance as bondsman to his son Jacob in 1772 below was a political matter --- The Regulator troubles had just ended and Provincial authorities were cracking down on those who avoided or refused paying state fees. William Draper, the witness on the bond, was the local Militia captain and justice of the peace. As a nonjuring pacifist, David Fouts, Sr., would have had no association with Draper other than that which Draper forced upon him. The extant bonds:
Bond Date County Principals Bondsman Witness
31 Aug 1769 Rowan John FOUTS and Mary YOUNCE Daniel Little Th. Frohock
1 May 1772 Guilford Jacob FOUTS and Mary WAYMIRE David Fouts Wm. Draper
14 Jan 1786 Randolph Catherine FOUTS and Jacob SHEETS David Fouts J. Harper
1788 Randolph Lewis FOUTS and Mary GALLIMORE [Co. License Receipts]
1789 Randolph Mary FOUTS and John ANDERSON [Co. License Receipts]
1790 Randolph Hannah FOUTS and John GARREN [Co. License Receipts]
5 Jan 1797 Cabarrus Lewis FOUTS and Christena LINGLE David Wesner Jos. Shinn
13 Jun 1800 Randolph Rebecca FOUTS and Jesse DAVENPORT Joel Davenport J. Harper
19 Aug 1800 Randolph William FOUTS and Sarah DAVENPORT Jesse Davenport A. Gray
21 Jan 1801 Randolph Lewis FOUTS and Sarah DOUGAN Jacob Fouts J. Harper
26 Jun 1803 Randolph Andrews FOUTS and Hannah FOUTS John Fox John Allen
30 Sep 1806 Randolph Jacob FOUTS and Mary DOUGAN Thomas Beard ?
7 Jan 1808 Randolph Jacob FOUTS and Elizabeth PLUMMER Philbert Wright J. Hale
12 Jun 1811 Cabarrus Sally FOUTS and Peter WAGGONER Paul Carker J. Phifer
30 Mar 1814 Rowan Elizabeth FOUTS and Dan SEACHREST Danl Seachrest Chr. Seachrest
7 Nov 1815 Rowan Nelly FOUTZ and Martin MILLER Dawalt Lentz Jno. Giles
15 Dec 1815 Rowan Elizabeth FOUTS and Philip HEPLER Michael Myers Silas Peace
19 Sep 1817 Rowan Polly FOUTZ and Nedam TEMPLES Isaac Leatherman ?
7 Sep 1819 Rowan John FOUTS and Cathy LENTZ Andrew Richart Milo A. Giles
13 Dec 1819 Rowan Jacob FOUTS and Molly LONG Philip Hepler Silas Peace
16 Nov 1821 Rowan David FOUTS and Eleanor SULLIVAN P. J. Campbell Silas Peace