PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ NEWSLETTER
No. 5 January, 1982 No. 5
This NEWSLETTER is published quarterly by THE JACOB FOUTZ FAMILY ASSN. Inc. , Farmington, N.M., Dean R. Foutz, pres., and is issued gratis to all interested in PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ Family. Business matters should be sent to Mr., Foutz at the address on the mailing face. Dr., John Scott Davenport, PO Box 981, Rootstown, Ohio, 44272, is editor.
Order of Immigrant Ancestors
For reference as well as for the information of our new readers, we repeat the PFAUTZ-FOUTS-FOUTZ Ancestor List in order of emigration from Germany to America to identify the subject matter within the purview of this Newsletter. There have been no additions since the list issued on July 1, 1981:
(A) Hans Michael PFAUTZ, Sr., of Lancaster Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1727.
(B) Jacob PFAUTZ, of York Co., Pa.; Immigrant before 1730.
(C) Theobald PFAUTZ, (David Fouts, Sr.), of Randolph Co., N.C.; Immigrant of 1738.
(D) John David PFAUTZ, of Washington Co., Md., (issue of first wife); Rowan - Davidson Cos.,
N.C. (issue of second wife), Immigrant of 1749.
(E) Conrad FOUTZ, of Franklin Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1752.
(F) Johann Jacob PFAUTZ, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Immigrant of 1773.
(G) Michael PFOUTS, Sr.. of Harrison Co., Ohio; Immigrant of 1787.
(H) John FOUTS, of Morgan Co., Ohio; Immigrant of 1820.
(I) Adam FOUTZ, of Adams Co., Pa.; Immigrant of 1839.
(J) Jacob FOUTZ, of Baltimore Co., Md.; Immigrant of 1849.
(K) Lewis FOUTZ, of Montgomery Co., Ohio: Immigrant of 1850.
(L) Adam FOUTZ, of Dearborn Co., Ind.; Immigrant of 1854.
(M) William FAUTZ. of San Francisco, Calif., Immigrant of 1855.
(N) Gottlieb PFAUTZ, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Immigrant of 1857.
(0) William FOUTZ, of Norfolk, Va.; Immigrant of 1866.
In the Seventeenth Century (1600s) the PFAUTZ were located on both sides of the Neckar River, east of the Rhine, in what is now Baden and Wurtemberg States, Germany.
END OF A LONG QUEST IN PENNSYLVANIA:
PROBATE OF "BARON" JOHN PFOUTZ FOUND IN LYCOMIING COUNTY
HANS MICHAEL PFAUTZ, Sr., FAMILY FINALLY CORRECTLY DEFINED
On Friday, October 9, 1981, your editor had the opportunity to do Pfoutz research in Tioga (Wellsboro) and Lycoming (Williamsport) counties, Pa. He was primarily concerned with identification of the family of John Leonard Pfoutz, eldest son of "Baron" John Pfoutz, who died on Pine Creek waters of the West Branch of the Susquehanna near Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., on 13 Jun 1813. But in wading through the Lycoming records, he found the long missing probate of the "Baron" himself, to wit,.
Lycoming Co., Pa,, Orphans Court Docket PQ:
4 May 1796 - Estate of John Pfoutz, Decd., Sebastian Shade, administrator; bonded by John Chatham, William Baird, sureties. (p. 55)
Finding of the docket entry, however, could not be extended. While Lycoming County was erected out of Northumberland County on 13 Apr 1795, Lycoming Orphans Court Minutes do not begin until July, 1796, and there are no papers of any kind relative to John Pfoutz, Decd., extant in the Williamsport courthouse. Tax papers remain uninventoried, However, recourse to the Federal Census of 1790 for Pennsylvania lists one Sebastian Shade among the enumeration group for Pfoutz Valley in Cumberland County, while both a John Chatham and William Baird are listed near, apparently in the same group, as the John Fouts enumerated in Northumberland County. Further, there are two deeds in Curnberland County, both relative to Pfoutz Valley land, that tie Sebastian Shade and John Pfoutz, Sr. (the "Baron"), together.
Cumberland Co., Pa., Deeds:
21 Jul 1786 - John Pfoutz, Sr., by Sheriff's deed, to Sebastian Shade, Ô131, 100 acres, being a tract of land adjoining George Pfoutz and others in Greenwood Twp. [Pfoutz Valley] sold in execution of a judgment obtained by George Firebach, lately of Cumberland Co., at April Court Term 1785 in amount of Ô218 against John Pfoutz the Elder, said Pfoutz having no goods or chattel in the bailiwick ... /s/ Samuel Postle, Sheriff, Cumberland Cc, Recorded at Carlisle, 2 Dec 1790, (Book X-1:383)
3 Nov 1797 - John Pfoutz, Sr., by Sheriff' deed, to Sebastian Shade Ô12, two tracts in Greenwood Twp.: (1) 113 acres bounding George Pfoutz and Peter Kauffman, and (2) 12 acres bounding George Pfoutz and John Long, sold in execution of a judgment obtained by Jacob Kerr against John Pfoutz, Sr., in Common Pleas Court, April Term 1784.../s/ Jacob Craver, Sheriff, Cumberland Co. Recorded 27 Dec 1797. (M-1:447)
At the time of its creation in 1795, Lycoming County included Most of North Central and Northwest Pennsylvania. The major settlements, however, were along the West and East branches of the Susquehanna River. John Pfoutz, Sr., was located on the north side of the West Branch near the confluence of Pine Creek in Mifflin Twp., Northumberland Co., in the Census of 1790 --- based on comparison of Lycoming land records with the Census of 1790. This was the same area where John Pfoutz, Jr., and family settled---from Pfoutz Valley --- in 1804. In the same area were Quiggles, who settled Trumbull Co., Ohio, with John Pfouts, son of Michael Pfoutz and grandson of John Pfoutz, Sr., in 1808, and Cranes, who were intermarried with John, Sr.'s family by 1771. In terms of a present-day locale, they were in and around Jersey Shore, Pa.
At the time of his death, John Pfoutz, Sr., was obviously a bankrupt, based on the lawsuits lost and judgments outstanding in Cumberland County. Sebastian Shade was most likely a creditor, for otherwise one of John's four identified sons, assuming no widow survived, would have qualified as administrator. in those days, it was customary to award administration of an estate to the principal creditor of the decedent on the basis of primary interest, particularly where few assets existed.
John Pfoutz, Sr., has been dubbed "Baron" because of a bit of fantasy engaged in by John Eby Pfautz in the first Pfautz Family genealogy published in 1881. John Eby Pfautz undertook to define the descendants of John Michael Pfautz --- and missed completely on dates and locations and got one out of six children right. He did not connect John Pfoutz, Sr., to his father John (Hans) Michael Pfautz. Instead he offered this bit of whimsy:
"In the year 1757, about 50 years after the landing of out ancestor John Michael Pfautz, a man named BARON von PFAUTZ, from the vicinity of the Hartz Mountains in Germany, emigrated to this country, and settled with his four sons Michael, Simon, John and George, somewhere in Pennsylvania.
Many of the descendants of this Baron von Pfautz living in Pfautz's valley, who were the first settlers in that valley, are living in Jersey Shore, Pa.; some are in Luzerne County, Pa.; .some in St. Louis, Mo.; some in Dallas, Texas; some in Philadelphia, Pa.; and some at other places. They were staunch patriots during the revolution. During that time they changed their name from "PFAUTZ" to "PFOUTZ," after that they changed again from “PFOUTZ" to "PFOUTS," and now they all write their name "PFOUTS." I conversed with some of them, and corresponded with many of them.---So much of the descendants of Boron von Pfautz.”
One hundred years ago, John Pfoutz, Sr.'s descendants apparently preferred the baronial ancestry to the truth---John Eby was dealing with members of the fourth and fifth generations --- but it has made for a royal mess during the past four decades of Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz research. We use the "Baron" title with John Pfoutz, Sr., to indicate that he and his descendants were those to whom John Eby Pfautz referred when he said "So much of the descendants of Baron von Pfautz." John Pfoutz, Sr., was the third son of John (Hans) Michael Pfautz, Sr.
And while we are at it, let's get the family Hans Michael Pfautz, Sr., immigrant of 1727, straightened out. According to research sponsored by The Jacob Foutz Family Assn., Inc., among German records, the Pennsylvania records structuring Hans Michael Pfautz, Sr.'s family are wrong. The following is the correct composition of the first known PFAUTZ family in America;
THE FAMILY OF HANS MICHAEL PFAUTZ, Sr.
PARENTS: Johann Michael PFAUTZ, b. 1682, Rohrbach kris Sensheim, Rhenish Palatinate [Germany], son of Johann Michael PFAUTZ, the mayor of Rohrbach; m. 10 Feb 1702, Ursula MUEHLENHAUSER, daughter of Hans Jacob MUEHLENHAUSER; emigrated to America in 1727; died Feb 1741/2, Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. Widow Ursula died 14 may 1772, Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. Johann (Hans = Jack) Michael Pfautz was an innkeeper in both Germany and America. Hans Michael, Sr., was Lutheran. Ursula was German Reformed.
CHILDREN
(1) Johann (Hans) Michael PFAUTZ, Jr., b. 1709, Rohrbach kris Sensheim m. cl733, Catherine SCHLAUCH (Slough); d. 14 May 1769, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.; converted from Lutheranism to German Baptist (Dunker), became a bishop;
(2) Anna Margareta PFAUTZ, b. 1712, Rohrbach kris Sensheim; m. cl732, Augustine WITHER; d. Jan 1781, Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.; Lutheran;
(3) Anna Barbara PFAUTZ, b. cl7l4, Rohrbach kris Sensheim; m. 23 Jun 1734, Jacob HELLER; d. Dec 1790, Leacock Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., Dunker and Reformed;
(4) Hans Jacob PFAUTZ, b. 24 Feb 1717, Rohrbach kris Sensheim; m. 22 Nov 1748, Eve Elizabeth ECKMAN (widow of Lorenz Schliermacher); d. 7 Nov 1800, Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.;
(5) Johannes PFOUTZ, b. 9 Mar 1719, Rohrbach kris Sensheim; m. (1) cl740, Anna Klein, (2) cl769, Margaret ------ ; died cApr 1796, Mifflin Twp., Lycoming Co. Pa.;
(6) Johann Andreas (Andrew) PFAUTZ, b. 10 Feb 1726, Rohrbach kris Sensheim; was still alive in 1737 when father wrote authorities in Germany, but was dead when father's estate was settled in late March 1742.
Any questions about this now proven family structure should be addressed to the editor at P.O. Box 981, Rootstown, Ohio 44272. This differs from the family structure given by the editor in the December, 1975, issue of National Genealogical Society Quarterly.
OHIOANS (LESS MORGAN CONTY) IN THE CIVIL WAR:
NUMBER OF BUCKEYE FOUTS (Etc.) EXCEEDED ALL OTHER STATES COMBINED
IN SERVICE IN UNION ARMY
At the beginning of the Civil War (1861), the center of Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz presence in the United States was clearly in Ohio. Although many of the Pfoutz-Fouts of Montgomery, Preble , and Darke counties were pacifists of the German Baptist (Dunker) persuasion, there were still more members of the Gross Pfautz (Greater Fouts, etc.) Family in Ohio Volunteer regiments than there were from a other states in the Union Army combined.
This analysis will exclude the Fouts of Morgan County, Ohio, all descendants of Andrew Fouts, of Brooke Co., (W) Va., who, having a fighting tradition in Ohio River Indian warfare beginning before The Revolution as well as a lusty history of river boating and pioneering (they were in Oregon by 1850), plunged in to the Civil War with a fervor. They joined Union Virginia (later West Virginia) regiments as well as Ohio units, They also provided the only Fouts in Oregon's regiment. In recognition that they all were descendants of one Fouts ancestor (except for one ringer who was a FOUTCH who passed for a Morgan County FOUTS), they shall receive separate treatment in a later issue.
With the Morgan County Fouts removed, analysis of the following records suggests that Northeast Ohio provided most of the other Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz who served in the Union Army, Those who served, in alphabetical order according to baptismal names, were:
DANIEL FOUTS - Pvt., Co. E, 48th OVI (Ohio Volunteer Infantry), mustered into Federal Service 19 Sep 1861; wounded at Shiloh; on Provost Guard duty at Cincinnati on orders of Secretary of War; rejoined regiment in field Sept 1862; died at Memphis, Tenn., 2 Mar 1863 of fever. At time of enlistment was 18, gave birthplace as Miami Co., Ohio, occupation as farmer. [Daniel was the son of John Fouts and Rosanna Waymire, of Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio. Ancestry D]
DANIEL PFAUTZ - (Served as "Daniel Poutz") Pvt., Co., K, 76th OVI, enlisted 12 Nov 1862 for nine months service; mustered into Service 12 Nov 1862 at Camp Mansfield; mustered out on expiration of enlistment 4 Aug 1863 near black River, Mississippi. At time of enlistment was 33, give birthplace as Lancaster Co., Pa., occupation as laborer. On 22 Jul 1899, Elizabeth Pfoutz nee Reamsnyder applied for a widow's pension based on Daniel’s service, documenting that she had married Daniel B, Pfoutz on 3 Nov 1853 at Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, that said Daniel B. Pfoutz had died 13 Jul 1899 at New Berlin, Ohio. Pension records state that Elizabeth, widow of Daniel Pfautz, died 4 Jun 1922 at New Berlin Stark Co., Ohio. [Daniel was the son of Joel Pfautz and Lydia Ann Royer, of Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. Ancestry A. Variations in surname spelling due to illiteracy of both Daniel and Elizabeth. Some descendants retain the original German spelling of Pfautz.]
DAVID FOUTS - Pvt., Co. H, 93rd OVI, enlisted 28 Jul 1862 at West Alexandria, Preble Co., mustered into Federal Service 20 Aug 1862 at Dayton; spent most of service as Provost Guard for supply trains; mustered out 8 Jun 1865 at Nashville, Tenn.. At time of enlistment was age 20, gave no further information. Documents in pension file state that David was born 12 Aug 1840 in Preble Co., Ohio, that he was the son of Jonas Fouts and was a farmer. He died 16 Dec 1913 in Lyon Twp., Cherokee Co., Kans.. In 1898, David Fouts stated that he had married Charlotte Roland in Nov 1883 at Galena, Kans., that they were the parents of then (1898) living children: Jesse, b. 4 Sep 1884; Margaret E., b. 16 Dec 1886; Edward and Ada (twins), b. 16 Jul 1889. In a pension application made 27 Dec 1926, Charlotte Rowland Fouts, stated she was born 16 Dec 1851 in Gosport, Indiana, that she had been married twice prior to marrying David Fouts: (1) Joseph A. Easter, 1866. Bourbon Co., Kans., who died 15 Sep 1873 in Polk Co., Mo.; (2) Scott Butler, Jul 1875, Bourbon Co., Kans., who divorced her in Jasper Co., Mo. She married David Fouts, 1 Oct 1883 in Cherokee Co., Kans.. If Charlotte was granted a pension, it was for the service of her first husband in the 70th Indiana Volunteers. David and Charlotte's marriage license and return, 7 Nov 1883, gives her name as Lotte Wilson. [David was the son of Jonas Fouts and Margaret Swisher, of Lanier Twp., Preble Co., Ohio, Ancestry D, issue of first wife.]
DAVID PFOUTS - Pvt.. Co. L. 2nd OV Cavalry, noted on "Descriptive List of Deserters" as having been returned from desertion on 15 Aug 1863, being gone again at Lighthouse Point, Virginia, 8 Jul 1864; no description; no other data,
DAVID N. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. D, 48th OVI, enlisted 12 Dec 1861 at Sabina Clinton Co., mustered into Federal Service same day; discharged 26 Sep 1862 for medical reasons. At time of enlistment was age 21, gave birthplace as Clinton Co., Ohio, was a merchant. David's pension file documents his birth date as 9 Dec 1839 in Clinton Co., Ohio; his marriage 27 Jul 1865 in Case Co., Indiana, to Abigail Miller; two children who survived in 1899: (1) Frank Q. Fouts, b. 16 Dec 1866; (2) Emma Eldora Fouts, b. 13 Nov 1868; his occupation as a physician; and his death on 3 May 1914 at Royal Center, Case Co., Indiana. The widow Abigail Fouts died 11 Dec 1923 at Royal Center. Dr. Fouts' disability appears to have been incurred at the Battle of Shiloh. [David N. Fouts was the son of David K. Fouts and Sarah Mast, of Randolph Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio, and Rochester Fulton Co., Indiana. Ancestry C.]
DAVID P. FOUTS - Corp., Co. C, lst OV Cavalry, enlisted and mustered into Federal Service 29 Sep 1862; consistent and dedicated service until mustered out, 19 Jun 1865, Nashville, Tenn.. At time of enlistment was age 27, gave birthplace as Wayne Co., Ohio, was a teacher. Pension file documents birth date as 19 Jan 1835 in Wayne Co., Ohio; his marriage 28 Nov 1886 in Sacramento, Calif., to Mary F. Siler; one child: Florence Fouts, b. 28 Dec 1887; his occupation as a teacher and his death on 6 Jan 1926 in San Jose Calif. The death of David's widow is not documented in his file, possibly because of her inability to prove the death of her first husband, William Wilson, who disappeared into the Oregon mountains in 1872. [David's death certificate gives his name as David Pierce Fouts, declares both of his parents "Unknown." He was the son of Henry Pfouts and Fanny Gable, of Quincy Twp., Franklin Co., Pa., and Perry Twp.. Richland Co., Ohio, Both parents died cl842, leaving David and his four brothers orphans. David apparently adopted the "Pierce" middle name to provide for the "P" he had left when he dropped it from his Pfouts surname and started using it as a middle initial. Ancestry A.]
DAVIS FOUTS - Corp., Co. L. 8th OV Cavalry, enlisted 26 Feb 1864 at Urbana, Champaign Co., Ohio; mustered 27 Feb 1864; spent most of duty with remount camp in Shenandoah Valley. Va.; mustered-out 30 Jul 1865 at Clarksburg, West Va. At time of enlistment was 18, gave birthplace as Miami Co., Ohio, and his occupation as a farmer. Davis' pension file is on file with the V.A., not the National Archives, is not available for public inspection. From other sources, Davis married Priscilla Hill, 7 Sep 1867, Miami Co., Ohio. No further data. [Davis was a son of John Fouts and Rosanna Waymire of Union Twp., Miami Co.., Ohio. Ancestry B]
EDWARD PFOUTS - Pvt., Co. A, 41st OVI, enlisted 10 Aug 1861 at Hartford (Trumbull Co.), Ohio; mustered 26 Aug 1861, Camp Wood, Ohio; seriously wounded and taken prisoner at Battle of Stone River, 31 Dec 1862; paroled at Richmond, Va., 27 Jan 1863, hospitalized at Camp Dennison [Cincinnati, 0.]; disability discharged 17 June 1864, Columbus, Ohio. At time of enlistment, was age 20; no other personal data. Pension file documents that Edward Pfouts married Emmaline Glendenning on 27 Jun 1867, that he was fifty percent disabled from the time of his discharge and so pensioned, that he died on 6 June 1888, leaving daughters Cora, Jennie E., and Ellnora, all age 16 or older, and sons Edward E. Pfouts, b. 24 Nov 1876; John L. Pfouts, b. 27 Sep 1878; and Garfield Blaine Pfouts, b, 11 July 1881. There is nothing in the pension file after 1891. [Edward was the son of Michael Pfouts and Margaret Lafferty of Hartford Twp., Trumbull Co., Ohio, Ancestry A]
ENOS FOUTS - Corp., Co. B, 156th ONG (Ohio National Guard) infantry (100-day service), mustered 15 May 1864 at Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio; discharged 1 Sep 1864 at Camp Dennison (Cincinnati); served as company clerk. At time of enlistment was age 26, gave birthplace as Darke Co., Ohio, his occupation as a farmer. Pension file reveals that he was born 8 Nov 1837 in Darke Co.; that he married (1) Rachel E. Pearce, 18 Aug 1859, in Darke Co.; (2) Sarah K. Hetzler (widow of Wm. R. Hetzler), 24 Dec 1891; that his children, all by first wife, were: William, b. and d. 1 Jan 1863; Benjamin F., b. 1862; Charles W., b. 21 Feb 1864, d. 3 May 1869; Curtis, b. 19 Jul 1866, d. 4 Apr 1867; Oliver A., b. 25 Dec 1867, d. 28 Aug 1884; Clarence, b. 17 Dec 1869; Edward L., b. 24 Apr 1873; John S., b. 24 Oct 1879; that Enos Fouts died 21 Sep 1924 in Union City (Randolph Co.), Indiana. No widow survived him. [Enos was the sun of Benjamin F. Fouts and Susanna Coblentz of Butler Twp., Darke Co., Ohio. Ancestry B]
GEORGE W. FOUTS - Drummer, Co. A, 80th OVI, enlisted and mustered-in 24 Oct 1861 at Camp Meigs; re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer at Huntsville, Ala., 4 Jan 1864; mustered out 13 Aug 1865 at Little Rock, Ark.. At time of enlistment was age 18, gave birthplace as Carroll, Co., Ohio, his occupation as a merchant. Pension file documents birth as 22 Feb 1847; parents as George Fouts and Eleanor Henning; marriage on 14 Sep 1869 in Coe Twp. Isabella Co., Mich., to Mary E. Estee; occupation as mill owner and lumber dealer; one child, Free L. Fouts, b. 28 Feb 1875; death 2 Apr 1914 at home of brother Van Buren Fouts in Cleveland, Ohio. His widow Mary E. Fouts died 29 Sep 1921 in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich. [Ancestry D. issue of first wife.]
HAMMET PFOUTS - Pvt., Co. F, 19th OVI, enlisted 7 Sep 1861 at Trease's Store [Stark Co.], mustered 25 Sep 1861 at Alliance, Ohio; died 18 Sep 1862 at Huntsville, Ala., of typhoid pneumonia. At time of enlistment, he was age 19, gave birthplace as Mt. Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio, occupation as farmer. In 1888, Hammet's mother Catherine [Ager] Fouts Hess applied for a Dependent Mother's pension alleging that Hammet's father, George Pfouts had gone to California with his sister's family in 1852, but left the party in Panama to return home and never arrived; that she had married Jacob Hess, a crippled watchmaker, on 12 Jan 1860 in Stark Co., 0. Catherine Pfouts Hess was granted the pension, died 3 May 1901 at Wilmont Ohio. [Ancestry A]
HENRY FOUTS - Pvt. , Co. D, 147th ONG Infantry, enlisted and mustered 16 May 1864 at Milton, Miami Co., Ohio; mustered out 30 Aug 1864, Camp Dennison. At time of enlistment was age 26, gave birthplace as Miami Co., occupation as farmer. Pension file documents that he was born 13 May 1838 in Union Twp., Miami Co., that he married Alice Whiteman on 20 Oct 1885 in Auglaize Co., Ohio; that he had two living children (1898): Anna Laura, b. 28 May 1887, and Robert John, b. 20 Mar 1889; that he was a farmer; and that he died l Aug 1910 at West Milton [Miami Co.]. His widow Alice died prior to 17 Jun 1941, when her pension check was returned marked "Deceased," [Henry was another son of John Fouts and Rosanna Waymire of Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio. Ancestry B]
HENRY C. FOUTS - Pvt. , Co. G, 150th ONG Infantry, enlisted and mustered 5 May 1864 at Cleveland [Cuyahoga Co.]; mustered out 23 Aug 1864 at Cleveland. At time of enlistment, was age 18, gave birthplace as Cleveland, occupation as clerk. Pension file documents that Henry was born 22 Oct 1845 at Cleveland; that he was married to Gussie Galloway (date not given); that he was divorced in Indianapolis ("about" 1887-88); that he was a railroad baggage agent in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and New York; that he died 10 Sep 1809 at the Southern Branch, National Home for Disabled Veterans, Hampton, Va., and that his next of kin was his sister: Mrs. Hattie E. Kechum, Whitestone, Long Island, N.Y.. [Henry was the son of Jacob Fouts and Harriet E. Cleckner of Cleveland. Family records say that Henry's wife was Augusta Solloway and that they were married 19 Dec 1866, that there were no children, Ancestry D, issue of first wife.]
JACOB B. FOUTZ - Sgt. , Co. C, 18th OVI (New), enlisted and mustered 26 Aug 1861 at Hamilton [Butler Co.] in Co. C, 35th OVI; re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer, 16 Jan 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn.; transferred to 18th OVI (New), 10 Nov 1864, and promoted to Sergeant-Regimental Color Bearer; mustered out 9 Oct 1865 at Augusta, Ga. At time of enlistment, was age 24, gave birthplace as Preble Co., Ohio, occupation as wool factor. Pension file documents that he was twice married; (1) Lydia Jane Oswalt "about 1865," divorced "about 1880" in Wabash, Ind.; (2) Regina Hess , 10 Nov 1883, who survived him, that he had three surviving children (1898): by (1), Anna M., married name Carruthers, and by (2) Bertha Flo, b. "about 1886," and (3) James Osa, b. "about 1888."; that Jacob B. Foutz was a laborer by occupation; that he died 28 Jan 1904 near Eaton [Preble Co.]. Regina Fouts' widow pension file documents that she was born 31 Jul 1843 in Franklin Co., Pa. [Attention FOUTZ-HESS, Ancestry E], that she was previously married to Jacob J. Thomas, who died 26 Apr 1875; that she married Jacob B. Foutz under the name of Virginia Thomas, 10 Nov 1883; that she died 6 Aug 1925 in Eaton. [Jacob B. was the son of Martin Foutz and Hannah Banta, of Lanier Twp., Preble Co., Ohio. Ancestry A]
JACOB N. FOUTS - Pvt. , Co. E, lst OVI (Three-Month Regiment) , enlisted Cleveland, O., 9 Apr 1861, mustered in at Lancaster, Pa., 29 Apr 1861; discharged 1 Aug 1861. At time of enlistment was age 20; no other personal data. Never filed for pension. [Jacob N. was the son of Jacob Fouts and Harriet E. Cleckner, of Cleveland. Family records say that he was born 26 Jun 1841; married Julia Solloway, 20 Mar 1867; and died 6 Jul 1870 at Cleveland. No issue indicated. No widow or minor child pension application filed, Ancestry D, issue of first wife.]
JEREMIAH N. FOUTZ - Pvt.. Co. C. 75th OVI. enlisted and mustered in at Eaton, Ohio, 17 Oct 1861; served in Maryland and Virginia, 1861-62; taken prisoner at Battle of Fredericksburg, 4 Jan 1863, and paroled; taken prisoner again at Battle of Chancellorville, 3 May 1863, and paroled at City Point, Va., 15 May 1863; deserted from Camp Parole, Md., 23 Jun 1863 but returned voluntarily 28 Aug 1863; again captured at Gainesville, Fla., 17 Aug 1864 [One must wonder about Jeremiah's heart not having been in the fighting]; paroled 31 Mar 1865 at Northeast Ferry, N.C., sent to College Green Barracks, Md.; mustered out individually, 21 Apr 1865 at Columbus, Ohio. At time of enlistment, was age 17; no other personal data. Pension file documents birth date as 7 Oct 1844 at West Alexandria, Preble Co., Ohio; marriage on 6 Dec 1866 to Mary Isyphene Sponceler at Hagerstown, Wayne Co., Indiana; his children as Clarence A., b. 18 Dec 1867; Frank C., b. 24 Nov 1869; Sarah Lulu, b. 1 Jun 1872; Cora, b. 22 Sep 1875; Martin A., b. 20 Jan 1878; Chester L., b. 20 Sep 1880; and Jere Lowell, b. 6 Feb 1894; and Jeremiah's death on 19 Mar 1933 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Sawtelle, Los Angeles Co., Calif. No wife survived. Between his Civil War service and his death, Jeremiah had farmed near Hagerstown, Ind. ; Virgil City. Mo.; and Vacaville, Visalia, and Anaheim, Calif.. [He was the son of Martin Foutz and Sarah Vorhees Stover, of Lanier Twp., Preble Co.. Ohio. Ancestry A]
JOHN B. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. D, 5th OVI, enlisted and mustered 12 Feb 1864 at Cincinnati; wounded at New Hope, Ga., 25 May 1864; assigned to Co. A, 8th Veterans Reserve (prison guards), Chicago, Ill., while invalid; returned to active duty, 4 May 1865; mustered out near Louisville, Ky., 26 Jul 1865. At time of enlistment, John B. was age 18, gave birthplace as Miami Co., Ohio, occupation as farmer. Pension file documents that he was born 1 May 1846 in Miami Co.; that he was married twice: (1) Martha Jenkins, 16 Feb 1870, who died 19 Mar 1874; (2) Anna Bianca Winget. 21 Jan 1877 ; that he had three children: by (1) Willis Albert Fouts, b. 22 Sep 1871-d. 23 Mar 1872, and by (2) Edgar Winget Fouts, b. 18 Nov 1877, and Estella Winget Fouts, married name Zingenfelder, b. 18 May 1880; that he was for many years the Clerk of Courts of Miami County, Ohio; that he died 1 Nov 1915 in Piqua. His widow Anna survived, applied for a pension in 1915, but file is silent further. [John B. was another son of John Fouts and Rosanna Waymire of Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio. The editor has a copy of John B. Fouts' own narrative of his Civil War service written to his son Edgar in Columbus, Ohio, in 1911 (18 pages, single spaced) available to anyone interested and who will pay copying costs and postage. Ancestry B]
JOHN N. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. C, 133rd ONG Infantry, enlisted and mustered 6 May 1864 at Westerville, Franklin Co., Ohio; mustered out 20 Aug 1864 at Columbus, Ohio. At time of enlistment, was age 18, gave birthplace as Franklin Co., Ohio, occupation as clerk. Pension file documents that John N. Fouts was married to Elizabeth Purdy on 22 Mar 1866 in Highland Co., Ohio; died 18 Dec 1873 at New Madison, Darke Co., Ohio, leaving a widow and two minor daughters; Edith P., b. 20 Nov 1868, and Edna B., b. 11 Nov 1870. John's pensioned widow died 5 Apr 1927 at Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio. [John Nelson Fouts was the son of Frederick Fouts and Catherine Coblentz and was born in German Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio. Ancestry B]
JOHN W. PFOUTS - Pvt., Co. G, 50th OVI, enlisted Auglaize Co., Ohio, 12 Aug 1862; mustered in 27 Aug 1862-at Camp Dennison; entire service was on detached duty with regimental or brigade headquarters as hostler, wagoner, orderly, cook, musicians provost guard; mustered out 26 Jun 1865 at Salisbury, N.C. At time of enlistment, was age 27, gave birthplace as Auglaize Co., Ohio, occupation as farmer. Pension file documents that John Wesley Pfouts was born 1 Jun 1834 at Hampden, Geauga Co., Ohio; that he was married twice: (1) Anna Boyer, who died "about 1875," and (2) Eliza Cook, 24 Feb 1881, at Six Lakes, Montcalm Co., Mich.; that he had two surviving children (1898): John, b. 8 Jul 1881, and William Henry, b. 26 Aug 1883; that he died 20 Dec 1916 in Six Lakes, Mich. No application was made for a widow's pension. [John Wesley Pfouts was the son of Michael Pfouts and Ann Quiggle, of Hampden Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio, and Thornapple Twp., Barry Co., Mich. In 1904, the Family Bible of Michael and Ann Pfouts was in the possession of a grandson, Seneca F. Fouts, of Multnomah Co., Ore., who provided sworn testimony therefrom in behalf of his Uncle John's pension claim. Ancestry A]
JOSEPH W. FOUTS - Pvt., Co. F, 131st ONG Infantry, enlisted and mustered 2 May 1864 at Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio; spent entire tour of duty as cook at Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, 0. At time of enlistment, age not recorded, gave birthplace as Stark Co., Ohio, occupation as baker. Pension file documents that he was born 12 Sep 1832 at Massillon, Ohio; that he married Anna Dolen on 16 Feb 1859 in Linn Co., Iowa; that he had no children; that he deserted his wife on 1 Nov 1899 and moved to South St. Joseph, Mo., then to South Dakota, and finally to San Bernardino, Calif., where he died 11 Oct 1919. His deserted wife tried unsuccessfully to obtain half of his pension in 1900, apparently did not survive him. No application was made for a Widow's pension. [Joseph W. was another of orphaned son of Henry Pfouts and Fanny Gable, of Perry Twp., Richland Co., Ohio. Ancestry A]
LEMUEL FOUTS - Pvt., Co. G, 187th OVI, enlisted and mustered 7 Feb 1865 at Alliance, Stark Co., Ohio; discharged 30 May 1865 at Camp Dennison Cincinnati, Ohio. At time of enlistment, was age 18, gave birthplace as Mississippi, occupation as laborer. A hospital certificate in his military file, dated 2 Apr 1865. Camp Chase, gives his residence as Minerva, Carroll Co., Ohio, and his next of kin as his mother Ann Fouts. Pension file documents that he was born in Rankin Co., Miss., on 1 Jan 1840; that he was a lifelong illiterate; that he married Sarah J. McGee an 20 May 1869 in Carroll Co.; that his living children (1903) were Anne Bolden, age 32; Frank, age 29; Lola, age 27; Flora Lucas, age 22; Leroy, age 20; Russell, age 17; Lafa, age 12; and Willard, age 10; that he was laborer by occupation; that he died 7 Jul 1912 at the National Military Home, Dayton, Ohio. His widow Sarah died 27 May1932 at Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Ohio. [Lemuel's father has not been identified. His mother Ann Fouts has not been found to date in any other records. Minerva, Ohio, sets astride the Carroll-Stark county line--the Fouts in Carroll Co. were Ancestry D, issue of first wife. The Pfautz-Fouts of Stark Co. were Ancestries A and E]
LEONARD PFOUTS, - Sgt., Co. C, 2nd OV Cavalry, enlisted 4 Oct 1862 at Brookfield, Trumbull Co., Ohio; mustered into Federal Service 31 Dec 1862 at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio; combat service, cook, remount sergeant at Pleasant Valley, Va.; mustered out 11 Sep 1865 at Benton Barracks, Mo.. At time of enlistment, was age 18, gave birthplace as Hartford Twp., Trumbull Co., gave occupation as farmer. Pension file documents that Leonard Pfouts was born 16 Dec 1843 in Hartford, Trumbull Co.; that he was married to Evaline Rosella Doud on 20 Sep 1870 at Vienna, Trumbull Co.; that his children, all of whom survived childhood, were Carrie Pfouts Slifer, b. 24 Jul 1871; Willard, b. 16 Feb 1873; Alta Pfouts Darnold. b. 21 Nov 1874; and Roy, b. 29 Oct 1876; that he died 29 Aug 1929 In Clarksburg Harrison Co., West Va. His widow, the daughter of Lucas Doud and Sarah Hartness, died 28 May 1936 at Nutter Fort, Harrison Co., West Va. [Leonard PFOUTS was the son of Michael Pfouts and Margaret Lafferty of Hartford Twp., Trumbull Co., Ohio. Ancestry A]
TO BE CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE
MORE DATA FROM CALIFORNIA:
FOUTS-FOUTZ IN GOLDEN STATE DEATH INDEX, 1930-39
Thanks again to Helen Fouts Haney of Walnut Creek, California, for providing new data for the surname file. This list is continuation of the Death Index 1905-1929 published in NEWSLETTER No. 4, October, 1981:
Date of Death Name of Decedent Age County of Death File No,
24 Jan l930 Alice E. FOUTS 72 Los Angeles 2191
4 May 1930 Emma FOUTS (Wife of D.) 66 Fresno 24348
11 Aug 1930 Mary F. FOUTS (Wife of D.P.) 77 Santa Clara 45249
24 Nov 1930 Lula FOUTS (Wife of J.L.) 58 San Francisco 60938
27 Mar 1931 H. FOUTS (Spouse of S.) 72 Stanislaus 24282
20 Apr 1931 Joel A. FOUTS 84 Napa 22050
3 Aug, 1931 Clarence FOUTZ (Husband of 0.) 55 Solano 46466
27 Sep 1931 Larry F. FOUTS 69 Alameda 46968
19 Mar 1933 Jeremiah N. FOUTZ 88 Los Angeles 16493
15 Apr 1933 Gerald G. FOUTZ 4 Los Angeles 22080
7 Sep 1933 Edward R. FOUTS (Husband of A.E.) 72 Los Angeles 48399
27 Sep 1934 Jefferson FOUTS 91 Los Angeles 49269
3 Jan 1935 Lucy A. FOUTS (Wife of H.L.) 87 San Francisco 5197
15 Jan 1935 Kellar FOUTS (Spouse of B.) 37 Los Angeles 3789
28 Feb 1935 Wiley B. FOUTS (Husband of E.B.) 78 Los Angeles 9264
5 Mar 1935 William R. FOUTS (Husband of A.S.) 66 Los Angeles 16688
11 Jul 1935 Anna E. FOUTS (Wife of J.) 68 Siskiyou 43418
10 Nov 1935 Albert R. FOUTS (Husband of R.) 32 Sonoma 67109
14 Nov 1935 Charles F. FOUTS 70 Santa Barbara 66740
29 Nov 1935 John L. FOUTS (Husband of L.) 86 San Francisco 72550
14 Jul 1936 Stella M. FOUTS (Wife of M.E.) 54 San Diego 44047
28 Jun 1937 Lorrin FOUTS (Husband of J.) 37 Santa Barbara 43850
29 Jul 1937 Benjamin FOUTS 71 Los Angeles 46832
4 Feb 1938 George FOUTS (Husband of L.) 71 San Francisco 12155
1 Nov 1938 Jess C. FOUTS (Husband of H.) 49 Los Angeles 67303
24 Sep 1939 Clarence FOUTS 69 Los Angeles 60694
Anyone interested in obtaining any of the above death certificates should write: Vital Statistics Section, State Dept. of Health, State of California, 410 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Numbers are annual serials, so be sure and state the year of death as well as the file number where ordering. Enclose $3.00, payable to the State of California. for each certificate desired.
Excerpt from The Butte (Mont.) Miner, Saturday, June 18, 1910
WILLIAM G. PFOUTS, PIONEER, IS DEAD
"A remarkable career ended in this city last evening when William George Pfouts, pioneer merchant and mining man, who had made and lost a dozen fortunes, died at the age of 70 years, after a lingering illness. Surrounded by his wife and son and daughter, death came peacefully at the family home, 506 West Aluminum Street.”
"Mr. Pfouts has been a resident of this state since 1863, when he came to Virginia City from Colorado. Later he was in business in Pony and had been a resident of Butte since 1880. He was married to Miss Hettie Morris in St. Louis in 1876 and they were the parents of one son, Elmer, a surveyor, and two daughters, Mae and Helen, the latter residing in Butte.”
"Mr. Pfouts was born in Mount Eaton, Wayne Co., Ohio, Dec. 8, 1842. His parents were George and Sarah (Clark) Pfouts. He received an education in the public schools of his native county and when 16 years of age, in 1858, he left home on a small pacing mule, and in eastern Kansas joined a large party of emigrants bound for Colorado. After many thrilling encounters with hostile Indians the party arrived at a point near Denver in the winter of 1858.......”
Those interested in Pfouts family history are cautioned to take the story of William G. Pfouts' career, more than a column in length in the obituary, with some doubt. According to Census and other records, William G. Pfouts moved, as an infant, with his parents to Holt Co., Missouri, in 1843 where his father shortly died. In 1860, William G. Pfouts was working for his brother Paris Swayze Pfouts (see NEWSLETTER No. 3) on the rabidly proslavery St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette. In 1861, when a pro-Union mob sacked the pro-Confederate newspaper, William G. fled with his brother to Denver. They were in Denver for only a short while when they again were forced to flee, due to their Southern sympathies, to Virginia City, Montana. After the Civil War, both brothers returned to St. Louis, where William G. again clerked for Paris S.---in the mercantile business. Prior to 1880, the business was liquidated and Paris S. moved to Dallas, Texas, where, by 1881, he was a co-owner of The Dallas Morning News, while William G. returned to Montana. Paris S. died in Dallas, also in 1910.
Also from Eaton, Ohio:
SOME FOUTS MARRIAGES FROM HARDIN CO., IOWA
George Pfouts, father of Parts S. and William G. above, was the son of George Pfoutz, third son of "Baron" John Pfoutz, of Pfoutz Valley, Cumberland (now Perry) Co., Pa. George Sr., moved to Ohio in 1804 with his sons Simeon, David, George, and Reuben. By 1810, the two elder sons had minds of their own, were given their inheritances by their father. Simeon went back to Pennsylvania (Clinton Co.). David settled in Augusta Co., Virginia. George, Sr., and son George, Jr., were active land speculators in Tuscarawas, Stark, Wayne and Holmes Co., Ohio (a four-corners area known as "Sugar Creek" now famous for its Amish settlement). Mt. Eaton, in the extreme southeast corner of Wayne County, was their trading center. George, Jr., was active in Mt. Eaton politics, was postmaster there in 1841-43, before moving to Holt Co., Missouri.
In 1825, a John Fouts, a hatter by trade, appeared in Mt. Eaton. This John Fouts had some connection to Henry Foutz, also a hatter, of Clear Spring, Washington Co., Maryland. He, seemingly, also had some connection to Jacob Foutz, of Franklin Co., Pa. (which bounds Washington Co., Md.) and Richland Co., Ohio, who became a Mormon convert in 1834 and moved to Missouri where he was among the wounded in Hahn's Mill Massacre, subsequently moving to Nauvoo, Illinois, then was in the first party into the Salt Lake Basin in 1846. Jacob Foutz was a grandson of Conrad Foutz (Ancestry E). Henry Foutz, of Clear Spring, Md., was a descendant of John David Pfautz (Ancestry D, issue of lst wife). But who was John Fouts, hatter, of Mt. Eaton? John died in April, 1838, in Mt. Eaton, leaving his widow Eleanor, nee Davis, and children Nicholas M., Theresa F., John, George Jacob, and George Washington (whether Pfouts or Fouts, they liked the name "George"), all born after 1826.
After the Census of 1850, John's family, excepting John, Jr., moved to DuPage Co., Illinois. John never left Wayne Co., Ohio. In 1864, the family, excepting George Jacob, who disappeared somewhere, moved to Hardin Co., Iowa. The following marriages, all from courthouse records at Eldora, county seat of Hardin, involved descendants of John Fouts, hatter, of Mt. Eaton, Ohio:
1 May 1889 Kate E. FOUTS and Sherman W. IBUCH, at Eldora E:87
14 Mar 1891 Fred E. FOUTS and Hattie E. SHUMWAY, at Knott E:133
1 Dec 1892 George FOUTS and Ona E. HAINES, at Mt. Pleasant E:156
11 Oct 1897 Mrs. Ona FOUTS and Frank FISK, at Steamboat Rock F:144
8 Oct 1899 George W. FOUTS and Mary A. PETRIE, at Cleves F:234
26 Mar 1901 Miss Minnie FOUTS and Chris CHISTENSEN, at Bride's home G:5
5 Nov 1902 Hayes R. FOUTS to Ida M. GUNER, at Abbott G:79
22 Dec 1902 Miss Emmaline FOUTS to Arthur M. GUNER, at Bride's home G:89
17 Feb 1903 Elmer FOUTS to Josie RIPPBERGER, at Abbott G:96
1 Oct 1903 Homer B. FOUTS and Myrtle GOULD, at Eldora G:122
12 Nov 1904 Homer B. FOUTS and Myrtle GOULD, at Eldora [?] F2:89
27 Mar 1907 Miss Frances Isabelle FOUTS and Stephen L. GILE,at Abbott G:287
Earlier records were being bound when JSD visited Eldora.