Johnson C. Sr. DeVore

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A 70-year-old Frostburg man was fatally injured late Saturday night in an accidental fall at his home. Johnson C. DeVore, of 145 East College Avenue, Frostburg, suffered a fractured skull when he fell down the steps at his home about 11:30 p.m. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Miners Hospital there. Mr. DeVore was a native of Grahamtown, a son of the late Johnson and Aurelia Crowe DeVore. A retired coal miner, he was a veteran of World War I and was a member of Salem United Church of Christ and Farrady Post 24, American Legion. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Tharp DeVore; two daughters, Mrs. Elmer Carder, Mt. Savage, and Mrs. Irvin Morgan, Frostburg; two sons, Johnson C. DeVore Jr., Burgettstown, Pa., and William O. DeVore, Niles, Ohio. Also surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Ora Tomlinson, Mrs. Ernest Plummer and Mrs. Emory Plummer, all of Frostburg; Mrs. James Taylor, Palm Bay, Fla., and Mrs. John Wilt, Chambersburg, Pa.; three brothers, Victor and Dewey DeVore, Frostburg, and Leonard DeVore, Detroit; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Durst Funeral Home in Frostburg, where friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9. The Cumberland News, April 26, 1965

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Tharp. Elizabeth died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary DeVore was born in Private.
2. Daughter DeVore was born in Private.
3. William O. Devore DeVore was born in Private.
4. Johnson C. III DeVore was born on 14 Sep 1931 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 12 Dec 1999 in Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

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Feb. 20 - Johnson C. Devore, 75, retired coal miner, died at 9 p.m., yesterday, at his home in Grahamtown, after an illness of two months. He was a member of First Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Orella[sic] Crowe, and eleven children, Mrs. Edith Crowe, Detmold; Mrs. Ernest Plummer, Mrs. Emery Plummer, Mrs. James Taylor, Mrs. John Tomlinson, Dewey, Leonard and Victor Devore, Grahamtown, and Roy and Johnson Devore and Mrs. John Wolfe, Frostburg. He was a brother of Ellsworth Devore, Mystic, Iowa; Frank Devore, Terra Alta, and Mrs. Lucy Devore, Mt. Savage. He had thirty-three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Cumberland Evening Times, February 20, 1941

Johnson + Aurelia (Rella) Crowe. Aurelia (daughter of Nelson Crowe and Mary Ann Winebrenner) was born about 1872 in Maryland; died on 29 Mar 1951 in Eckhart, Allegany Co., Maryland.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charges brought by her mother, Mrs. Aurelia Devore, that she had taken advantage of her father, Johnson C. Devore, during his last illness to prevail upon him to substitute herself in the stead of her mother as beneflciary under a $2,000 life insurance policy were flatly denied by Mrs. Mary Edna Plummer in an answer filed this morning to the bill of complaint lodged a few days ago by Mrs. Devore. Mrs. Plummer makes the counter charge that her mother deserted her husband more than eighteen months before his death and that she had exercised cruel and indifferent treatment towards him for the several years antedating his death. During the last year and a half of his life, Mrs. Plummer claims that her father lived alone and that she cooked for him and otherwise tended his needs during that time. She denies that at any time before his death was her father incapable of executing a valid deed of contract and taking care of all ordinary business transactions. Mrs. Plummer claims that her father made her the beneficiary of his life insurance policy "because of her considerate kindness and attention to him in the sunset of his life." Out of the face value of the policy, she said she paid bills incident to her father's last illness and funeral amounting to $477.98. Mrs. Plummer's answer was filed by Morgan C. Harris, attorney. The Cumberland Evening Times, April 8, 1941

ECKHART — Mrs. Rella DeVore, 80, widow of Johnson DeVore, died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Wolfe. She was a member, of First Methodist Church. Besides Mrs. Wolfe, she is survived by four other daughters, Mrs. Edna Plummer, Mrs. Ora Tomlinson, Mrs. Delilah Plummer and Mrs. Mildred Taylor, all of Frostburg; five sons, Roy and Victor DeVore: both of Frostburg; Johnson DeVore Eckhart; Dewey DeVore, of Hoffman, and Leonard DeVore, Detroit; sister, Mrs. Molly Hawkins, Akron; 31 grandchildren, and 33 great-grandchildren. Services will be conducted Sunday at 1:30 p. m. in Eckhart Methodist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Wilbur Gross, pastor, and Rev. John Bayley Clones, pastor of First Methodist Church, Frostburg. Interment will be in Frostburg Memorial Park. The Cumberland Evening Times, March 30, 1951

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He was buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland

Nelson married Mary Ann Winebrenner on 7 Nov 1853. Mary (daughter of Isaac Sr. Winebrenner and Nancy Barnard) was born in 1836 in Allegany County, Maryland; died in 1891 in Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland.

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First Account of Henry Crow and George W. Blocher, Administrators of Jacob Crow, late of Allegany County, Deceased.
These Accountants charge themselves with the following amounts, to wit:
With amount of Sales of personal property as per return of Said Administrators to the Orphans Court of Said County, March 29,1870. $885.20
With cash on hand at death of deceased, 300.
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$1185.20

And Paid Out as follows:
1. Paid Aug. Eichhorn, for coffin 60.00
2. " Lowndes & Clary, funeral Expenses 21.88
3. " John C. Chaney, Appraiser 5.00
4. " W. F. Garlitz " 7.00
5. " Elijah Fuller, Reg'r 5.00
6. " Geo. L. Layman, Crying?? Sale 15.00
7. " W. E. Weber, printers bill 7.00
8. " State & County taxes 1869 14.30
9. " Elijah Fuller, Reg'r 24.50
10. Administrators 8 per cent com's on $1185.20 94.81 $254.49

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$930.71
Retained by Administrators to pay debts $100.

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$830.70
Distribution to Heirs:
To Margaret Crow, widow 276.90
" Hannah Crow, daughter 50.34 6/11
" Henry Crow, Son 50.34 6/11
" John Crow " 50.34 6/11
" Anna Blocher, daughter 50.34 6/11
" Isaac Crow, Son 50.34 6/11
" George Crow, " 50.34 6/11
" Jacob Crow, " 50.34 6/11
" Nelson Crow, " 50.34 6/11
" Abraham Crow, " 50.34 6/11
" Margaret Winebrenner, daughter 50.34 6/11
" Lydia Winebrenner, " 50.34 6/11 $830.70


Second Account of
Henry Crow and George W. Blocher, Administrators of Jacob Crow, late of Allegany County, Deceased.
These Accountants charge themselves with the following amounts, to wit:
With Amount retained by Administrators upon settlement of their Just account in the Orphans Cout of said County February 28th 1871 $100.00
With money received of George Crow, acct. in full 150.00
" " " " Nelson Crow, " " " 10.00
" Silver coin on hand at death of Deceased 9.20
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$269.20
And Paid out as follows:
1. Paid Brooks & Michael Acct. in full $30.71
2. " George Crow " " " 66.05
3. " State & County Taxes 1870 13.32
4. " Elijah Fuller, Register 16.77
Administrators 8 per cent com. on $103.15 8.25 $135.10
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$134.10
Distribution to Heirs
To Margaret Crow, widow $44.70
" Hannah Crow, daughter 8.12 8/11
" Henry Crow, Son 8.12 8/11
" John Crow " 8.12 8/11
" Anna Blocher, daughter 8.12 8/11
" Isaac Crow, Son 8.12 8/11
" George Crow, " 8.12 8/11
" Jacob Crow, " 8.12 8/11
" Nelson Crow, " 8.12 8/11
" Abraham Crow, " 8.12 8/11
" Margaret Winebrenner, daughter 8.12 8/11
" Lydia Winebrenner, 8.12 8/11 $134.10

~Genie
Posted June 2, 2012

Jacob CROWE and Margaret WINEBRENNER were married on 12 Sep 1811 in Maryland.

Jacob + Margaret Winebrenner. Margaret was born about 1796 in Maryland; died in 1880 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Nancy Barnard about 1824. Nancy was born about 1804; died about 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]