Johnson C. Sr. DeVore

Abt 1895 - 1965  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Johnson C. Sr. DeVore
  Birth	Abt 1895	Grahamtown, Allegany County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Apr 1965	Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland
  Notes	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
  Person ID	I51952	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Johnson Collins Sr. Devore,   b. Jan 1867   d. 19 Feb 1941, Grahamtown, Allegany County, Maryland (Age ~ 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Aurelia (Rella) Crowe,   b. Abt 1872, Maryland d. 29 Mar 1951, Eckhart, Allegany Co., Maryland. (Age ~ 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F18515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Tharp   d. UNKNOWN
  Children	1. Mary DeVore,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   2. Daughter DeVore,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   3. William O. Devore DeVore,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   4. Johnson C. III DeVore,   b. 14 Sep 1931, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland d. 12 Dec 1999, Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F19362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021