HAROLD DEEVER721 W. PineJunction City, Kansas

66441Telephone: 913/238·5560

Enclosed is tiI 4-pRge story of my grRndf"ather, John Bixler Deever.I luwe wTitten it, npon the request of your. father who states that youare deeply engaged in ministerial tra;.ning. He' incHc:-.ted that my re-collections of gnmdpa fI1ight be of "alue to you, in one of yOUT.courses.

As you will reRdily discer.n, I really do not h::we many stories~bout gr.andp8.. It is more of Rn flcconnting of him, as I seem to knowit. ~ really cUd not visit with thePl enough, to our regret.

Bnt you will also note that I admire him greatly, which comesfI1uchly frop! thl"t which I've been told, as much OT more than any per-sonal contact. Yet, I am so truly proud of onr heritl'l~e, and thatwhich stems from hin.

Enclosed, also, is a copy 9g~ story which I wrote almost fouT.years ago about Grandma Deever.•••• Jennie Brown (Etherington) Deever.It was written then, at the rel'iuest of those of the Ethedngton faJllilywith whomI was then corresponding.

I am surprised, and yet not so, as~the similarity in the twowritings. It does re-inforce the certainty of hew I feel about mygr.andparents.

I cert.ainly wish you 'Well RS you cOJ'll[llete the courses for yourministerial training. Of course, I am confident that you will do well.

But even mor.e, you are indicating a cantimm tion in the Deever~y-of-1ife, f0r there is indeed much ministry therein. It is pleasingto me.

Now, you ar.e my cousin once removed. Recently, I received a let •.ter from ~ second cousin once re11l0ved. I am prone' to be carefnl inthese relationships, for they are revealing. Also, I correspond withalmost all of my cOllsins (both Deever find Van Dyke) and ~ number. ofsecond cousins. So•••• in this one parngraph I have ment;.oned fourkinds of cousins •• So there.

As you may know, I am a genealogy bug, and have been for morethan fifty years (see my stor.y about Grandfll~.Deever).

Both with J'Ilooesty and with bragging, I have prohahly thet:. mostextensive a(;cuPlulation"of Deever infor.ma.tion, ?hout more people livingand dead, than anyone. This me~ms inforl'1ation frol'l Jesse/M~.ry Ellen(Morgan) Deever. your gr.e~t great'grandpavents. I I\lso have otherDeever genealogy, which I believe, but cannot [lrove, af the forebearsof Jesse Deever. (who was an orphan).

If you find yourself interested in this line. ple?se let me know,for I want to share it. aJ.l.

HAROLD DEEVER721 W. PineJunction City, Kansas

66441Telephone: 913/238-5560

Yonr father once st~ted that YOllr brother., Thomas, is mUlledafterhis grHndfather, O. T. Deever •••• Otterbe'.n Thomas Deever. Hut I ~UI1con-fident in turn that 'fhol'18s actually comes as well from Thoma.sRthering-ton, father of my grflndmother, Jennie Deever.

Ii your gr.andfather \~S named Thomas, foT. 8 Thomas, I do not knowbut be lieve that my fat.her, Orlando Henry Deever, Wl'lS naMed Henry afterHenry Jesse Deever, of whomwe ,~ite.

tvlayI indicate, too, that you are 1!years younger than my son.Shnley, and 5 months older than my daughter, Janet. both of whomareyour second cousins.

Your fa ther has proudly indicated Mara's singing ability, with herhaving leads in high school musical productions. Howprolld you must be,l'lnd may r join yOIl in tha.t.

All of my family wel'e and are musically inclined, with varying de-grees of a.bility. I'd like to recite it in some detRil, but will waitfor a personal visit~ ••• only this: my father was the hass on the McCor-Mick Seminary quarte., in 1910, R.ndon his 87th birthday he sa.ng a solo,inclUding his faMOUSlow C.

So, Mara, likewise carries on SOMething of a Deever traditien, andso pr.eud. so ver.y proud, 1'1.\11 I, too, for her.

Fur.ther, Patty LC'>tt has lit beautiful voice. I have not heard her lo\S

yet. but sister Marian has ~nd truly l'rflised P~tty.

M~rtha, yonr. father and I have had SOMevery fine communicationfuring these last 7-8 years, alMost ~. reviva.l of family relatienships .•o Me, this renewal Means his childr.en and grandchildren as well. Th\ls~

I t1:uly aM pleased to have this direct letter to you.. But not havingyour address, I do send it to you thr.ol1gh your father.

My best wishes to yOll, in all of your life. Please shRre any andl'l.ll of this mated.al "",-;'th~rour fa.ther, with Merv. and others of yourfamily.

1. A ponnd r~rty for. the minister. ••••• This M.e~nsR social g~theringto he kind to the minister Rnd his family, br.inging them cannedgoods and other food ~ifts, because the salaries wer.e low.This occurred in my childhood several times. Did it for grandpa?

My f he 1 . • f .ea,chat r" ~ys reported the salary pa1d 1n .ull in/year,annual conference. It never ~S, even though the r.eportDid grandpa experience this?

to thesaid so.

3. Myfather hRd a highest salary ever at approxiMately $1,000.00. He~s a minister for 55 years. vid low salaries prevail for grnndpa?

4. Whenever Illy father bought ~ cow, h~d the Milk for the faMily, andperhal's sold ~ few quarts to neighhors, we had much better f(!.Milyfimmces than at other pastorates. This happened about every otherpastorate. Did grandpa experience similarly?

5. Curtains in the parsonRge? My parents used the cnrtains in the nextparsor~ge that they had had in the previous one, regl'lrdless of thewindow size or. sh~pe. It W~5 too expensive to huy new in so manypastorates. Did grandpa and grandma experience this?

6. Living in the parsonage ••• My parents always lived in the parsonage,regRrdless of size or shape •••• except once. That once it justcould not he done, hut adjusting to a different house is an effort.Did grandpa and grandma experience this?

7. Pimmcial1y. my father had two extreMely fortunate experiences inhis 1ate yel'lrs.Denominations dirt develop ministerial pensions. DRdobtainedthat, but also had the good fortune nf receiving pensions fromthe United ~~thodist ChurCh, ~t a higher level thaft the fOrMerEvangelical United Rr.ethren would have been, since th~t churchunion occurred to his advantRge.Also, NYp"'rents were l'Ihle to secure social security. This, too,occurred with a llliniml.1Ptof time, for h;.s e ligi bili ty deve lopedjust shortly before he retired.

Martha, these are SOMethoughts which occurred to Me. which Iwant you to have, hut which surely do not belong in them~in stor~ •••••• H.D. April 21, 1~85.

My gr~ndfather., john Bixler Deever., WRS ~ fine man. He WRS a~o6d, Christi~n ~an. He stood for the right thinss. He ~s Rle~der amon~ his fellows foT. the good and better life.

I a" 1Il0stpT.oud of my gT.~Uldfatherand the Christian life helived.

It is my miderstanding that Illycreat grandfather had a stro~ftrge to the ministry. Yet his limited education and other limita-tions precluded his ser.vice as a minister.

It Must have been his joy that his son did enter the ministry.john Bixler Deever. was t~at son. And also, his daughter, ~ry Bllen(Deever) Carttwell, bec~P1e a minister. ThUS, flY grlmdf~ther and hissister fulfilled the ministerial dreaa ef their father.

john Bixler Deever ~s the seventh child, of twelve, in hisfamily. He was one year old as he arriyed in KRnsas.

One baby brother had previously died at birth. Another babybrother died later.

The story is told that when jesse and Mary Ellen (Morgan) Dee-ver were orossing the Mississippi River, en route to Kansas, theyhad t'l«')wagons. Bach was maAAging one. MRry Ellen held baby sonjohn on her lap. Ther.e ~s a lurch.· .John slipped from his mother' 8bp, but she caught him by the heel •••~ saved hilll.

Most people can recite an event in their lives which meant neardis,.ster. In My gr.andfather'5 case, I always think tlul. t C'n>d savedhis for a later worthy cause. (I think simibr thoughts aoout Many.)

Bnt I a" reciting about "y gr.andfather.· And he did serve hisfellow men in R r.ftle.f Christian leadership. His life's ups Rn~d0wns led him on to that role.

His name •••Bixler •••wRs derived fr~N his ~randmother, Ellen(Bixler) Morgan, who ~rried William Morgan. They wer.e the parentsof johA's mother. Mary Ellen MorgJln.

In 1857, Jesse Rnd Mary Ellen (Mor~an) Deever did mOve iroRWisconsin to KIInsas, settling in southe:illstjp.ckson County. north ofTopekrt. There john ~rew up.

utp.r, the Deever. family lIllovedto Slul.wneeCounty, the southe$l.stPRr.t. neRr Richland, Rnd southeRst of Topeka.

The residence IltRich1a.nd was not f:lr from the -northeRst cornerof OSRge County. wher.e the Btherington f~tI'tily lived. john soon dis-covered jennie Etherinston, Who was two months YOlmger than he.

jennie WRS a he::lutifnlred hf\ired ei:r.l, horn ne?r. Pit tshllrgh,Pennsylvf;nil'l, whose pRr~nts mod COl'1e over frofl1 RnglFnd shortly befor.eht~r birth. The Etherin~tons ?J.so C~Ple to K<lllS,.S in 1857.

Jennie l0st her mother when she ~s nine ye~T.S old. Her f~ther,Tho~~s Etherington, re-~Rrried.

Jennie necessarily 'hired out' p.sa young Birl. She did get to80 to L~ne Univer.sity, at Lecompto., for a time.

Did they IlleetRt Lane tJniverslty? Was the short distance be-tween the Deever ilnd J1theri~ton hOMes eRsily covered? How didthey neet?

But by courtship time, Jolm Deever had Jllet the compulsion te bea ~inister. He knew that it was his calling.

jennie did not ~nt to be a Ilinister's wife, thinking that shew;\s not truly 'cut 0Ut' for that role. She felt this so stronglythJlt she ~o ~d"ised John.

30hn Deever, in his anguish, went to Colorado.' Latex, befound hi.self le>cked in R railroRd boxeRr out there. I do not knowthe story well enough, but I suppose he was 'riding the r;:-.ils'tottake his trip.

But the story Boes on ••••John was so overwhelroed by his dileNrtain the boxcar that he promised God th~t if he were sRved fro~ the dis-aster, includil18 being terr.ibly hUt1Bry, he would become a Minister.

He returned to his home in Shawnee County. And he {'ersuadedJennie to beCOl'le his wife.

How W1!.S it to be a circuit rider minister ••••l'\ndhusband.father, ::InahOlTleMk.er?

I have no stor.ies, or very few, of the fftmily life: ia meetingthe rdnister-fllmily 5itu~.tions. But it must have been a taxing life,wi th mlny stT.~ ins and burdens. Money m.s scarce. \\Iha t WlS therninistry like?

I know that my own father ~s born at his granctp~rents' horne,the Jesse~~ry Rllen Deever residence, for. his own father was on thecircuit Rt the time.

I hJlve read the l'lccountwhen minister John was gone and JIlOtherJennie had 1-year old Beinie, 5-year old Orlie and the J-year oldtwins, Florence "nd A7.ell. at her knees. She was telling the fourchildren that there was no food in the house, and that they wouldh~ve to 'pray to Jesus.' (Jennie was only 32 years old ~t the time.)

Th~t story goes on •••Q parishioner brought some food the nextIQOrnin~.

Gr~ndp~ ~nd grRnrtlTl<:tmust }uwe rearect their. children ~ 11, forthey were ~ll gooct people. Three sons bec"me ~inister.s: Heinie,Orlie Rnd Azell.

Grftnctp~ bec,,~e presiding elder, servi~ in this c~p~city for anumber ef year.s.

I wish that I could write SOIllepersolUll exreriences that I h~dwith my grandfather. I cannot, unfortunRtely, for they did not occur.

I c~m see hilll sitting in the rocking ch;tir. He J1\usthave beenin his seventies. But I cannot envision hi1ii, in ;m action capacity.

My IltO tke I' , 1W\rrying into the Deever faAlly, respected gn.ndpaver.y much. She considered him te be An excellent preacher.. Not anevangelist, net a rhetorician, not a thundering type, but one whostrongly expounded, explained, convinced. I strongly remellIDerherevaluation of hiRe He ~d le<:trned the ~aninBs of the Christianfs.ith by his own study and contempbtion •. by his experiences withpeople, by his assessment of human beings and their lives.

In the s'~r of 1~32,after grand~ had died, grandpa wasvisiting our home in PittsburB~ ~nsas. Hazel and I had returnedhot'1e after the yel'lr in college, at llinfield, but our parents had'moved to Pittsburg after the college year had started. We, then~'Were not aCfluainted in Pittsburg. My father asked Hazel, age 18,to lead the t~dnesday night prayer meeting. She wns wanting toh~lp he~ father, but felt extremely StT.Rng~aoing this service, forshe was a str.anger there, she ~s young. It seel'1ed difficult.

I did not know this story until 2-3 years ago, when Ha7.el WRSnettrly 70. She was re1!1emberingover the 11111nyyears, and was tellingabout the occasion, h~w 8randpa drew her to his lap, and counselledwith her ••• it would be a.ll right, it would help her fathe!', he,grandpa, would 'watch to help' as needed. She told the story insuch a way, thil.t I believe my grandfllther W?s observant, kind, lov-ing, and loyal. Loyal, hoth to his son and to his granddaughter,Ha:i:el, loyal to the church program.

My father called his parents, John and Jinnie. At least, Ialways he~rd it as Jinnie, even though her llCl.flle was Jennie. Myfather was not rude or thoughtless ••• he just had a most specil:l,l re-lationship to his parents. He was most loving of his mother, sympa-th~tic to her a.s a wife and mother in difficult circulllstallces, lovinglInd respectful to his father. But he c;tlled thefll••• John and Jlnnie.(And I, myself, love the special feeling it gives to knOWhow he feltto\~rd his p:lrents.)

My father attended McCormick Seminary, fI.ndbecame a PreshyteriAnminister for three pastorates. What circttmstances, What thoughtsbrought him to return to his father's denomination?

My fRther- did re tur.n to he ~ United Brethren Plinister. I aptnot sure, but I sense thRt 1'11' f,r~ndf(ltherhl\d urr;ed the return.Grpndpa ~ust hRve felt consider~ble pr.ide in his denoRi~tion, andwnnted his son in it. How did r;r;lndpado it? I know of no inci-dent ~r circU1lIsb.nce. I stronr;ly feel that gnndpa ~uld Mvecounse llert only. But 1'11' f;l.ther did return. And I sense that thereWA-S satisf~ction therein, for them both.

Grandpa and ~r~nd~R were 24 year.s old, when they were marriedon September 9, 1~80. 'They' entered the ministry at this tine.

Bnt •••Kansas in 11'\80hfld become a st4'lteonly 19 yeRrs before.Many lived in 's06dies,' land could be secured but life WP.S mostdifficult. This WRS true far all, inc luding minh;ters. A' farm'eften was 40 ~cres or so. Crops were not alWRys obtained.

My grandpar~nts lived in northeast Kansas, mostly ne~rTopeka.And this area fared better th~n SO£lle,but never was it easy.

Railrof\ds came, some roads but not very good ones. World ~.r Ifollowed the deve1op~ents of the 1890's and to the 1'10's. Someautos Cf\me in the Ifltter part of that period.

I do not know ex~ctly when grandpa ceased the active Plinistry,but it WRS shortly after WOrld aRr I, I suppose.

I aSSUMe then that the congregations with which he worked weresu.ll, l'1ostlyrural (even in the towns) in setting and €lutlook. Helabored in such circWllstsnces.

They died in depr.ession ti~es~ctied on October 13, 1931. Gr~ndpa,died on M~rch 26, 1~34.

GrandMa, born May l~, l~56.horn MRrch 6, 1856 in Wisconsin,

We did not live close to'NYgrandp~T.ents. ~ visitecta fewtil'1es. There ~s correspondence, which kert us in cont~ct. I re-joice in the c~rd I hp.ve, which ms Written by gr.~mdl"}a~nd on whichI have his signature. Unfortumtely, he refers to the impendiItgdeath of grandma.

I am truly proud of my heritage. These people were fine people.They' wer.e good. They lived through happiness and tribulations oflife ••••in a gooct God-fearinr; way.

By Harold Deever~\~itten April l~, 1~~5.

Note: These recollections of my grandpl\rents, JohnBixler Deever Rnd Jennie Brown (Btherinr;ton)Deever, were written for Martha (Deever)Matteson, whose father, Rev. Philip Deeverand IllY cousin, rell!.l1estedmy ltlel'1ories,~s theyrelated to the ministry,· of my grandparents.

John Bixley Deever1856-1935

Since I grew up in and near Dayton, Ohio and my Gr3ndfather Deeverlived in Topeka, Kansas during the years I knew him, our contacts wereremote and infrequent. Most of wrat I know, or think I know about J. B.Deever I have gathered from hearing my father, O.T.Deever;speak of him.

However, on three occasions d1lring my growing up years wejourneyed from Ohio to Kansas, first in a Model T Ford in the summer of192t (four days and three nights on the r~ad; cooking with canned heat;camping in rural school yards along the way), next in an old Studebakersedan in December of 1928 (over night in a tourist home), and finally inDecember bf 1933 in a Model A Ford (sixteen hours straight running, startingam night and arriving the next afternoon) •.

1921In r11f it was summer time, and two memories stand out--about the

only tWW~9frhim I can recall from that trip. We went fishing in a riversomewher~Topeka, and I remember helping my grandfather dig worms. I gatheredthat he liked to fish, as did my father after him. In that connection it ismy impression that my grandfather was retired. He would have been a bout 66years old at that time, and what the circumstances of his retirement wereI never knew. Also,it must havE been during that same summer,we went swimmingas a family (several of my Deever cousins were together during this famHygathering). It was a public swimming pool, not the river, and the insight Igot of my grandfather on that occasion is that he didn't go swimming, and thathe cow~ented to me unfavorably about the swimming suits of the women and girls.I assume that reflected his view of the situation even in 1111. 1921. I WaS onlynine at this time and Wasn't much impressed by Grandpas's cormnent, even thoughI do distinctly remember it. I didn't learn to swim until I WaS eleven.

The 1928 trip seems to hold no recolllections for me of mygrandfather.

In 1933 we traveled again to KanSaS. My grandmother had died in1931 (a fact I glean from "God LeAds the 1!fay'.I remember her from the visitsof 1921 and ~928, but only by rather vague and general impressions. I canrecall her face, but probably mostly from photographs. But by 1933 I WaSkeeping a diary, which helps me recall my recollection of my grandfath~r atthat time. On December 21, 1933 I wrote, "Saw grandpa and our new gr8.ndma.1I

I know only by having been told by my father, that after my grandmother'sdeath grandpa w3s lonely.<j:;Lplayed checkers with himself, I was told. Hismarriage after a year or sb~I know created problems for his children. The secondwife survived grandpa by a number of years and finally came to live and die atthe Otterbein Home through arrangements my father helped to i~ke. Josephineand I can remember visiting her there ourselves. On Dec. 26, 1933 my dia~Jreads: uHad a youth rally at ch. in p.m. We attended. Grandpa heard me speaka little. We left for home at 7:45 p.m." This is the occasion grandpa refersto in his letter to me. I recall saying something to him about how my generationwould carry the torch he was passing on to us. Ttat's all I can remember.He died less than two years later.

Rvenso, I hlwe a great dell1 of infoT.Jlmtion ~hollt the brother.sand sisters of John Bixler Deever, and their families. It is lesscomplete for Hester Ann (Deever) Gordon and George W. Deever..

It has ta.ken Many years to compile this infcT.'l'I.ation, hut anumber. of the clan hRve corr.esponded. Some are in current corr.es-pondence. One bit of inforM tion lel'l.ds to .mother. There is thenthe de te rmina t ion to ll.dd and add.

Of the h.e lve ch;.1ctren of Jesse/Mary Ellen (Mor.gan) Deever,Wi11bUll, the eldest died at age 20 as a Civil 1V8.rSOldier, Sar.~.hdied at age 29, ufUllRrxied. Rnd two inflUlt sons. Joseph and Thonms.died.

Gra.ndsons of Alber.t, Henry. ChRr.1es. Levi (those grandsonsbeing second cousins of mint:, fl.nd of your. father) hlwe assisted inobtaining llnd exchanging informfltion.

One grandson of Jesse!M?ry Ellen. who is ~ber.t Earl Deever.of l.os Angeles. is pr.esently in cO[l1l'l.unicationwith me. He is theAast such.

I ha.~e l~Mited b\l~ exact infor.mRt~r ahOl~tIryley ~<tf\rdwell, II. I ..pimy father s fust cous:tn. SfJntA!a.1-~vl/(A!fi!A),.l/l-) U~11,~\

If yOIl Wlnt to receive copies of my Deever materill,l, I willbe pleased to compile it for. you, but it will take time.

HAROLD DEEVER721 W. PineJunction City, Kansas

66441Telephone: 913/238-5560

WhRt ~ splendid p~per you h~\Vewritten about John Bixler Deever.You are Rr1;iculll.te ••• inclusive ••• ~mRlyticftl ••• inspiring. I congr.atu-late you.

But as you will discern from fIly return p~.ckRge. yOll have arousedthe genealogist in file. Thus, I am sending fIluch. mneh inforlllation.

I suppose that I am assllming that your account of Grandpa Deeverhas stir.red in you R desire to know your ffl.mily background even more.I am hoping that this is true, for as I nel'\T.the end of IllYlife (whichI hape is sever.$ll year.s hence), I want to find an avenue for pfl_ssingon our knowledge of our heritage. Are you that one?

There are so many fine people ~o h~\Ve lived the ups-and-downsof life ••• l have 1)een most pleased to find these people in our fanily.

In an enclosed s['lecil'\l note to you I h~lVeoffered to send moreinfoT.lIlation ahout the children and families of Jesse/Mar.y ItHen (Morgan)Deever.

I also offer. to send infomRtion about another of OUT.fRAily lines.The Etheringtons. It was not until recently that I hlWe learned so muchahout these people. Weha.ve locflted seven generations of Etheringtons.which for you make eight generations.

I have inc luded my own life story. which I hope it is not toopresumptuous to send: one for your fRther. and one for you, and Ruto-gn,phed.

I ~lmSO'hRppy for. the mUSlcums in your. family, for music hf\s beensuch a tr.emendous influence in my life and that of our hr.Rnch. I wouldlike to hear both Mar~ and Miria~.

One other item: I have ministers frOlI\ many fRMilies of my line:Deever., Van Dyke, BonehrRke, BellalllY, Ross. It is RmRzing.

Thus, I feel a special closeness to yOIl and Merv, as you ministerto people ~nd function in this special way among people.

I wish you the hest in all yOUT.endeavor.s. And I note how husy.busy you are. So, hless you indeed.

~.s.I \~uld like to have a copyof J. H. Deever's diary, if[)ossible.

Sincerely.

#Ultl~4U~Harold Deever.•

.iNCLOSTfIU~S: LJIT1:'ER TO MARTHA DEEVER MATTESON, June 14, 1985From J~rold Deever

1. Three Pictures:(1) john Bixler Deever ~md jennie Brown (Etherin~ton) Deever(2) jennie Brown (Etherington) Deever(3) jesse Deever and Mary Ellen (Morgpn) Deever

2. Family listing of john Bixler Deever and jennie Brown (Etloerington)Deever, written 6-21-~~ and revised 10-11-77 by ~rold Deever.

3. Copy of lIlarriHge license, j. B. Deever. Rnd Jennie B. Etherington,obtained frolll the probate jndge, Sh~.wneeCounty, KRnsas, on 3-13-1984(.

4. Copy of lIlarriage recor.d of Jefse Dever and Mary ~llen Morg~n. warrenCounty, Indiana. obtained l2-~-1~78.

5. Statement of Marriage certificate, as copied from the Jesse Deeverf~lIli1y Bible. 7-19-n78 by Rp.rold Deever.

Note: Sar"h Morgan, one of the two witnesses. was R sister ofMary ~llen Morgan. SRr~h Morg~n later married C~orge Brown;they settled at Lecolllpton, K~nsRs.

e. Recollections of Jesse Ilnd Mary Ellen Deever., by Aunt L~.ttr·a(Packer.)Deever. with introduction by H;!.rold Deever.

8. CENSTJSRECORDS, compiled Decemherl8, 1981, rebting to the JesseDeever/Mary Hl1en l)eever family. Censuses shown are 1850, 1860,1865,1875. 1880.1SQ5. 1905.

~. Palllily listing of the Orlando Henry Deever and DorR Christine (VanDyke) Deever family, dated December 22, 1971, including reV1S1.0nSof April 20, 1979 and Pebruary If), lC)82 ~nd added noi:es of June 12,1985.

10. Story of Rev. O. H. Deever, d~ted December 23, 1971 (one month afterthe de~th of his wife, Dora Christine (V?n Dyke) Deever, and re-vision of Oci:obeT.II, 1977.

11. Stor.y of The Rever-end Orlnndo HeT'.ry Deever Rnd Dora V. Deever,wri tten June 27, 1~74 by H;..rold Deever, and sent to Westmar College,Le Mars. IO\or,l ::InciSouthl'.estern College. Winfield, lCRnsRs, where me-mor.ials have been established.

12. KASA Newsletter account, May 1~78, at the time that Harold Deeverretired as executive secretar.y 6£ the Kansas Association of SchoolAdfllinlstrators.

13. Five items of correspondence between Joseph A. Rachlllan and HRroldDeever. 1. To H~rold Deever. _-2~-1979 2. To Harold Deever.Novemher. 6, 1981 3. To Joe Bachman, November 17, 1q81 4. ToHar.old. Decemher 7, 19R1 5. A re-1istine of the childr.en ofJames Deever.

Joe B~chM~nh~5 traced the Deever (Dever, DeRver) fRl1lily throughEli7.~beth Ann Deever, Born Apr.il 1, 1112 to her father, James Dever,Rnd her grandfather.. John Deever, 1730/1740 - 1810. The latter diedin Belmont County, Ohio.

The recor.d shows the Deever f~mi1y in Poc~~ont~s County, Virginia(later West Virginia).

Elizabeth Ann Deever ~s the second wife of ArchibRld Davis. Theylived in Green County. Wisconsin, near Monroe.

Wehave not verified co~pletely the rel~tionship of Jesse Deeverand Archibald Davis/Eliz::i.beth Ann (Deever) Davis, although theylived together in Wisconsin. Wedo have a Davis fRII1i1yhistory,which identifies Elizabeth Ann.

14. A brief co~ment about the families of the children of Jesse/Marylillen (Morg~n) Deever. Letter to Martha, dnted June 12, 11)85,froQ Harold Deever.

One copy is for you, one copy is for your father. I have inscribedeach.

6-21-69Rev. 10-11-77

b. March 6, 1856, Monroe, WisconsinIII0 Jennie Brown (Etherington) Deever, Septenber 9, 1880d. March 26, 1934, Topeka, Kansas

b. May 19, 1856Mo John Bixler Deever, Septemher 9, lK80d~ October 11, 1931

Otterbein Thomas (O.T.)Orlando Henry (OoH.)Azama FlorenceAzel1 Lawrence (A.L.)Roy Malcolm (RoM.)Charles Alo 11/0 1'1

June 11, 1881A'Pril 5, lij83June 25, 1885June 25, 1885Septo 12, 1889June 11, 1893

November 19, 1973November 16, 1970February 8, 1965March 30, 1958March 14, 1945February 2, 1894

(at 7 mos.)

John Bixler Deever was a minister of the United Brethren Church,serving both as parish pastor and conference superintendent. He was aneloquent preacr~r. He lived in Kansas most of his life, chiefly in andaround Topeka.

Both the Deever and Etherington families were early day Kansassettlers.

Jesse Deever and Mary Ellen (Morgan) Deever had twelve children ofwhom John Bixler Deever W'aS number seven.

Thomas Etherington lost his first wife, the mother of Jennie Brown(Etherington) Deever, when Jennie was a young child. Etherington re-married.

-----By Harold Deever,Junction City, Kansas(With consultation withhis father, O. H. DeeveI.)

MARRIAGE ·LICENSERECORD.

OFFICE OF PROBATE JUDGE OF SAID COUNTY,~ / .

BE IT RE.MEMBERED, That on the ~7 dfl,y of...~ J1. D. loRO··, there was isslMd Iroll1,

flit' of/iN'- of said Proba.te JudI!e. a Mnrriage License, of whi.ch the fo7.1mvinJ1is a true copy:

?ftf-No .

ST ATE OF KANSAS, Shavvnee Oounty, .. ..... ;Z = A. D. 188..42..To any Person AuthorizE'd by Law to Perform the Marriage Ceremony, Greeting:

" Tvu are he7Z autlwrize.a,'.,ioin in Marrwge;~lg_~~~::::..... Of ~~'.,,~~.jW(I~fd :b: ; years. arul ~'e /i?.~~~ _of .

(I i!fd. . ..b.ij- " years. anii of this License you will llul1ce dne return to my office within thirty days.

(SE.J1.L.J ~~ ProbateJudge.

•-Incl which said Marriage License was afterwards, to-wit: on the !4::.-.f.If. day of.,e1~~.(~·:._._ A.. D. 1880. ..

r('ful'nul to said Probate ,Tu,dge, with the followinJ! Certificate endorsed thereon. to-wit:

!)TA:~]w~=:~:§A§9}55. I.c£{)~d~;z.'do hereby••rtify. 'J.a' in o=rdan ••

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a~U·=~8~lrZ~~··(" :~:rESS my haM ~~;ay and year abovewrit/en .LJa~li... .

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December 23, 1971Rev. October 11, 1977

Rev. O. H. Deever (Orlando Henry Deever) was a minister in theUnited Brethren church, later the Evangelical United Brethren church. Hewas a licensed minister at the age of 20, and served 55 years as an activepastor, retiring at age 75. At that til~, 1Q58, he moved to TOI~ka, Kansas,living in retirement for over 12 years, and being active, with his wife,Dora, in the Otterbein Evangelical United Brethren church.

O. H. Deever attended Campbell College, Holton, Kansas where hemet his wife, Dora. He completed seminary training at McCormack Theologi-cal Seminary, in Chicago.

Rev. Deever held thr.ee pastorates in the Presbyterian church, inPawnee, Illinois, Collins~le, Oklahoma, and Frankfort, where his firstthree children, Harold, Hazel, and Merwin, were born, respectively.

Upon leaving Frankfort, Kansas, he became a minister in 1915 inthe United Br.ethren church, first serving in Concordia, Kansas. He servedK.ansas City University for. two yea~s. During this period his fourth child,Marian, was born in Rooks c'ounty. He bald Kansas pastorates in McClouth,Salina, Chanute, Parsons, Winfield,' Pittsbur.g, Pleasant Valleyft~~Columbus, Big Springs and Lyndon (Mt. Pleasant). ~

Rev. Deever was active in the cOluerence, held each year, and wasparticularly interested in the ministerial training cornmittee and in thecolleges supported by the conference. At one time, he was a member of theboard of trustees of York Col1eee, York, Nebraska.

Both Rev. Deever and his wife, commonly called Dode, love theirhome, their garden, their flowers, and mostly their parishioneers. Andpeople loved them.

There was much music and happiness in the home. There was the de-sire for college education for the children and much sacrifice to attain it,which was done.

Both were interested in the on-going affairs of the day, of thesuccess of the nation, and were shrewd observers of the passing scene.

Rev. Deever was a capable story teller, and recited many a yarn.Dora recounted the stories of her family, including that of relatives,friends, and back to great grandparents.

In tha retir.ement ye~..rs ill health, which had never previously come earrived to determine much of their lives, as Dora was in ill health for adecade.

The home was closed at the death of Rev. Deever, after a longmarriage of fifty-nine years and five months •

•••••• By Harold Deever,Junction City, Kansas.

Reverend Orlando Henry Deever served in the active ministry for 55 years,until his retirement in June, 1958 at the age of 75.

During his ministry, Dora V. Deever, his wife, was his constant companionand support.

Reverend Deever was born in Richland, Kansas AprilS, 1883. He diedNovember 16, 1970.

Mrs. Deever was born at the Van Dyke home in Rooks County, Kansas, onDecember 28, 1885. She died November 8, 1973.

This couple met at Campbell College, Holton, Kansas. They were marriedJune 14, 1911.

Both were college graduates. Reverend Deever concluded his preparationfor the ministry at McCormick Seminary, Chicago. She taught school threeyears in Rooks County.

They served pastorates in the Presbyterian Church in Pawnee, Illinois,Collinsville, Oklahoma and Frankfort, Kansas. Thereafter, they served theUnited Brethren Church, which later united with the Evangical Church toform the Evangelical United Brethren Church. After their retirement,the Evangelical United Brethren Church united with the United MethodistChurch.

The Deevers served a number of Kansas United Brethren churches, con-cluding at Lyndon, Kansas with a seven year pastorate.

In their ministry, they touched the lives of many, and in each pastoratethere were some who were particularly touched. Many entered into activechurch work.

Reverend Deever attended Lane University at Lecompton. In succession,Lane University became Campbell College, and Campbell College became KansasCity University. Kansas City University was united with York College, atYork, Nebraska. In the latest union, York College merged with Westmar College,at Le Mars, Iowa.

Reverend Deever served Kansas City University as a field representative.He was a trustee of York College. They visited the Westmar campus. Thus,they had close connection with each of the colleges.

Upon retirement, the Deevers moved to Topeka, where they joined theOtterbein Evangelical United Brethren Church, which today is the OtterbeinUnited Methodist Church.

The Otterbein church was a family church, for his father, ReverendJohn Bixler Deever, attended there and served as its district superintendent.His brother, Dr. O. T. Deever, once was its minister. His brother, the ReverendA. L. Deever, attended there. His sister and her husband, Dr. and Mrs. Charles

Attwood, attended there and provided the organ, when the new building wasbuilt. His brother's wife, Mrs. Roy Malcolm Deever, bequeathed a sizeablesum to the church which was used for construction of an addition and for

.remodelling.

The Otterbein church for Reverend and Mrs. Orlando Henry Deever becamea most vital part of their retirement years, with a mutual love relation-ship between them and the church membership. This was a fruitful Christianexpereience for all concerned.

Reverend and Mrs. Orlando Henry Deever have four children, twelvegrandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.

Their sons are Harold, of Junction City, Kansas, and Merwin, Tempe, Arizona.Their daughters are Hazel Hickerson, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and MarianEverson, Los Altos~ California.

Their grandchildren are Shirley (Hickerson) Drum, Stanley Deever,Janet (Deever) McLain, Ronald Hickerson, Gary Everson, Douglas Deever,Bruce Deever (deceased), Diane (Deever) Rasmussen, Randall Everson, SpencerEverson, Celeste Everson, and Kay Deever.

Their greatgrandchildren are Kim Drum, Carolyn Drum, Leslie Hickerson,and Eric Hickerson.

Pastorates in the United Brethren Church were Concordia, McClouth,Salina, Chanute, Parsons, Winfield, Pittsburg, Pleasant Valley, Maize,Crandall, Columbus, Green, Big Springs, and Lyndon.

Reverend and Mrs. Deever held an abiding Christian faith, servingand teaching in it throughout. They strongly believed in education.They loved music, both vocal, piano, and other. He had a marvelous bassvoice, easily singing a low C. He was a member of the conference quartetfor many years. She taught piano to'young children throughout her life.They provided much music and music training for their own children.

Written by Harold DeeverJunction City, KansasJune 27, 1974

September 29, 19791046 WashingtonRoadPittsburgh, "Pa. 15228fdv;-lJ( / tJ - '3 -1C;

Mr. Harold Deever721 West PineJunction City, Kansas 66441

I was pleased to receive your letter about ~ur mutual interest inDeeverlDever/Deaver research. The letter came whenwehad begunpacking for our movefrom Greensburg to this Pittsburgh suburbof Mto Lebanon. Things are settling downnow' Daughters are bothback in college (Denison University and Ohio WesleyanUniversity),packing crates mostly gone, books reshelved here in my newlibraxy, and I can nowbegin responding to welcomedletters such asyours.

Myearliest proven ancestor was JOHNDEVER,born about 1730/40. Ican prove he lived in Hampshire County, West Virginia in the late1700s••• and tha.t he bought land in Belmont County of eastern Ohioin 1802, moving there with several of his grown children and theirfamilies, and dying there in 1810. An 1824 courtcase over the landidentified his eight grown children and their places of residenceat that date. For example, myownancestor of the next generation,GEORGEDEVER,1777 to 1847. had moveddownto Jackson County ofsouthern Ohio•••• and, a few generations later, I ~aS born inPortsmouth of adjoining Scioto County, Ohio.

All of the children of the earlier John did not cometo Ohio atthat early date. Have some data on-them in the Virginia (later WestVirginia) areas of Wood.Pocahontas, Highland, and also in BathCounty.

Have gone to manyof the county courthouses. Early spellings wereDeever, Deaver, and Deevers. My branch seemed to have "settled on"the Dever spelling about 1850.

While it seems likely our families could be connected, I'm sorrythat myrecords don't show a Jesse Deever. I'll be on the lookoutfor the name.

Ve:r;ytrulyypurs.

JUZI V){0tA/l/Wl()/lI\~Joseph A. Bachman

lC46 wash~~gtorr RoadPittsburgh, Fa. 15228

Nove~~~l~;_r_!ff/

Wonderful news that you have 8een a81e to identify PIchibald andElizabeth Ann Deever Davis as aunt and uncle of Jesse!! Very closeto a solution now.

In my 1979 letter I'd mentioned my ancestor, JOHN DZVER, born about1730/40, who moved from Hampshire County (West) Virginia shortlybefore his 1810 death in Belmont County, Ohio (near the town ofFlushing in eastern Ohio.

One of the younger sons of the above John was JAMES DEVER, bornabout 1770/75 in Hampshire County, Virginia married a woman whosename was either Catherine or Margaret Bird/Byrd. This marriage wasprobably in 1794 in the part of Bath County, Va. that became High-land County; one of their daughters was ELIZABETH AJili DgvER whomarried Archibald Davis.

So we are very close to an answer! If Elizabeth is an aunt of yourJesse, then we have it narrowed down to the other children of Jamesas a parent of Jesse. Now the 1853 southern Ohio courtcase to dividethe land of James, says it is to be divided into nine equal parts ..•which would mean that James had nine lines who dese~red a share.The courtcase names too many (eleven). Am sure this is explained bysome of James sons or daughters being dead and shares going tomultiple grandchildren:

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1. JOHN DEVER .••born about 1797 in Va. Died aI~er the 1850 Jack-son County, Ohio census ...apparently a bachelor or widowerwith no children.

2. WILLIAM ••.living in Scioto County, Ohio in 18533. JAMES, JR .••.Dead by 1853, I'm guessing his wife was Delilah.

His shares of the land went to children: Mary Jane, George,East India, James, and Eldrige.

4. SAMUEL .•.He is the one who initiated the courtcase.he is the Samuel who married Lovina A. Patterson in

5. SARAH, born about 1810 ...married William Roberts6. DAVID, living in Wood County, Va in 1853, had married 1827

in Pocahontas County, Va to Nancy L. HouchinMARGARET, living in Pocahontas County, Va in 1853, hadmarried Elijah HudsonJANE, born in 1810/20 period, married 1838 to Jackson MercerELIZABETH •..married Archibald Davis and identified as livingin Iowa in 1853.MARY •••identified as marrying a Yrr. Miller.ADIE •••no address or husband listed in courtcase.

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Since the courtcase knew about Elizabeth Dever Davis, the peopleHere bOlL'1dto know about Jesse.

If Jesse's father were dead, Jesse himself would have been mentionedin the courtcase as entitled to a share from a dead father.

Since he was not men~loned, Let's try a different approach and assumeJesse's father was still alive! Then why would Jesse have gone tolive with an aunt?

Most likely because his mother had died and the father remarried.For example, let's consider DAVID. He may bave been married earlier(than 1827 marriage to Nancy Houchin), had Jesse, and then first wifedied. Jesse could have gone to relatives to be raised •••because Davidas a young widower could not take care of a baby ..•or, at a laterdate ••.because his stepmother encouraged the idea.

Since Jesse named his oldest son WILLIAM that rray be a clue. Will gothru records to see what else I ~'10wabout James' son, William. IfWilliam is old enough, he may be the fathEr of Jesse.

Either way, we are "closing in" on an answer. Have you been to thecourthouse where Jesse's 1902 death certificate would be on file?It may show the parentage you are seeking.

Vely truly yours,

J(ft ()t{;~

HAROLD DEEVER721 W. PineJunction City, Kansas

66441Teiephone: 913/238-5560

~h::lt ::t thrill w?s your letter of November 11, lQRl, inyou identify John Dever, JRmes Dever <lnd J<lmest children.now there is <Ihope of SOflleconnection with my own {<lmily.

whichFor

And you ?re RWRre th<lt eRch bit of ne,.., inform<l tiol1 le?ds tomRny other questions.

f3efore I enumer.::ite some o£ these questions, mflY1 report th<ltmy gre::tt grr>ndf;>ther, Jesse Deever., w::ts listed in v<lrious pl;:lces <IS

Dever ::tnd Denver, but in the Ifl75 Kansas census the n<lmp.was Deever.I <lm:'\ssl1min~ that it was in thRt period when our spellin~ \-msndopted.

1. Would you he willing to sh<lre the listing of John Dever'schildren (1730/1740 - lRlO)? I h<lve \~itten to Belmont County forinform?tion ?bout the court CRse there, hut after m~mymonths, Ih::nre no <lnswer. I \'X'uld hope to ~o there some d::lY, hut it will nothe soon.

2. Enclosed is ::tcopy of ::tn item I received tOdRy from HighlandCounty ••• some histor.y ••• in which James Deaver is listed <lnd as marry-ing Margaret Bir.d, 17Q4. Some of his children are <llso listed.

3. Would you h::lve :'I response t6 the identificr>tion of Eliz<lbethAnn Deever DRvis <lnd Archihflld D::tvis, <IS living in Iowa?

The D~wis fRlllily history, which I h"ve pRrtly re-typed, \\IRSwritten in IR84, ::Ind relRtes entirely to Green County, Wisconsin.

4. YOIIno douht are £<lr Rhe?dHowever, I :'1m sendinG SOl'1eto you.tr>ken from a publication I found in

of me in reviewing census records.The HeRds of Families listincs <IreTopeb (a much l<lreer city libr<lry).

(1) The Virgini<l lists, 17R2-l785, inr:lllde John lJeve<lr,John Dever, John Devore, JR.coh Devers. \Villi<\l'l Devore ::lnctJohn Devore f

all of H<lmpshire County, VirginiC\, <lnd in F<lir£R.x County, Gilhert Devers.

(2) As to the Pennsy1v;1niR Dever n<lmes, l;rRnklin County, <Irethese some of the ones you h;we encounter.ecl •••• 17QO list.

(3) In H~50, M<lrgC\ret Deever, •.••"s listed in the Knox County,J<lckson Twsp., Ohio. Is she one of your findinfjs7

(4) The Virgini~ l7QO census shows J<lcob Devers in RockinC-],;>m Cotlnty, \Villi?fTl De<lVOllr, Amherst County, John Deves, HR1if?x CO'lnty,Dr"" id Df>v0re, J-IRm''-'shi r.e County.

HAROLD DEEVER721 W. PineJunction City, Konsos

66441Telephone: 913/238·5560

5. You h,we incticrlteet th~t John Dever, b. <lbout 1797, W<l.S<l.sonof Jl'l.r'lp.s. I l'l.m~ssuP1in~ th<l.t he is the oldest or. next oletest.

D.wiet Dever, who m<l.Tried N<l.ncyHouchin, W<l.Shorn in 1799.Thus, he woulet be <lmon~the oleter ones.

EEZrlbeth Ann Deever M\S born April I, 1812, <lccordine tothe D<'l~;ishistory, which \\()ulet pl<lce her <lmongthe YOlmr,er ones.

If you h,we hirth d::l.tes, de<lth d<ltes, I ~uld surely liketo IUlve them, for all of J'U!les' children.

6. \'Jould 1'011 ple<l.se identify the t southern Ohio court c;lset

<ISyou l?heled it, as to settlement of J.\IT1€SDever's est<lte? Which county?

7. More th<ln you know, I ;lpflreci<l.te your specific specula-tions concerning Jesse.

\le h<'lve the r.p.cor.et th<l.t 'Uncle Arch <l.ndAlmt N<lncy' rearedhim. Knowing th<l.t Arc hi b? ld Davis .•md Je sse Deeve I' were toge the r,hRd business de<l.lin~s, ?-nd R!l, it1~Rther s;lfe to aSSllMe th;lt he isUncle Arch.

The 'Aunt N<l.ncy' continues to mRke me wonder. It is pos-sible for Elizabeth Ann to h<lve h<l.d" nickn?me.

It is <1lso ~ossible th~t NRncy (Houchin) Dever, wife ofDRVid could be tl. clue. But how is it, if so? DRvid Rnd NRncy \-\erem<lrried in lR27, Jesse \~S horn in 1822. D"vid could h<lve h;ld <I.prior t'r1<lr.ri<l.f,e.·Further., we <l.re supposing th<l.t Jesse C?Tneto ~,mr1:'enCounty, IndianR, in 1810, l'!long wi.th E1iz<lbeth Ann t'lnct 'her f<l.ther,'as the Davis story tells it.

Nevertheless, with your gr.e<lt help, we Rre ne<lrer to Rdeter.P1j.nl'\tion.

This letter should close, ?nd I do. But aG:'Iin, I th<lllk youfor any nnd t'lll inform<ltion, <l.ndwill gl<ldly Rccept whatever you<Ire trilling to shl'\re.

If you will, pleasetrace your line. I'd likethn t. especia 1ly.

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."vf'J:' i '£'1~l.t.v ,', vvra./~ear Harold,'. tVtlf1~14: }J'1I~te) '. ~~~rvv\ :/'J~ ~, ('I" "lvJ1{/1 Must ~oon put. typewriter away and prepare for Chris tmas, so will write

.J./ '/ b' .•. ~!\II,,:V~ you flrst tonlght. Here are the eight children of JOHN DEVER (1730/40-l' ',t"~-'l"J f- 1810) :

ff4{~·t[JJ))J.I.\, 1. John (Jr) •••Lived in Scioto County at time of 1824 courtcase.() t' (1p(;\ 'WV• P- , He lived from 1766 to 1827 and married Hannah Cubberly. Some'fi~tv,V county history books confuse him with his father and have wrongdate ~f birth, speak ~inc~rrectlY) of his being in Revolution •••and mlstakenly show QlS QlTth date?s 1750 and 1760. Havepersonally seen his tombstone in Scioto County, Ohio

2. Jonathan ••,dead by 1810. Two children: David and Jane3. Sarah •••married Robert Willis •••BelmontCounty, Ohio4. William •••dead by 1810 •••he had remained in Hampshire County

Virginia. Four sons: Samuel, William, Georg:e..,Alexander.5. Mary •••married John Van Pelt •••Highland County, Ohio6. Abraham •••died 1836. Had married Elizabeth Jenkins. Clinton

County, Ohio •••then Highland County, Ohio.7. James •••your line •••Bath County, Va and, later, Jackson County

Ohio8. George •••my line •••1777 to 1847. His wife had been Mary

DonnallYi after he moved to Jackson County, Ohio he gave thelarge farm to his two legitimate sons, Solomon and Noah •••and proceeded later in life to have three more children bya woman named Sally Jaynes.

December 7, 19811046 Washington RoadPittsburgh, Pa. 15228~/;(-/t1-/tf/

The farms of George and James were in Hamilton Twp, Jackson County andcurrent topographic maps still call the area "Dever Valley" •••and -our Dever kin still own a few thousand acres".but much is idle orfarmed by tenant farmers.

James' will (probated 1845 in Jackson County, Ohio) specifically namesonly sons John and Samuel). It's an 1853 Jackson County courtcaseconcerning the Range 19, Twp 5 land-that discloses the many heirs. Havelooked for about an hour and can't find the reference. Will find itnext time. YES, John, born circa 1797 would be the oldest son of James.

1. JOHN DEVER •••born about 1797 in Va. Died after the 1850 Jack-son County, Ohio census ••.apparently a bachelor or widowerwith no children.

2. WILLIAM •••living in Scioto County, Ohio in 18533. JP~S, JR •••.Dead by 1853, I'm guessing his wife was Delilah.

His shares of the land went to children: Mary Jane, George,East India, James, and Eldrige.

4. SAMUEL .••Re is the one who initiated the courtcase. Believehe is the Samuel who married Lovina A. Patterson in 1841.

5. SARAH, born about 181o •..married William Roberts,,6.-DAVID, living inoW.ood County, Va in 1853, had married 1827

in Pocahontas County, Va to Nancy L. RouchinMARGARET, -living in Pocahontas County, Va in 1853, hadmarried Elijah HudsonJANE, born in 1810/20 period, ma~ied 1838 to Jackson MercerELIZABETH •••married Archibald Davis and identified as livingin Iowa in 1853.MARY •••identified as marrying a Mr. Miller.ADTE •••no address or husband listed in courtcase.