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Willis Orville DeVore

1America's Obituaries & Death Notices, http://infoweb.newsbank.com.access-proxy.sno-isle.org.

2findagrave.com. " Willis Orville DeVore
Birth 14 Apr 1895
Beecher City, Effingham County, Illinois, USA
Death 29 Mar 1977 (aged 81)
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Oconee Mound Cemetery
Oconee, Shelby County, Illinois, USA Show Map
Memorial ID 83632746 · View Source

   Memorial
   Photos 1
   Flowers 0

Decatur, IL Herald, Wednesday, 30 March 1977
Wills O. DeVore, 82, of 731 N Union St, formerly of Pana, died 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday at McCracken Funeral Home, Pana, with visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 p.m. masonic rites. Burial will be in Oconee Cemetery.
Mr DeVore was born in Beecher City, a son of Daniel and Matilda DeVore.
He was a retired farmer, member of Oconee United Methodist Church, member and past master, Oconee Lodge 392, AF&AM, past patron Rhododendron Chapter 252, Order of the Eastern Star.
He married Jesse Conard, who died in 1918. He married Winona Barkhurst, who died in 1946. He married Dorothy Young Swanson in 1948.
Surviving are his wife; daughters, Mary K DeVore of Terre Haute, IN; Mrs Heman (Jeanine) Kravik of Paris; son, Judson W of Pana; stepson, Michael H Swanson of Texas; 11 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. One daughter, four sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.
Family Members
Parents

   Daniel Devore

   1847–1930
   Matilda C. Devore

   1860–1909

Spouses

   Photo
   Jessie Harriett Conard Devore

   1899–1922
   Photo
   Phoebe Winona Barkhurst DeVore

   1905–1947."

3familysearch web site http://www.familysearch.org, https://www.familysearch.org/. "Wills O Devore
United States Census, 1900





Name:
Wills O Devore
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1900

Event Year:
1900
Event Place:
Banner & Liberty Townships Shumway & Beecher City villages, Effingham, Illinois, United States

Event Place (Original):
ED 78 Banner & Liberty Townships Shumway & Beecher City villages, Effingham, Illinois, United States
Sex:
Female
Age:
5
Marital Status:
Single
Race:
White
Race (Original):
W
Birth Date:
Apr 1895
Birthplace:
Illinois
Father's Birthplace:
Ohio
Mother's Birthplace:
Illinois
Relationship to Head of Household:
Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Son
Sheet Letter:
B
Sheet Number:
3
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Daniel Devore Head Male 53 Ohio
Matilda C Devore Wife Female 41 Illinois
Nora M Devore Daughter Female 14 Illinois
Lola M Devore Daughter Female 14 Illinois
Bertha O Devore Daughter Female 10 Illinois
Wills O Devore Son Female 5 Illinois."


Phoebe Winona Barkhurst

1United States Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Data, U. S. Census Bureau, Washington, D. C. (301) 457-4608, 1920, National Archives and Records Administration, 2400 Avilla Road, 1st Floor, East Entranc, Post Office Box 6719, Laguna Niguel, California 92607-6719.

2findagrave.com. " Phoebe Winona Barkhurst DeVore
Birth 29 Dec 1905
Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Death 6 May 1947 (aged 41)
Pana, Christian County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Oconee Mound Cemetery
Oconee, Shelby County, Illinois, USA Show Map
Memorial ID 83632815 · View Source

   Memorial
   Photos 3
   Flowers 0

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Phoebe Winona Devore
[Phoebe Winona Barkhurst]
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1905
Birth Place: Shelby Co , Ill
Death Date: 6 May 1947
Death Place: Pana Twp , Christian, Illinois
Burial Date: 8 May 1947
Burial Place: Oconee, Shelby, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Oconee
Residence: Oconee, Shelby, Ill.
Father Name: J.J. Barkhurst
Father Birth Place: Ohio
Mother Name: Dora McDonald
Mother Birth Place: Shelby Co., Ill.
Spouse Name: Willis O. Devore
Family Members
Parents

   Photo
   Judson Josiah Barkhurst

   1878–1968
   Photo
   Dora McDonald Barkhurst

   1882–1962

Spouse

   Photo
   Willis Orville DeVore

   1895–1977

Siblings

   Photo
   Elbert Harold Barkhurst

   1907–1996
   Photo
   John B Barkhurst

   1911–1989
   Photo
   William Floyd Barkhurst

   1913–2002 (m. 1948)
   Photo
   Ruby Marie Barkhurst

   1915–1938
   Photo
   Blanche V. Barkhurst Strohl

   1919–2004
   Photo
   Geneva Naomi Barkhurst

   1921–2006."

3Ancestry Library Edition, AncestryLibrary.com, AncestryLibrary.com. Must be at a library to access.
https://search-ancestrylibrary-com.access-proxy.sno-isle.org/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=812138039&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true#?_phcmd=u('https://www-ancestrylibrary-com.access-proxy.sno-isle.org/search/?name%3DSam_Erickson%26death%3D1994_british%2Bcolumbia-canada_5002%26successSource%3DSearch%26queryId%3D4f9256d6e3deb2c2984b016aea528b8a','successSource'). "Phoebe Winona Devore
in the Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947No Image
Text-only collection
Name: Phoebe Winona Devore
[Phoebe Winona Barkhurst]
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1905
Birth Place: Shelby Co , Ill
Death Date: 6 May 1947
Death Place: Pana Twp , Christian, Illinois
Burial Date: 8 May 1947
Burial Place: Oconee, Shelby, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Oconee
Death Age: 41
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Female
Residence: Oconee, Shelby, Ill.
Father Name: J.J. Barkhurst
Father Birth Place: Ohio
Mother Name: Dora McDonald
Mother Birth Place: Shelby Co., Ill.
Spouse Name: Willis O. Devore
FHL Film Number: 1991772
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data:

"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records.

Description
This database contains an index of details extracted from state death and stillbirth records."


William Floyd Barkhurst

1United States Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Data, U. S. Census Bureau, Washington, D. C. (301) 457-4608, 1920, National Archives and Records Administration, 2400 Avilla Road, 1st Floor, East Entranc, Post Office Box 6719, Laguna Niguel, California 92607-6719.

2America's Obituaries & Death Notices, http://infoweb.newsbank.com.access-proxy.sno-isle.org.


Marcella McNeely

1America's Obituaries & Death Notices, http://infoweb.newsbank.com.access-proxy.sno-isle.org.


Blanche V. Barkhurst

1United States Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Data, U. S. Census Bureau, Washington, D. C. (301) 457-4608, 1920, National Archives and Records Administration, 2400 Avilla Road, 1st Floor, East Entranc, Post Office Box 6719, Laguna Niguel, California 92607-6719.

2findagrave.com. " Blanche V. Barkhurst Strohl
Birth 23 Jul 1919
Lakewood, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Death 12 Sep 2004 (aged 85)
Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Glenwood Cemetery
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Memorial ID 98473600 · View Source

   Memorial
   Photos 1
   Flowers 2


An obituary published in the Herald and Review for Blanche V. Strohl, 85, of Shelbyville, states she had died September 12, 2004 in the Shelby Memorial Hospital. She was born on July 23, 1919 in Lakewood, Illinois, the daughter of Judson J. and Dora McDonald Barkhurst. She married Aubrey Mason Strohl on November 4, 1945. He died on September 11, 2002. Surviving were her son, James Strohl and Debbie; daughters, Shirley Canaday and husband Paul, Ruby Reid and husband Richard and Audrey Rothrock and husband Greg; sister, Naomi Barkhurst; and five grandsons, Jade Reid and wife Annie, Justin Strohl, Brian Canaday, Colby Rothrock and Xander Strohl. She was preceded in death by her husband, Aubrey; son, Billie R. Strohl in 1970; three brothers, Harold, Floyd and John; and three sisters, Winona, Ruth and Ruby. She graduated from Pana High School in the Class of 1938. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Westervelt.
Family Members
Parents

   Photo
   Judson Josiah Barkhurst

   1878–1968
   Photo
   Dora McDonald Barkhurst

   1882–1962

Spouse

   Photo
   Aubrey Mason Strohl

   1919–2002

Siblings

   Photo
   Phoebe Winona Barkhurst DeVore

   1905–1947
   Photo
   Elbert Harold Barkhurst

   1907–1996
   Photo
   John B Barkhurst

   1911–1989
   Photo
   William Floyd Barkhurst

   1913–2002 (m. 1948)
   Photo
   Ruby Marie Barkhurst

   1915–1938
   Photo
   Geneva Naomi Barkhurst

   1921–2006

Children

   Photo
   Billie Richard Strohl

   1947–1970."


John EAmes

1Unknown, Ames is the name, Hyattsville, Md. :: ,, 1961, 300 pgs. Sno-Isle Heritage Quest.


Susanna Nutting

1Unknown, Ames is the name, Hyattsville, Md. :: ,, 1961, 300 pgs. Sno-Isle Heritage Quest.


Ephraim Davis

1Vital records of Bedford, Massachuseets,to the year 1850  By Bedford (Mass.).

2Davis and fifty allied colonial families of New England, Augusta, Me. :: Printed by the Kennebec Journal,, 1956, 183 pgs. HeritageQuest.


Rebeckah Danforth

1Davis and fifty allied colonial families of New England, Augusta, Me. :: Printed by the Kennebec Journal,, 1956, 183 pgs. HeritageQuest.


Nathan Davis

1Davis and fifty allied colonial families of New England, Augusta, Me. :: Printed by the Kennebec Journal,, 1956, 183 pgs. HeritageQuest.


Ellen Hubbard

1Davis and fifty allied colonial families of New England, Augusta, Me. :: Printed by the Kennebec Journal,, 1956, 183 pgs. HeritageQuest.


Amos Davis

1Davis and fifty allied colonial families of New England, Augusta, Me. :: Printed by the Kennebec Journal,, 1956, 183 pgs. HeritageQuest.


Rebecca Colbourn

1Davis and fifty allied colonial families of New England, Augusta, Me. :: Printed by the Kennebec Journal,, 1956, 183 pgs. HeritageQuest.


Josiah Davis

1Davis and fifty allied colonial families of New England, Augusta, Me. :: Printed by the Kennebec Journal,, 1956, 183 pgs. HeritageQuest.

2Vital records of Bedford, Massachuseets,to the year 1850  By Bedford (Mass.).


Elizabeth Raymond

1Davis and fifty allied colonial families of New England, Augusta, Me. :: Printed by the Kennebec Journal,, 1956, 183 pgs. HeritageQuest.