Jasper Strauder "Straud" Devault (1920)

DEVAULT, ROWE

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 12/13/2005 at 17:57:27

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
February 1920

J. S. Devault
Nov. 12, 1857 - Jan. 26, 1920

J. S. or "Straud" Devault, whose serious illness from paralysis was noted last week, passed away at 8 o'clock Monday evening, never rallying from the attack on last Thursday morning. Later details of his sickness develop the fact that he had received a slight stroke on the day previous. He was at the farm in Jackson township having just returned from Omaha with a load of cattle. His son suspected the real gravity of his ailment, Mr. Devault having complained of a pain in his head and pain and partial disuse of his left leg. This was also noticed by his neighbors after returning to Winterset and is now thought to have been a forerunner to the second stroke from which he never rallied.

The funeral services were conducted from the home yesterday at 2 p.m. Rev. W. J. Stewart of the United Presbyterian church officiating assisted by C. E. Hawthorne of Pitzer and the Masonic order having charge of the services at the grave.

Mr. Devault was born near Iowa City in 1857, one of a family of eight children, three of whom still reside in this county. Besides the wife, two sons, Arthur and Clifford Devault, reside on the home farm of 320 acres near Pitzer.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 5, 1920
Page 4

JASPER STRAUDER DEVAULT

Jasper Strauder Devault was born in Johnson county, Iowa, Nov. 12, 1857 and died at his home in Winterset on Jan. 26, 1920, being 62 years, 2 months and 14 days old. In 1876 he removed with his parents to Dexter and settled on a farm. In 1882 he was married to Hattie Rowe of Holmes county, Ohio. To this union was born two sons, Arthur Charles and Jonathan Clifford Rowe.

In 1886, he with his family removed to the farm in Jackson township, where most of his active years were spent. In 1916, on account of declining health, he and his wife removed to Winterset, leaving the farms in charge of the two sons.

He leaves his wife, two sons, three grandchildren, a brother and sister, and a host of friends.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 29, 1920
Page 1, Column 6

Straud Devault Dies

J. S. Devault, retired farmer, died Monday evening at his home on West Jefferson street. Mr. Devault suffered a stroke of apoplexy Thursday morning of last week and after that was unconscious nearly all the time until his death. The funeral was held at the residence Wednesday afternoon and the burial was in charge of the Masonic lodge of which he was a member.

Mr. Devault was born in Johnson county, Iowa in 1857. He was educated at Mt. Vernon and came here in the seventies with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Devault.

He was married in 1882 to Miss Hattie Rowe. Both of their sons are living, Arthur at Scotland, South Dakota, and Clifford who operates the home farm in Jackson township.

Mr. Devault was a good farmer and owned 320 acres of Jackson township’s best land. Mr. Devault was highly esteemed in this county. His life was guided by honorable principles and he gained the unqualified respect of his fellow citizens.

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