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Note: Cecile (Howell) DeVault reported to Marvel (Hillman) DeVault that her son William DeVault was born with small pox.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Bayard Transcript (Morrell Co., Nebraska), August 15, 1920
Mrs C. C. Howell and son, Sam of Scottsbluff, spent Sunday here the guests of their daughter and sister, Mrs. Cecil DeVault. They were accompanied home by Billy DeVault, who is spending a few days in Scottsbluff.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Bayard Transcript (Morrell Co., Nebraska, August 22, 1929
Sam Howell, of Scottsbluff, motored to this city Saturday evening for his sister, Mrs. Cecil DeVault, who accompanied him home for a week-end visit. Mrs. DeVault's son, Billy, who spent last week there with his grandmother and uncle, returned home with her Sunday.
LETTER FROM BILL DEVAULT TO MARVEL DEVAULT, MARCH 18, 1946 3-18-1946 Hello Honey, I really hit the jackpot yesterday. I got three letters, two from you and one from Mom. One of your letters was mailed on the 21 of Feb. and so was the one I received from Mom. Your last letter was mailed on March 5th. evidently it came by air instead of by boat. I will have to admit though that I am a little disappointed. In your first letter you are telling of going to the hospital sometime in the future just how long you don't bother to say. In the last letter you are making plans for going home from the hospital in the next day or so. If it were not for the fact that you mentioned something about time to feed the baby I wouldn't even know for sure that we even had one. Here I am 3000 miles from home. I am a new father and no one, not even my own wife, will tell me whether it's a boy or girl, if it's healthy or not, how much it weighs, when it was born or a God Damn thing. I'm afraid Honey that I shouldn't even be writing this letter because I'm so mad. Or perhaps you think my interest in my home has vanished. Did you bother to tell me whether or not you had a hard time? No!!! Perhaps you think I can just glance in my crystal ball and get my information that I might like to have. Well all I can say is that I would greatly appreciate it if you could possibly find the time to give me just a few of the higher points of interest concerning the matter. Nothing lengthy or anything that could take up too much time. I'm sure this wouldn't be asking too much, would it? Well Sweetheart not that I have blown my top I feel a little better and I suppose I had better settle down to apologizing for the first part of this letter. I know that you will probably be angry and a little hurt, but what I want you to understand is that I'm very very much interested in what is going on back there. I've been practically holding my breath for the last two weeks waiting, till I would get another letter so I could learn all about the new baby. But all I find out is that you are going home from the hospital the next day or so and that you have to close because it is time to feed the baby. You said something about your folks would come up after you if they could borrow a car. What is the matter with their car? Is it so worn out that it won't even go to Alliance and back? If so how does your Dad get to Mitchell to see his Doctor all the time. There is one other item I'm interested in finding out about. I have sent home 4 $100 money orders, three to you and one to your Mother. Have you received them? If so I'll send more if not I'll have them made out to me and carry them home. Some of the fellows say they lose so much mail that they don't try to send money orders by mail but merely have them made out to themselves and carry them home. Well Sweetheart I have to go down to early chow as I have to go on duty at noon so I better get this in the mail. I'm sorry about having to bawl you out but I think you can see my side of it too, can't you? Anyway after all is said and done I love you more than anything in the world and always will.
xxxxxxxxxx You All my love xxxxxxxxxx Tracy Bill xxxxxxxxxx still ?
GRAVE STONE
WILLIAM D DeVAULT SSGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II 1918 1982
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