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Note: OBITUARY - Frances (Boring) Hoss (mother of Mary Virginia (Hoss) Davault)
For the Spy. Mrs. Frances Hoss, the subject of this brief and imperfect memoir was a native of the State of Maryland, having been born in Baltimore county in 1785. Mrs. H. was the daughter of William Boren. In 1806, she was united in marriage with Abram Hoss, and became the mother of eight children. As a companion, she was devoted and affectionate; and as a mother, kind and affable, but observed a strict moral discipline. In 1819, Mrs. Hoss became a member of the M. E. Church of which she remained a consistent and worthy member until her death. Her religion was not a mere formal profession, but consisted of an active and zealous defence of the doctrines and precepts of the gospel, and a lively and experimental knowledge of its Devine truths. She was indeed a Christian by faith, a Christian in sentiment, and a Christian by practice. It is not derogatory to her character as a Christian to say that she was a Methodist, and was a zealous advocate of the Methodistic usage of class meeting. In class this good woman often spoke to her brethren in Christ, of the power of a saving faith -- the experimental knowledge of God in the pardon of sin, and the comforts of a lively hope of Heaven, based upon faith in the merits of Christ's blood. The exercises could have no other tendency, than to quicken and strengthen her own Christian purposes and those of her class-mates. For some days, however, before her death, she had some alienation of mind, so that she was incapable of communicating to her friends those lively expressions which her uniform Christian life justified them in expecting to hear. But suspension of mind does not affect the genuineness of a Christian's experience. She died, we doubt not, a Christian's, and has gone to receive a Christian's reward.
WILL OF MARY'S FATHER, ABRAHAM HOSS
20 May 1856. Daughter Mary, wife of Peter Davault, now living in Missouri�a negro I took out there to her in 1835, money and other articles. Daughter Salina Yeager. Daughter Margaret Ann wife of Jesse Collett - 3 shares RR stock and negroes. Son Henry A. Sons Franklin, Montgomery�land adjoining Abram Jobe. Daughter Caroline wife of Ephraim Link. Son Nathaniel K. Exec: Sons Franklin and Montgomery Hoss, Landon C. Haynes. Wit: James H. Dosser, James H. Beuts.
Mar*1862. Sig: Abraham Hoss.
OBITUARY - Montgomery Standard, Montgomery City, Missouri - 13 July 1883
New Florence Items: Mrs. Davault, Wife of the late Peter Davault, died at her residence near here on last Friday night, and her remains were buried in the family burial grounds Saturday.
GRAVE MARKER
MARY Wife of PETER DAVAULT DIED June 29, 1883 AGED 74 yrs 1 mo. 17 D's
Note: Albert Robert "Bob" DeVault, grandson of Alyett French DeVault had some old pictures of the family and some old papers. Included in the old papers were several sheets of 8 1/2" x 5 1/2 " lined note paper. On these sheets were the names, birth and death dates of Davault/DeVault family members. The handwriting is clear and very elegant. Almost as if it was done as a school exercise. I have seen similar sheets with similar handwriting and the same type of notations in the collection of papers that belonged to Emma (DeVault) Harpole. I don't think it was Emma's handwriting but I have not spent much time analyzing it. The sheet that Bob DeVault has the birth and deaths dates for Peter and Mary (Hoss) Davault. It reads as follows: Mary Hoss was born May 12, 1809. Peter Davault was married to Mary Hoss Oct. 27th 1831. Peter Davault died April 16th 1872 was born March 28th 1808 - age 64 yrs - 18 days Mary Davault died June 29th 1883. Henry Devault was born May 8th 1833. Caroline Devault was born Nov. 10th 1837. Henry Devault was married to Caroline Euphemia Clark Dec. 20th 1860. Note that the spelling of Davault changed to Devault (without the capital "V") with Henry - although we know he was born and lived much of his adult life as Davault. So I would guess that this note was written sometime between 1885 and 1900. This is the only place where I have seen an exact date given for the birth of Mary (Hoss) Davault.
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