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Note: Aylett followed his brother, William Peter DeVault, to Bayard, Nebraska. In Nebraska he filed on and was granted a homestead. This was before he was married. Her returned to Missouri to marry Lella and they returned to Bayard where Alyette Jr. was born. They moved to Idaho several years before he died.
OBITUARY #1
MASONIC MIDNIGHT SERVICES
First of Knights Kadosh in Boise Held Last Night Over Body of A. F. DeVault. The first midnight service of the Boise lodge Knights Kadosh, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons, was held last night at the Masonic hall over the body of Aylett French DeVault, of this city, who died monday. A large number of Masons and families and friends witnessed the impressive ceremony, which was conducted by M. W. Wood, thirty-third degree; M. A. Regan, thirty-second degree; E. W. Schubert, thirty-second degree; W. B. Davidson, thirty second degree; A. A. Jessup, thirty-second degree; and A. P. Adair, thirty-second degree. Mrs. James Stephenson, Jr., sat at the organ. Clad in black robes, the knights entered the room in which the body lay, each carring a burning taper. Lights were extinguished and three groups of candles of three each were lighted and, as the knights stood in a semicircle at the casket the solemn service of the order was pronounced. The body was left at the hall, where it will be until after services to open at 2 o'clock this afternoon and which will be conducted by Boise lodge No. 2. The remains will be buried in Morris Hill cemetery and at the grave Masonic services will be held.
OBITUARY #2
Aylette Davault Dead The rather sudden death of Aylette Davault transpiring in Boise City, Idaho, on Monday, December 16, cast a deep shad- over this community when the news reached here Monday of this week. Aylette and family were living at Boise. On Tuesday, the 10th, he rode horseback 40 miles in a severe storm to Gooding. That night he was taken sick with a severe pain in the head, which developed into meningitis. He was removed to the hospital at Boise, but nothing could be done to save him. His funeral occurred Tuesday the 17th, at Boise, being conducted by the Masons and Odd Fellows. In the Masonic order Aylette was a 32nd degree. Mrs. Lella, his wife, their baby boy and Preston Hatchett were the only near relatives in attendance. How sad, such a splendid young man in the vigor of life and pushing forward in worldly wealth and happiness. New Florence can not help feeling his death as a calamity as he was one of us, born and raised here, married his wife here. To Lella, New Florence extends its deepest sympathy.
OBITUARY #3
AYLETTE DeVAULT DEAD
Boise, Idaho, Dec. 15, 1907 Dear Friends: -- Tuesday night at 7 p. m., Aylett reached our camp at Gooding, Idaho, After riding in a strong wind for seven hours with a terrible pain all the while in one of his ears. He started from Bellevue to Gooding, sixty miles, at ten o'clock, feeling pretty good, but by noon his head was hurting badly. We soon got him relieved and he slept Tuesday and Wednesday nights. We had hopes he would improve so that we could get him on the train for Boise. Up to 12 o'clock Friday night he was rational, and then lapsed into unconsciousness. Saturday night we got him to Boise, and placed him in the Sisters Hospital, still hoping for improvement, but the disease worked inwardly, on the brain. The doctors called it brain fever, meningitis. It is two clock p. m. now, and he can live only a few hours. I fear Lella will worry herself sick, as she is just getting over a bad cold. Let us hear from you soon. Very sincerely, A. P. Hatchett. The above letter was written to H. DeVault and pertains to his son Aylette, who was well known here. W. DeVault received a telegram Sunday saying that he could not live and another Wednesday telling of his death. This sad news is a shock not only to his relatives but to the many who were his friends. Coming here from Missouri about eight years ago he with his brother Will engaged in sheep raising for some time. A few years ago he moved to Idaho, where he again embarked in the sheep business, and it is presumed that the worry and strain of the care of his flocks caused his death. Words must seem a mockery to the bereaved ones yet the sympathy of the entire community, is extended to them in their sorrow. His genial, pleasing personality and uprightness of character endeared Aylette to all with whom he came in contact. He was about thirty-two years of age, and leaves a wife and one child, his father and mother Mr. and Mrs. DeVault, two sisters Misses Emma and Lizzie and a brother Will with many sincere friends to mourn his untimely death.
OBITUARY #4
Aylette Davault
From the Idaho Daily Statesman, published at Boise, we find the following concerning the death of Aylette Davault: Aylette F. Davault, of 1514 North Ninth Street, died at a local hospital yesterday afternoon after an illness of a week of spinal meningitis. He was 35 years old and leaves a wife and one child. He had been suffering from ear trouble and while riding from Holley to Gooding on a cold day recently, contracted a serious illness and was brought here early Sunday morning. He was a prominent sheep owner and a member of the Scottish Rite Masons. This order will conduct its first midnight funeral services, in Boise, over the body at their hall tonight at 12 o'clock. The Masons will conduct the services over the body tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock after which the funeral will take place. Interment will be in Morris Hill cemetery. The body is now at the undertaking parlors of N. C. Hiatt & Company.
The funeral of Aylette F. Davault took place yesterday afternoon from the Masonic Hall on Tenth Street at 2:00 o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. P. Monroe Smock at the hall and by the Masons at the grave. Interment was in Morris Hill cemetery.
The first midnight services of the Boise lodge, Knights Kadash, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons, was held last night at the Masonic hall over the body of Aylette French Davault of this city, who died Monday. A large number of Masons and their families and friends witnessed the impressive ceremony, which was conducted by M. W. Wood, thirty-third degree. Clad in black robes, the knights entered the room in which the body lay, each carrying a burning taper. Lights were extinguished and three groups of candles of three each were lighted and, as the knights stood in a semicircle at the casket the solemn service of the order was pronounced.
Note From Bible of Emma Isabelle (DeVault) Harpole:
Aylett F. DeVault died at Boise Idaho Dec. 16th 1907 of brain fever or meningitis, was sick a week, buried at Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise - Idaho, was 35 yrs old at the time of his death.
GRAVE MARKER
AYLETT F. DeVAULT AUG. 31, 1872 -- DEC. 16, 1907.
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