James Perry McDeavitt

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR James Perry McDeavitt is not in my direct ancestry. He had a child with Estella Jane Wimer, sister of Clara Mabel Wimer. Two sisters of Clara and Estella married McDeavitts. This page is included as research on the McDeavitt families lines.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1874	expect Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA
Marriage
Death	1902
Burial		West Liberty Cemetery, Worth Twp Butler Co. PA

Ancestry chart segment

        Generation 4                 Generation 5                   Generation 6 
 
                                                                +-- Henry McDeavitt
                                                                |   (~1792-~18??)
                                 +-- Daniel McDeavitt (1823) ---+ 
                                 |    (1823-18??)               |
                                 |                              +-- Jane McClymonds 
        James Perry McDeavitt----+                                                           
                                 |
                                 |   
                                 +-- Mary Ann Double
                                     (1833-????)           
                                  
                                                  
                                                            
                           

Children

(Child with Estella Jane Wimer)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
James Perry Wimer	M	b.5 Feb 1902 d. 9 Sept 1969		Nellie Burke m. 20 Nov 1931	2 children: Jessie Wimer(Mrs. U. J.) Myers & Ida Wimer (Mrs. Larry) McKivigan

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Brady Twp. Butler Co. PA	1880 -1900
West Liberty, Worth Twp Butler Co. PA	1910

Photo Gallery

Gravestone of James P. McDeavitt, West Liberty Cem., Brady Twp., Butler Co.PA.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1880 United States Federal Census,Enumeration District 30, (pg. 6 ancestry.com) Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA. Date of census 11 June 1880. Lines 27-36: Dan McDeavitt age 55, farmer, born PA, father born Delaware, mother born PA; wife Mary Ann age 47, she & parents born PA; daughter Nancy K, age 21; dau. Mary E. age 19; son Daniel W. age 16 works on farm; son Thomas A. age 13 works on farm; dau. Harriet A. age 10; son William F. age 8 works on farm; son James P. age 6; son Ross age 6 months.
2	1900 United States Federal Census, District 59, Brady Twp, Butler Co., PA, page 13. Census dated 15 June 1900. Lines 32-34: Nancy R. McDeavit, head, b. June 1859, 40, single, postmistress, owns house; James P., brother, b, Apr 1874, 26, single, day laborer; Ross, brother, b. Jan 1880, 20, single, day laborer. All and all parents b. PA.
3	1910 United States Federal Census, District 58, West Liberty Borough, Butler Co, PA, page 4. Census dated 5 May 1910. Lines 55-58: Ross McDeavitt, 30 single, farmer, owns farm, no mortgage; Nancy K, sister, 50, single; Albert R., nephew, 16, single; Mary A., aunt, 78, single. All can read, write and speak English. All and all parents b. PA, ecept Mary's parents b. Delaware.
4	1920 United States Federal Census,
5	Delayed - Special Registry of Birth, James Perry Wimer, Orphans Court of Butler Co. PA, Vol. 4, No. 1814 of 1943. James Perry Wimer, born 5 Feb 1902, Worth Twp. Butler Co. PA, "illegitimate", to Stella Jean Wimer and James Perry McDeavitt, residence Worth Twp. The father was born in Brady Twp. Butler Co. Pa, his occupation was laborer, he was age 30 at the time of the birth. On the line for parents' residence is marked "deceased" . Mother's name was Stella Jean Wimer, born in Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA, age 20 at time of applicant's birth; occupation "housewife". The number of children of his mother is one, of whom one is now living.
6	West Liberty Cemetery, Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA, gravestone transcriptions June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. James P. McDeavitt, Apr. 13, 1874 - Sept. 16, 1902. Daniel McDeavitt died Sept. 7, 1893 aged 68 Yrs 3 Ms & 15 Ds.

RESEARCH

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census' Franklin Twp, Butler Co., PA, page 24. Census dated 16 August 1850. Lines 33-38: Henry McDavitt, 58, farmer, 1500 real property, b. Delaware; Jane, 28, b. PA; Daniel, 25, b. PA; Mary A., 17, b. PA; Elizabeth, 14, b. PA; Samuel, 6, b. PA.
2	1860 United States Federal Census, Brady Twp., Butler Co, PA, Census dated 8 June 1860. Lines 18-23: Daniel McDivit, 27, farmer, $5000 real $800 personal property; Mary, 35, keeping house; John H., 8, attended school; Isaac W., 7, attended school; Theresa 3; Nancy, 1. All b. PA.
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Brady Twp., Butler Co, PA, page 13. page 6,7. Census dated 11/12 Aug 1870. Lines 30-40 and 1-4: Dan McDivit, 45, farmer, $330 real $212 personal property, attended school; Mary, 40; John, 18, farm labor; Warren, 16, farm labor; Jane, 14; Nancy, 12; Lizzie, 10; Washington, 8; Albert, 6; Harriet, 1. All born in Pa. In next house, Henry McDivit, 79, farmer, b. Delaware, $3600 real/$100 personal property; Jane, 47, Mary, 38; Samuel, 26; James, 70, farmer, $4000 real/1000 personal property, b. Delaware. All b. PA except Henry & James born Delaware. Parents of Henry and James were foreign born. (These families are indexed as McIevit in Ancetry.com)