Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1498.01 |
Object Name |
Collection |
Title |
Lemuel Devault Papers |
Creator |
TCHA staff |
Dates of Creation |
1844- 1890 |
Scope & Content |
Lemuel Devault (ca. 1793-1857) moved from Ross County, Ohio, to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in 1835; he married Mary McClure in the same year. Devault was a partner in a general merchandise store business until 1842. In the 1840s, he settled on a Randolph Township farm. He served in the council of the first Tippecanoe County Agriculture Society, organized 1851. The collection includes an article of agreement, with specifications, for building a house in Tippecanoe County, 1844, and also a certificate of L. Devault's election as Township Trustee, 1847. A farm account book lists cows purchased in 1847. Two letters written by Edward Devault (son of Lemuel) while a student at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, ca. 1856, are included in the papers. Lemuel DeVault was the last owner of the Yellow Barn Tavern near South Raub. Other items relate to Jasper and Nicholas Devault, Ross County, Ohio. In addition, there are several letters received by Mary Devault from 1880 to 1890. The accession numbers which comprise the donations in this collection are: 1489, 3165, 3048. From the same donor, Francis Parker, there are miscellaneous papers and deeds in the Parker Family File in TCHA Library. These are probably from accessions 3080 thru 3084. |
Subjects |
Agriculture Agriculture - Agricultural Association Correspondence Townships, Tippecanoe County - Randolph Architecture - Local |
People |
Devault, Edward Devault, Jasper Devault, Lemuel Devault, Mary McClure Devault, Nicholas Throckmorton, George |
Search Terms |
Tippecanoe County Agriculture Society |