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Born 1837
From History of Madison County, Iowa, and its people (1915)
HENRY FELKNER DEVAULT.
fine farm on section 29, Jackson township, is the property of Henry Felkner Devault and yields him good crops annually in return for his care and labor. Mr Devault was born in Kosciusko county, Indiana, on the 22d of December, 1837, a son of Charles and Rachel (Felkner) Devault, both of whom were natives of Ohio, the former born near Chillicothe, in Ross county, and the latter in Columbus. They are buried in the Solon cemetery near the town of Solon in Johnson county, Iowa. More detailed mention of them is made on another page of this volume.
Henry F. Devault acquired his early education in the district schools of Johnson county, Iowa. For some time he pursued his studies in a primitive log
Lie LISK'ARY a. LENOX AND '-N FOUNDATION.
As printed in History of Madison County, Iowa, and its people (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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