Vawter, George Lewis (b. 22 NOV 1862, d. 20 FEB 1944)

Note: 1870 Harrison Co., Texas, Census
J. M. Vawter 42 Kentucky
Mary Vawter 34 Mississippi
Edwin Vawter 15 Texas
Thomas Vawter 13 Texas
Luna Vawter 11 Texas
LEWIS G. VAWTER 8 Texas
Frances Vawter 3 Texas
Eugene Vawter 3/12 Texas

1880 Panola Co., Texas, Census
John Vawter 52 Kentucky Merchant
Mary Vawter 44 Mississippi
LEWIS VAWTER 17 Texas
Fannie Vawter 13 Texas
Eugene Vawter 10 Texas

1900 Bandera Co., Texas, Census
Lewis Vawter 38 November, 1862 Texas
Ettie J. Vawter 30 March, 1870 Nebraska
Eugenia Vawter 7 April, 1893 Texas
Walter Vawter 4 September 1895 Texas
Matie Vawter 1 September, 1898 Texas

1910 Bandera Co. Texas census (page is so dim, it is almost unreadable):
Geo. L Vawter 47 TX
Ettie J Vawter 40 TX (s/b Nebraska)
Eugenia Vawter 16 TX
Walter Vawter 14 TX
Matie Vawter 11 TX
Junie Vawter 9 TX
Ferris Vawter 6 TX
Rebecca Vawter 3 TX
Edwin Vawter 1 TX

1920 Bandera Co., Texas Census
George L. Vawter 57 Texas Kentucky Mississippi
Ettie Vawter 49 Nebraska Ohio Ohio
Matie Vawter 22 Texas
June Vawter 19 Texas
Ferris Vawter 15 Texas
Rebecca Vawter 12 Texas
EDWIN VAWTER 10 Texas

1930 Bandera Co., Texas Census
George L. Vawter 67
Junie E. Vawter 60
Junie M. 29
Rebecca 23
EDWIN F. 21
Doris 5 Granddaughter
Frank 2 Grandson
Billie J. 1 2/12 Granddaughter (should be Bettie Jo)

George Lewis Vawter attended college (normal school ?) in Ohio.

January 4, 1892
A love letter to "My Dear Little Girl" states that he "does not forget my little blue eyed girl for one hour" and ends with
Your true lover, Lewis Vawter.
In this letter, written from Marshall, Texas on Waters Pierce Oil Company letterhead, Lewis mentions brother Ed, cousins Keley & Willie Power, sister Luna and cousin Willie Durkee. He had a letter from (brother) Tom, and Tom had told "Grandpa Shirley" that Lewis was getting married. "Grandpa Shirley" must be an honorary grandpa, because both David Vawter and William Durkee both died many years before. Lewis also says he went to Jefferson and spent the night with Aunt Nemia Nickls.

Lewis & Ettie married May 25, 1892 and celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1942.

In 1895 Lewis bought the J. W. Hamilton Store in Pipe Creek, added on to it and moved the Post office to this building. He served as Post Master for thirteen years.

Ettie and Lewis raised seven children; they lost one in infancy. They helped raise a nephew, Silvan Odom, who also stayed quite a bit with Grandpa Dickerson. They gave a home to two orphan boys who had run away from the orphanage in San Antonio. After Ettie and daughter Rebecca found them walking along Hwy 16, they called the orphanage and offered them a home. (John Kelly and Charles Talley)

Lewis worked during the construction of the Medina Dam, building housing for the workers. Aunt Junie remembers going down to visit him while he worked there.

Obituary:
G. L. Vawter, Pioneer,
Has Tragic Passing

Bandera and surrounding communities were shocked to hear of the death from exposure
of G. L. Vawter, pioneer ranchman of Pipe Creek. He was lost two days and nights on an
old trail while en-route to his son Edwin's ranch house some 10 miles north of Pipe Creek.
Mr. Vawter left home early Friday morning presumably for a walk around his ranch and
farm. When he had not returned Friday night a searching party of some 100 men from Pipe
Creek, Bandera, Privilege, Boerne, and smaller settlements in the vicinity went into the hill
country, after it was decided that he had made an attempt to reach his son's home by way of
an old mail route, instead of the main highway.
It was not until Sunday afternoon when the searchers picked up his trail on the old
abandoned mail route. The two canes the aged man used were found at the bottom of a
cliff where he apparently had fallen in the darkness. One mile farther along his body was
found. Apparently he had died the night before.
G. L. Vawter was born on November 22,1862, at Grand Bluff, Texas. He married
Miss Junie Ettie Dickerson on May 25, 1892 at Pipe Creek, and went to live on his ranch
where he has lived ever since.
There were eight children born to this marriage, one son, Wyatt, dying in infancy. He is
survived by his wife, Junie Vawter; three sons, W. L. Vawter, Loesch, Mont; J. F. Vawter,
El Monte, Calif., and Edwin Vawter of Pipe Creek; four daughters, Mrs. J. W. Bradley,
Houston; Mrs. John Kempf, Los Angeles, Calif; Mrs. Junie Bowman, San Antonio, and
Miss Rebekah Vawter, Pipe Creek; 16 grandchildren and 8 great grand-children; three sisters,
Mrs. Lunie Bickers (should be Vickers), Hagerman, N. Mex., Mrs. Frances Noble, El Paso, and Mrs. Octavia Victory, Conroe.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Plummer Funeral Home, with
interment at Pipe Creek. Rev. G. A. Garig officiated.

February 18, 1944.
(J. B. Edwards remembers Mr. Vawter being found the next day after he was lost. Octavia Herrera found him.)

Event: Type: Burial Place
Date: 21 FEB 1944
Place: Pi

Note: 1850 Forsythe Co. North Carolina census:
George P Vawter 34 Farmer NC
Charlotte Vawter 33 NC
George W Vawter 9 NC
John M Vawter 5 NC
Samuel M Vawter 3 NC
Rosalia A Vawter 6/12 NC

1860 Clinton IN census:
George P Vawter.....42.....NC
Charlotte Vawter......45.....NC
George W Vawter....19.....NC
John M Vawter.....16.....NC
Samuel M Vawter.....13.....NC
Barzalla ?? A Vawter......11.....NC
Emma C Vawter.....6.....IN

1870 Bartholomew IN census:
Gro P Vawter......52.....NC
Charlotte C Vawter.....55.....IN

Note: WWI Draft Registration: George Roy Vawter, b 1-22-1898, home Arkansas, nearest relative E M Vawter.

Note: 1870 Tipton, IN census: next door to John Vawter
George Vawter....29...NC
Mary E Vawter....30....IN
Emma S Vawter....5....IN
Samuel Vawter....1....IN

1880 Tipton, IN census:
George Vawter.......39...NC..NC..NC..................name written "Votter"
M E Vawter......40...IN..IN..IN
Emma Vawter...15
S T Vawter.....12
William Vawter....9
Lonzo Vawter...6
Annie Vawter....4
Ida B Vawter.....1

Note: Marriage records of the Vauter Church vestry:
George W Vawter m. 28 May 1893 to Mina Pitts, at the rectory.

Note: 1930 Los Angeles, CA census:
George W Vawter....34....IN...IN...IN
Marguerite Vawter....34....IN...IN...IN
Marjorie O Vawter....9....IN
Verne E Vawter....5....IN

Note: Buried in Battleground cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN

Note: WWI Draft Registration:
Glenn Milton Vawter, born March 22 1899,
permanent address Mason City, Iowa
Nearest relative M. V. Vawter

Note: 1910 US Census Merkel, Kidder, ND
Marshall Vawter age 50 b. IA fb USA mb USA
Mald A Vawter age 33 b. KS fb. NY mb. IA
Walter D Vawter son age 7 b. Ca fb IA mb. KS

1920 US Census Merkel, Kidder, ND
Granville (Ganerth) M. Vawter age 59 b. IA fb VA mb. OH
Anna M Vawter age 42 b. KS
Walter D. Vawter age 16 son b. CA
Roy P. Vawter age 9 son b. ND
Mariorie Vawter age 7 dau b. ND

1930 US Census San Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA
Granville M. Vawter age 70 b IA fb IA mb. IA
Anna M. Vawter age 53 b. KS fb NY mb. IA
Walter D. Vawter age 26 son b. CA fb. KS mb. KS
Fern Vawter age 23 dau in law b. UT fb UT mb UT

Note: Harriet was married to William Davis before she married LeGrand

Note: Helen Jewell Vawter HAYS is buried in the same cemetery as Thomas and Gertie.

Note: Heman Vawter served in the war of 1812. Died single.

Note: 1900 Indianapolis Indiana census:
Henry Vawter....Apr 23, 1853....47....VA...VA....VA
Nettie Vawter....Jan 18 (?) 1866....34......WV.....WV.....WV
J Henry Vawter....Feb 22, 1886....14...WV
George E Vawter....Jan 3 1888.....12.....WV
Clara E Vawter.....Jan 28 1894....6.....WV

1910 Marion Indiana census:
Henry A Vawter....57.....VA....VA......VA
Nettie Vawter.....44.....VA.....VA.....VA.....4 children born, 4 living
George E (?) Vawter.....22.....VA
Elizabeth Vawter....16
Emily Vawter.....6....IN

1920 Marion Indiana census:
Henry A Vawter....66.....VA.........The "V" in Vawter looks like a "W" and it is indexed as Wawter.
Annetta Vawter....52.....WV
Elizabeth Vawter.....24.....WV
Emily Vawter.....15.....IN

Note: 1930 Shelby IN Census:
Henry C Vawter....72...IN..IN..IN..
Ida Vawter....68...IN...IN...IN

Note: 1850 Jennings Co. Ind. census: (Living next door to his father Achilles)
Henry L Vawter 24 Trader IN
Jane Vawter 31 IN
Charles Vawter 1 IN
Robert Moore 31

1870 Jennings Co. Ind. census:
Henry (T or L) Vawter....42.....IN
Jane Vawter.......40....PA
Frank Vawter......15.....IN
Ida Vawter.....12...IN
Kate Vawter....8...IN
Willie Vawter....5....IN

Note: A letter to the VVV Assoc. from daughter Sara. She said that Henry and Margaret had four daughters. Gave sister
Hettie's death date.

Note: His name is also spelled in different records as Irum, Hiriam and last name Varoter.

1850 Grant KY census:
Hirum Vauter....55.....VA....miller
Mary Vauter....44.....VA
Mary J Vauter...21.......VA
Almyre Vauter....19....VA
Virginia Vauter.....17.....KY
Sarah A Vauter....15.....KY
Robert W Vauter...15....KY
Jubel Vauter....13....KY

1860 Grant Co., KY Census p. #656
Hiriam Vawter age 65 farmer b. VA
Mary A. Vawter age 59 b. VA

Grant Co., Tax Records
1835, 1836, 1837, 1838
Hiriam Vawters Ten Mile Watercourse 130A
1842 Hiriam Vawter Eagle Watercourse 4 children age 7-17 130A
1843 Hiriam Vawter Ten Mile Creek 4 children age 7-17 130A
1844 Hiriam Vawter 10 Mile Creek 4 children age 5-19 130A
Albert H. Vawter
1845 Hiriam Vawter 10 Mile Creek 3 children age 5-16 130A
Albert H. Vawter
1846 Hiriam Vawter 10 Mile Creek 3 children age 5-16 130A

Note: Social Security Death Index:
William H Vawter, b. Feb 1906, died Mar 6 1998 in Alabama.
Could be "Homer"

Note: WWI Draft Registration:
Homer Berry Vawter, b 3-26-1882, nearest relative, brother Thomas Vawter
Cemetery record from finagrave:
Birth: 1882 Death: 1958
Son of James Newton & Sarah Molissa Sanford Vawter.
Brother of Thomas Ganey, Myrtle, George & Ruby Mae Vawter.
Half brother of Rosie & Porter Vawter.
Burial:
De Witt Cemetery
De Witt
Arkansas County
Arkansas, USA

Note: Indiana Marriage Index
Howard Vawter m. 30 Oct 1912 Grant Co., IN to Pheebe Leitch BK 19, pg 136