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David Henderson Dayvault

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David Henderson Dayvault

Birth
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
Death
1 Dec 1942 (aged 66)
China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
Plot
Singing Tower, 6-D-17
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Last rites were observed for Mr. David H. Dayvault, 66-year old pioneer resident of Kannapolis, and veteran Cannon Mills Company employee, at the St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church. Interment followed in the Greenlawn Cemetery, China Grove, Rowan County. He was taken suddenly ill on a Thursday night and died at his home, on N. Main street, at 11 o'clock the following Tuesday night.

Mr. Dayvault was born in Number 4 township, at the old Dayvault home, on October 10, 1876, the son of the late Paul M. and Hettie Dayvault.

He lived in Kannapolis all his life, and watched the building of the town of Kannapolis with keen interest and pride. He worked for the Cannon Mills Company in the carpenter shop and chain room for the past 35 years, and would have been awarded his 35-year gold button at the Veterans Employees banquet this month.

He was a member of the W.O.W. and P.O.S. of A. orders, and was an active member of the St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church, serving as an elder for a time.

He was survived by the widow, Mrs. Mertie Patterson Dayvault; six sons, James, Carl, Robert, Roy, and Kenneth Dayvault of Kannapolis, and Harry Dayvault of the U.S. Army at Camp Wolters, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Deamie Overcash, Mrs. Mary Peeler, Mrs. Alice McCombs, and Mrs. Helen Richardson, all of Kannapolis; three brothers, John, Marks, and Adolphus Dayvault, all of Kannapolis; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

*Married 1st wife Jennie Belle Castor, Dec 25 1898, Cabarrus County, NC.
*Married 2nd wife Mertie Elizabeth Patterson, Jan 23, 1908, Cabarrus County, NC.

*On Mar 29, 1967, Mr. Dayvault was re-interned at Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC, to share a plot with his second wife.
Last rites were observed for Mr. David H. Dayvault, 66-year old pioneer resident of Kannapolis, and veteran Cannon Mills Company employee, at the St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church. Interment followed in the Greenlawn Cemetery, China Grove, Rowan County. He was taken suddenly ill on a Thursday night and died at his home, on N. Main street, at 11 o'clock the following Tuesday night.

Mr. Dayvault was born in Number 4 township, at the old Dayvault home, on October 10, 1876, the son of the late Paul M. and Hettie Dayvault.

He lived in Kannapolis all his life, and watched the building of the town of Kannapolis with keen interest and pride. He worked for the Cannon Mills Company in the carpenter shop and chain room for the past 35 years, and would have been awarded his 35-year gold button at the Veterans Employees banquet this month.

He was a member of the W.O.W. and P.O.S. of A. orders, and was an active member of the St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church, serving as an elder for a time.

He was survived by the widow, Mrs. Mertie Patterson Dayvault; six sons, James, Carl, Robert, Roy, and Kenneth Dayvault of Kannapolis, and Harry Dayvault of the U.S. Army at Camp Wolters, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Deamie Overcash, Mrs. Mary Peeler, Mrs. Alice McCombs, and Mrs. Helen Richardson, all of Kannapolis; three brothers, John, Marks, and Adolphus Dayvault, all of Kannapolis; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

*Married 1st wife Jennie Belle Castor, Dec 25 1898, Cabarrus County, NC.
*Married 2nd wife Mertie Elizabeth Patterson, Jan 23, 1908, Cabarrus County, NC.

*On Mar 29, 1967, Mr. Dayvault was re-interned at Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC, to share a plot with his second wife.

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