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Descendants of William Daves

      16. Sarah Genevieve⁴ Daves (Cincinnatus C.³, William², ?¹) was born February 22, 1887 in Seward, Seward County, Nebraska, and died June 8, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas ¹³. She married John G. Wittmayer 1918 in Guthrie, Logan Co., Oklahoma ¹⁴, son of Henry Wittmayer and Christine Vetter. He was born May 31, 1885 in Tyndall, S.D, and died July 8, 1956 in Ft Worth, Harris co. , Texas.

Notes for Sarah Genevieve Daves:
Lived in Ft. Worth, Texas. Genevieve Faith Daves, her niece, was named after her. Her husband was a superintendent for the Fort Worth Schools probably in the 1930s.
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The name of Sarah Genevieve Daves Wittmayer's husband is unknown at this point, however in her sister Lucy Myrtle's estate settlement, a John D. Wittmeyer and a Miss Genevieve Wittmayer are identified. A Social Security Death Record Index search finds a Genevieve Wittmayer and a John Wittmayer, both born Nov 1919. Genevieve died in Houston, John in Ft. Worth, which is where the Wittmayers lived.

More About Sarah Genevieve Daves:
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, TX

Notes for John G. Wittmayer:
John Wittmayer's grandson has the date of Feb 22, 1885 as John G.'s birthdate, and the Fort Worth Press has the date of May 31, 1885 from an interview with John G. in 1950.
In addition, the newspaper interview states that John G. was born in Tyndall, SD, but his son John D. stated in 1985 his father was born in Seward, NE.
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Notes by John D. Wittmayer, son of John G., given in early 1985 (provided to Laura Greene by grandson John S. Wittmayer June, 2000):

"John G. Wittmayer was born Feb 22, 1885 in Seward, Nebraska. He graduated from Tyndall High School apparently in 1903. He then attended Nebraska State University, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Chicago University. He also attended Texas Christian University. He was married in 1918, in Buthrie, Oklahoma. John G., like his wife, was a school teacher. (She taught English). John G. could speak five languages. He was also Principal of the Diamond Hill High School in Fort Worth, Texas. Because of his short and stocky stature, his tudents and friends nicknamed him "Froggy". Old students of his that I talked with said that he was a kind and generous man. He died July 8, 1956 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth Texas.


The Ft. Worth Library sent the following article on Feb 11, 1999 to Laura Greene:

from the Fort Worth Press of February 9, 1950 announcing
the retirement of Principal J. G. Wittmayer of Diamond Hill High.

      Habit of a lifetime will be hard for Principal J. G. Wittmayer of Diamond Hill High to break.
      So when school ends this June 2, two days after his 65th birthday, he even isn't going to try to break his habit of working.
      Although he will be retired automatically from teaching in the public schools, he will look around and find himself another job after a vacation.
      His blue eyes bright with self amusement, he comment "That will be the first time in my life I've been unemployed. He had a job before he was graduated from the University of Wisconsin and one before quitting every job he has held.
      Thirty-nine years a teacher, 33 of the years have been in Fort Worth, the lst 18 as principal of Diamond Hill, he was in the commercial department in Paschal High. Born in Tyndall, S.D., May 31, 1885, Mr. Wittmayer worked his way south to Texas. He held teaching jobs in South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and then Fort Worth. A year after he came here in 1917, he married an Oklahoma City girl. They now live at 3213 Lipscomb, have three children--John D. Wittmayer, Miss Genevieve Wittmayer and Mrs. Kathryne Hope Coleman.
      A small man, five feet five inches and a little on the plump side. Mr. Wittmayer is quick mentally and physically. He sails in on any job he tackles, full steam ahead.....whether it is walking down a school hall or deciding a school policy.

ENJOYS A CHUCKLE
      He enjoys a quiet chuckle and has a quick smile. When the smile is of his face, Diamond Hill students know real trouble is in store. Then he tucks his chin down - looks very sternly through the upper parts of his glasses...and gets prompt results.
      Comedy movies are his dish - "Why pay for seriousness and troubles shows when you get nothing else every day?" - but his taste in books runs to education, psychology and novels with an industrial or social background. "I like a book that gives me a dose of the kind of people and their background."
      Gardening is his principal recreation. Bulb flowers that stay put year after year are his favorites - iris, jonquils, daffodils, perennial phlox and pinks, tulips and such. He has never raised a vegetable garden.
      Besides keeping the house in cut flowers, he has another chore - taking the clothes to the laundry. "Don't tell that", he laughed, "of course I do it. I have the car all day. But it won't be true much longer because we are using the washing machine home now."

More About John G. Wittmayer:
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tx

Children of Sarah Daves and John Wittmayer are:

Genevieve⁵ Wittmayer, born November 10, 1919; died January 16, 1988 in Houston, Harris Co., Texas¹⁵.

Notes for Genevieve Wittmayer:
Social Security Index:
GENEVIEVE WITTMAYER - born 10 Nov 1919
died 16 Jan 1988
Last known residence: 77035 Houston, Harris, TX

+	27	*ii.*		*John* D. *Wittmayer, born November 10, 1919 in Probably Fort Worth, Texas; died May 1985 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX.***
+	28	*iii.*		*Katherine* *Hope* *Wittmayer, born April 25, 1924; died March 19, 1989 in Fort Worth, Texas.***

17. Eva May⁴ Daves (Cincinnatus C.³, William², ?¹) was born May 16, 1890, and died August 1939. She married Dr. Para Erwin.

Notes for Eva May Daves:
Died when Genevieve Faith was a child. She lived in Guthrie. Married to a doctor who practiced in Guthrie. Genevieve remembers that she died of breast cancer at a fairly young age. Genevieve believes Eva May had children.

Children of Eva Daves and Dr. Erwin are:

+	29	i.		*Chesley* P.⁵ *Erwin, born 1920.***
	30	*ii.*		*Elizabeth* *Erwin*.

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