Faust, Grant (b. ABT 1869, d. ?)

Note: In 1920 & 1930, he resided in Summit Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and owned his property. In 1950, at the time of his sister's death, he lived in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. In several records both he and his father's surname was spelled Foust.

Reference: 1873

Reference: 1874

Reference: 1875

Note: She is listed as Alta in the census of 1870.

Reference: 1876

Note: His middle initial might be N. He resided in Castile, New York in 1900 and 1910 and was a farmer. They had no children.

Reference: 1877

Note: There is a question as to her proper first name. She is called Alta in one census and Orvilla in another. At the time of her father's death, she was living in Sycamore, Illinois. In 1900, she lived with her husband and son in Jacksonville, Cass County, Missouri.

Reference: 1878

Reference: 1879

Reference: 1880

Note: He lived in LaBallona, Los Angeles County, California in 1880 and his occupation was farming. He registered to vote in Perris, San Diego County, California April 14, 1888. He was listed as a carpenter in Seattle, Washington in 1889. He resided in Linn County, Oregon in 1900. His name could have been spelled Dewain or Dewayne.

Reference: 1881

Note: No issue of this couple, but in the census of 1900 in Barton Township, Newago County, Michigan, Charles Ira Bevier is listed as a step-son. The fact that his last name is Bevier would indicate that he was adopted by Matthew. the family lived in Detroit, MI in 1920-21.

Reference: 1882

Note: She was first married to Charles Ira Jackson with whom she had a son, Charles Ira Jackson, Jr., later adopted by her second husband Robert M. Bevier.

Reference: 1883

Reference: 1884

Note: He lost a leg during the Civil War. They resided in big Rapids, Mescosta County, Michigan in 1920.

Reference: 1885

Note: He resided in Osceola County, Osceola Twp., Michigan in 1900. His occupation was farming. The 1900 census indicates he had 6 children, two living in 1900.

Reference: 1886

Note: In 1900, he resided in Manistee County, Onekama Twp., Michigan and he was a farmer. In 1906, he moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. From there he moved to McBride, British Columbia, Canada. His home still stands there. He was a building contractor that built the railway station in McBride that is still in use.

Reference: 1887

Note: The Michigan Death Index indicates he was killed in a mining accident in Michigan, but according to the family he was killed in a road construction accident in Georgetown, Colorado.

Reference: 1888

Note: In 1920, they resided in Ward 10, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. In 1920, this family lived in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan. Benjamin was an electrician in an auto factory.

Reference: 1889

Reference: 1890

Reference: 1891

Note: Letter written to the editor of Grand Rapids Press, Frank M. Sparks, from George Newton Bevier, dated December 1942.
"My father, William N. Bevier, came into Barton Township, Newaygo County, with a family of seven children in 1861. He was forced to cut his road through the dense forest to the spot upon which he erected the log house in which I was born six years later. Naturally, about the first thing that called for his attention was food with which to feed those hungry children. As deer were plentiful in those days, and as there were no restrictions upon the shooting of them at any time, he shot his first deer as he stood in the kitchen door. He used a muzzle loader which he had borrowed, and later bought. The bullet that gun carried was called a slug and was big enough to kill an elephant.
Soon after he bought the gun, he went about 40 rods from the old log house and spread salt around the roots of a beech tree. It was not long before the deer were coming in herds to lick that salt and to paw with their sharp hoofs. In time they had peeled the bark from the roots of that tree and by the time I was old enough to realize and understand anything about it, those roots were as smooth and white as though they had been sand papered.
This deer lick was at the base of a small ridge and father went up near the top of that rise where with short logs he built a small hut which he camouflaged with brush. When night came on he would crawl into this little hut and wait for the deer to come for their salt. When he saw one that looked good to him, he shot it, but so many came that he was able to take his pick of the best conditioned ones. Although there were no restrictions on any kind of game in those days, father never killed more than was necessary to prevent his family from going hungry. Sometimes his shot failed to drop his deer on the spot. When it would run away, he would call on his dog to follow. Usually they didn't have to go far before they found the deer. A deer couldn't carry one of those slugs very far.
George Newton Bevier lived in Big Rapids, Michigan in 1900, 1910, 1920 & 1930. In 1900 his occupation was postal carrier, in 1910 he was a bank clerk, and in 1930 he was an assistant cashier in the Citizens State Bank.

Reference: 1892