John
Henry
"Uncle John"
Delavan
Born in New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Oliver Delavan
and Elizabeth (Pugsley) Delavan
Brother of
Charles Delavan, James Harvey Delavan, William Delavan, Walter Delavan, Mary (Delavan) Palmer and Phoebe A. (Delavan) Dewey
Husband of
Ann (Phipps) Delavan
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Cornelia E. (Mantanye) Delavan
— married
1853 (to about 1860) [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 71
in Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Feb 2021
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Biography
John Henry Delavan (1827-1899), another old settler of Indiana has passed away. He has been in poor health for a number of years and during the past few months has been quite low. He was suffering from slow consumption and although he fought the terrible disease bravely, he was relieved by the hand of death at eight o'clock last Friday morning.
He was a veteran of the late war, having enlisted at Bluffton, and he could tell many interesting incidents of his early life and his soldier career.
He is the last of his family, his relatives having all died from the same disease which has now taken him away.
His funeral which is being attended to by the G.A.R. was to have been held Sunday, by owing to the severe cold weather, it was postponed. His body was placed in the vault at Maplewood and the services will be held sometime within the next two weeks.
"Uncle John", as he was familiarly known, was about seventy years of age and although not a relative remains to mourn his loss, there are many friends who were devoted to him and who will sadly miss him.
Decatur Democrat, Adams County, Indiana (a weekly newspaper), Thursday, March 9, 1899
Married Cornelia E. (Mantanye) Delavan (1837-1908) (m. 1853-1860) then married Ann (Phipps) Delavan (1832-1884) (m. 1961)
Father of Estella Delavan (1861-1885) and Margaret Elisabeth Delavan (1868-1885)
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