Elotere (Nevils) Savant (1858 - 1913)

Born 6 Mar 1858 in Indian Village, Allen, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Lucius Savant — married before 1873 in Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States

Died 24 Oct 1913 at age 55 in Cow Bayou, Allen, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Elotere Nevils was born on March 6, 1858 in Indian Village, Allen, Louisiana, United States, daughter of James Dupre Nevils (1828–1910) and Heloise Godfrey Manuel (1832–1900).^[1]

About 1871, she married Lucius Savant, son of Ortere Savant and Amadee DeLaFosse^[2]

Their children were:

1. Amazine Savant
2. Alma Savant
3. Ozite Savant
4. Atal Savant
5. Armand Savant
6. Octavia Savant

In 1880, Elathaere (22) and Lucius (29) were living in Ward 1 Hickory Flat, Calcasieu, Louisiana^[3]

In 1910, Elathaere (52) was living in Calcasieu, Louisiana. ^[4]

Elathaere died on October 24, 1913 in Cow Bayou, Allen Parish, aged 55. She was buried in Indian Village Cemetery, Kinder^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP3-2XX : 18 February 2021), Eloten Nevil in entry for Dupre Nevil, 1860.
2. ↑ based on birth of first child listed in the 1880 Census
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6V-F2R : 14 January 2022), Elotare Savou in household of Lucious Savou, Ward 1 Hickory Flat, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPT2-4GL : accessed 18 April 2023), Elotea Savoy in household of Lucius Savoy, Police Jury Ward 2, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 30A, family 598, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 510; FHL microfilm 1,374,523.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images ( Find A Grave: Memorial #43170791 elotere-elathaere-savant: accessed 18 April 2023), memorial page for Elotere Elathaere Nevils Savant (6 Mar 1858–24 Oct 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43170791, citing Indian Village Cemetery, Kinder, Allen Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by William Ewing (contributor 47503092).

Story Of Elotere's Death, by her Gr Gr Grandson

According to what I have been told, on the night of October 24, 1913, she and her youngest child, Octavia "Tavie" Savant (ancestress of several Bushnells in this group), went to the home of one of Elotere's older children, Alice Savant Fontenot (wife of Arteon Fontenot), to eat duck gumbo. When returning home, Elotere & her daugher, Tavie, were walking in a field (in the area now known as King's Farm), when Elotere fell to the ground (it was later determined that she was having a heart attack). In those days, men, women and even older children, often carried small pistols with them, in case of a wild animal, etc., in the dark. When my great-great-grandmother fell, Tavie took a small pistol and fired shots into the air. People in the houses around heard the shots, and ran to the site. Elotere died that night. My great-great-grandfather, Lucius Savant, had a giant wooden cross erected on the very site where his wife fell, in that field. According to Ida Savant Ford (now the last living grandchild of Lucius & Elotere), the cross stood in that spot until years later, when "other people" (I believe the land was rented out) were planting that field, and they removed the cross (long after Lucius & his children were deceased). Elotere Nevils Savant was buried in Indian Village Cemetery, but Lucius, according to his request, was buried (in 1929) in King's Farm, beside his father Ortere. [[1]]

~Charles Anderson