DeGroff Serviss (1842-1919) Documentation

Birth, Marriage, Death 

Birth: 1842, April 2
Tombstone
DeGroff Serviss tombstone, section 17,Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, USA

Pension  File
DeGroff Serviss file no. XC 2702.901 Copy of Original, held by National Archives and Records Administration. Washington, D.C.

Marriage: 1873, September 9
'Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934,' indiex, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFLF-F26), Delsnoff Serviss and Lillian Ward, 1873

Serviss-Ward marriage, 9 September, 1873 supplied by G.E. Still, Clerk of the County Clerk of McHenry County, on 20 September 1919.

Pension File 
DeGroff Serviss file no. XC 2702.901 Copy of Original, held by National Archives and Records Administration. Washington, D.C.

Death: 1919 February 11
Death Certificate
Tombstone
DeGroff Serviss tombstone, section 17,Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, USA

Pension File
DeGroff Serviss file no. XC 2702.901 Copy of Original, held by National Archives and Records Administration. Washington, D.C.

Military 

U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 National Archives and Records Administration. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.

Pension File
DeGroff Serviss file no. XC 2702.901 Copy of Original, held by National Archives and Records Administration. Washington, D.C.

Residence 

1850 Florida, Montgomery County, New York
David Serviss Household, Year:  1850; Census Place: Florida, Montgomery, New York; Roll: M432_532 Page: 68A; Image: 141; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1860 Alden, McHenry, Illinois David Service Household Year: 1860;Census Place: Alden, McHenry, Illinois; Roll: M653_202; Page: 268; Image:  268; Family History Library Film: 803202. 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

1870; Hebron, McHenry, Illinois
William Chapman Household. Year 1870; Census Place: Hebron, McHenry, Illinois; Roll: M593_257; Page: 364B; Image: 373; Family History Library Film: 545756; 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

1880 Harvard, McHenry, Illinois
DeGraw Service Household Year: 1880; Census Place: Harvard, McHenry, Illinois; Roll: 228; Family History Film: 1254228; Page: 71B; Enumeration District: 133; Image: 0397. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1888 Harvard, McHenry, Illinois
Pension File - Original Invalid Claim October 19, 1888

1900 Stribling Springs, Augusta, Virginia
Pension File - Increase Invalid Pension, June 12, 1900

1912 Staunton, Augusta, Virginia 
Pension File - Reissue Act of May 11, 1912, May 29, 1912

1919 Locust Street, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia 
Pension File - Widow's Pension File, Feburary 24, 1919

Further records of note

Marriage of David Serviss and Charlotte Green 

"New York, Marriages, 1686-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F64G-HZW : accessed 07 Sep 2013), David Serviss and Charlotte Green, 13 Dec 1838. and  Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Florida, Montgomery County, New York GS Film Number 534215, Indexing Project M5115-1.

Marriage of David Serviss and Margaret DeGroff 

"New York, Marriages, 1686-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F64G-HZH : accessed 07 Sep 2013), David Servoss and Margaret Degraff, 01 Jan 1840. and  Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Florida, Montgomery County, New York GS Film Number 534215, Indexing Project M5115-1.