DEWITT C. VARY

 

 

     DeWitt C. Vary, b 1802 in New Jersey, died after December 8, 1853 at Alto Springs, Falls County, Texas and his Will was filed for probate on February 7, 1854 - was married to Henrietta Gray, b 1810 in New Jersey, d April 5, 1857 at Alto Springs.

     DeWitt and Henrietta immigrated to The Republic of Texas ca 1840 - settling in Robertson County (in

the part that is present-day Falls County), where he was elected Justice of the Peace of Precinct 2 in 1842 and 1843. He was appointed Overseer by the Commissioner’s Court to serve on the Roads and Review Committee in January 1843, to find the best route for a road leading from Jarrett Menefee's, at the Falls of the Brazos, to a spring South of Sandy Creek, to a prairie bluff on the South side of Big Creek, above the weed prairie on said creek on a direct line to a cropping on Little Brazos about one mile above the old fort, thence direct to Franklin. In late 1845, the Court ordered a review of the road from Franklin to Dallas, via Alto Springs.

     After Texas joined the United States, Mr. Vary was appointed U.S. Postmaster of Alto Springs on May 22, 1846 - serving in that position until May 20, 1853.

     Henrietta (Gray) Vary's sister, Sarah L. Gray, who married Dr. David Seeley, and her brothers, Dr. Darwin P. Gray, Burton F. Gray, David H. Gray, and Daniel W. Gray, also came to Texas.

     DeWitt and Henrietta Vary had no children; and after her husband's death, Henrietta was married second on May 7, 1855 in Falls County, Texas to Thomas Arnold. She lived only two years after her second marriage.

 

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 466 column 2 and page 467 column 1.  
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