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DeVere Myron Rafter

Birth	:	11 Mar 1877 Jackson County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	11 Feb 1919 Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri, USA
Burial	:	Seaside Cemetery, Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.6833000, -70.6485977
Plot	:	Section 2
Description	:	The Holton Recorder, February 13, 1919: …. Mr. Rafter left for Excelsior Springs, in hopes his recovery from the effects of a recent attack of influenza would be hastened by treatment there …. The Holton Recorder, February 20, 1919: DeVere Rafter, the third child of Emmet E. and Mary A. Rafter, was born March 11, 1877, in Holton, Kan., and died Feb. 11, 1919, at Excelsior Springs, Mo., after a brief illness. His entire home life was spent in Holton and he was closely identified with the social and business life of this community. He was educated in the schools of Holton, attending... Read More	The Holton Recorder, February 13, 1919: …. Mr. Rafter left for Excelsior Springs, in hopes his recovery from the effects of a recent attack of influenza would be hastened by treatment there …. The Holton Recorder, February 20, 1919: DeVere Rafter, the third child of Emmet E. and Mary A. Rafter, was born March 11, 1877, in Holton, Kan., and died Feb. 11, 1919, at Excelsior Springs, Mo., after a brief illness. His entire home life was spent in Holton and he was closely identified with the social and business life of this community. He was educated in the schools of Holton, attending Campbell College University. Later he attended Kansas University at Lawrence, where he completed the law course, graduating in 1898. In the fall of the same year he enlisted in the Twentieth Kansas Regiment and served during the Spanish-American war in the Philippines. His uncle, Dr. Rafter, was a surgeon in that famous regiment. After he returned to civil life, he retained his interest in military affairs and was captain of the local National Guard when the armory was erected. He began his business career in the law firm of Broderick and Rafter in which his father was a partner. Later he became interested in the Rafter Farm Mortgage Company and for the past nineteen years devoted his entire time to that business. He was president of the firm at the time of his decease. His earlier training in law was a very valuable asset to him in the mortgage business. DeVere Rafter was united in marriage to Miss Amy Overmyer of Topeka, Kan., March 20, 1907. To them have been born four children, one having died in infancy. The children who survive him are David Overmyer Rafter, aged 11, Alice, age 8, and Winifred, aged 4 …. Mr. Rafter was distinguished as a public spirited citizen. In addition to his business, he has served throughout the war in the dual captaincy of food and fuel administrator for Jackson county and has been a leader in every war work drive which has ever been conducted …. His religious preference and affiliation with the Methodist church. He was a member of the Wesleyan Sunday school class. He was a member of the Masonic Order. Besides his wife and children, he is survived by his mother, his brother and business associative, James T. Rafter, and his sister, Mrs. Ruth E. Hurd. His father died Jan. 19, 1912, and his sister, Evelyn Rafter-Weedon, passed away last October. Among other relatives that mourn his passing are his aunts, Mrs. Rose Dunn and Mrs. Eva Plaxton, also his uncles, Bayard Taylor; Mack Taylor, Major J. A. Rafter and C. S. Rafter …. Burial took place in the Holton cemetery …. DeVere Rafter of Holton, Kas., Died In Excelsior Springs Excelsior Springs, Mo., Feb. 11--DeVere Rafter, 41 years old, a mortgage banker of Holton, Kas., died here this morning from pneumonia, following an attack of influenza. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Amy Rafter; two young daughters, a son and a brother. Mr. Rafter was a member of the famous 20th Kansas Regiment commanded by the late Gen. Frederick Funston, and also on the staff of former Gov. W. R. Stubbs of Kansas. The body will be taken to Holton for burial. Transcribed from a supplemental volume of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed October 2002 by Carolyn Ward. This volume is identified at the Kansas State Historical Society as microfilm LM196. It is a single volume 3: "DeVere Rafter, president of the Rafter Farm Mortgage Company, Holton, Kans., is a son of the late Emmett E. Rafter, a personal sketch of whom precedes this article and whose life history is practically the story of the establishment, growth and development of the Rafter Farm Mortgage Company, which is one of the most important institutions of its kind in the State. The Rafter Farm Mortgage Company is an incorporated company, under the laws of Kansas. It makes its report to the Kansas authorities, and Kansas has the best investment laws of any State in the Union. The capital stock is $50,000, which fully paid, and this is constantly kept invested in Kansas mortgages. When a sale is made of one of their mortgages, the proceeds are immediately invested in other Kansas mortgages, to keep the supply on hand, to furnish their customers. All of the men connected with the company are practical business men who have been for years connected with this class of business. The business of this company was commenced in 1870 by Emmett E. Rafter and Case Broderick, under the name of Broderick & Rafter, under which name it continued until 1884, when Mr. Broderick retired from the firm, having been elected to congress. After his service in Congress he returned to Holton and again engaged in the business. The business was incorporated in 1908, with Emmett E. Rafter as president, which office he held until his death, February 19, 1912, when DeVere Rafter was elected president of the company. The management of this company has always been conducted along conservative lines, and a record of thirty-four years, shows that the company has never lost a cent, either principal or interest on a single loan negotiated. DeVere Rafter is a native son of Kansas, born at Holton, March 11, 1877. He attended the public schools of Holton, graduating from high school, in the class of 1894. He then entered Campbell University and graduated with the class of 1896, after which he entered Kansas University, where he was graduated in the class of 1898, with the Degree of Bachelor of Law. The Spanish American war was in progress when he finished his course in the university, and he enlisted in the Twentieth Kansas Regiment, and served with that organization in the Philippines, in the capacity of hospital steward. After receiving his discharge from the army, he made a tour of the world, visiting important points in Europe and Asia, he returned to Holton in 1901, and engaged in the practice of law, as the junior member of the firm of Broderick & Rafter, and in 1906 this firm was dissolved, and he became interested with his father, Emmett E. Rafter, in the farm mortgage business. In 1908, when the Rafter Farm Mortgage Company was incorporated, he became secretary and treasurer of the company, and served in this capacity until the death of his father in 1912, when he became the president of the company. Mr. Rafter is also interested in other commercial enterprises, being a director of the American Independent Telephone Company, and the Kansas State Bank. In 1911, he was appointed State inspector of farm loans, for the insurance department of the State of Kansas, and is now serving in that capacity. He has also kept up his interest in military affairs, and in 1910, when Company B, Second Regiment, Kansas National Guard was organized at Holton, Mr. Rafter was elected Captain, and in 1911 was appointed Lieutenant Colonel, on Governor Stubbs' staff, serving in that capacity throughout the administration. Mr. Rafter was united in marriage March 20, 1907, to Miss Amy Overmyer, a native of North Vernon, Ind. She was educated in the public schools of Topeka, Kans. and Bethany College. Mrs. Rafter is a daughter of David and Alice (Hicks) Overmyer, of Topeka, Kans. To Mr. and Mrs. Rafter have been born two children, David Obermyer (sic Overmyer), born January 2, 1908 and Alice, born May 24, 1909. Mr. Rafter is a member of the Masonic lodge."

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DeVere Myron Rafter's memorial is located at: Seaside Cemetery, Gloucester, Essex County, USA.
When did DeVere Myron Rafter death?
DeVere Myron Rafter death on 11 Feb 1919 in Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri, USA
Where are the coordinates of the DeVere Myron Rafter's memorial?
Latitude: 42.6833000
Longitude: -70.6485977

Family Members:

Parent

Emmett Ernest Rafter

(1848 - 1912)

Mary Alice Taylor Rafter

(1853 - 1921)

Spouse

Amy Overmyer Rafter

(1879 - 1963)

Siblings

James Taylor Rafter

(1873 - 1943)

Ruth Elizabeth Rafter Hurd

(1885 - 1951)

Children

Infant son Rafter

(unknow - 1913)

Alice Rafter Brown

(1909 - 1984)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Seaside Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6833000, -70.6485977

2. Locust Grove Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6837600, -70.6463160

3. Langsford Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6796000, -70.6542300

4. Cove Hill Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6780300, -70.6597600

5. Bayview Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6667100, -70.6674700

6. Mount Adnah Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6603200, -70.6757800

7. Old First Parish Burying Ground
Rockport, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6585000, -70.6219000

8. Union Cemetery
Rockport, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6576004, -70.6228561

9. Beech Grove Cemetery
Rockport, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6505200, -70.6164200

10. Wesleyan Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6345700, -70.6796600

11. Calvary Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6269300, -70.6376400

12. Oak Hill Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6244011, -70.6716995

13. Cherry Hill Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6237600, -70.6797600

14. Oak Grove Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6186500, -70.6713600

15. Park Street Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6168310, -70.6636780

16. Clarks Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6175000, -70.6729100

17. First Parish Burial Ground
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6175000, -70.6729100

18. Prospect Street Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6148900, -70.6664700

19. Universalist Burial Ground
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6141700, -70.6667900

20. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6112800, -70.6443300

21. Bray Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6179700, -70.7126600

22. Crane Cemetery
Essex, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6628680, -70.7545960

23. Washington Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6060982, -70.6819000

24. Sumner Street Cemetery
Gloucester, Essex County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6311500, -70.7341600