News: Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.

Devin descendant, Stanley Wayne Devin, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2014. He was the last living child of Ira & Oleta Devin.
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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  Living

      Living married Living [Group Sheet]

      Children:
      1. Living
      2. Living
      3. Living
      4. Living

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  William Augustus Devin, Jr. was born on 21 May 1904 in North Carolina U.S.A. (son of Justice William Augustus Devin and Virginia Hunter Bernard); died in Mar 1981 in Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland U.S.A..

      Notes:

      !Education: Studied Law

      !Occupations: Federal Home Loan Bank Washington DC
      Attorney
      Census:
      1910 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, Soundex: 038-0085-0400 w/parents
      1920 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, S. Oxford, ED 119, Sh 9 w/parents

      Studied Law

      Federal Home Loan Bank Washington DC: Attorney

      DOB, DOD, POD from Soc.Sec.Index

      The Peytons of Virginia II, page 509, has his birth date as 01.Nov.1909 in Greensboro, NC which is the same as his wifes DOB & POB.

      William married Margaret Peyton Jarboe on 30 Apr 1935 in Greensboro, North Carolina U.S.A.. Margaret (daughter of Jarboe and Lucille Peyton) was born on 01 Nov 1909 in Greensboro, North Carolina U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 3.  Margaret Peyton Jarboe was born on 01 Nov 1909 in Greensboro, North Carolina U.S.A. (daughter of Jarboe and Lucille Peyton).
      Children:
      1. Living
      2. Robert Spotswood Devin was born in 1941.
      3. Living
      4. 1. Living


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  Justice William Augustus Devin was born on 12 Jul 1871 in Oxford, Granville, North Carolina U.S.A. (son of Rev. Robert Ira Devin and Mary Ann Transou); died on 18 Feb 1959.

      Notes:

      Census:
      1880 Granville Co NC Oak Hill Twp p 465 w/parents
      1900 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 59, Sh 19 (age = 27)
      1910 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 85, Sh 19 (age = 37)
      1920 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, S. Oxford, ED 119, Sh 9 (Judge)

      Grade Schools in Granville Co NC
      Old Horner Military School, Oxford, NC 1887
      College at Wakeforest for three years
      Graduated University of North Carolina Law School 1894

      US National Guard 1901-1907 Captain
      Served on Staff of Governor Locke Craig with rank of Major

      1894-1899 Internal Revenue Service Greensboro NC
      Private law practice
      1903-1909 Served as Mayor of hometown
      1914-1935 Appointed Judge Superior Court
      Relected 1922 and 1930 Resigned to accept new post
      1936-1951 Appointed Assoc Justice Reelected in 1944
      1951 Appointed Chief Justice

      Refer to News and Observer article Raleigh, NC, Sunday Morning, 10 Jan 1954

      William married Virginia Hunter Bernard on 29 Nov 1899 in Guilford, North Carolina U.S.A.. Virginia was born in Nov 1880 in North Carolina U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 5.  Virginia Hunter Bernard was born in Nov 1880 in North Carolina U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Census:
      1900 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 59, Sh 19
      1910 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 85, Sh 19
      1920 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, S. Oxford, ED 119, Sh 9

      Notes:

      Marriage: Guilford Co NC via ancestry.com

      Children:
      1. 2. William Augustus Devin, Jr. was born on 21 May 1904 in North Carolina U.S.A.; died in Mar 1981 in Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland U.S.A..

    3. 6.  Jarboe

      married Lucille Peyton. [Group Sheet]


    4. 7.  Lucille Peyton
      Children:
      1. 3. Margaret Peyton Jarboe was born on 01 Nov 1909 in Greensboro, North Carolina U.S.A..


    Generation: 4

    1. 8.  Rev. Robert Ira Devin was born on 14 Aug 1822 in Virginia U.S.A. (son of James Devin and Temperance Cox); died on 30 Aug 1914 in Oxford, Granville, North Carolina U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Occupations: Baptist Minister

      Census:
      1850 Granville Co NC p 58
      1860 Granville Co NC p 223A
      1870 Granville Co NC p 263A
      1880 Granville Co NC Oak Hill Twp p 465
      1900 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, Soundex: ED 59, Sh 17, L 64 (age = 77)
      1910 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 85, Sh 15 w/S.H. Cannady......

      Born on the same homestead as his father, James. His son, William A. Devin,
      born 1871, was born when he was 49 or 50 years old.

      !MARRIAGE:
      1st: Henry Co VA via CD#4
      2nd: Forsyth Co NC p.84; FHC #0899691

      Robert married Mary Ann Transou on 22 Aug 1860 in Forsyth, North Carolina U.S.A.. Mary (daughter of Solomon Transou and Sarah Loesch) was born on 08 Jun 1836 in Forsyth, North Carolina U.S.A.; died on 01 Jan 1930 in North Carolina U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 9.  Mary Ann Transou was born on 08 Jun 1836 in Forsyth, North Carolina U.S.A. (daughter of Solomon Transou and Sarah Loesch); died on 01 Jan 1930 in North Carolina U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Census:
      1870 Granville Co NC p 263A
      1880 Granville Co NC Oak Hill Twp p 465 (age 40)
      1900 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 59, Sh 17 (age = 63)
      1910 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 85, Sh 15 w/S.H. Cannady
      1920 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, S. Oxford, ED 119, Sh 8 w/S.H. Cannady
      1930 ......

      !MARRIAGE: Forsyth Co NC p.84; FHC #0899691

      Per 1910 census she had 5 children born to her & 3 were living.

      Per Ancestral File her name was Anna Maria Johanna Transou; also DOB,YOD,POD.
      Parents: Solomon Transou & Sarah Loesch

      Children:
      1. Anna May Devin was born about 1865 in Granville, North Carolina U.S.A.; died on 14 Feb 1928 in Oxford, North Carolina U.S.A.; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Oxford, North Carolina U.S.A..
      2. Sarah Devin was born on 21 Aug 1868 in Granville, North Carolina U.S.A.; died on 28 Sep 1963 in Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, U.S.A..
      3. 4. Justice William Augustus Devin was born on 12 Jul 1871 in Oxford, Granville, North Carolina U.S.A.; died on 18 Feb 1959.