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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    Raymond E Thomas

    Male 1910 -


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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  Raymond E Thomas was born on 19 Apr 1910 (son of Eugene Thomas and Bessie Blanch Young).

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Eugene Thomas died in 1959.

      Eugene married Bessie Blanch Young on 28 Sep 1909. Bessie (daughter of Jerry S Young and Elvira Argussa Devin) was born on 18 Feb 1888 in Oregon U.S.A.; died after 1962. [Group Sheet]


    2. 3.  Bessie Blanch Young was born on 18 Feb 1888 in Oregon U.S.A. (daughter of Jerry S Young and Elvira Argussa Devin); died after 1962.

      Notes:

      !Miscellaneous: After Eugene Thomas death, Bessie moved to Seattle,
      Washington where she was residing in 1962 although suffering
      from heart trouble and arthitis.
      After Eugene Thomas death, Bessie moved to Seattle, WA where she was residing
      in 1962 although suffering from heart trouble & arthritis.

      Children:
      1. 1. Raymond E Thomas was born on 19 Apr 1910.
      2. William S Thomas was born in Jul 1911.


    Generation: 3

    1. 6.  Jerry S Young was born in Dec 1856 in Iowa U.S.A.; died on 14 Apr 1925 in Yakima County, Washington U.S.A.; was buried in Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima Co Washington, U.S.A..

      Notes:

      DOB & POB per 1900 Gilliam Co OR census via Ancestry.com

      NOTES by KLV: The 1900 census information for month & year of birth for Jerry Young shows December, 1856.
      The transcribed copy of his death certificate at familysearch.org gave his age at death as 68.
      The gravestone picture at Findagrave shows a DOB of
      3 August 1856.

      Jerry married Elvira Argussa Devin in 1887 in Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho U.S.A.. Elvira (daughter of Joseph Benton Devin and Elvira Pickel) was born on 07 May 1872 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.; died on 6 May 1910 in North Yakima, Yakima, Washington, U.S.A.; was buried in Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima Co Washington, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 7.  Elvira Argussa Devin was born on 07 May 1872 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A. (daughter of Joseph Benton Devin and Elvira Pickel); died on 6 May 1910 in North Yakima, Yakima, Washington, U.S.A.; was buried in Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima Co Washington, U.S.A..

      Notes:

      She moved to Heppner Oregon area from Bolivar Missouri in 1884 with her family and ran away from school at age 15 to marry Jerry Young at Caldwell, Idaho.

      Census:
      1880 Polk Co MO book p 135

      Census:
      1900 Gilliam Co OR, Blalock, p.9A, ED 18, Sh 9A; age 28, b. MO; ch:3&3

      POD per Washington State death certificate via familysearch.org

      Children:
      1. 3. Bessie Blanch Young was born on 18 Feb 1888 in Oregon U.S.A.; died after 1962.
      2. James Chris Young was born on 15 May 1889 in Oregon U.S.A.; died on 5 Jul 1967 in Alameda County, California U.S.A..
      3. Clara Young was born on 28 Jun 1894; died in 1959.


    Generation: 4

    1. 14.  Joseph Benton Devin was born on 27 Aug 1835 in Lincoln County, Tennessee U.S.A. (son of Clayton Devin and Margaret West); died on 14 Jun 1886 in Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.; was buried in Heppner Masonic Cemetery, Heppner, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Census:
      1850 Polk Co MO book p 47; POB = TN
      1860 Polk Co MO book p 19; POB = TN
      1870 Polk Co MO book p 90; POB = MO
      1880 Polk Co MO book p 135; POB = MO......

      MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-538

      Roll Box: 390, Roll-Exct: 11, Roll-Record: 3882 - Sergeant, Company L, 13th Missouri Cavalry


      CW muster-in roll lists his POB as Pike Co MO
      Family lived in Pike Co MO for less than 1 year about 1835 per father's pension
      file. Possibly born in Missouri. It is difficult to say just where he might have been born.

      During the Civil War his Company F was at the battle of Lexington, MO. It is
      said that Joe fired the first gun at the battle, but his company was surrounded
      by Price's Army & caused to surrender. His war record reads as follows: "It
      is hereby certified that according to the records of this office, active
      service 30 July 1862 in Company F, 26th enrolled Missouri Militia at Bolivar,
      Missouri. Capt. T. Higginbotham commanding, Rank 2nd Lieutenant. Relieved
      from duty 20 October 1862 as Prisoner of War. Enlisted 10 Aug 1864 in Co L
      15th Regiment Cavalry Volunteers at Bolivar, MO by Capt. Burus. Rank: Pvt.
      Mustered into service 26 Aug 1864 at Springfield, MO. Mustered out of
      service 1 July 1865 at Springfield, MO."

      After the close of the Civil War, Joe engaged in stock raising and farming in Missouri. In Morrow County Oregon engaged in sheep raising.

      In 1884, after the death of his first wife & his remarriage to Bell Wall in
      1882, he moved with his sons & daughters to Oregon. The various families
      settled in Morrow County then a part of Umatilla County. After Joe's death of
      pneumonia, Bell Devin married a Lalande & their two children, Stella Ophelia &
      James Benton Devin..

      Per the will of their stepfather: his children by Belle Wall apparently kept
      the Devin name; they were left $250 each in his will. --KLV

      Per KLV, Joe died without a will and it took at least two years to settle the estate. Probate file lists YOD as 1886.

      Joseph married Elvira Pickel on 04 Feb 1859 in Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Elvira (daughter of Christian Pickel and Catherine Carneal) was born on 18 Apr 1843 in Roane County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 30 Jan 1882 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.; was buried in Kelly Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 15.  Elvira Pickel was born on 18 Apr 1843 in Roane County, Tennessee U.S.A. (daughter of Christian Pickel and Catherine Carneal); died on 30 Jan 1882 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.; was buried in Kelly Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A..

      Notes:

      !MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-538 Was first wife of Joseph Benton Devin

      Census:
      1850 Roane Co TN P 383A w/parents
      1860 Polk Co MO book p 19
      1870 Polk Co MO book p 90
      1880 Polk Co MO book p 135.....

      Buried Kelly Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO
      DOB, DOD from gravestone; DOB also listed in Pickel Bible records

      DOD maybe 31 January 1882 (1).

      Notes:

      Married by William B. Senter Min.

      Children:
      1. Nathaniel Madison Devin was born on 08 Apr 1860 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.; died on 03 Apr 1933 in Winchester, Lewis, Idaho U.S.A.; was buried on 04 Apr 1933 in Flora Cemetery, Flora, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A..
      2. Mifflin Jay Devin was born on 05 Oct 1861 in Missouri U.S.A.; died on 15 Jan 1942 in Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.; was buried in Heppner Masonic Cemetery, Heppner, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A..
      3. Catherine Florence Devin was born on 24 Jun 1863 in Missouri U.S.A.; died on 11 Dec 1933 in Contra Costa, California U.S.A..
      4. Margaret Delila Devin was born on 15 May 1865 in Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died in 1947; was buried in Heppner Masonic Cemetery, Heppner, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A..
      5. Smith Pickel Devin was born on 11 Jul 1867 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.; died on 22 Jun 1937 in Heppner, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A.; was buried in Heppner Masonic Cemetery, Heppner, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A..
      6. Irene Isabella Devin was born on 03 Mar 1869 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.; died on 31 Aug 1939 in Heppner, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A..
      7. 7. Elvira Argussa Devin was born on 07 May 1872 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.; died on 6 May 1910 in North Yakima, Yakima, Washington, U.S.A.; was buried in Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima Co Washington, U.S.A..
      8. baby girl Devin was born on 01 Aug 1874 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.; died on 02 Aug 1874 in Missouri U.S.A..
      9. Letha May Devin was born on 21 Jan 1876 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.; died on 17 Mar 1876 in Missouri U.S.A..
      10. baby daughter Devin was born on 14 Mar 1877 in Missouri U.S.A.; died on 14 Mar 1877 in Missouri U.S.A..
      11. Joseph Charles Devin was born on 01 Oct 1878 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.; died on 16 Jan 1957 in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon U.S.A.; was buried on 19 Jan 1957 in Oaklawn Memorial Park, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon U.S.A..
      12. Eunice Ursula Devin was born on 30 Jan 1882 in Missouri U.S.A.; died in Sep 1882 in Missouri U.S.A..