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.
Nannie Kate Reynolds was born on 28 Apr 1860 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 24 Feb 1948.
Nannie married Henry Prentiss Swanson in 1897 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Henry (son of Samuel Addison Swanson and Sarah Eliza Swanson) was born on 10 Jul 1851 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 19 Apr 1927 in Marlowe homeplace, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]
Children:
Mary E. Swanson was born in 1891 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Eva T. Swanson was born in 1892 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.