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.
Oliver married Mina Marie Kern in 1888 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.. Mina (daughter of Prof. Maximillian G. Kern) was born in 1864 in Ohio U.S.A.; died on 23 May 1943 in Seattle, King, Washington U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]