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    Mary Deu Friend

    Female 1880 - 1881  (1 years)


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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  Mary Deu Friend was born on 17 Sep 1880 in Oakley Grove, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A. (daughter of William Bayless Deu Friend and Mary Elizabeth Smith); died on 09 Oct 1881 in Oakley Grove, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A..

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  William Bayless Deu Friend was born on 21 Apr 1853 in Orange County, Indiana U.S.A. (son of Epaeelett Layfayette Deu Friend and Perlinia Grigsby); died on 02 Jan 1925; was buried in Farmont, Virginia U.S.A..

      William married Mary Elizabeth Smith on 08 Jan 1874 in Wabash County, Illinois U.S.A.. Mary (daughter of Thomas Lewis Smith and Nancy Smith Devin) was born on 17 Jan 1857 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 15 Apr 1917 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 3.  Mary Elizabeth Smith was born on 17 Jan 1857 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A. (daughter of Thomas Lewis Smith and Nancy Smith Devin); died on 15 Apr 1917 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Buried at Fairmont, West Virginia

      Children:
      1. Charles Smith Deu Friend was born on 18 May 1875 in Oakley Grove, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 19 Aug 1875.
      2. Joseph Elmer Deu Friend was born on 29 May 1876 in Oakley Grove, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 14 Jan 1954; was buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A..
      3. Ester Devin Deu Friend was born on 08 May 1878 in Oakley Grove, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; died in 1957 in Fairmont, Virginia U.S.A..
      4. William Deu Friend was born on 17 Sep 1880 in Oakley Grove, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 10 Sep 1881 in Oakley Grove, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A..
      5. 1. Mary Deu Friend was born on 17 Sep 1880 in Oakley Grove, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 09 Oct 1881 in Oakley Grove, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A..


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  Epaeelett Layfayette Deu Friend

      Epaeelett married Perlinia Grigsby. [Group Sheet]


    2. 5.  Perlinia Grigsby
      Children:
      1. 2. William Bayless Deu Friend was born on 21 Apr 1853 in Orange County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 02 Jan 1925; was buried in Farmont, Virginia U.S.A..

    3. 6.  Thomas Lewis Smith was born on 22 May 1799 in Fayette County, Kentucky U.S.A. (son of Major James Smith and Rachel Wood); died on 18 Jan 1876 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A..

      Notes:

      IGI & Ancestral Fils say DOB = 6 Mar 1793

      MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN #979: FHC #1434696 & SLC 977.235 V28g V.1

      Thomas married Nancy Smith Devin on 20 May 1835 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. Nancy (daughter of Rev. Alexander Devin and Susannah Nowlin) was born on 23 Dec 1814 in Knox County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 15 Mar 1876 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    4. 7.  Nancy Smith Devin was born on 23 Dec 1814 in Knox County, Indiana U.S.A. (daughter of Rev. Alexander Devin and Susannah Nowlin); died on 15 Mar 1876 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A..

      Notes:

      DOB & POB from Ancestral File

      !MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN #979: FHC #1434696 & SLC 977.235 V28g V.1

      [Judith Bone; email 19990129] On the inside of the front cover of a bible in possession of Judith Bone (1999) reads: Nancy Smith Devin bible bought in Princeton from the Bible Society Year 1833 Price $1,37. In about the middle of the Bible there are about eight pages of family genealogy. Most of it in one person's writing, but there are things added by some one else later. The book is old and I do not take it out and touch it much as the pages are falling apart. This Bible was Nancy's and then to her daughter Mary Elizabeth (Smith) DeuFriend. After her death, it passed to her daughter Esther Devin (DeuFriend) Sullivan/Castor/Morgan, my Father's Aunt. After Ester's death, the Bible came to my Dad's house and my step mother sent it to me.

      Children:
      1. George Washington Smith was born on 08 Mar 1836 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 29 Sep 1851.
      2. Susan Devin Smith was born on 06 Oct 1838 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 18 Aug 1849 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A..
      3. James Alexander Smith was born on 03 Jun 1840 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 27 May 1865 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A..
      4. William Henry Harrison Smith was born on 17 Jan 1842 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 22 Sep 1861.
      5. Joseph Lewis Smith was born on 21 Aug 1851 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 24 Nov 1918.
      6. 3. Mary Elizabeth Smith was born on 17 Jan 1857 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 15 Apr 1917 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia U.S.A..


    Generation: 4

    1. 12.  Major James Smith was born in Aug 1774 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia (son of James Smith and Judith Gayle); died on 04 Nov 1855.

      Notes:

      His parents and family moved from Spottsylvania County Virginia to Fayette County Kentucky where Maj. James Smith cut cane, and help to make the first road from Lexington to Winchester, Kentucky. In 1808, he moved again this time to the Territory of Indiana. Maj. James Smith served in the War of 1812 at the battle of Tippecanoe. He was a delegate of the first Constitution Convention of Indiana. He was also the Commissioner of the Seminary Township of Gibson County, Indiana.

      James married Rachel Wood. [Group Sheet]


    2. 13.  Rachel Wood

      Notes:

      Of Kentucky [Judith Bone; 19990201 email].

      Children:
      1. Polly Wood Smith was born on 11 Sep 1795 in Fayette County, Kentucky U.S.A..
      2. Judith Gayle Smith was born on 30 Apr 1797 in Fayette County, Kentucky; died on 20 Sep 1873 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A..
      3. 6. Thomas Lewis Smith was born on 22 May 1799 in Fayette County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died on 18 Jan 1876 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A..
      4. Lewis Craig Smith was born on 26 Dec 1802 in Fayette County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died on 01 Nov 1856 in Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A..

    3. 14.  Rev. Alexander Devin was born on 22 Mar 1769 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of William Devin, Sr. and Sarah Smith); died on 05 Jan 1827 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried in Devin Plot, Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Indiana U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Census:
      1820 Gibson Co IN p 240......
      1 male >45; 1 male 16-25; 3 males 10-15
      1 female>45; 3 female 16-25; 2 females <10

      POB from History of Gibson Co IN p. 55; FHC #0934905
      This book gave YOM as 1793. Family moved to Warren County (near Bowling Green), Kentucky in 1798 & to Gibson County, Indiana in spring of 1808.
      Moved to Indiana Territory March 1808 (Gilbert, Polly; Decendents of James Nowlin; updated 01.Aug.2001).

      Represented Gibson Co in the Indiana constitutional convention of 1816.
      Hist. of Gibson Co IN; SLC 977.235 H2p

      IGI & Ancestral File say DOB 27 Mar 1769 or 22 Mar 1769
      Per Hist. of Gibson Co IN DOB = 27 Mar 1769.

      Bought the first lot sold in Princeton, IN.

      Was Baptist minister who along with Joseph Logan and John Hightower, other Baptist preachers, established their ministry and several churches in the Warren County and Allen County, Kentucky, areas
      in the late 1790s and 1800s.

      Land Grant issued to Alexander Divan for 200 acres on the Sulphur Fork of Drake Creek in Warren County, Kentucky. Grant is recorded in Book 12 page 114. Surveyed 08.Aug.1799.

      Alexander recorded a deed in Pittsylvania County Virigina relinquishing his rights in the estate of his father, William Devin, except for any property based on the future estate of his sister, Sarah. Written 21.Novemer.1803; recorded in Deed Book 13 page 537 on 16.January.1804. Witnessed by James Nowlin, John Emmerson, George Thomas, and James Devin.

      Minister's Returns: Pittsylvania Co. Virginia; Bassett Historical Center, Bassett, Virginia Alex Divin and Sukey Nowling was mared July 19 1791; Minister not named. Looks like the handwriting of Richard Elliott - Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston

      Alexander married Susannah Nowlin on 10 Jul 1795 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Susannah (daughter of Bryan Ward Nowlin and Lucy Wade) was born on 12 Mar 1771 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 08 Nov 1846 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried in Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    4. 15.  Susannah Nowlin was born on 12 Mar 1771 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (daughter of Bryan Ward Nowlin and Lucy Wade); died on 08 Nov 1846 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried in Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A..

      Notes:

      !Questions: Spelling of Name - Nowlin or Nolan
      First name maybe Susan.
      POB from History of Gibson Co IN p. 55; FHC #0934905
      This book gave DOD as 8 November 1840.

      The Devin Family, page 37 lists her DOD as 8 November 1846.

      Census:
      1830 Gibson Co IN p 159A (Suckey or Sukey)
      2 males 20-30 1 female 50-60; 2 females 15-20

      Was a second generation American. Her grandfather came from Ireland.

      Via Ethel S. Mattingley FHC #0928908: Bible records at Washington Co IN
      Historical Society show DOB as 12 Mar 1772.
      Per Hist. of Gibson Co IN p 452: DOB = 12 Mar 1771

      "The Devin Family", on page 37, says Susan is the daughter of Edward and Mary Wade Nowlin of Virginia. However, on page 2, a quote from the will of Bryan Ward Nowlin says Sucky is his daughter. Research by Anna Hudelson [Nowlin-Devin missive; 1929-1977] shows Edward Nowlin and Mary Wade to be the parents of Bryan Ward Nowlin; Susans paternal grandparents.

      Notes:

      It is possible that 9 July 1791 is their marriage bond date and 10 July 1795 is the date of their marriage.

      Children:
      1. Lucy Devin was born on 06 May 1793 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 28 Dec 1827 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A..
      2. James Devin was born on 09 Jun 1794 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 27 Dec 1844 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A..
      3. Susan Nowlin Devin was born on 22 Sep 1796 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 05 Dec 1832 in Washington County, Indiana U.S.A..
      4. Sarah Devin was born on 04 Feb 1799 in Warren County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died on 05 Dec 1844 in Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A..
      5. Alexander Devin, Jr. was born on 14 Dec 1801 in Warren County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died on 13 May 1864; was buried in Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A..
      6. Virginia Devin was born on 02 Jun 1802 in Warren County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died on 26 Aug 1850; was buried in Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A..
      7. Joseph Devin was born on 22 May 1805 in Warren County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died on 10 Mar 1864; was buried in Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A..
      8. Robert Devin was born on 22 Jun 1807 in Warren County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died on 29 Sep 1841 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A..
      9. Peyton Nowlin Devin was born on 08 Aug 1808 in Knox County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 27 Jul 1862 in Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried in Devin Plot, Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Indiana U.S.A..
      10. Mary Devin was born on 05 Jul 1810 in Knox County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 14 Sep 1814 in Indiana; was buried in Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A..
      11. Catherine Ann Devin was born on 08 Jul 1812 in Knox County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 27 Nov 1888 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Princeton, Indiana U.S.A..
      12. 7. Nancy Smith Devin was born on 23 Dec 1814 in Knox County, Indiana U.S.A.; died on 15 Mar 1876 in Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A..
      13. Elizabeth Devin

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