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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    Grace Alma Devin

    Female 1897 - 1994  (96 years)


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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  Grace Alma Devin was born on 9 Nov 1897 in , Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee, USA (daughter of Robert Lee Devin and Clara Belle Ledford); died on 20 Apr 1994 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA.

      Grace married Clarence Davis, Sr.. Clarence was born about 1897 in , , Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet]

      Children:
      1. Eugenia Davis was born about Apr 1918 in , , Tennessee, USA.
      2. Clarence Davis, Jr. was born about Feb 1919 in , , Tennessee, USA.

      Grace married . Adams. [Group Sheet]


    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Robert Lee Devin was born on 01 Aug 1869 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. (son of David William Devin and Lucy Nowlin Twitty); died on 26 Dec 1909 in Lewisburg, Marshall County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Lone Oak Cemetery, Marshall Co TN.

      Notes:

      DOB & POB from Ancestral File

      Census:
      1870 Marshall Co TN p 205A w/parents

      Robert married Clara Belle Ledford on 6 Jan 1893 in , Marshall County, Tennessee, USA. Clara was born on 31 Aug 1873 in , , Tennessee, USA; died on 11 Aug 1965 in Graysville, Jefferson, Alabama, USA; was buried in Lone Oak Cemetery, Marshall Co TN. [Group Sheet]


    2. 3.  Clara Belle Ledford was born on 31 Aug 1873 in , , Tennessee, USA; died on 11 Aug 1965 in Graysville, Jefferson, Alabama, USA; was buried in Lone Oak Cemetery, Marshall Co TN.
      Children:
      1. Lila Mae Devin was born on 3 Aug 1894 in , , Tennessee, USA; died in Apr 1975 in Bessemer, Jefferson, Alabama, USA.
      2. 1. Grace Alma Devin was born on 9 Nov 1897 in , Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee, USA; died on 20 Apr 1994 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA.
      3. Mary Lucy Devin was born on 27 Nov 1900 in , , Tennessee, USA.


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  David William Devin was born on 12 Mar 1830 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. (son of John Devin and Ann Bibb Nowlin); died on 12 Jul 1911 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A..

      Notes:

      YOB from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT

      Census:
      1850 Marshall Co TN p 98A
      1860 Marshall Co TN p 126A
      1870 Marshall Co TN p 205A

      !MARRIAGE: Marshall Co TN record by Sistler

      MILITARY: Probably served Conf. in 17th TN Inf. #11621

      DOB & DOD from gravestone; buried Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Marshall Co TN
      Tombstone Inscriptions of Marshall Co TN; by Whitesell; Raleigh NC State
      Library; GR 929.3 T2 MARS W 594t V.1

      David married Lucy Nowlin Twitty on 10 Nov 1853 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.. Lucy was born on 15 Jun 1835; died on 19 Jan 1908. [Group Sheet]


    2. 5.  Lucy Nowlin Twitty was born on 15 Jun 1835; died on 19 Jan 1908.

      Notes:

      DOB & DOD from gravestone; buried Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Marshall Co TN
      Tombstone Inscriptions of Marshall Co TN; by Whitesell; Raleigh NC State
      Library; GR 929.3 T2 MARS W 594t V.1

      !MARRIAGE: Marshall Co TN record via Sistler

      Census:
      1860 Marshall Co TN census index

      Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT says her name was Lucy Nowlin; could
      it have been Lucy Nowlin Twitty?

      Children:
      1. Martha Ann Devin was born on 06 Dec 1855 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 1 Sep 1936 in , Marshall, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Spring Place (now Short) Cemetery, Marshall Co TN.
      2. John L. Devin was born on 04 Sep 1857 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 11 Nov 1928 in , Marshall County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Cochran Cemetery, Marshall Co TN.
      3. Lucy G. Devin was born on 28 Mar 1859 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 04 Apr 1860 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A..
      4. 2. Robert Lee Devin was born on 01 Aug 1869 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 26 Dec 1909 in Lewisburg, Marshall County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Lone Oak Cemetery, Marshall Co TN.
      5. William D. Devin was born on 26 Mar 1871 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 07 Nov 1872 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A..


    Generation: 4

    1. 8.  John Devin was born on 12 Sep 1793 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. (son of Joseph Devin and Elizabeth Nowlin); died on 12 Jan 1877 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; was buried in Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Lewisburg, Marshal, Tennessee U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Named in Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #13 as child of Joseph Devin

      !MARRIAGE:
      1st: Pittsylvania Co VA
      2nd:

      Census:
      possibly living Lincoln Co TN 1820
      1830
      1840
      1850 Marshall Co TN p 98A
      1860 Marshall Co TN p 126A
      1870 Marshall Co TN p 190

      Marshall Co TN formed in 1836.

      From Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT; this record says his DOB is 12 Sept 1793 & DOD 12 June 1879: This record says his DOB is 12 Sep 1792 & his DOD is 12 June 1877; buried
      Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Marshall Co TN; Tombstone Inscriptions of
      Marshall Co TN; by Whitesell; Raleigh NC State Library; GR 929.3 T2 MARS W594t V.l

      He & his wife had other unknown children who died & were not named.
      Per Ethel S. Mattingley FHC #0928908 John & Rebecca had 10 children.

      John married Ann Bibb Nowlin on 06 Nov 1823 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Ann (daughter of Rev. David Nowlin and Lucy Hensley) was born about 1797 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died in 1835. [Group Sheet]


    2. 9.  Ann Bibb Nowlin was born about 1797 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. (daughter of Rev. David Nowlin and Lucy Hensley); died in 1835.

      Notes:

      YOB from IGI

      MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA

      Name from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916, SLC, UT

      DOD via Ethel S. Mattingley FHC #0928908

      Buried Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Marshall Co TN; Tombstone Inscriptions of
      Marshall Co TN; by Whitesell; Raleigh NC State Library; GR 929.3 T2 MARS W594t
      V.l

      Notes:

      3 November 1823. John DEVIN and Ann Bibb Nowlin, dau. of David Nowlin who consents. Sur. John Douglass. Married 6 Nov. by the Rev. Griffith Dickinson. p. 77 from: Williams, Kathleen Booth, "Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia; 1806-1830", (Genealogical Publishing County, Inc.; Baltimore; 1980), page 40.

      Children:
      1. Sarah Ann Devin
      2. infant Devin
      3. Joseph Devin was born about 1825 in Virginia U.S.A.; died in 1863 in Vicksburg, Warren, Missouri U.S.A..
      4. Elizabeth Devin was born about 1826 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A..
      5. 4. David William Devin was born on 12 Mar 1830 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 12 Jul 1911 in Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A..