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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    James A. Beck

    Male 1883 - 1980  (96 years)


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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  James A. Beck was born on 07 Nov 1883 (son of Richard Bell Beck and Susan Malinda Runyan); died on 30 Apr 1980.

      Notes:

      Ashes in Maple Park Cem., Springfield, MO
      Greene Co MO Cemeteries, Vol. X, Pt.2; SLC 977.878 V38g

      James married Mayme L.. Mayme was born on 20 Jun 1885; died on 08 Jul 1987. [Group Sheet]


    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Richard Bell Beck was born on 12 Mar 1852 in Osceola, St. Clair, Missouri U.S.A. (son of James W. Beck and Sarah Frazier Devin); died on 27 Oct 1936 in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, U.S.A.; was buried in Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Census:
      1860 St. Clair Co MO p 871 w/parents
      1870 Polk Co MO book p 104 w/mother
      1880 Polk Co MO book p 141 w/mother

      !MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO E-32

      DOB & POB from Hist. of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade & Barton Cos. MO
      SLC 977.87 H2h

      Buried Maple Park Cemetery; Greene Co MO Cem. V. X, pt.2
      DOB = 12 Mar 1851

      There is a picture of his gravestone at Findagrave; the DOB on the gravestone reads 12 March 1851.

      Richard married Susan Malinda Runyan on 18 Dec 1881 in Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Susan was born on 27 Feb 1866 in Missouri U.S.A.; died on 10 Sep 1916 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried in Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 3.  Susan Malinda Runyan was born on 27 Feb 1866 in Missouri U.S.A.; died on 10 Sep 1916 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried in Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, U.S.A..

      Notes:

      !MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO E-32

      Census:
      1870 Polk Co MO book p 89 w/parents (age listed as 9)
      1880 Polk Co MO book p 143 w/parents (age listed as 14)

      Parents: Abraham M. Runyan & Mary Ann Jarnagin, m. 10 Feb 1852, Polk Co A-319

      Buried Maple Park Cemetery; Greene Co MO Cem. V. X, pt.2

      Children:
      1. 1. James A. Beck was born on 07 Nov 1883; died on 30 Apr 1980.
      2. William Bell Beck, Sr. was born on 2 Dec 1887 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.; died on 11 Oct 1918 in Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried in Greenwook Cemetery, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A..
      3. Mattie Lee Beck was born on 22 Jan 1894 in Missouri U.S.A.; died on 2 Aug 1978 in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington U.S.A.; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, East Wenatchee, Douglas County, Washington, U.S.A..
      4. Mary F. Beck was born in Apr 1890 in Missouri U.S.A..
      5. Richard Ambrose Beck was born on 9 Aug 1897 in Missouri U.S.A.; died on 10 Feb 1892 in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, U.S.A.; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park, East Wenatchee, Douglas County, Washington, U.S.A..
      6. Sarah Estes Beck was born on 2 May 1900 in Missouri U.S.A.; died on 2 Jul 1992 in Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, U.S.A.; was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park, East Wenatchee, Douglas County, Washington, U.S.A..


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  James W. Beck was born about 1814 in Virginia U.S.A. (son of Richard B. Beck and Lucy Devin); died before 09 Mar 1866 in St. Clair County, Missouri U.S.A..

      Notes:

      !MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-289

      Census:
      1850 St. Clair Co MO p 132A
      1860 St. Clair Co MO p 871......

      Per Missouri Miscellany, Abstracts of Wills & Adm. Bonds, 1865-1876, St. Clair
      Co: James W. Beck d. intestate. Admx. Sarah J. Beck, 9 Mar 1866; Court
      appointed John W. Scott & C. B. Starkey to assist (A31).

      James married Sarah Frazier Devin on 23 Feb 1850 in Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Sarah (daughter of William Robert Devin and Rebecca Oliver) was born between 1822 and 1823 in Tennessee U.S.A.; died in 1907 in Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 5.  Sarah Frazier Devin was born between 1822 and 1823 in Tennessee U.S.A. (daughter of William Robert Devin and Rebecca Oliver); died in 1907 in Missouri U.S.A..

      Notes:

      !MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-289

      Census:
      1850 St. Clair Co MO p 132A
      1860 St. Clair Co MO p 871
      1870 Polk Co MO book p 104 (prob a widow)
      1880 Polk Co MO book p 141 (widowed)

      Middle name possibly Fraser

      History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade & Barton Cos MO; SLC 977.87 H2b

      Per David Edmondson: she died Nov 1907, Greene Co MO

      Notes:

      Married by William B. Senter, Min.

      Children:
      1. 2. Richard Bell Beck was born on 12 Mar 1852 in Osceola, St. Clair, Missouri U.S.A.; died on 27 Oct 1936 in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, U.S.A.; was buried in Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, U.S.A..
      2. Rebecca E. Beck was born about 1855 in Missouri U.S.A.; died on 29 Sep 1926.
      3. William D. Beck was born about 1857 in St. Clair, Missouri U.S.A..
      4. Ambrose W. Beck was born about 1859 in St. Clair, Missouri U.S.A..
      5. Frederick Joseph Beck was born on 18 Jan 1860 in St. Clair County, Missouri U.S.A.; died in in Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico U.S.A.; was buried on 03 Nov 1942 in South Park Cemetery, Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico U.S.A..


    Generation: 4

    1. 8.  Richard B. Beck

      Notes:

      MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

      Richard married Lucy Devin on 15 Jul 1811 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Lucy (daughter of Joseph Devin and Elizabeth Nowlin) was born about 1790 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]


    2. 9.  Lucy Devin was born about 1790 in , , Virginia, USA (daughter of Joseph Devin and Elizabeth Nowlin).

      Notes:

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

      MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record; FHL #2056412, Image #0128

      Census:
      1850 St. Clair Co MO Dist.79, p.132B; age 60, b. VA
      1860 St. Clair Co MO p.871, age 70, w/son, James W......

      Notes:

      Marriage Bond 15.July.1811 Richard B. Beck and Lucy Devin daughter of Elizabeth Devin who is widow of Joseph, desceased. Surety James Beck. (Devin file at Pedmont Genealogy Society, Danville VA Public Library from research by Anna D. Evans 07.May.1985)

      Children:
      1. 4. James W. Beck was born about 1814 in Virginia U.S.A.; died before 09 Mar 1866 in St. Clair County, Missouri U.S.A..
      2. Massy F. Beck was born about 1818 in Virginia U.S.A.; died before 10 Feb 1857 in St. Clair County, Missouri U.S.A..

    3. 10.  William Robert Devin was born on 3 Aug 1800 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. (son of William Devin, Jr. and Martha Mitchell); died in 1876 in Polk County, Missouri U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Census:
      1840 Polk Co MO p 159; Males: 1-1-0-2-0-1; Females: 2-2-1-2-0-1
      1850 Polk Co MO book p 62
      1860 Polk Co MO book p 8

      Lincoln Co TN Deeds: Sold 88 acres to A. T. Oliver 20 Jan 1834.

      Died in 1862: per Hist. of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade & Barton Cos, MO
      SLC 977.87 H2h (listing for Richard Beck) This may be questionable as there
      are court documents which indicate he was alive in 1869. Another source said
      he died in 1876...not documented. Have copy of a letter he wrote in Mar 1863
      when he was a member of the Missouri State Legislature. DOD certainly not in
      1862.

      In Polk Co MO he held the office of County Treasurer; was collector a term; was
      representative a term; & County Judge for a number of years. He was a Democrat and a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Kept store in Bolivar MO for 14 years. He was Justice of the Peace in 1849 when he married Clayton S. Devin and Nancy Rebecca Williams.

      William Robert Devin was one of the first settlers in Marion Township, Polk County, Missouri along with his brother Clayton Devin. Moved from Tennessee to Missouri in 1834 per History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton Counties, Missouri 1889, page 637.

      William married Rebecca Oliver about 1820 in Tennessee U.S.A.. Rebecca was born about 1802 in Tennessee U.S.A.; died about 1881. [Group Sheet]


    4. 11.  Rebecca Oliver was born about 1802 in Tennessee U.S.A.; died about 1881.

      Notes:

      Census:
      1850 Polk Co MO book p 62
      1860 Polk Co MO book p 8
      1870
      1880 Polk Co MO book p 141......

      Believe sister is Matilda Oliver who married Elijah Williams.

      Children:
      1. Marion Green Devin was born in Jan 1821 in Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 26 Feb 1903 in Sutter Creek, Amador, California U.S.A..
      2. 5. Sarah Frazier Devin was born between 1822 and 1823 in Tennessee U.S.A.; died in 1907 in Missouri U.S.A..
      3. John Oliver Devin was born on 26 Dec 1823 in Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 22 Dec 1873 in Sacramento, California U.S.A..
      4. Matilda J. Devin was born on 21 Oct 1825 in Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 28 May 1866 in Polk County, Missouri U.S.A..
      5. Edward H. Devin was born on 10 Jan 1830 in Lincoln County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died after 1880.
      6. Narcissus E. Devin was born about 1832 in Tennessee U.S.A.; died on 30 Aug 1874 in St. Clair County, Missouri U.S.A..
      7. Martha A. Devin was born in Oct 1832 in Missouri U.S.A.; died after 1910.
      8. Mary R. Devin was born on 05 Mar 1836 in Missouri U.S.A.; died on 11 Jul 1910 in St. Clair County, Missouri U.S.A..
      9. William Alvin Devin was born about 1835 in Missouri U.S.A.; died on 15 Jul 1856 in California U.S.A..
      10. Rebecca B. Devin was born about 1837 in Missouri U.S.A..
      11. Eliza Devin was born about 1838 in Missouri U.S.A..
      12. James C. Devin was born in Jul 1843 in Missouri U.S.A.; died about 13 Jul 1911.
      13. Mitchell S. Devin was born about 1845 in Missouri U.S.A..