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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    Generation: 2

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      Living married Living [Group Sheet]


    2. 3.  LivingLiving
      Children:
      1. Living
      2. 1. Living
      3. Living


    Generation: 3

    1. 6.  Robert Herman Clarke was born on 7 Jul 1915 in Virginia (son of Robert Thomas Clarke and Bessie Lee Jenkins); died on 29 May 1995 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A..

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      Robert H. Clarke, Mayor of Danville, Virginia

      Robert married Adelaide Ryan Carter on 06 Dec 1945 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.. Adelaide (daughter of Joseph Alpha Carter, Sr. and Madaline "Mattie" Frances Edwards) was born on 18 Jul 1915 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 18 Sep 1995 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


    2. 7.  Adelaide Ryan Carter was born on 18 Jul 1915 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A. (daughter of Joseph Alpha Carter, Sr. and Madaline "Mattie" Frances Edwards); died on 18 Sep 1995 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery Danville, Virginia.
      Children:
      1. 3. Living


    Generation: 4

    1. 12.  Robert Thomas Clarke was born in c1890 in Virginia; died after 1965 in Virginia.

      Robert married Bessie Lee Jenkins. Bessie was born in c 1915 in Virginia. [Group Sheet]


    2. 13.  Bessie Lee Jenkins was born in c 1915 in Virginia.
      Children:
      1. 6. Robert Herman Clarke was born on 7 Jul 1915 in Virginia; died on 29 May 1995 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A..

    3. 14.  Joseph Alpha Carter, Sr.Joseph Alpha Carter, Sr. was born on 07 Dec 1874 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A. (son of George Turner Carter and Martha Sue Green); died on 31 Jul 1930 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried on 01 Aug 1930 in Green Hill Cemetery-Danville, Virginia.

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      Joseph Alpha Carter, Sr. was a salesman and then a manager of Cobb & Crew, Co. Inc. He lived with his family at 672 Jefferson Avenue Danville, Va. from about 1918-1919 until his death in 1930, after which his family there resided until 1965-1966 when his widow, Mattie Edwards was incapacitated.

      Danville Virginia City directories 1917-1930.

      Joseph Alpha Carter's eldest daughter, Thelma delivered her first child, September 2, 1930, a month after he died. The 10 lb little girl died at birth. Thelma, a gifted seamstress had her dressed in a christening dress she had made; held her daughter and said, "daddy wanted to see you".

      Reported to Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston by her mother, Frances Hughes Carter, sister of Thelma Carter. Photo of head stone taken by Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.

      Buried:


      Photograph of head stone taken by Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, his grandaughter. Death record from Townes Funeral Home who conducted the funeral. Record states Mother, Susie Gravitt; Father, George T. Carter, both of Halifax County, VA

      Joseph married Madaline "Mattie" Frances Edwards on 13 Dec 1898 in Milton, North Carolina U.S.A.. Madaline (daughter of Addison Lafayette Edwards and Sarah Frances "Sally" Powell) was born on 03 May 1876; died on 10 Sep 1967 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery-Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


    4. 15.  Madaline "Mattie" Frances Edwards was born on 03 May 1876 (daughter of Addison Lafayette Edwards and Sarah Frances "Sally" Powell); died on 10 Sep 1967 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery-Danville, Virginia.

      Notes:

      Died:

      Mattie was my grandmother. She died after a series of small stokes following a broken hip surgery rendered her comatose for some months. She was 92 years old when she died.

      Notes:

      Married by Rev. Dedman

      Children:
      1. Frances Hughes Carter was born on 31 Oct 1912 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; died in 29 Jun1995 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery.
      2. James Carlton Carter was born on 06 Jun 1900 in Halifax County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 19 May 1959 in Gulf of Mexico; was buried in Georgia U.S.A..
      3. Thelma Elizabeth Carter was born on 13 Jun 1902 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 09 Jun 1987 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery Danville, Virginia.
      4. Joseph Alpha Carter, Jr. was born on 15 May 1909 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 31 Jan 1934 in Lynchburg, Virginia U.S.A..
      5. 7. Adelaide Ryan Carter was born on 18 Jul 1915 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 18 Sep 1995 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery Danville, Virginia.
      6. William Daniel Carter was born on 08 Apr 1918 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; died about 2008 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Danville Memorial Gardens, 58 W, Danville, Virginia.
      7. Edwards A. Carter was born on 06 Jun 1905 in Danville, Virginia; died on 11 Apr 1907 in Danville, Virginia; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery-Danville, Virginia.