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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    John Oliver Devin

    Male 1823 - 1873  (49 years)


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    • Name John Oliver Devin 
      Born 26 Dec 1823  Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 22 Dec 1873  Sacramento, California U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Census:
        1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
        1860 Sacramento Co California p 363, San Joaquin Twp; Elk Grove Post Office
        1870 Sacramento Co California p 404, San Joaquin Twp; Sacramento City PO......
        1880 not on this census; wife listed as A. M. Jenkins, widow.

        Family moved to California in 1856 per History of Sacramento Co California, publ. 1880
        p. 273

        Per letter to father he told about his brother being killed by the Indians in
        the Reft/Raft River area, which was in California.

        !MARRIAGE: from History of Sacramento Co California, publ. 1880, p. 273

        Died in Sheldon per Sacramento Bee, 23 Dec 1873.
        Buried Sheldon, now Pleasant Grove, Cemetery in Sacramento Co California probably near
        Elk Grove; age at death: 49 years, 11 months, 26 days.
        Rest in Peace, LAPL 979.41 S123Ba-3 V.2

        Middle name from Sacramento Co California Great Register of Voters, 1866-1868
        LAPL NR Gen R 979.42 S123Gr (microfilm)
        [mel.ged]

        MARRIED AMANDA M.F. BERRY
      Person ID I2960  Devin Timber | William Devin Progeny
      Last Modified 9 Mar 2010 

      Father William Robert Devin,   b. 3 Aug 1800, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1876, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
      Mother Rebecca Oliver,   b. Abt 1802, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1881  (Age 79 years) 
      Married Abt 1820  Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F0942  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Amanda Margaret Berry,   b. 09 Mar 1831, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1888, Sacramento, California U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
      Married 23 Apr 1846  Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
      +1. William Berry Devin,   b. Jan 1848, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1912, Sacramento, California U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
       2. James Henry Devin,   b. 13 Sep 1849, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1893, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
      +3. Susan Rebecca Devin,   b. 09 Mar 1852, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1927, , Sacramento, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
       4. Eliza Jane Devin,   b. 09 Mar 1854, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       5. Charles Edward Devin,   b. 09 Mar 1856, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      +6. Beuna Alphandine Devin,   b. 28 Dec 1857, Sacramento, California U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1926, Sacramento, California U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
       7. Adolphus Robert Devin,   b. 28 Nov 1860, Sacramento, California U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
      +8. Lee Alvin Devin,   b. 11 Apr 1863, Elk Grove, Sacramento, California U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1919, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
      Last Modified 9 Mar 2010 
      Family ID F1105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart