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.
[S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
"The Emmersons of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia and Their Descendants by Craig C. Emmerson, October 27, 1978 can be seen at Virginia Genealogical Society, Richmond, Virginia 23211: Edwin Lewis Emmerson married Sarah Easley 15 Jun 1855; Children William E. Emerson m. Lucy Sours Giles; Henry (Bryant) Emmerson m. Arie Adner Giles; Charles Ed Emerson m Lillian Ragsdale Gray; Virginia Coles Emmerson m. Thomas F. Herndon and Nancy S. Emmerson who never married.
1875 - 1949 (73 years)