Living

Living married Living. [Group Sheet]

1. Living
2. Living

Notes:

Tahoma Cemetery: Lot 3SE, Block 98, Section F

Lyle's widow, Elsie Purvinance Devin, married Victor
Eschbach.

Lyle & Elsie had a daughter, Deleine Devin, who was later
adopted by Victor Eschbach.

DEATH: WA State Deaths; LAPL microfilm

Lyle married Elsie Toy Purvinance 29 Jun 1939, Yakima County, Washington U.S.A.. Elsie was born 21 Sep 1920, Yakima County, Washington U.S.A.; died 28 Aug 2001, Yakima, Yakima, Washington U.S.A.; was buried , Calvary Cemetery, Yakima County, Washington. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1900 Wallowa Co OR Paradise Pct ED 103, Sh 2
1910
1920

DOB maybe 21 Mar 1884 per Social Security Index

Eugene married Eulah Elizabeth Matthew 19 Feb 1905, Flora, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A.. Eulah (daughter of John Elry Matthew and Ester Elizabeth Henderson) was born 13 Sep 1887, Clinton County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 13 Nov 1936, Nez Perce County, Idaho U.S.A.; was buried , Vineland Cemetery, Clarkston, Asotin, Washington U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!ALT NAME:Carving the North End Wilderness: Flora, Carving
the North End Wilderness: Flora, F. Lorlene Beddow,
Portland, Oregon; Crooked Arrow Publishing Co.; 1996, page
168

!BIRTH:Carving the North End Wilderness: Flora, Carving the
North End Wilderness: Flora, F. Lorlene Beddow, Portland,
Oregon; Crooked Arrow Publishing Co.; 1996, page 168

Notes:

Married:
!MARRIAGE:Carving the North End Wilderness: Flora, Carving
the North End Wilderness: Flora, F. Lorlene Beddow,
Portland, Oregon; Crooked Arrow Publishing Co.; 1996, page
21

!MARRIAGE:U.S. Census 1930: Idaho-Winchester-District 21,
U.S. Census 1930: Idaho-Winchester-District 21, US Census
Bureau, sheet 4a - 4b

Notes:

Sources:

U.S. Census 1860 Polk Co MO book p 19
U.S. Census 1870 Polk Co MO book p 90 w/parents
U.S. Census 1880 Polk Co MO book p 135 w/parents
U.S. Census 1900 Wallowa Co OR Paradise Pct; ED 103 Sh 2
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


Married at residence of bride's father. Moved to Flora
Oregon in 1890 and homesteaded near the present town site.
He built a shingle mill and saw mill which supplied much of
the lumber and shingles for buildings of the area. In the
first years in the Flora Country, they in a log cabin and
he worked the harvest fields of the Pendleton area. He and
Eliza built the first shingle mill in north part of Wallowa
County and helped to build the town of Flora, Oregon. He
later turned his farm over to his son, Gene, which was
later sold. He farm was located adjacent to where the
state highway from Clarkston, WA to Enterprise, Oregon
reaches the south summit of the mountain grade climb from
the Grand Rounde River.
After his wife died, he lived with Gene and died at their
home near Winchester, Idaho. He and his wife are buried at
the Flora cementery.


!ALT NAME:Certificate of Death for Madison Nathaniel Devin,
Devin, Nathaniel Madison: Certificate of Death, State of
Idaho, Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Boxes 1, 2, 6, 12, 18, 21

!ALT NAME:Claim of Heirs of E. Devin, deceased, against
Est. J.B. Devin, deceased: Petition, Claim of Heirs of E.
Devin, deceased, against Est. J.B. Devin, deceased:
Petition, Morrow County Court House,

[page
1]

In the County Court
of Morrow County

Oregon

In the Matter of the
Est. of J.B.
Devin,
deceased

Claim of
Heirs of E. Devin,
deceaded,
against
Est. J.B. Devin,
deceased

Petition

Filed Dec 6^th
1886
C.L Andrews
Co clerk

Geo. W^m.
Wright
Atty for Claimants

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2]

In the County Court of Morrow County
State
of Oregon

In the matter of the Estate of
J. B.
Devin, deceased
Claim of Heirs of El-
vira Devin,
deceased
Against
Estate of J.B. Devin

deceased

||
|| Petition
||

To the
Honorable William Mitch-
ell, County Judge of Morrow
County
State of Oregon:-

Comes [nezd] Margarett

D. Justice (nee Margarett D. Devin); Nathaniel
M.
Devin; Mifflin J. Devin; Katherine
F. Howe, nee
Katharine F. Devin); Smith
P. Devin; Irene J. Devin;
Elvira G. Devin;
and Joseph C. Devin, claimants herein,

and heirs of Elvira Devin deceased,
and by their
attorney, Geo. W^m Wright,
respectfully
sherve to the Honorable
Court above named the following

facts in connection with the claim
of the claimants
herein:--

I. That the Mother of Claimants
-heirs-
herein, was Elvira Devin,
first wife of J.B. Devin, and
that she

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died in Polk County,
in the State
of Missouri on or about Jany. 30,
1882.

II. That said Elvira Devin, was a daughter

of Christian Pickle of said Polk County,
and as
heir and daughter drew from,
or recevied from the
estate of her
said Father (who died in Dec. 1881.)

Just prior to her death the said money
accounting
to about $1427.50

III. That she the said Elvira Devin
had
at ^all^ times full and exclusive possession
of
said sum of $1427.50 until her death
which occured
about said Jany. 30, 1882.

IV. That after the death
of the said
Elvira Devin, the said J.B. Devin
her
husband, took possession for the
first time of the
money and property of
his said deceased wife Elvira
Devin, of
the value of $1427.50, on or about Feby.

1, 1882, in trust, and to hold for
as the property
of, the said claimants
herein, the said heirs and
children
of said Elvira Devin, born to her and
her
said husband J.B. Devin, during
their marriage and
whose names
are herein before descrived and
men-
tioned.

V. That said J.B. Devin, after the
death

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of his said wife Elvira
Devin, married
the second time in Polk Co. Mo. to

Belle ----, now Belle Devin and
moved to this State
on or about
April 8, 1884, and that he resided
in
this State until his death
in June 1886.

VI. That
he, the said J.B. Devin, fully
intened, and often
promised to pay
over the said moneys, to the said

claimants herein, in fulfilment
of the trust he
hand assurred, but
wholly neglected to pay said
sum
of $1427.50 or any part thereof
to the said claimants
-- heirs
of aforesaid -- or either of them.

VII.
That the said claimants herein
claim of and from the
estate
of J.B. Devin, deceased, and
are justly, &
^entitled^ the same as their in-
heritance from the
estate of
their deceased Mother, the sum
of
$1427.50 together with interest
thereon from Feby. 1,
1882, until
April 8, 1884 at 6% per annum and
with
interest on said sum of $1427.50
from April 8, 1884
until the pres-
ent time at 8% per annum, which

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now amount to about
$1910.00

VII. That Belle Devin, has been
appoint-
ed Administratrix and M.J. Devin

Administrator, of the Extate of said
J.B. Devin,
deceade, by this Honor-
able Court, and having duly
qualified
are now administering upon the
Est. of
said deceased.

IX. That on Nov. 15^th, 1886
Margarett
D. Justice, as one of the claimants -- herein

on her own, and on behalf of the other
claimants --
duly presented this said
claim of $1910.00 to M.J.
Devin said
Admr. and said claim was by said
Admr.
duly “Examined and approved”
on said day, and the on
Dec. 2, 1886, This
claim was presented to said Belle

Devin said Admix. and was by her
“Examined and
rejected” on said day.

X. That said claimants
--claim-- more
fully describe and sworn & in their
ac-
count here to annexed and marked
Exhibit “A” and
made a part hereof is
Justly due these heirs and
claimants from
said estate of said J.B. Devin,
deceased

XI. That these Claimants-- now pray that

an order be made by this Court that
saim claim of
$1427.50 and Int. amounting

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6]

now to $1910.00 as present by said

claimants -- be allowed and approved
and that said
Administrator and
Administratirx pay out of the

moneys of the estate of J.B. Devin
deceased the
said sum of $1910.00
to said claimants --herein before
named
in equal shares -- taking thus
on their
guardian’s receipt therefor
and these claimants your
petitioners
herein, as in duty bound will
ever
pray.

Geo. W^m. WrightAtty. for claimant --
the
heirs of Elvira Devin deceased

State of
Oregon }
County of Morrow } SS B. Geo. W^m.
Wright
being first duly sworn say that I am
atty
for claimants in above claim
and that the facts therein
are true
as I verily believe, My sources of
in-
formation being from claimants and from
Mrs.
Belle Devin a party interested herein.
The reason that
this verification is not made
by me of the claimants --
is because neither one
of them are in town at this
time, and because the Claim
hereto attached is duly
verified. Geo. W^m. Wright.

Subscribed and
Sworn to before me this 6^th day of
December
1886
C.L. Andrews Co Clerk

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!ALT NAME:Death Certificate for Ira Holmes Devin, Devin,
Ira Holmes: death certificate, Idaho Department of Health
and Welfare, Center for Vital Statistics and Health Policy;
Boise, Idaho, Box 16

!ALT NAME:Deposition of Nathaniel M. Devin, Devin,
Nathaniel M.: deposition, Morrow County Clerk's Office

!ALT NAME:U.S. Census 1930: Idaho-Winchester-District 21,
U.S. Census 1930: Idaho-Winchester-District 21, US Census
Bureau, sheet 4a

!ALT NAME:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, 321D

Nathaniel married Eliza Jane Holmes 3 Jun 1880, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.. Eliza (daughter of Luke Prier Holmes and Eliza Leoti Hopper) was born 7 Aug 1863, Carroll County, Arkansas U.S.A.; died 26 Jul 1922, Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho U.S.A.; was buried 28 Jul 1922, Flora Cemetery, Flora, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sources:
2) U.S. Census 1860 Carroll County, AR
3) U.S. Census 1870 Polk Co MO p 113A
4) U.S. Census 1880 Polk Co MO Madison Twp;
5) U.S. Census 1880 Marion Township, Polk County, Missouri;
National Archives Film T9-0710 Page 321D; Named as
daughter-in-law in 1880 Census for Joseph B. Devin.
6) U.S. Census 1900 Wallowa Co OR; ED 103 Sh 2
7) Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Family Records Births page 1.
8) Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Family Records Deaths page.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Eliza Jane Holmes, who married Nathaniel Madison Devin, was
a sister of Govenor Prier Holmes, who married Margaret
Parthenia Devin, a cousin of Matt's. Married at residence
of her father.

Boone County was formed out of Carroll County in 1869.


!NAME:Certificate of Death for Madison Nathaniel Devin,
Devin, Nathaniel Madison: Certificate of Death, State of
Idaho, Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Box 5a

!NAME:Death Certificate for Ira Holmes Devin, Devin, Ira
Holmes: death certificate, Idaho Department of Health and
Welfare, Center for Vital Statistics and Health Policy;
Boise, Idaho, Box 17

!NAME:Certificate of Death for Eliza Devins, Devin, Eliza
Jane HOLMES: Certificate of Death, State of Idaho, Board of
Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics; Boise, Idaho

!NAME:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Record Deaths page

!NAME:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Records Births page 1

Notes:

!BIRTH:Carving the North End Wilderness: Flora, Carving the
North End Wilderness: Flora, F. Lorlene Beddow, Portland,
Oregon; Crooked Arrow Publishing Co.; 1996, page 168

!DEATH:Carving the North End Wilderness: Flora, Carving the
North End Wilderness: Flora, F. Lorlene Beddow, Portland,
Oregon; Crooked Arrow Publishing Co.; 1996, page 168

!BURIAL:Carving the North End Wilderness: Flora, Carving
the North End Wilderness: Flora, F. Lorlene Beddow,
Portland, Oregon; Crooked Arrow Publishing Co.; 1996, page
168

John married Ester Elizabeth Henderson. Ester was born 17 Jul 1844, Clinton County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 1 Apr 1915, Wallowa County, Oregon U.S.A.; was buried , Flora Cemetery, Flora, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Ester HENDERSON Matthews Death Certificate, Matthews,
Ester Elizabeth HENDERSON Death Certificate

!NAME:Carving the North End Wilderness: Flora, Carving the
North End Wilderness: Flora, F. Lorlene Beddow, Portland,
Oregon; Crooked Arrow Publishing Co.; 1996, page 168

!DEATH:Carving the North End Wilderness: Flora, Carving the
North End Wilderness: Flora, F. Lorlene Beddow, Portland,
Oregon; Crooked Arrow Publishing Co.; 1996, page 168

!BURIAL:Carving the North End Wilderness: Flora, Carving
the North End Wilderness: Flora, F. Lorlene Beddow,
Portland, Oregon; Crooked Arrow Publishing Co.; 1996, page
168