Thank you all for your contributions of time, research, donations, support and feedback.

Many thanks to the good folks at Bassett Historical Center for their input and assistance.

Thank you for visiting our heritage and history.
Please consider making a contribution (any amount is appreciated) to help offset the expense, and help us continually improve the quality and quantity of information.

We Gratefully Accept Yout Old/Odd Bitcoin, and Bit Cents at:
14Q2Cm1pRmUrSGTfn1a66Qe9YbAmdD8Dez

  First Name:  Last Name:
Log In
Surnames
What's New
Statistics

Terms of Use & Privacy
Contact Us
Join Our Community

Joan Ruth Devin

Female 1924 - 2000  (75 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Joan Ruth Devin was born 1 Dec 1924, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (daughter of William Alexander Devin and Ruth Sterling); died 18 Apr 2000, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana .

    Notes:

    !NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
    (manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 41

    !DEATH:Rick, Carol Joan, Rick, Carol Joan, Carol Joan BROWN
    Rick, email dated 02.Nov.2001

    Joan married Austin Gregory Brown 23 Jul 1950. Austin was born 16 Jul 1926, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; died 3 Dec 2014, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana; was buried , Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Married:
    !MARRIAGE:Rick, Carol Joan, Rick, Carol Joan, Carol Joan
    BROWN Rick

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Alexander DevinWilliam Alexander Devin was born 31 Oct 1893, Patoka, Indiana (son of John Peyton Devin and Claira Etimate Higgins); died 3 Jul 1954, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana .

    Notes:

    Census:
    1900 Gibson Co IN White River Twp Soundex: ED 19 Sh 8
    w/parents

    Couple possibly married in Indianapolis
    YOD possibly 1958
    From Hudelson info

    !NAME:Rick, Carol Joan, Rick, Carol Joan, Carol Joan BROWN
    Rick

    !NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
    (manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 41

    !BIRTH:Rick, Carol Joan, Rick, Carol Joan, Carol Joan BROWN
    Rick

    !BIRTH:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
    (manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 41

    !DEATH:Rick, Carol Joan, Rick, Carol Joan, Carol Joan BROWN
    Rick

    William married Ruth Sterling 30 Nov 1922. Ruth (daughter of Jonah F. Sterling and Bessie Holmes) was born 1897, Rush County, Indiana U.S.A.; died 14 Jan 1981. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ruth Sterling was born 1897, Rush County, Indiana U.S.A. (daughter of Jonah F. Sterling and Bessie Holmes); died 14 Jan 1981.

    Notes:

    from Indianapolis, IN

    !BIRTH:Rick, Carol Joan, Rick, Carol Joan, Carol Joan BROWN
    Rick, email dated 02.Nov.2001

    !DEATH:Rick, Carol Joan, Rick, Carol Joan, Carol Joan BROWN
    Rick

    Children:
    1. 1. Joan Ruth Devin was born 1 Dec 1924, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana ; died 18 Apr 2000, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana .


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Peyton DevinJohn Peyton Devin was born 29 Dec 1848, Patoka, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A. (son of Peyton Nowlin Devin and Jane Hudelson); died 30 Mar 1925, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried , Warnock Cemetery Gibson County, Indiana .

    Notes:

    Census:
    1850 Gibson Co IN Patoka Twp p 2 w/parents
    1860 Gibson Co IN Patoka Twp p 1077 w/parents
    1870 Gibson Co IN Patoka Twp p 333 w/mother
    1880 Posey Co IN Harmony Twp Soundex: ED 100 Sh 10
    1900 Gibson Co IN White River Twp Soundex: ED 19 Sh 8

    MARRIAGE:
    1st: Posey Co IN C-7-207; LAPL NR Gen 977.2 I3975-2
    2nd: Gibson Co IN 7-269; LAPL NR Gen 977.2 I3975-2

    From Hudelson info

    !NAME:Rick, Carol Joan, Rick, Carol Joan, Carol Joan BROWN
    Rick

    !NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
    (manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 40

    !BIRTH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
    Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
    dated 19981101; page 14

    !DEATH:Rick, Carol Joan, Rick, Carol Joan, Carol Joan BROWN
    Rick, email dated 02.Nov.2001

    !BURIAL:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
    Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
    dated 19981101; page 14

    John married Claira Etimate Higgins 6 Dec 1887, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. Claira was born 13 Sep 1851, Wabash County, Illinois; died 2 Dec 1938, Lexington, Kentucky; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery Patoka, Indiana. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Claira Etimate Higgins was born 13 Sep 1851, Wabash County, Illinois; died 2 Dec 1938, Lexington, Kentucky; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery Patoka, Indiana.
    Children:
    1. Leila Jane Devin was born 4 Oct 1889, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died 6 Jan 1977; was buried , Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
    2. Laura Belle Devin was born 11 Sep 1891, Patoka, Gibson, Indiana ; died 7 Apr 1955, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky .
    3. 2. William Alexander Devin was born 31 Oct 1893, Patoka, Indiana ; died 3 Jul 1954, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana .
    4. Dr. John Peyton Devin, DDS was born 14 May 1895, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died 5 Oct 1979, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois; was buried , Oaklawn Memory Cemetery, Dalton, Illinois.

  3. 6.  Jonah F. Sterling

    Notes:

    !NAME:Rick, Carol Joan, Rick, Carol Joan, Carol Joan BROWN
    Rick, email dated 02.Nov.2001

    Jonah married Bessie Holmes. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Bessie Holmes

    Notes:

    !NAME:Rick, Carol Joan, Rick, Carol Joan, Carol Joan BROWN
    Rick, email dated 02.Nov.2001

    Children:
    1. 3. Ruth Sterling was born 1897, Rush County, Indiana U.S.A.; died 14 Jan 1981.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Peyton Nowlin DevinPeyton Nowlin Devin was born 8 Aug 1808, Knox County, Indiana (son of Alexander Devin and Susannah Nowlin); died 27 Jul 1862, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried , Devin Plot, Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Indiana U.S.A..

    Notes:

    DoD maybe 27 Feb 1862.

    !Questions: Spelling of Middle Name Nowlin or Nolan
    Census:
    1850 Gibson Co IN Patoka Twp p 2
    1860 Gibson Co IN Patroka Twp p 1077......

    He & Jane lived on the cross road from Lathom Mill to the
    State Road just south
    of what is now the Country Club, near Devin School House.
    Maybe in or near
    Princeton, IN. Resembled Lincoln.

    DOB & POB from Ancestral File

    !MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN: Ind. Source Book II;
    Pom.Lib.R929.3772 Ind.V.2

    !Death Notice in The Princeton Clarion; he died at home.
    Gibson Co IN Source Book V.1 Obituaries & Death Notices
    Carlsbad Gen 977.235 V28 NOL V.1

    !NAME:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
    Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
    dated 19981101; page 14

    !BIRTH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
    Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
    dated 19981101; page 14

    !DEATH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
    Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
    dated 19981101; page 14

    !BURIAL:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
    Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
    dated 19981101; page 14

    Peyton married Jane Hudelson 18 Oct 1832, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. Jane (daughter of Alexander Hudelson and Mary Crawford) was born 22 Aug 1811, Nicholas County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died 25 Sep 1892, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried , Devin Plot, Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Indiana . [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Jane HudelsonJane Hudelson was born 22 Aug 1811, Nicholas County, Kentucky U.S.A. (daughter of Alexander Hudelson and Mary Crawford); died 25 Sep 1892, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried , Devin Plot, Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Indiana .

    Notes:

    !Questions: Last Name Huddleson or Hudleson or Hudelston

    Census:
    1850 Gibson Co IN Patoka Twp p 2
    1860 Gibson Co IN Patoka Twp p 1077
    1870 Gibson Co IN Patoka Twp p 333

    Jane's name maybe Ione Hudelston per "Indiana Marriage
    Through 1850 Index"

    MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN: Ind. Source Book II;
    Pom.Lib.R929.3772 Ind.V.2

    Died at the home of her sister, Isabella, in Princeton, IN.
    Buried Devin Plot, Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, IN.

    Mother: Bell ( ) Hudelson

    !NAME:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
    Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
    dated 19981101; page 14

    !BIRTH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
    Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
    dated 19981101; page 14

    !DEATH:Ten Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Ten
    Generations of Rev. Alexander Devin, Truitt, Joyce Nell,
    dated 19981101; page 14

    Notes:

    Married:
    !MARRIAGE:Indiana Marriages Through 1850 Index, Indiana
    Marriages Through 1850 Index

    Children:
    1. Mary Crawford Devin was born 24 Aug 1833, Gibson County, Indiana; died 3 Jan 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois ; was buried , Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana.
    2. Alexander Calvin Devin was born 17 Dec 1834, Gibson County, Indiana; died 22 Nov 1876, Lineus, Linn, Missouri .
    3. William Devin was born 19 Jan 1837, Gibson County, Indiana ; died 12 Aug 1854, Gibson County, Indiana; was buried , Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana.
    4. Susan Nowlin Devin was born 4 Oct 1839, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died 18 Dec 1878, Gibson County, Indiana; was buried , Warnock Cemetery Princeton, Indiana.
    5. Isabella Jane Devin was born 3 Nov 1841, Patoka, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; died 4 Nov 1899, Patoka, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried , Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana.
    6. Elizabeth Ann Devin was born 20 Jan 1844, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; died 3 Jun 1906, Santa Clara, California U.S.A.; was buried , Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana.
    7. Nancy Louisa Devin was born 1 Apr 1846, Patoka, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; died 14 Sep 1883, Illinois U.S.A..
    8. 4. John Peyton Devin was born 29 Dec 1848, Patoka, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; died 30 Mar 1925, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana U.S.A.; was buried , Warnock Cemetery Gibson County, Indiana .
    9. James Hudelson Devin was born 19 Mar 1851, Patoka, Gibson, Indiana U.S.A.; died 10 Sep 1910, Lawrence County, Illinois; was buried , Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana.