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Rev Robert Ira Devin

Male 1822 - 1914  (92 years)


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  • Name Robert Ira Devin 
    Title Rev 
    Born 14 Aug 1822  Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Aug 1914  Oxford, Granville, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Elmwood Cemetery Oxford, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I83  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of James Mitchell
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2018 

    Father James Devin,   b. 15 May 1781, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 1854, Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Temperance Cox,   b. 22 Sep 1791,   d. 16 Aug 1866  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 19 Feb 1811  Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Bond 16.Feb.1811 Jame Devin and Temperance Cox
      daughter of James S. Cox. Surety John Devin married
      19.Feb.1811 by Rev. Thomas Boaz. (Devin file at Pedmont
      Genealogy Society, Danville VA Public Library from research
      by Anna D. Evans 07.May.1985)
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Cynthia Rhodes Herndon,   b. 1816, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1860, Granville County, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1848  Granville County, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • !MARRIAGE:Marriage Index #229, Marriage Index #229
    Children 
     1. Ella Rhodes Devin,   b. 10 Feb 1852, Granville County, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1941, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F966  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ann Transou,   b. 8 Jun 1836, Forsyth, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1930, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 22 Aug 1860  Forsyth, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anna May Devin,   b. 9 Feb 1864, Granville, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1928, Oxford, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     2. Sarah Devin,   b. 21 Aug 1868, Granville, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1963, Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     3. William Augustus Devin,   b. 12 Jul 1871, Oxford, Granville, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1959  (Age 87 years)
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    Rev Robert Ira Devin-BIO
    Rev Robert Ira Devin-BIO
    Oxford Public Ledger
    Aug 6, 1903

  • Notes 
    • Occupations: Baptist Minister

      Census:
      1850 Granville Co NC p 58
      1860 Granville Co NC p 223A
      1870 Granville Co NC p 263A
      1880 Granville Co NC Oak Hill Twp p 465
      1900 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, Soundex: ED 59, Sh 17, L
      64 (age = 77)
      1910 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 85, Sh 15 w/S.H.
      Cannady......

      Born on the same homestead as his father, James. His son,
      William A. Devin,
      born 1871, was born when he was 49 or 50 years old.

      !MARRIAGE:
      1st: Henry Co VA via CD#4
      2nd: Forsyth Co NC p.84; FHC #0899691

      !NAME:Headstone: Devin, Robert Ira and Mary A., Robert Ira
      Devin and Mary A. TRANSOU Devin Headstone, Inscription:
      REV. R.I. DEVIN
      AUG. 14, 1822
      AUG. 30, 1914
      ----
      A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD
      MARY A. DEVIN
      JUNE 8, 1836
      JAN 1, 1930
      ----
      A DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29789805/robert-ira-devin.