Joseph Benton Devin

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47; POB = TN
1860 Polk Co MO book p 19; POB = TN
1870 Polk Co MO book p 90; POB = MO
1880 Polk Co MO book p 135; POB = MO......

MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-538

Roll Box: 390, Roll-Exct: 11, Roll-Record: 3882 - Sergeant,
Company L, 13th Missouri Cavalry


CW muster-in roll lists his POB as Pike Co MO
Family lived in Pike Co MO for less than 1 year about 1835
per father's pension
file. Possibly born in Missouri. It is difficult to say
just where he might have been born.

During the Civil War his Company F was at the battle of
Lexington, MO. It is
said that Joe fired the first gun at the battle, but his
company was surrounded
by Price's Army & caused to surrender. His war record
reads as follows: "It
is hereby certified that according to the records of this
office, active
service 30 July 1862 in Company F, 26th enrolled Missouri
Militia at Bolivar,
Missouri. Capt. T. Higginbotham commanding, Rank 2nd
Lieutenant. Relieved
from duty 20 October 1862 as Prisoner of War. Enlisted 10
Aug 1864 in Co L
15th Regiment Cavalry Volunteers at Bolivar, MO by Capt.
Burus. Rank: Pvt.
Mustered into service 26 Aug 1864 at Springfield, MO.
Mustered out of
service 1 July 1865 at Springfield, MO."

After the close of the Civil War, Joe engaged in stock
raising and farming in Missouri. In Morrow County Oregon
engaged in sheep raising.

In 1884, after the death of his first wife & his remarriage
to Bell Wall in
1882, he moved with his sons & daughters to Oregon. The
various families
settled in Morrow County then a part of Umatilla County.
After Joe's death of
pneumonia, Bell Devin married a Lalande & their two
children, Stella Ophelia &
James Benton Devin..

Per the will of their stepfather: his children by Belle
Wall apparently kept
the Devin name; they were left $250 each in his will. --KLV

Per KLV, Joe died without a will and it took at least two
years to settle the estate. Probate file lists YOD as 1886.

!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 13

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

!NAME:Missouri-Polk County Marriage Register, Missouri-Polk
County Marriage Register, Office of the Recorder in Polk
County Court House, Bolivar, Missouri.

Joseph married Emily Belle Wall 10 Oct 1882, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Emily (daughter of Jeremiah Wall) was born Abt 1858, Kentucky U.S.A.; died 18 Feb 1943, Walla Walla County, Washington U.S.A.; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Washington U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married Elvira Pickel 4 Feb 1859, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Elvira (daughter of Christian Pickel and Catherine Carneal) was born 18 Apr 1843, Roane County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 30 Jan 1882, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried , Kelly Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Took the LELAND name on her mother's remarriage.
After the death of her father & the remarriage of her
mother, she took the
name of Lalande & broke off all connections with the Devin
family.

Per the will of Stepfather: she apparently kept the Devin
name; was left $250
in his will.

Her Obituary states she was born 5 Nov 1892.

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Heppner Pct ED 32 Sh 8; age 15, b. OR;
w/mother.
1910 Walla Walla Co WA ED 206, Sh 8B; age 23, b. OR (Stella
Lalande).
1920 Walla Walla Co WA ED 127, Sh 1A; age 32, b. OR (Stella
Williams).
1930 Walla Walla Co WA Clinton Pct; ED 6, Sh 5A; age 40, b.
OR.

Washington State Death Index:
Stella Williams b. 5 Nov 1884 d.16 Oct 1970
Last residence: 99362 (Walla Walla, Walla Walla, WA) Last
Benefit: (none specified)
535-24-0648 issued Washington State
Per Washington State DI: Name = Stella L. Williams

!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

[page
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

[page 3]

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

[page 4]

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

[page 5]

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

[page
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

, Claim Settlement dated
10.Feb.1887

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
14.Jan.2004

!BURIAL:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
14.Jan.2004

Stella married William Pierce Williams 26 Mar 1913, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington U.S.A.. William was born 27 Dec 1885, England; died 21 May 1943, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington ; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Washington . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

After the death of his father and his mother's remarriage
he took the name of
Lalande & broke off all connections with the Devin family.
-per "The Devin Family" booklet

Per the will of Stepfather: he apparently kept the Devin
name; was left $250
by his stepfather.

Married (1) to Minnie E. KINNEAR in Union Co OR #H-329 as
James B. Devin.
Married (2) to Mabel Helena DOTY in Lewis and Clark Co MT
as James B. Lalande.

per obituary, he was a World War I veteran.

per SSDI: DOB=27.Sep.1889; He probably did use the Lalande
name.

Per KLV conversation with Great Falls Cemetery Association.
Mabel, his wife, is buried next to him. The George Company
(now owned by the O'Connor Fureral Home) handled the
services.

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Heppner Pct ED 32 Sh 8 w/mother; age 13,
b. OR (listed as James Devin); dated 01.Jun.1900
1910 Umatilla Co OR Weston Pct; ED 263, Sh 1B; age 22, b.
OR (listed as James Lalande); dated 01.Apr.1910.
1930 Cascade Co MT ED 1, Sh 4B; age 39, b. OR (listed as
James Lalande)


!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

[page
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

[page 3]

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

[page 4]

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

[page 5]

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

[page
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

, Claim Settlement dated
10.Feb.1887

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
14.Jan.2004

!NAME:OR, Union County : Marriage Records, OR, Union County
: Marriage Records, # H-329

!BURIAL:Cascade County MT: GenWeb site, Cascade County MT:
GenWeb site

James married Minnie E. Kinnear 8 Sep 1909, Union County, Oregon U.S.A.. Minnie (daughter of Alexander Kinnear) was born Apr 1889, Oregon U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

James married Mabel Helena Doty 22 Dec 1921, Lewis and Clark County, Montana U.S.A.. Mabel was born 23 Jan 1893, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana U.S.A.; died 27 Oct 1983, Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana U.S.A.; was buried , Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Montana U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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

[page
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

[page 3]

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

[page 4]

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

[page 5]

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

[page
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

, Page 1

!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:

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct ED 32 Sh 15 L 67
1910 Morrow Co OR Mt. Vernon Pct., ED 106 Sh 9, p.160
1920 Morrow Co OR Mount Vernon Pct., ED 138 Sh 4 p.293A
w/wife
and
1920 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct., ED 136, Sh 3 w/son, Oliver
Austin Devin

MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO C-247

DOD, POD from OR Death Index

!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

!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

[page
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

[page 3]

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

[page 4]

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

[page 5]

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

[page
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

, Petition: Claim of heirs
of E. Devin against estate of J.B. Devin

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

Mifflin married Sarah Elizabeth Hurt 9 Dec 1880, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Sarah (daughter of John Marion Hurt and Nancy Davis) was born 25 Oct 1861, Missouri U.S.A.; died 23 Dec 1940, Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!MARRIAGE:
1st: Polk Co MO E-151
2nd: Polk Co MO F-137

Was member of Baptist Church at Union Grove, Missouri. Was
the only child who did not move with family to Oregon.
Divorced after Fraiser deserted her. She
married Walter Howe 3 Oct 1886. They had six children.

YOD per Tom Hughes

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p.90 age 7
1880 Polk Co MO p.321 w/parents; age 16
1910 El Paso Co CO ED 55, Sh4; age 46, b. MO; 7 ch born, 5
living
1920 Contra Costa Co CO ED 24, Sh.__; are 56, b. MO.
1930 Los Angeles Co CA ED 1368, Sh 11B; age 66, b. MO.

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

!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

!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

[page
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

[page 3]

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

[page 4]

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

[page 5]

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

[page
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

, Subpoena in the County
court of the State of Oregon County or Morrow

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

!DEATH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, email dated
12.Jun.2002

Catherine married Isaac H. Fraiser 13 May 1883. Isaac was born 24 Jun 1863, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Catherine married Walter L. Howe 3 Oct 1886, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Walter (son of John Howe and Elizabeth Mrs. John Howe) was born Abt 1852, North Carolina U.S.A.; died 2 Jun 1923, Contra Costa, California U.S.A.; was buried , Sunset View Cemetery, Pinole, California U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!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

!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

[page
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

[page 3]

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

[page 4]

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

[page 5]

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

[page
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

, Petition: Claim of heirs
of E. Devin against estate of J.B. Devin

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

Margaret married David Oliver Justus 30 Jul 1882, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. David was born 22 Jul 1863, St. Clair, Missouri U.S.A.; died 15 Aug 1937, Heppner, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 90
1880 Polk Co MO book p 135
1900 Morrow Co OR Heppnet Pct., ED 32 Sh 18, p.295
1910 Morrow Co OR Mt. Vernon Pct., ED 106 Sh 8, p.159
1920 Morrow Co OR Mount Vernon Pct., ED 138, Sh 21 p.291

MARRIAGE: Morrow Co OR p 141; FHC #1846205-2

Moved to Heppner, Oregon U.S.A. area from Bolivar, MO with
his father in 1894.

For a time the Devins farmed near McKinney Creek & then
moved into Heppner
where "S.P." engaged in the shoe business. Later he worked
with Norman Kelley on Willow Creek farms until he bought a
farm near the Kelley
ranch, now owned by R.I. Thompson (1960's). After selling
the farm, he served
as Heppner's Chief of Police for 13 years & later served as
custodian at the
Masonic building.

Will recorded Morrow Co OR p 216,217

!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

!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

[page
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

[page 3]

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

[page 4]

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

[page 5]

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

[page
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

, Petition: Claim of heirs
of E. Devin against estate of J.B. Devin

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

Smith married Sylvia F. Shaner 16 May 1900, Hardman, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A.. Sylvia was born 1869; died 2 Mar 1950, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 90 w/parents
1880 Polk Co MO book p 135 w/parents
1900 Morrow Co OR Lena Pct., ED 29 Sh 3, p.256A
1910 Morrow Co OR Lena Pct., ED 102 Sh 6 p.128A
1920 Morrow Co OR Heppner Pct., ED 137 Sh 1 p,284

Lived on a stock ranch in Butter Creek near Heppner Oregon
until retirement and moved into town.

DOD,POD from OR Death Certificate

!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

!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

[page
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

[page 3]

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

[page 4]

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

[page 5]

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

[page
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

, Petition: Claim of heirs
of E. Devin against estate of J.B. Devin

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

Irene married William E. Straight 22 Jun 1887. William was born Abt 1866, Oregon U.S.A.; died 31 May 1946, Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

POD per Washington State death certificate via
familysearch.org

Census:
1900 Gilliam Co OR, Blalock, p.9A, ED 18, Sh 9A; age 28,
b. MO; ch:3&3

She moved to Heppner Oregon area from Bolivar Missouri in
1884 with her family and ran away from school at age 15 to
marry Jerry Young at Caldwell, Idaho.

Census:
1880 Polk Co MO book p 135

!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

!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

[page
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

[page 3]

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

[page 4]

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

[page 5]

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

[page
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

, Petition: Claim of heirs
of E. Devin against estate of J.B. Devin

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

Elvira married Jerry S Young 1887, Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho U.S.A.. Jerry was born Dec 1856, Iowa U.S.A.; died 14 Apr 1925, Yakima County, Washington U.S.A.; was buried , Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima Co Washington, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Infant

Notes:

He moved with his family to the Heppner, Oregon area from
Bolivar, Missouri in 1884 and attended school in Heppner.
He engaged in farming south of Ione, Oregon and moved to
Hood River, Oregon in 1923. He lived in Bend, Oregon and
Corvallis, Oregon and served as Chief of Police in both
cities.

Census:
1880 Polk Co MO book p 135
1900
1910 Morrow Co OR North Ione Pct., ED 109 Sh 4, p.181A
1920 Morrow Co OR North Ione Pct., ED 133 Sh 6 p.254

MARRIAGE: Morrow Co OR p 279; FHC #1846205-#2; License
issued 31 May 1902; DOM says 31 Jun 1902; recorded 4 Jun
1902.

Went by Charley

!ALT NAME:Interment Record for Joseph Charles Devin, Devin,
J.C.: Interment Record, User Databases: Cemetery Records;
RootsWeb.com, Interment Record for Joseph Charles Devin
Name: Joseph Charles Devin
Born: 1878
Died or Buried: 1957
Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery
Section: 2, row 66, grave 1
County/State: Benton, OR
,
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/cgi-bin/cemetery.cgi?i
d=688191&database=Cemetery%20Records

!ALT NAME:Standard Certificate of Death for Joseph Charles
Devin, Devin, Joseph Charles: death certificate, State of
Oregon, Board of Health

!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

!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

[page
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

, Petition: Claim of heirs
of E. Devin against estate of J.B. Devin

Joseph married Carolyn Martha Beesley 4 Nov 1932, Vancouver, Clark, Washington U.S.A.. Carolyn was born 1882, Mountain Grove, Missouri U.S.A.; died 1944; was buried , Oaklawn Memorial Park, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married Maude S. Creswell 11 Jun 1902, Heppner, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A.. Maude was born 1884, Joseph, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A.; died 28 Oct 1956, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOB maybe 31 January 1882 per "The Devin Family" by Dessa
Hoffstetter.

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 Ida Stenberg 2 Apr 1939. [Group Sheet]

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:

Odna was born in Missouri U.S.A. When she was nine months
old, her parents moved the family to northern Wallawa
County, Oregon, to start a homestead. They left Missouri in
a boxcar on 15 September 1890. They left the train in La
Grande, Oregon and went by horse and wagon to their
homestead. The trip took nineteen days and was very hard on
the baby girl. -- From "The Flora Country" by Ira Holmes
Devin.

Odna was a "jolly, good-natured little tyke and was pretty
much 'daddy's girl'." -- From "The Flora Country". She
lived in her family's 14 by 14 foot log cabin on the
homestead until her death in 1892.

The following story about her accident and death is
paraphrased from "The Flora Country: The Hardships and
Struggles of the Matt Devin Family as Pioneers in Northern
Wallowa County, Oregon" written by Ira Holmes Devin (Odna's
younger brother)

During the afternoon of 14 June 1892, Odna was sitting on a
chair eating a piece of bread and jam when somehow she fell
and bumped her head. It did not seem to hurt her much. She
whimpered a little and went on with her playing. She played
until quite late that night and she seemed all right when
her mother put her to bed.

At daybreak the next morning (15 June 1892), Odna's father,
Matt Devin, was going to Walla Walla, Washington to find
work in the harvest. He bid goodbye to his other children
and started to wake Odna to wish her goodbye. Eliza (Odna's
mother) told him to let her sleep, so he just kissed her
and left with his wagon and team of horses.

Eliza went to wake Odna about nine-thirty that morning.
Odna seemed limp and listless, so Eliza gave her a sponge
bath. Eliza worked with Odna, but Odna seemed to get worse
in spite of everything Eliza tried. Eliza sent Gene and
Bertha to the neighbors for help. The only doctor was at La
Grande, Oregon; one hundred miles away. The neighbors came,
but there was nothing they could do. Odna continued to get
worse and had one or two convulsions. She went into a coma
and passed away about three o'clock that afternoon.

A rider was sent to overtake Matt. The rider found Matt at
Elgin, Oregon, the next afternoon (16 June). Arrangements
had been made for a relay of horses, so Matt could ride
back. As soon as Matt heard the news, he jerked the harness
off of the horses, and threw a saddle on his horse, Molly.
He rode her back to Wallowa; reaching there about midnight.
Matt changed horses three times between Wallowa and the
homestead. He rode eighty miles in sixteen hours; returning
on 17 June. He was tired and had taken an "awful beating"
riding strange saddles that did not fit him.

They buried Odna in the Flora cemetary. On the headstone
are these words: "Odna, Born December 7, 1889; Died, June
15, 1892. Gone, But Not Forgotten."
Odna's death was a terrible shock to Matt and Eliza. Eliza
later said that they had endured many hardships, but losing
Odna seemed like more than they could possibly bear. Matt
said it was the hardest thing that he ever faced was
leaving the family the day after to pick up his wagon, and
go on to harvest, knowing he would never see little Odna
again.

On the morning of 18 June, Matt left for the harvest,
again. He was so sore he could hardly ride, so he would
ride awhile, then walk. He got back to Elgin, Oregon by
mid-afternoon on 19 June and continued his trip to Walla
Walla.

!DEATH:The Flora Country: The Hardships and Struggles of
the Matt Devin Family as Pioneers in Northern Wallowa
County, Oregon, The Flora Country: The Hardships and
Struggles of the Matt Devin Family as Pioneers in Northern
Wallowa County, Oregon, Devin, Ira H., Longview,
Washington; Lower Columbia College; October 1971

!BURIAL:The Flora Country: The Hardships and Struggles of
the Matt Devin Family as Pioneers in Northern Wallowa
County, Oregon, The Flora Country: The Hardships and
Struggles of the Matt Devin Family as Pioneers in Northern
Wallowa County, Oregon, Devin, Ira H., Longview,
Washington; Lower Columbia College; October 1971

Notes:

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct., ED 32, Sh 15, L 67 w/parents
1910 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct., ED 106 Sh 3, p. 154A
1920 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct., ED 136 Sh 3 p.

Oliver married Estelle McRoberts 1935. Estelle was born Est 1885. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct ED 32, Sh 15 w/parents

!MARRIAGE: Morrow Co OR 4-59

Moved with her parents & the Devin clan to Morrow County
Oregon, 1884.
Attended Heppner High School. In 1917 V'Ella & Clair
Walton moved to Yakima,
WA where she managed a grocery business for a number of
years. Active member
of San Souci Rebekah Lodge #33 for some years, serving as
District Deputy
President for a number of terms.

Nancy married John Clair Walton 30 Dec 1906, Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.. John was born 30 Dec 1877; died 14 Jun 1949, Takoma, Washington. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOB from Polk Co MO Births; FHC #1016638

Family moved to Oregon shortly after her birth.

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct ED 32, Sh 15 w/parents

POD from Soc. Sec. Index

Letha married Harry Archer 8 Nov 1940. Harry was born Est 1880; died 30 Sep 1941. [Group Sheet]

Letha married Matthew C. Smith 31 Dec 1901, Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.. Matthew was born Abt 1871, Oregon U.S.A.; died 4 Jun 1938. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct ED 32, Sh 15 w/parents
1910 Morrow Co OR Mt. Vernon Pct., ED 106 Sh 9, p.160
w/parents
1920 Morrow Co OR Darry Pct ED 134 Sh 4 p.259

MARRIAGE: Morrow Co OR 4-215

Ora married Ernest Keithley Wyland 19 Jun 1910, Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.. Ernest was born 14 Nov 1885, Oregon U.S.A.; died 13 Jun 1945. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct ED 32, Sh 15 w/parents
1910 Morrow Co OR Mt. Vernon Pct., ED 106 Sh 9, p.160
w/parents
1920 Morrow Co OR Mount Vernon Pct., ED 138 Sh 8 p.297B

MARRIAGE: Morrow Co OR 4-375

DOB, DOD & POD from Soc. Sec. Index

Tena married Oral M. Scott 6 Jun 1914, Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.. Oral was born 3 May 1889, Missouri U.S.A.; died Aug 1968, Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

MARRIAGE: Morrow Co OR 4-4

DOB & POD from Soc. Sec. Index. Possible given name of
Altha per Social Security Death Index.

SSN:
544-50-3609

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct., ED 32, Sh 15
1910 Morrow Co OR Mt. Vernon Pct., ED 106 Sh 9, p.160
w/parents

Althea married Merle N. Kirk 29 Sep 1916, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A.. Merle was born 11 Oct 1892; died 27 May 1970, Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1910 Morrow Co OR Mt. Vernon Pct., ED 106 Sh 9, p.160
w/parents
1920 Morrow Co OR Mount Vernon Pct., ED 138 Sh 4 p.293A
w/parents & husband
and
1920 Morrow Co OR Alpine Pct., ED 131 Sh 9 p.240A w/husband

MARRIAGE: Morrow Co OR 5-2
Divorced from Copenhaver in 1922

Dessa married Walter Herman Hofstetter 8 Jul 1928. Walter was born 13 Sep 1898, Mulino, Clackamas, Oregon U.S.A.; died 29 Sep 1931, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Dessa married W. Lonnie Copenhaver 24 Nov 1919, Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.; divorced Yes, date unknown. W. was born 1896, Missouri U.S.A.; died 31 Dec 1966, Orland, Glenn County, California U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Melvin's father Isaac Fraiser deserted his
mother.
His mother later divorced Isaac and married
Walter Howe.
Melvin's father, Isaac Fraiser, deserted his mother.
His mother later divorced Isaac & married Walter Howe.

Notes:

DOD, POD from CADI

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

!BIRTH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

!DEATH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

Claudia married Syvertson. [Group Sheet]

Claudia married Franklin Schreiber 1907. [Group Sheet]

Claudia married James O. Ellis 1917. James was born Est 1887. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

!BIRTH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

!DEATH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

Notes:

Census:
1920 Contra Costa Co CO ED 24, Sh.__; age 29, b. MO.
1930 Contra Costa Co CA ED 33, Sh 3A; age 40, b. MO.

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

!BIRTH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, email dated
12.Jun.2002

!DEATH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, email dated
12.Jun.2002

Jessie married William H. Clark 19 May 1909. William was born Abt 1890, Colorado U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CADI= Lon P. Howe

Per Death Certificate: Lived in Shasta Co 7 years; lived in
CA 32 years; Occupation: Highway Superintendent for Lee J.
Immel Co.

Died at Shasta General Hospital.
Buried Lawncrest Memorial Park

His obituary says he was survived by a brother [possibly
half brother] named Roy Howe.

Census:
1930 Los Angeles Co CA ED 1369, Sh 5A; age 38, b.MO.

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

!BIRTH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, email dated
12.Jun.2002

!DEATH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, email dated
12.Jun.2002

Leonidos married Estella L. Holmes 15 Sep 1915. Estella was born 1 Aug 1894, Colorado, Springs, El Paso, Colorado U.S.A.; died 6 Mar 1980, Shasta County, California U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

!BIRTH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

!DEATH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

Notes:

Census:
1920 Contra Costa Co CA ED 24, Sh. __; age 23, b. CO.
1930 Los Angeles Co CA ED 1368, Sh 11B; age 34, b. CO.

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
16.Feb.2004

!BIRTH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, email dated
12.Jun.2002

!DEATH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, email dated
12.Jun.2002

Irene married Frank Thomas Maddox 24 Sep 1919. Frank was born 4 Jun 1897, Colorado U.S.A.; died 19 Jul 1964, San Diego, California U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried Heydon-Williams-Devin Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co
MO
Name spelled "Justice" on gravestone

Notes:

Census:
1910 Morrow Co OR Heppner Pct., ED 107 Sh 5, p.167 w/parents

MARRIAGE: Morrow Co OR 4-462

Neither Nelson H. nor his brother Ralph R. Justus had
children. Both brothers were deceased by 1962.

Nelson married Naomi Brown Jul 1916, Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.. Naomi was born Abt 1892. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Neither Ralph R nor his brother Nelson H.
Justus had children.
Both brothers were dead in 1962.
Neither Ralph R. nor his brother Nelson H. Justus had
children.
Both brothers were dead in 1962.

Census:
1900
1910 Morrow Co OR Heppner Pct., ED 107 Sh 5, p.167 w/parents
1920 Morrow co OR Lena Pct., ED 136 Sh 5 p 277

Ralph married Hilda Helgeson 17 Feb 1920. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Education: Heppner High School Heppner Oregon May 1920.
Attended Oregon Normal School for one year

!Occupation: Five Years at the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Co
Had the position of cashier at the time
of her
resignation to marry John G. Clouston

!Miscellaneous: They lived in Pendleton Oregon for 1927 to
1934 when they
moved to Lakeview, Oregon
Census:
1910 Morrow Co OR Mt. Vernon Pct., ED 106 Sh 8, p.159
1920 Morrow Co OR Mount Vernon Pct., ED 138 Sh 21 p.291
w/parents

MARRIAGE: Morrow Co OR 5-261

Heppner High School, Heppner, Oregon U.S.A. May, 1920.
Attended Oregon Normal School for one year

Five Years at the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. Had
the position of
cashier at the time of her resignation to marry John G.
Clouston.

Lived in Pendleton, Oregon U.S.A. 1927 to 1934 when they
moved to Lakeview, Oregon U.S.A..

DOM maybe 21 November 1926,

Alma married John George Clouston 23 Nov 1926, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A.. John was born 19 Apr 1897; died Mar 1986, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Education: Attended elementary school in Heppner Oregon
Heppner High School Heppner Oregon 1920

!Occupation: Taught in rural schools of Morrow Co for two
years.
Operation at the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph for five
After Loyal's death, Etta was employed as a
bookkeeper for
the Morrow County Road Dept.

!Miscellaneous: Home has been made in Heppner since her
marriaage, except
except for a short time at Dayville,
Oregon and four
summers spent in the mountains south of
Heppner at Wheeler
Point Lookout and Madison Butte Lookout.
Her husband
was employed by the U. S. Forest Service.
For years they operated an electrical and
hardware store
in Heppner.
She is a long standing member of the
Rebekahs,
Eastern Star, and the American Legion
Auxiliary and the
Christian Church.
Census:
1910 Morrow Co OR Mt. Vernon Pct., ED 106 Sh 8, p.159
w/parents
1920 Morrow Co OR Mount Vernon Pct., ED 138 Sh 21 p.291
w/parents

MARRIAGE: Morrow Co OR 6-12

POD from Soc. Sec. Index

Attended elementary school in Heppner, Oregon U.S.A.
Heppner High School, Heppner, Oregon U.S.A. 1920

Taught in rural schools of Morrow Co for two years.
Operator at the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph for five
after Loyal's death; was
employed as a bookkeeper for the Morrow County Road Dept.

Home has been made in Heppner since her marriage, except
for a short time at
Dayville, Oregon U.S.A. & four summers spent in the
mountains south of Heppner at Wheeler
Point Lookout & Madison Butte Lookout. Her husband was
employed by the US
Forest Service. For years they operated an electrical &
hardware store in
Heppner. She is a long standing member of the Rebekahs,
Eastern Star, & the
American Legion Auxiliary & the Christian Church.

!NAME:Kitch, Colleen, Kitch, Colleen, email dated
08.Apr.2002

!BIRTH:Kitch, Colleen, Kitch, Colleen, email dated
08.Apr.2002

Etta married Loyal Raymond Parker 1 Jun 1929, Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.. Loyal was born 26 Jan 1895, Jackson County, Oregon U.S.A.; died 12 Jul 1961. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Education: Heppner High School Heppner Oregon May 1922.
Oregon Normal School June 1926

!Occupation: Taught two years in rural schools of Morrow
Co.
For four years taught at Stanfield, Oregon

!Miscellaneous: She met Adolph Heyden while teaching here.
Their home has
made on a small farm near Stanfield, Oregon

!QUESTIONS: Marriage date 1929 or 1930?
QUESTION: Marriage date 1929 or 1930?

Census:
1910 Morrow Co OR Mt. Vernon Pct., ED 106 Sh 8, p.159
w/parents
1920 Morrow Co OR Mount Vernon Pct., ED 138 Sh 21 p.291
w/parents

POD = Stanfield, Umatilla, Oregon U.S.A. per Soc. Sec. Index

Heppner High School, Heppner, Oregon U.S.A. May, 1922.
Oregon Normal School, June 1926

Taught two years in rural schools of Morrow Co. & for four
years at Stanfield,
OR

She met Adolph Heyden while teaching here. Their home has
made on a small farm
near Stanfield, Oregon U.S.A..

Leora married Adolph Carl Heyden 7 Aug 1930, Heppner, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A.. Adolph was born 8 Dec 1903, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington U.S.A.; died 9 May 1971, Stanfield, Umatilla, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Living married G. Nelson [Group Sheet]

Living married Living [Group Sheet]

Living married H.L.P. Benge (daughter of Lee Padberg and Terrel Benge) [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Ola had no children.
After Ralph Jones death, Ola made her home
in Hermiston, Oregon.
Ola had no children. After husband's death, Ola lived in
Hermiston, Oregon U.S.A..

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Lena Pct., ED 29 Sh 3, p.256A w/parents
1910 Morrow Co OR Lena Pct., ED 102 Sh 6, 0.128A w/parents

Ola married Ralph Jones 16 Nov 1911. Ralph was born Abt 1890; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Lena Pct., ED 30, Sh 3, p.256A w/parents
1910 Morrow Co OR Lena Pct., ED 102 Sh 6, p.128A w/parents
1920 Morrow Co OR Heppner Pct., ED 137 Sh 1 p.284 w/parents

Waldon married Nell Thomas. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Is married and has four children.
Married; 4 children.

Census:
1910 Morrow Co OR Lena Pct., ED 102 Sh 6, p.128A w/parents
1920 Morrow Co OR Heppner Pct., ED 137 Sh 1 p.284 w/parents

DOD,POD from Soc.Sec.Index

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: After Eugene Thomas death, Bessie moved to
Seattle,
Washington where she was residing in 1962
although suffering
from heart trouble and arthitis.
After Eugene Thomas death, Bessie moved to Seattle, WA
where she was residing
in 1962 although suffering from heart trouble & arthritis.

Bessie married Eugene Thomas 28 Sep 1909. Eugene died 1959. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

POB per 1900 Gilliam Co OR census

DOD & POD per CADI via Rootsweb

James married Nora James 6 Nov 1913. [Group Sheet]

Clara married Frank McNeill 18 May 1910. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1910 Morrow Co OR North Ione Pct., ED 109 Sh 4, p.181A
w/parents
1920 Morrow Co OR North Ione Pct., ED 133 Sh 6, p.254
w/parents

Keltsie married Florence Paulson 9 Dec 1924. [Group Sheet]

Living married G.J. Hanel [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOB, DOD & POD from Soc. Sec. Index

Velma married Lee W. Coblentz 14 Aug 1939. Lee was born 1 Mar 1897; died Sep 1980, Multnomah County, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Neta divorced Earnest Beck in 1933.

!Address: 1962 Last Known address Fairbanks Alaska Neta
and Marshall Thomason
Neta divorced Earnest Beck in 1933.

1962: Last known address Fairbanks, AK

DOB, DOD & POD from Soc. Sec. Index
Buried Terrace Heights Memorial Cemetery

Neta married Earnest Beck 14 Apr 1929. [Group Sheet]

Neta married Marshall M. Thomason 14 Jul 1934. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

POD from Soc. Sec. Index

Vivian married Delmar F. Woerner 14 Jun 1934. Delmar was born 31 Aug 1910; died 9 Oct 1991, Washington U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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:

!NAME:Oliver J. Devin, Devin, Oliver Jeffrey, email dated
10.Jan.2007

Oliver married Claytha Rene' Wright 23 Dec 1967. Claytha was born Est 1940; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Oliver married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Education: Irene graduated from Yakima Public Schools and
from business
college (1920).
Irene graduated from Yakima Public Schools & from business
college

DOD & POD from Soc. Sec. Index

Irene married Richard W. Sheckler 1932, Yakima, Yakima, Washington U.S.A.. Richard was born 27 Jul 1909; died 22 Jul 1978, Benton, Washington U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Living married P.J. Warren [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died at home in Portland Oregon.

Born at home in Heppner Oregon.

Eloped

Census:
1910
1920 Morrow Co OR Mount Vernon Pct., ED 138 Sh 5 p.294

Austin married Esta Dorothy Miller 30 Apr 1927, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon U.S.A.. Esta was born 7 Jan 1903, The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon U.S.A.; died 26 Apr 1986, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1910
1920 Morrow Co OR Mount Vernon Pct., ED 138 Sh 5 p.294

Margaret married James Leach 4 May 1930. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living [Group Sheet]

Living married R. Bosworth [Group Sheet]

Living married J.R. Broun [Group Sheet]

Living married D.C. Robinson [Group Sheet]

Living married Living (son of Arthur Henry Boydell and Blanche Nankervis) [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
17.Feb.2004

!BIRTH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
17.Feb.2004

!DEATH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
17.Feb.2004

Vivian married Howard McLaury Scott Abt 1925. Howard was born Est 1905, Halifax or Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Vivian married Wagers. [Group Sheet]

Vivian married Wolfe. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
17.Feb.2004

!BIRTH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
17.Feb.2004

!DEATH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L, FGS dated
17.Feb.2004

Living married M. Allen. [Group Sheet]

Living married . Rodrigues. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living [Group Sheet]

Living married C.J. Cahill [Group Sheet]

Living married B. Vaught [Group Sheet]

Living married Living (daughter of Living and Living) [Group Sheet]

Living married Living (son of Living and Living) [Group Sheet]

Living married D. Wilkins [Group Sheet]

Living married C.M. Dartt (daughter of Lloyd Dartt and Living) [Group Sheet]

Ronald married Carroll Ferguson. [Group Sheet]

Living married .. Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Died at Birth.
Died at Birth.
Died at birth.

Living married . Dempsey. [Group Sheet]

Living married .. Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Was in the Air Force of the US Armed Service during WWII &
was overseas in 1962

Elected Judge of Trona, California 1988

DOB, DOD & POD from Soc. Sec. Index: #541-20-0815

Robert married Margaret Bingham 5 Aug 1950. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living (son of Anne Laura Holtman) [Group Sheet]