Velma Devin

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:

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

DOB maybe 21 Mar 1884 per Social Security Index

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

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

Sources:

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


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


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

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

[page
1]

In the County Court
of Morrow County

Oregon

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

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

Petition

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

Geo. W^m.
Wright
Atty for Claimants

[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

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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

[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:

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

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

Boone County was formed out of Carroll County in 1869.


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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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 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:

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-538 Was first wife of Joseph
Benton Devin

Census:
1850 Roane Co TN P 383A w/parents
1860 Polk Co MO book p 19
1870 Polk Co MO book p 90
1880 Polk Co MO book p 135.....

Buried Kelly Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO
DOB, DOD from gravestone; DOB also listed in Pickel Bible
records

DOD maybe 31 January 1882 (1).

!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

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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

, Page 1-2; Section I, II

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

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L,
friscia.rootsweb.com viewed 04.Sep.2005

Notes:

Married:
Married by William B. Senter Min.

!MARRIAGE: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

[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

Notes:

Luke P. Holmes died Dec. 26th 1904 at 4:46 p.m. (from Luke
P. Holmes bible).

1820 Census Williamson County Tennessee
Luke Holmes 300010-10010 (page 116 reel #M33-125 index page
12)
John Holmes 100100-10100-0100-0000-1000- (page 115 reel
#M33-125 index page 11)

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L,
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!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

!BIRTH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible

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

Luke married Eliza Leoti Hopper 6 Mar 1853. Eliza (daughter of Moses Hopper and Rebecca Hicks) was born 21 Feb 1830, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 24 Nov 1902. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Eliza L. Holmes died November the 24th 1902 at 2:49 o'clock
p.m. (from Luke P. Holmes bible).

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

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L,
friscia.rootsweb.com viewed 04.Sep.2005

!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

!BIRTH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Records Birth page

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

Notes:

Married:
!MARRIAGE:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L,
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