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Joe Rufus Yarbrough

Male 1868 - 1939  (71 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Joe Rufus Yarbrough was born 3 Jul 1868, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A. (son of John Fletcher Yarbrough and Elvira Ann Devin); died 24 Aug 1939, Madison County, Arkansas U.S.A..

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Fletcher Yarbrough was born 12 Mar 1838, Bedford County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 29 Dec 1893, Madison County, Arkansas U.S.A..

    John married Elvira Ann Devin 5 Sep 1867, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.. Elvira (daughter of Joseph Devin and Sarah A. Brown) was born 21 Jan 1851, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 4 Mar 1914, Madison County, Arkansas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elvira Ann Devin was born 21 Jan 1851, Tennessee U.S.A. (daughter of Joseph Devin and Sarah A. Brown); died 4 Mar 1914, Madison County, Arkansas U.S.A..

    Notes:

    Name from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916, SLC, UT

    Census:
    1860 Marshall Co TN p 103 w/parents

    Notes:

    Married:
    Buried Big Sandy Cemetery, near Marble, Madison Co AR per
    USGenWeb

    Children:
    1. 1. Joe Rufus Yarbrough was born 3 Jul 1868, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 24 Aug 1939, Madison County, Arkansas U.S.A..
    2. Sarah Epps Yarbrough was born 11 Mar 1870, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died Feb 1901.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Joseph Devin was born Abt 1825, Virginia U.S.A. (son of John Devin and Ann Bibb Nowlin); died 1863, Vicksburg, Warren, Missouri U.S.A..

    Notes:

    Poss. b. @ 1821 in Marshall Co TN per Ancestral File

    !MARRIAGE: Marshall Co TN record by Sistler

    Census:
    1850 Marshall Co TN p 98A
    1860 Marshall Co TN p 103

    DOD from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT

    Joseph married Sarah A. Brown 15 Jul 1849, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.. Sarah was born Abt 1829, North Carolina U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Sarah A. Brown was born Abt 1829, North Carolina U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:

    Name from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916, SLC, UT

    !MARRIAGE: Marshall Co TN record by Sistler

    Census:
    1850 Marshall Co TN p 98A
    1860 Marshall Co TN p 103
    1870 Marshall Co TN p 191 (widow)

    Children:
    1. Hattie Devin
    2. 3. Elvira Ann Devin was born 21 Jan 1851, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 4 Mar 1914, Madison County, Arkansas U.S.A..
    3. Mary E. R. Devin was born Abt 1856, Tennessee U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. James Brown Devin was born 4 Feb 1860, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 31 Jul 1935, Marshall County, Oklahoma U.S.A.; was buried , Powell Cemetery, Marshall, Oklahoma U.S.A..
    5. William Devin was born Abt Apr 1860, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John Devin was born 12 Sep 1793, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. (son of Joseph Devin and Elizabeth Nowlin); died 12 Jan 1877, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; was buried , Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Lewisburg, Marshal, Tennessee U.S.A..

    Notes:

    Named in Pittsylvania Co VA Court Records Book #13 as child
    of Joseph Devin

    !MARRIAGE:
    1st: Pittsylvania Co VA
    2nd:

    Census:
    possibly living Lincoln Co TN 1820
    1830
    1840
    1850 Marshall Co TN p 98A
    1860 Marshall Co TN p 126A
    1870 Marshall Co TN p 190

    Marshall Co TN formed in 1836.

    From Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916 SLC, UT; this
    record says his DOB is 12 Sept 1793 & DOD 12 June 1879:
    This record says his DOB is 12 Sep 1792 & his DOD is 12
    June 1877; buried
    Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Marshall Co TN; Tombstone
    Inscriptions of
    Marshall Co TN; by Whitesell; Raleigh NC State Library; GR
    929.3 T2 MARS W594t V.l

    He & his wife had other unknown children who died & were
    not named.
    Per Ethel S. Mattingley FHC #0928908 John & Rebecca had 10
    children.

    !BURIAL:Descendants of James Nowlin, Sr., Descendants of
    James Nowlin, Sr., Gilbert, Polly A, viewed 11.Aug.2001

    John married Ann Bibb Nowlin 6 Nov 1823, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Ann (daughter of David Nowlin and Lucy Hensley) was born Abt 1797, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died 1835. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Ann Bibb Nowlin was born Abt 1797, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. (daughter of David Nowlin and Lucy Hensley); died 1835.

    Notes:

    YOB from IGI

    MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA

    Name from Nowlin-Stone Genealogy; publ. 1916, SLC, UT

    DOD via Ethel S. Mattingley FHC #0928908

    Buried Myres-Devin-Madison Cemetery, Marshall Co TN;
    Tombstone Inscriptions of
    Marshall Co TN; by Whitesell; Raleigh NC State Library; GR
    929.3 T2 MARS W594t
    V.l

    !NAME:Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia; 1806-1830,
    Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia; 1806-1830,
    Williams, Kathleen Booth, Genealogical Publishing County,
    Inc.; Baltimore; 1980, page 40

    Notes:

    Married:
    3 November 1823. John DEVIN and Ann Bibb Nowlin, dau. of
    David Nowlin who consents. Sur. John Douglass. Married 6
    Nov. by the Rev. Griffith Dickinson. p. 77 from: Williams,
    Kathleen Booth, "Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia;
    1806-1830", (Genealogical Publishing County, Inc.;
    Baltimore; 1980), page 40.

    !MARRIAGE:Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia;
    1806-1830, Marriages of Pittsylvania County Virginia;
    1806-1830, Williams, Kathleen Booth, Genealogical
    Publishing County, Inc.; Baltimore; 1980, page 40

    !MARRIAGE:Marriage Bond for Alexander Devin & Susanna
    Nowlin, Devin-Nowlin: Marriage Bond (Alexander & Susannah),
    Virginia. Pittsylvania County Clerk's Office,

    Know all
    men by these presents that we Alexr Devin
    &
    Edw.d Nunnelee --- are held and firmly
    bound
    unto the Commonwealth of Virginia in the
    Sum of fifty
    pounds to Which payment well and
    truly to be made we
    bind ourselves our heirs Exors
    and Adm.rs
    firmly by these presents Sealed with
    our seals and
    Dated 18th day of July 1791
    Whereas there is
    a marriage Depending
    and Sudenly intended by gods
    permifsion Between
    the above bound Alexr
    Devin    and
    Suekey Nowling     Now the Condition of
    this
    Obligation is Such that if there is no lawfeull
    Cause
    to Obstruct the Said Marriage then the above
    Obligation
    to be Void else Remain in full force &
    Virtue

    Alexr Devin
    {seal}
    Edwd Nunnelee {seal}

    In the
    Presence of

    [consent for
    bride
    ]

    Sir you may isue a marige Lisons
    Between
    Alexander Diven and Suke Nowlin by
    per-
    mition of . . . - . .. Bryan W. Nowlin

    Mr
    William Tunstall, July the 17th
    1791

    Test
    James Nowlin
    David Nowlin

    , page 77

    Children:
    1. Sarah Ann Devin
    2. infant Devin
    3. 6. Joseph Devin was born Abt 1825, Virginia U.S.A.; died 1863, Vicksburg, Warren, Missouri U.S.A..
    4. Elizabeth Devin was born Abt 1826, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. David W. Devin was born 12 Mar 1830, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 12 Jul 1911, Marshall County, Tennessee U.S.A..