Joseph Charles Devin b. 1 Oct 1878 Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A. d. 16 Jan 1957 Corvallis, Benton, Oregon U.S.A.: The Reynolds Family

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Name	Joseph Charles Devin
Born	1 Oct 1878	Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.
Gender	Male
Died	16 Jan 1957	Corvallis, Benton, Oregon U.S.A.
Buried	19 Jan 1957	Oaklawn Memorial Park, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon U.S.A.
Person ID	I32	My Reynolds Line \| Descendants of James Mitchell
Last Modified	7 Feb 2013

Father	Joseph Benton Devin, b. 27 Aug 1835, Lincoln County, Tennessee U.S.A. , d. 14 Jun 1886, Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A. (Age 50 years)
Mother	Elvira Pickel, b. 18 Apr 1843, Roane County, Tennessee U.S.A. , d. 30 Jan 1882, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A. (Age 38 years)
Married	4 Feb 1859	Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.
	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 [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 â€œExamined and approvedâ€ on said day, and the on Dec. 2, 1886, This claim was presented to said Belle Devin said Admix. and was by her â€œExamined and rejectedâ€ on said day. X. That said claimants --claim-- more fully describe and sworn & in their ac- count here to annexed and marked Exhibit â€œAâ€ 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 guardianâ€™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
Family ID	F4	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Carolyn Martha Beesley, b. 1882, Mountain Grove, Missouri U.S.A. , d. 1944 (Age 62 years)
Married	4 Nov 1932	Vancouver, Clark, Washington U.S.A.
	!MARRIAGE:Certificate of Marriage for Joseph C. Devin and Carolyn M. Moody, Devin-Moody: Certificate of Marriage, Washington. Clark County
Last Modified	9 May 2012
Family ID	F1291	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 2 Maude S. Creswell, b. 1884, Joseph, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A. , d. 28 Oct 1956, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon U.S.A. (Age 72 years)

Married 11 Jun 1902 Heppner, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A.

Thought to have three children. One died in infancy.

Children

	1. Keltsie Kistner Devin, b. 28 Jul 1903, Oregon U.S.A. , d. 2 Jul 1962, Seattle, King, Washington U.S.A. (Age 58 years)
	2. Living

Last Modified 9 May 2012

Family ID F195 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
Charley Devin

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
[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 â€œExamined and approvedâ€
on said day, and the on
Dec. 2, 1886, This
claim was presented to said Belle

Devin said Admix. and was by her
â€œExamined and
rejectedâ€ on said day.
X. That said claimants
--claim-- more
fully describe and sworn & in their
ac-
count here to annexed and marked
Exhibit â€œAâ€ 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
guardianâ€™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 Charles Devin

Joseph Benton Devin

Elvira Pickel

Carolyn Martha Beesley

Maude S. Creswell

Keltsie Kistner Devin

Living