William Augustus Devin^[1]

1871 - 1959  (87 years)

• Name	William Augustus Devin
  Born	12 Jul 1871	Oxford, Granville, North Carolina U.S.A.
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Feb 1959
  Person ID	I89	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of James Mitchell
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert Ira Devin,   b. 14 Aug 1822, Henry County, Virginia ,   d. 30 Aug 1914, Oxford, Granville, North Carolina U.S.A.  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Transou,   b. 8 Jun 1836, Forsyth, North Carolina U.S.A. ,   d. 1 Jan 1930, North Carolina U.S.A.  (Age 93 years)
  Married	22 Aug 1860	Forsyth, North Carolina U.S.A.
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia Hunter Bernard,   b. 10 Nov 1879, Norfolk, Virginia ,   d. 10 Jun 1958, Greenville, North Carolina  (Age 78 years)
  Married	29 Nov 1899	North Carolina U.S.A.
  Children	1. William Augustus Devin, Jr,   b. 21 May 1904, North Carolina U.S.A. ,   d. 26 Mar 1981, Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland U.S.A.  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Photo-William A. Devin wmadevin.jpg

  
  

  Documents		Devin-Bernard Wedding Oxford Public Ledger Dec 7, 1899
  		William Augustus Devin-Obit Statesville Record and Landmark Feb 18, 1959

  
  

• Notes

  Census: 1880 Granville Co NC Oak Hill Twp p 465 w/parents 1900 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 59, Sh 19 (age = 27) 1910 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 85, Sh 19 (age = 37) 1920 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, S. Oxford, ED 119, Sh 9 (Judge) Grade Schools in Granville Co NC Old Horner Military School, Oxford, NC 1887 College at Wakeforest for three years Graduated University of North Carolina Law School 1894 US National Guard 1901-1907 Captain Served on Staff of Governor Locke Craig with rank of Major 1894-1899 Internal Revenue Service Greensboro NC Private law practice 1903-1909 Served as Mayor of hometown 1914-1935 Appointed Judge Superior Court Relected 1922 and 1930 Resigned to accept new post 1936-1951 Appointed Assoc Justice Reelected in 1944 1951 Appointed Chief Justice Refer to News and Observer article Raleigh, NC, Sunday Morning, 10 Jan 1954 !NAME:William Augustus Devin Biography; "A Manual of North Carolina", Devin, William Augustus: biography, Connor, Robert Digges Wimberly (editor), Raleigh: E. M. Uzzell & Co., State Printer, 1913., [A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of the Members of the General Assembly Session 1913.] [page 290] WILLIAM AUGUSTUS DEVIN, Democrat, Representative from Granville County, was born in Granville County, July 12, 1871. Son of Robert I. and Mary Transou Devin. Educated at Horner Military School, 1883-1886; Wake Forest College, 1886-1889. Vice president Literary Society; marshal; member baseball and football teams; K. A. Greek Letter Fraternity. University Law School, 1892-1893. Ghimghoul Society. Lawyer. Member Granville Commercial Club; member Board Graded School Trustees, Oxford, 1901; Mayor of Oxford, 1903-1909; member Board Town Commissioners, 1909-1910; chairman County Democratic Executive Committee, 1910; chairman County Board Elections, 1906-1908. Representative in the General Assembly, 1911. Captain Company E, Third Infantry, N. C. N. G., 1901-1906. Fraternal order: I. O. O. F., 1900. Baptist; member missionary committee, deacon. Delivered number of addresses on Layman's Missionary Movement during 1910-1911. Married. November 29, 1899, Miss Virginia Bernard. One child. Address: Oxford, N. C. [History of NC Assembly], page 290

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37596998/william-augustus-devin. photo [S39] Will, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9061/007640135_00512?pid=162779&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3D9061%26h%3D162779%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D60548&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true.