Clayton Devin

Notes:

!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:U.S. Census 1850: Missouri, Polk county, U.S. Census
1850: Missouri, Polk county

!NAME:U.S. Census 1840: Missouri-Polk County, U.S. Census
1840: Missouri-Polk County, Page 47; Devin, Clayton;
Males:2-1-1-1-0-0-1 Females:1-1-2-1-0-1

!NAME:U.S. Census 1860: Missouri-Polk County, U.S. Census
1860: Missouri-Polk County

!NAME:U.S. Census 1870: Missouri-Polk County, U.S. Census
1870: Missouri-Polk County

!NAME:U.S. Census 1830: Tennessee-Lincoln County, U.S.
Census 1830: Tennessee-Lincoln County, Devin, Clayton;
Males:0-2-0-0-0-1 Females:3-1-0-0-1

!NAME:War of 1812 Pension File for Clayton Devin, Devin,
Clayton: War of 1812 Pension File

!NAME:War of 1812 Bounty Land Warrant Application File for
Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: War of 1812 Bounty Land
Warrant Application File

!NAME:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, page 205A

!NAME:Mitchell from Devin et. al. Deed, Devin et. al.: Deed
to Mitchell, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County,
Virginia,

[page 210]

class=”MarginNote”>Mitchell
from
Devin and
others

This Indenture made the 15^th Day of
October in the year of our Lord
1816 Between Martha
Devin, James Devin, Clayton Devin, Abraham C.
Parrish &
Polley Parish his wife, Benjamin Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison
his wife & Sarah Devin all of the County of
Pittsylvania of the one part and
John Mitchell of the
said County of the other part Witnesseth that the Said

Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin Abraham C
Parrish & Polley Parr
ish his Wife Benjamin Hutchison &
Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin for and in
consideration of the Sum of three hundred and forty Dollars

Lawfull money of Virginia to them in hand paid by the
Said John Mitchell
the receipt Whereof is hereby
Acknowledged hath granted bargained Sold and
conveyed
and by these presents Doth grant bargain Sell and convey
unto the Said
John Mitchell his heirs and assigns a
certain tract or parcel of Land lying
and being in the
County Aforesaid on the Waters of Banister Containing One

hundred Acres and 120² poles be the same
more of less it being the same tract
of Land conveyed
by Robert Devin to William Devin in the year 1809 And

bounded as followeth, to Wit, Beginning at a white Oak
corner of the old
line thence North 6[4] degrees East
91 poles to a corner White Oak, thence Said
Old line
North 13 degrees West 1[4]3 poles to a Red Oak S61 degrees
West 140
poles to pointers [and] thence S32 1/2 degress
East 133 poles to the Beginning Which
tract of Land
aforesaid the Said Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Abraham C. Parrish and his Wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Eliza
beth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin [Will] for themselves their heirs &
forever
Warrant, Maintain and defend the right & title to the Said
John Mitchell
his heirs & Assigns or any other person
of persons Whatsoever Claiming in [undes]
or by them the
S^d Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin
Abraham C. Parrish
and his wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife
And Sarah
Devin or their heirs And the Said Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton
Devin Abraham C. Parrish & Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and
Elizabeth Hutchison his
Wife & Sarah Devin do for themselves their heirs & [A]
forever
warrant and defend the Right and title to the
Said tract of Land to the Said John
Mitchell & his
hiers & [A] forever In Witness Whereof the Said Martha
Devin
James Devin Clayton Abraham C Parrish & Polley
Parrish his Wife Benjamin
Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison his Wife & Sarah Devin has hereunto set their

hand and affixed their Seals the day and Year first
written

Martha (her X mark) Devin {Sl}
Jas. Devin
{Sl}
Clayton (his X mark) Devin {Sl}
Abraham C
Parrish {Sl}
Polley (her X mark) Parrish
{Sl}
Benjamin (his X mark) Hutchison {Sl}
Elizabeth
(her X mark) Hutchison {S1}
Sarah (her X mark) Devin
{Sl}

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence

Jabey Smith
James Hurt
Tho^s
Shelton
Hugh Reynolds

[page
211]

Pittsylvania County to Wit
We James Hurt
and Thomas Shelton Magistrates
of the Said County do
hereby certify that Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Polley Parrish BEnjamin Hutchison Elizabeth Hutchison
Srah Devin Abraham
Parrish parties to the within
conveyance hath duly Acknowledged the same before
us on
the fifteenth Day of October 1816 And desired us to certify
the Same Acknow
ledgement to the Clerk of the County
Court of Pittsylvania in order the same conveyance
may
be recorded As Witness our hands and Seals.

class=”Signature”>Jas. Hurt {Seal}
Tho.^s
Shelton

This Indenture from Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton Devin Abraham C. Parrish
and Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and Elizabeth his Wife and Sarah
Devin to John Mitchell was presented in the Clerks office
of Pittsy^a County
the 18^th Day of
November 1816 and admitted to Record by the Clerk of Said
County
upon the Certificate herein endorsed

class=”Signature”>Teste
Will Tunstall Clrk

Clayton married Margaret West 17 Mar 1820, Fayettesville, Lincoln, Tennessee U.S.A.. Margaret (daughter of James West and Anna Sanders) was born 24 Nov 1803, North Carolina U.S.A.; died 5 Jun 1888, Dunnegan, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried , Heydon Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 100
1880 Polk Co MO book p 139......

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-265

Buried Heydon Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

!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

Martha married William Heydon 20 Feb 1849, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. William was born 25 May 1816, North Carolina U.S.A.; died 2 Dec 1887, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Was twin brother of James Devin, who died at birth.
Died in Gold Rush 1850

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 14 w/father (listed as insane)

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-348 [possibly Marriage book B pg
348]

FHC #6088890: 18 Sept 1858, "Wife, Julia, has left my bed
& board without
just cause of provocation. William M. Devin"

He is the William Devin who was listed as insane in a
number of Polk
Co MO records.

Listed as an insane man when Clayton Devin's estate was
probated. Alive as of 12 July 1870.

FHC #6088891: p. 85, 29 Apr 1869, Bolivar Free Press:
"Wm. Devin, an insane
man, who was sent from Polk Co several years since to
insane asylum was
brought back to Bolivar Tuesday being pronounced incurable.
Case brought to
attention of circuit court next week."

p. 100, 9 September 1869 Bolivar Free Press: Edward H.
Devin, Guardian and Curator of Estate of Wm. H. Devin, an
insane person, will sell right and interest in real estate
of Wm. Devin in the estate belonging to Clayton Devin,
deceased of which said Wm. Devin is heir.

!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

William married Judith Gunn 19 Jun 1853, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Judith was born Abt 1823; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Twin brother of William Marion Devin

Notes:

!Military: He served in the militia on the Union Side
during the Civil War.

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-274

Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 89
1880 Polk Co MO book Marion Twp p 142......

Was called Smith.

Died of cancer. Buried Barren Creek Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of
Polk Co MO
Possible YOD 1884 (1)

!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

Clayton married Nancy Rebecca Williams 19 Apr 1849, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Nancy (daughter of Elijah Williams and Mathilda maybe Oliver) was born Jan 1830, Missouri U.S.A.; died 13 Jul 1910. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sources
U.S. Census 1850 Missouri, Polk County Book, page 47.
U.S. Census 1860 Missouri, Polk County Book, page 14
U.S. Census 1880 Missouri, Polk County Book, page 134
Marriage Record: Polk County, Missouri Book B-271
Burial Record: Cemetery Directory of Polk County Missouri.

POB from Hist. of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade & Barton Cos.
MO; LAPL R977.8 H6731a

She was the only child of 12 brothers and sisters that did
NOT have red hair.
Her husband Richard C. Wilson was a widower at the time of
their marriage; they had one child that died at birth. At
R. C. Wilson's death in 1904, Anna
brought up as her own, Wilson's children by a former
marriage. (Riley, Dove &
Frank Wilson) Riley & Frank married into the Hughes family.
Anna was a member of the Brush Grove Baptist Church &
later of the First Baptist Church in Bolivar, MO.
She died at her home in Bolivar, Missouri.

!NAME:Certificate of Death for Anna S. Wilson, Wilson, Anna
S. [DEVIN]: Death Certificate, Missouri, Division of Health

!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

Anna married Richard Carlyle Wilson 2 Jul 1867, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Richard was born 11 Sep 1833, Lincoln County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 15 Jul 1905, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47 with father
1860 Polk Co MO w/father as Jane Mc Cole
1870 Polk Co MO book p 92
1880 Polk Co MO book p 139

DOB maybe 11 October 1828 (KLV).

!MARRIAGE: 1st: Polk Co MO A-549
2nd: Polk Co MO B-107

Second marriage to widower, Hiram Thompson, who had 4 sons
& 2 daughters.

Buried Greenwood Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

!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

Sarah married Thomas McCole 10 Mar 1859, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; divorced Yes, date unknown. Thomas died Deceased. [Group Sheet]

Sarah married Hiram Thompson 25 Nov 1862, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Hiram was born 25 Nov 1823, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 15 Nov 1891, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 10
1870 Polk Co MO book p 92
1880 Polk Co MO book p 138
1900 Polk Co MO ED 131, p 165......

Possibly born 30 April 1831

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-366

Buried Salem Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

!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

Mary married Enos Pickering 23 Feb 1854, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Enos was born 24 Feb 1833, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 9 Apr 1928. [Group Sheet]

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:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 14 w/daus: Belvan, age 2 & Vand A.,
age 6 mos
1870
1880 Bates Co MO Shawnee Twp p 133A

!MARRIAGE: 1st: Polk Co MO A-470
2nd:

per Kathleen Jeanneret--Prodigy JPLQ18A

!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

Margaret married William Judd Abt 1874, Missouri U.S.A.. William was born Abt 1841, Indiana U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Margaret married Anderson Sam Chitty 2 Sep 1857, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Anderson (son of Hardy Chitty) was born Between 1836 and 1838, Alabama U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

First name may be spelled Patten
Died as a young man of scarlet fever

Notes:

Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 14
1870 Polk Co MO book p 100
1880 Polk Co MO book p 15
1900 Polk Co Mo Campbell Twp, ED 123 Sh 3, L 22
1910 Polk Co MO ED 143, Sh 8, p 80A......

MILITARY: Union: Corp Co D, 26 EM, 1861 - Dec 1861: 4
mos 17 days

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-88

Buried Dunnegan Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

!NAME:Obituary for Alfred Harrison Devin, Devin, Alfred
Harrison: obituary,

A. H. Devin

A. H. Devin the subject of this

sketch was born Sept. 29, 1840 in

Polk County about three miles

northwest of Bolivar. Died at his

home in Dunnegan Jan. 27, 1914

at 4:12 p.m. aged 73 years, 3

months and 27 days. He profess-

ed faith in Christ about 35 years

ago and united with the Cumber-

land Presbyterian church. He

lived a devoted Christian life, be-

ing true and loyal to his church.

He died in the triumphs of a

living faith in Christ.

He married Miss Mary Camp-

bell on Jan.29th 1861. If he had

lived two more days they would

have been married 53 years. To

this union were born five children

four of whom are living. Their

names are Mrs. Margaret Holmes,

Flora Organ, G. A. Devin of

Dunnegan, Mo, C. S. Devin who

died about 20 years ago, Mrs.

Sarah A. Ayres of Humansville,

Mo, and Mrs. Mineva E. Ham-

mons of Dunnegan, Mo. He was

one of the oldest and most respect-

ed citizens of this county.

He had been in the merchandise

business at Dunnegan about 25

Years and was able to take care of

his store all this time until two

weeks before he died. He was

taken with lagrippe about three

Weeks ago on the night of Jan. 20

at 11 o’clock, had a paralytic

stroke after which he lived 8 days

never being able to speak but was

sensible to every thing that was

said in his hearing and recognize-

ing every one who came to see

him until the last.

Politically he was a democrat.

had helped to assess this county

ten times, taught school a number

of years before, during and after

the civil war. A number of menu

and women can call to mind their

school days when he was their

teacher. He had been Notary

Public for 30 years, his work and

advice will be greatly missed for

he never advised any one to do

anything wrong or that would get

them in trouble.

He was devoted to his family

and ever looking after their in-

terest. For many years yet to

come his good works will follow

after him and be remembered by

many people.

Funeral services were held at

the C. P. church Wednesday at

2 p.m. by the pastor Rev. Baker

after which the remains were laid

to rest in the Dunnegan cemetery

to await the resurrection morn.

”Blessed are they who die in the

Lord and their works do follow

them.”

!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

Alfred married Mary Agnes Campbell 29 Jan 1861, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Mary was born 22 Apr 1844, Missouri U.S.A.; died 12 Sep 1926, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 14
1870 Polk Co MO book p 79
1880 Polk Co MO Madison Twp

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-144

She & her husband were separated, if not divorced.

Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside, California; Lot 147,
Block 4, #8

Had red hair.

First name maybe Martha per KLV.

!NAME:Doris Wilson, Wilson, Doris, family group sheet dated
02.Nov.1998

!NAME:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, 205A

!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 Book B, Missouri-Polk
County Marriage Book B, Office of the Recorder in Polk
County Court House, Bolivar, Missouri., page 107

Massa married Abner Benton Hughes 23 Oct 1862, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Abner (son of Sgt. James A. Hughes and Jane Clayton Stockton) was born 31 Mar 1841, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama ; died 27 Apr 1914, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio ; was buried , National Military Home Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 14
1870
1880

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-246

Death info from The Bolivar (MO) Herald, 12 Dec 1901

YOB maybe 1846

!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

Parthenia married Leander Wilson Frieze 16 Dec 1866, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Leander (son of Woodford Frieze and Elizabeth B. Wilson) was born 24 Nov 1844, Missouri U.S.A.; died 27 Jul 1925, Drain, Douglas, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 99 w/mother-in-law
1880 Polk Co MO book p 139
1900 Polk Co MO ED 133, Sh 1, p 188B
1910 Polk Co MO ED 156, Sh 16, p 255

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-314

Buried Greenwood Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

James married Selatia Jane Lower 20 Sep 1868, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Selatia was born 7 Feb 1848, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 22 Feb 1914. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOD maybe 28 March 1922 (1).Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 100
1880 Polk Co MO book p 133
1900 Polk Co MO ED 131, Sh 4, p 157

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-446

Had foster child named Celia Thayer.

Buried Mt. Gilead Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

Joseph married Susan E. East 24 Apr 1871, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Susan was born 17 Feb 1852, Missouri U.S.A.; died 7 Sep 1920. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1860 Polk Co Mo book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 100
1880 Polk Co MO book p 140
1900
1910 Polk Co MO ED 153, Sh 4, p 207

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO C-62 (month missing; recorded 8 May
1876)

Buried Mt. Olive Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO
Name listed as T. W. Haydon

William married Caroline C. Lower 2 May 1876, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Caroline was born 11 Jul 1852, Illinois U.S.A.; died 10 Jun 1924, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 100
1880 Polk Co MO book p 139
1900 Polk Co MO ED 131, Sh 14, p 167
1910 Polk Co MO ED 155, Sh 6, p 231A
1910 Polk Co MO ED 161, Sh ?, p 283A

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-527

Buried Salem Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

Nancy married Thomas Roger Phillips 17 Sep 1872, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Thomas was born 18 Jul 1848, Roane, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 14 Sep 1925, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried , Salem Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried Heydon Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

Notes:

!MARRIAGE:
1st: Polk Co MO C-92
2nd: Polk Co MO E-73

Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5 w/parents
1870 Polk Co MO book p 100 w/parents
1880 Polk Co MO book p 7

John married Cornelia A. Phillips 14 Feb 1877, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Cornelia was born 6 Aug 1859, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 31 Jan 1881, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

John married Susan Elizabeth T. Ailey 17 Aug 1882, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Susan was born Abt 1861, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 100 w/parents
1880 Polk Co MO book p 139 w/parents
1900 Adams Co WA Ritzville Pct #2 p 85
1910
1920 Spokane Co WA Greenacres Twp, ED 134, Sh 8; House
Carpenter
1930 Mason Co WA, Hoodsport, p.192A, ED 23, Sh 5A; age 69,
b. MO; House Carpenter

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO E-96

DEATH: Washington State Death Records; LAPL Microfilm

Leonard married Sharlet Adaline Dysart 8 Oct 1882, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Sharlet was born Abt 1863, Missouri U.S.A.; died 9 Jul 1940, Greenacres, Spokane, Washington U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 99
1880 Polk Co MO book p 142

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-195

Buried Greenwood Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO
Married name spelled "Worthan"

Margaret married James Henry Worthan 21 Dec 1865, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. James was born 16 Feb 1846, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 3 Mar 1893, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Occupations: Lije and Kit lived on part of his father's
farm for sometime.
He was Polk County Judge for eight years
Appraiser for the Mutual Insurance Company
A member of the school board for 33 years.

!Miscellaneous: Lije was gifted in music, having taught
music, and directed
church singing, wrote and composed several
number.
They were attnetinve member of Cumberland
Presbyterian Church
at Barn Creek.
Everyone called him Judge Devin.
He and Kit had no children, but helped in
the rearing and
education of several nieces.
Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 89
1880 Polk Co MO book p 142
1900 Polk Co MO Marion Twp ED 132, Sh 13, L 48; p 183
1910 Polk Co Mo ED 154, Sh 3, p 218

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO C-19

Lije was gifted in music, having taught music, and directed
church singing,
written & composed several numbers. Lije & Kit lived on
part of his father's
farm for sometime. They were attentive members of
Cumberland Presbyterian
Church at Barren Creek. He was County Judge of Polk County
for 8 years,
appraiser for the Mutual Insurance Company, & member of the
school board for
33 years. Everyone called him Judge Devin. He died in
Bolivar at the age of
94. His wife lived to age 100. They had no children but
helped in the rearing
& education of several nieces.

Buried Greenwood Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

Elijah married Amanda Catherine Eaton 10 Sep 1874, Fair Play, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.. Amanda was born 25 Oct 1855, Missouri U.S.A.; died 28 Jul 1956, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Occupations: Franklin and Orlena moved to Neosha County,
Kansas in 1884,
establishing a hardware business. Moved to
Cross Timbers in
1893 and then to Cherokee, Oklahoma in 1906.
In 1919, he
started an automobile shop and agency.

!Miscellaneous: Joined the Baptist Church at Dunnegan,
Missouri.
Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 89 w/parents
1880 Polk Co MO book p 7 Johnson Twp
1900 Hickory Co MO Cross Timbers Twp, ED 95, Sh 12, L 87
1910 Alfalfa Co OK soundex #001-0004-0090
1920
1930......

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO B-559

Family moved to Neosha County, KS in 1884 establishing a
hardware business. Moved
to Cross Timbers in 1893 & then to Cherokee OK in 1906. In
1919 he started an
automobile shop & agency. Joined the Baptist Church at
Dunnegan, MO.

DOD, POD from Swisher Co TX Hist.; LDSLA 976.4838 Ev15

Franklin married Orlena Paralee Thompson 1 Jan 1874, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Orlena was born 20 Mar 1857, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 10 Feb 1932, Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma U.S.A.; was buried , Cherokee Municipal Cemetery Cherokee, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 89
1880 Polk Co MO book p 143

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO C-14

YOD, POD from Ezra T. Devin manuscript

Possible Middle name: Aneliza (1)

Martha and James lived on the old family home three miles
west of Bolivar, Missouri U.S.A. After Clayton Smith
Devin's death, Nancy, his widow (Martha's mother), lived on
the farm with the Gambles.

Martha married James H. Gamble 13 Aug 1874, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. James was born 28 Jan 1857, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 26 Feb 1928. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Occupations: Thomas and Martha Admatha McKnigh farmed
about 3 1/2 miles
west of Bolivar, Missouri until 1899 when
they move to
California, first to Winters then Woodland
then to San Francisco.
T.J. was a gripman on the Valencia Street
cable cars until
1908. The family moved bck to Winters and
engaged in fruit
raising.

!Miscellaneous: He remembered the Great Fire and Earthquake
of San Francisco.
TJ died at the home of his daughter Mrs.
Nancy Devin Taber in
Berleley, California.
Census:
1870 Polk Co MO Marion Twp
1880 Polk Co MO book p 143 Marion Twp
1900
1910
1920 Yolo Co California Soundex: ED 230, Sh 6, L 89

!MARRIAGE:
1st: Polk Co MO C-206
2nd: probably Yolo County, California

Thomas & Martha Admatha McKnight farmed about 3 1/2 miles
west of Bolivar, MO
until 1899 when they move to Calif., first to Winters then
Woodland then to
San Francisco. TJ was a gripman on the Valencia Street
cable cars until 1908.
The family moved back to Winters & engaged in fruit raising.

He remembered the Great Fire and Earthquake of San
Francisco. TJ died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Nancy Devin Taber in Berkeley,
California.

Buried Winters Cemetery
DOB from gravestone is 07 October 1861

Thomas married Martha Admatha McKnight 21 Dec 1879. Martha was born 6 Feb 1861, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 20 Oct 1916, Yolo County, California U.S.A.; was buried , Winters Cemetery Yolo County, California. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married Ruby Vivian Waughtel 1918, California U.S.A.. Ruby was born 23 Jun 1894, California U.S.A.; died 17 Sep 1987, Woodland, Yolo, California U.S.A.; was buried , Winters Cemetery Yolo County, California. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Sarah Melinda Devin Thompson moved with
her two children
to California after James Thompson's death
Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 89
1880 Polk Co MO book p 142
1900 Polk Co MO ED 133, Sh 10
1910
1920 Yolo Co California ED 230, Sh 6

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO E-123

Sarah Melinda Devin Thompson moved with her two children to
California after
James Thompson's death.

DOD & POD from California State Death Index

Sarah married James M. Thompson 8 Feb 1883, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. James was born Mar 1860, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 1908, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Possibly named Leoti

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO F-227

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 89 w/parents
1880 Polk Co MO book p 142
1900 Polk Co MO ED 132, p 187
1910 Polk Co MO ED 154, Sh 4, p 219A

Buried Greenwood Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

Leota married Robert Edgar Wollard 27 Oct 1887, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Robert was born 12 Oct 1868, Missouri U.S.A.; died 11 Mar 1922. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died at birth. Only child of Richard Carlyle Wilson and
Anna Sanders Devin.

Notes:

In 1961, Wash was still living at age 98. For many years
the Thompsons lived
in & near Heppner, Oregon working as a farmer. Later, he
retired & moved into
town.

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 92 w/parents
1880 Polk Co MO book p 139 w/parents

!MARRIAGE:
1st: Polk Co MO E-246
2nd: Polk Co MO G-433

DOD from IGI

George married Minnie B. Johnson 13 Apr 1884, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Minnie was born 8 Aug 1867; died 22 Nov 1885, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

George married Barbara Annie Napier 5 Feb 1895, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Barbara (daughter of William Napier and Mary Jane Thompson) was born 12 Nov 1875, Springfield, Missouri U.S.A.; died 27 May 1959, Walla Walla, Washington. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 92 w/parents
1880 Polk Co MO book p 139 w/parents

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO F-147

Is it possible this family moved to Oregon or Washington?

Hiram married Serepta Blevins 4 Oct 1886, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Serepta was born Abt 1869, Missouri U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO C-103

Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 10
1870 Polk Co MO book p 92
1880 Polk Co MO book p 139
1900 Polk Co MO ED 131, Sh 12, p 165
1910 Polk Co MO ED 155, Sh 2, p 227
1920 Polk Co MO ED 161, Sh 3, p 283A

Buried Salem Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

Martha married Samuel H Mead 22 Apr 1877, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Samuel was born 23 Dec 1849, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 9 Dec 1913. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!MARRIAGE:
1st: Polk Co MO C-178
2nd: Polk Co MO G-29

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 92
1880 Polk Co MO book p 138
1900 Polk Co MO ED 131, p 164
1910
1920 Polk Co MO ED 161, Sh 3, p 283B

Buried Salem Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

DOD maybe 1 July 1920 (1)

Margaret married Nathaniel P. White 1 May 1879, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Nathaniel was born Abt 1855, Tennessee U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Margaret married John Lewis Ables 14 Dec 1890. John was born Mar 1866, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 1952. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 92
1880 Polk Co MO book p 138
1900 Polk Co MO ED 131, p 164

Mary married John William Knightly 1886. [Group Sheet]

Mary married Ellsworth Hatfield 1906. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 92
1880 Polk Co MO book p 138
1900 Polk Co MO ED 131, p 164
1910 Polk Co MO ED 155, Sh 4, p 230
1920 Polk Co MO ED 161, Sh 3, p 283B

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO F-357

DOB & DOD from gravestone
Buried Salem Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

James married Sarah Agnes Lyons 26 Mar 1889, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Sarah was born 7 Aug 1871, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 24 Sep 1946. [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