Massa Louisa Devin

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:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 79
1880 Polk Co MO book p 15

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO G-283
Groom from Ballston, Polk County, Oregon U.S.A. at time of
marriage.

Buried in Silverton Cemetery

!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

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

Alfred married Charlotte Elizabeth Williams 27 Aug 1893, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Charlotte (daughter of Reimer Williams and Elizabeth Boswell) was born 31 Dec 1868, Cedar County, Missouri ; died 11 Sep 1913, Marion County, Oregon . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Original YOD from Jessie's headstone. The headstone was
corrected in 2004 to 1899 per Doris W.

Bolivar Herald, 26 Jan 1899 with the heading Bolivar
General Items, the article reads as follows: "Mrs. Frank
Wilson of Aldrich, died last Monday. She was buried at
Bolivar Tuesday."

Verified by the Interment records of Greenwood Cemetery,
Bolivar MO.


Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 79
1880 Polk Co MO book p 15

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO E-154

Per Tom Hughes b. in Madison Twp; d. in Bolivar

Buried Greenwood Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO
DOB, DOD from gravestone
DOB possibly May 30, 1866

YOB maybe 1896 per "The Devin Family" page 29.

!NAME:Doris Wilson, Wilson, Doris, email dated 20100810

!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

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

Jessie married Frank Carlyle Wilson 3 Jun 1883, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Frank (son of Richard Carlyle Wilson) was born 26 Jan 1866, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 26 May 1937, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 79
1880 Polk Co MO book p 15

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO E-246

DOD from California State Death Index

!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

!BIRTH:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 30

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

Ella married Riley T. Wilson 13 Apr 1884, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Riley (son of Richard Carlyle Wilson) was born Abt 1860, Arkansas U.S.A.; died 1944. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 79
1880 Polk Co MO book p 15

DOD, POD per Tom Hughes

Oma Clayton Hughes, younger brother of Dee said he was
practically reared by
his sister. She lived in Washington, DC before 1894. She
married James
Richardson in Missouri during WWI. They resided in
Jamestown, NY. During WWI &
the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, she was
employed by the Secret
Service. She worked for the Federal Intelligence
Department in Washington, DC
for many years. She suffered from a lengthy illness before
her death.

!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

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

Jane married James Richardson. James was born Abt 1870; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Died after surgery for appendectomy
Census:
1880 Polk Co MO book p 15

Ancestral File says POB is Aldrich, Polk County, MO

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO H-126

Buried Greenwood Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO
Member of Christain Church. Died after appendectomy
surgery.

!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

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

!DEATH:Ancestors of Albert Franklin Hughes, Ancestors of
Albert Franklin Hughes, Thomas C. Hughes, gene2-0001.html

Albert married Alice Edna Wollard 23 Aug 1896, Aldrich, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.. Alice (daughter of James Madison Wollard and Mary Maudelia West) was born 17 Sep 1874, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; died 1 Nov 1949, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1880 Polk Co MO book p 15

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO I-212

Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Riverside, California; Lot 5,
Block 6, #162C

!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

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

Joseph married Ida Ora Robertson 15 Mar 1899, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Ida was born 11 Jan 1883, Wishart, Polk County, Missouri; died 22 Nov 1904, Stanislaus County, California ; was buried , Ceres Memorial Park Ceres, Stanislaus County, California. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Probably born at Fairplay

Census:
1880 Polk Co MO book p 15

Died of a heart attack at age 81. Actual name possibly
Deoma C. Hughes
Possibly first name of Deoma

!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

Deoma married Lena McCoy. Lena was born 1879; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Deoma married Gladys Belle Courtney Aug 1900, Camas, Clark, Washington U.S.A.. Gladys was born 28 Apr 1881, Carthage, Jasper, Missouri U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In 1962, continued to operate the family farm although
handicapped by failing
eyesight.

Lloyd never married
He was past Master of Lyons Lodge A.F. & A.M. & past
district deputy.

DOB & DOD from Soc. Sec. Index

Notes:

Lives on the farm with her brother Lloyd Williams Hughes.
When her mother
died, Hazel at age 13 assumed the responsibilities of the
household and in 1962
continued to make a home for her brother.
She belongs to Adah Chapter C.E.S.(1954 W.M.) and White
Shrine.

DOB, DOD & POD from Soc. Sec. Index

Hazel never married.

Notes:

DOB, DOD, POD from Soc.Sec.Index

Ellis married Mary Ruth McCrone 27 Aug 1924. Mary was born , Salem, Marion, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Living in Santa Paula, California in 1937; possibly lived
in Ventura or Ventura Co California

Notes:

Living in Arcata, California in 1937

DOD, POD from Tom Hughes

Claude married Lois Roberts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

YOB, YOD, middle name from Tom Hughes

!NAME:Certificate of Death for Earl Carlisle Wilson,
Wilson, Earl C: Death Certificate, Missouri. Division of
Health

Earl married Arah Marcelle Callaway 7 Jun 1919. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died of diptheria at age of 12 - 14.

Notes:

Is married but has no children of his own.
First name may be spelled Arville.

!NAME:Swart, Richard, Swart, Richard, personal interview on
10.June.2006 with David D.

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Was named Cherry Queen in 1916.
Moved with her mother to Seal Beach
California caring
for her until Ella Louisa's death about
1944.
Was named Cherry Queen in 1916. Moved with her mother to
Seal Beach, California caring
for her until Ella Louisa's death about 1944.

Estella married Fred Smith Jun 1919. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Educated in Washington Schools. Attended Oregon State
University 1921/1922. Married in Los Angeles, California.
Possibly has two children.

Letha married Lewis Swart. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: He served in A.E.F. in Europe during First
World War.
He served in A.E.F. in Europe during WWI

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

Jimmie married Lois Laverne Hailey/Haley 1924. Lois (daughter of Robert Hailey/Haley and Mrs. Robert Hailey/Haley) was born 1903; died 1994. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOB, DOD & POD from Soc. Sec. Index

High school history teacher.

Notes:

!NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 31

!BIRTH:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 31

!DEATH:Hughes, Tom, Hughes, Tom

!BURIAL:Polk County MO Cemetery Directory, Polk County MO
Cemetery Directory

Anna married Earnest Earl Dickerson 1926. Earnest was born 26 Oct 1904; died 13 Sep 1968; was buried , Greenwook Cemetery, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Fred served as clerk in army headquarter in England during
World War Two. Returning to Bolivar, he was employed in
Bolivar Post Office. --per page 31-32 of "The Devin Family"

MOD, POD from Soc.Sec.Index

!BIRTH:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 31

!DEATH:Ancestors of Albert Franklin Hughes, Ancestors of
Albert Franklin Hughes, Thomas C. Hughes, gene2-0001.html

!DEATH:Hughes, Tom, Hughes, Tom

!BURIAL:Ancestors of Albert Franklin Hughes, Ancestors of
Albert Franklin Hughes, Thomas C. Hughes, gene2-0001.html

Fred married Thelma Shipley 4 Jan 1943. Thelma (daughter of John F. Shipley) was born 10 Dec 1913; died 11 Aug 1988, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Helen was the sixth child of Albert Franklin Hughes and
Alice Edna Wollard. She is the twin sister of Harry Clayton
Hughes. She weighed 5.5 pounds at birth.

Her DOD maybe 07.October.1911 and middle name maybe spelled
"Naomi" per page 32 of The Devin Family by Dessa Hofstetter.

She is buried at the Mitchell Campground Cemetery,
southwest of Aldrich, Missouri per the Cemetery Directory
of Polk County Missouri. Her middle name is name spelled
"Naoma" in this book.

!NAME:Ancestors of Albert Franklin Hughes, Ancestors of
Albert Franklin Hughes, Thomas C. Hughes, gene2-0001.html

!BIRTH:Ancestors of Albert Franklin Hughes, Ancestors of
Albert Franklin Hughes, Thomas C. Hughes, gene2-0001.html

!DEATH:Ancestors of Albert Franklin Hughes, Ancestors of
Albert Franklin Hughes, Thomas C. Hughes, gene2-0001.html

!BURIAL:Polk County MO Cemetery Directory, Polk County MO
Cemetery Directory

Notes:

DOB & POB from IGI
DOB possibly 1 July 1901
Died of cancer of the blood
Buried Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, California; site
#R-1-203-4

Ida married Elmer Dee Austin Jun 1918. Elmer was born 30 Dec 1895, Gravette, Benton, Arkansas U.S.A.; died 6 Mar 1947, Corona, Riverside, California U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Vera compiled documentary proof necessary
on the
William Devin Line to qualify for
Membership #439336, D.A.R.
Is a member of Silver Wave Chapter, O.E.S.
(Worthy Matron 1945)
and a charter member of Tillamook Chapter,
D.A.R.
(Chapter Regent 1960 - 62 and Dist. 1
Chairman 1962-64.
Vera compiled documentary proof necessary on the William
Devin line to qualify
for membership #439336, D.A.R. Is a member of Silver Wave
Chapter, O.E.S.
(Worthy Matron 1945) & a charter member of Tillamook
Chapter, D.A.R.
(Chapter Regent 1960 - 62 and Dist. 1 Chairman 1962-64.

Vera married Victor Isaac Creech 15 Oct 1925. Victor was born 30 Jul 1900; died Mar 1967, Tillamook, Tillamook, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Education: Hood River High School Hood River Oregon 1924
University of Oregon Corvallis Oregon 1930
Worked his way through 6 years of college
Earned a law degree.

!Occupation: He started practicing in Cottage Grove and was
studying for
the state examination for eligibility to the
State Supreme
Court.

!Miscellaneous: He was a member of the Delta Theta Phi,
national law hononary.
Killed in automobile accident near Eugene, Oregon U.S.A..
DOB,POB,DOD,POD from death certificate

Hood River High School Hood River, Oregon U.S.A. 1924
University of Oregon Corvallis, Oregon U.S.A. 1930
Worked his way through 6 years of college. Earned a law
degree.

He started practicing in Cottage Grove & was studying for
the state exami-
nation for eligibility to the State Supreme Court.

Was a member of the Delta Theta Phi, national law hononary.

Notes:

DOB, DOD, POD from Soc.Sec.Index

Paul married Bernadine Franzen 29 Nov 1934. [Group Sheet]

Living married B. Morrow. [Group Sheet]

Living married P.A. Trotogott [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DOB, DOD, POD from Soc.Sec.Index

Victor married Hermena Vanderbeck Dec 1942. [Group Sheet]

Victor married Abt 1949. Unknown [Group Sheet]

Living married E.B. Lambert [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name from Tom Hughes

Bettie married Bryie. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name from Tom Hughes

Living married K.K. Parrott. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet]

Living married M.L. Hanigan. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Retired after 20 years service as Warrant
Officer,
U. S. Air Force
Retired after 20 years in the U.S. Army Air Force as a
Warrant Officer

Full name from Tom Hughes

Buried Brigham City, UT

William married M. Mearl Pett. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

He retired at Minot AFB as a CHIEF Master Sergeant and
moved himself and his family back to Riverside, CA in the
summer of 1967. He then attended Humboldt State to get a BS
in Wildlife Management. He started working for the DMV in
Riverside in 1972. [K. Wakefield; 02.July.2009]

No middle name--initial only without a period.

Buried Riverside National Cemetery

Harold married Frances Barrett. Frances (daughter of Maurice Barrett) was born 22 Nov 1922, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California U.S.A.; died 24 Feb 2008, Riverside, Riverside, California U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1994: 7275 Indiana Avenue, Riverside, California 92504

Velda married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1994: 11588 Reche Canyon Road, Colton, California
92324-9709

!DEATH:Wakefield, Kimberly, Wakefield, Kimberly, email
dated 07.July.2009

Harriet married LeRoy Joseph Schlais 7 Feb 1946, Riverside, Riverside, California U.S.A.. LeRoy was born 16 Feb 1916, Mosinee, Wisconsin U.S.A.; died 12 Jun 2010, Palm Springs, California. [Group Sheet]

Living married I.V. Dick [Group Sheet]

Living married .. Unknown [Group Sheet]

Living married M.E. Elder. [Group Sheet]

Living married E.B. Shirts [Group Sheet]