William Augustus Devin

Notes:

Census:
1880 Granville Co NC Oak Hill Twp p 465 w/parents
1900 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 59, Sh 19 (age = 27)
1910 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, ED 85, Sh 19 (age = 37)
1920 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, S. Oxford, ED 119, Sh 9
(Judge)

Grade Schools in Granville Co NC
Old Horner Military School, Oxford, NC 1887
College at Wakeforest for three years
Graduated University of North Carolina Law School 1894

US National Guard 1901-1907 Captain
Served on Staff of Governor Locke Craig with rank of Major

1894-1899 Internal Revenue Service Greensboro NC
Private law practice
1903-1909 Served as Mayor of hometown
1914-1935 Appointed Judge Superior Court
Relected 1922 and 1930 Resigned to accept new post
1936-1951 Appointed Assoc Justice Reelected in 1944
1951 Appointed Chief Justice

Refer to News and Observer article Raleigh, NC, Sunday
Morning, 10 Jan 1954

!NAME:William Augustus Devin Biography; "A Manual of North
Carolina", Devin, William Augustus: biography, Connor,
Robert Digges Wimberly (editor), Raleigh: E. M. Uzzell &
Co., State Printer, 1913., [A Manual of North Carolina
Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the
Use of the Members of the General Assembly Session 1913.]
[page 290]
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS DEVIN, Democrat, Representative from
Granville County, was born in Granville County, July 12,
1871. Son of Robert I. and Mary Transou Devin. Educated at
Horner Military School, 1883-1886; Wake Forest College,
1886-1889. Vice president Literary Society; marshal; member
baseball and football teams; K. A. Greek Letter Fraternity.
University Law School, 1892-1893. Ghimghoul Society.
Lawyer. Member Granville Commercial Club; member Board
Graded School Trustees, Oxford, 1901; Mayor of Oxford,
1903-1909; member Board Town Commissioners, 1909-1910;
chairman County Democratic Executive Committee, 1910;
chairman County Board Elections, 1906-1908. Representative
in the General Assembly, 1911. Captain Company E, Third
Infantry, N. C. N. G., 1901-1906. Fraternal order: I. O. O.
F., 1900. Baptist; member missionary committee, deacon.
Delivered number of addresses on Layman's Missionary
Movement during 1910-1911. Married. November 29, 1899, Miss
Virginia Bernard. One child. Address: Oxford, N. C.

[History of NC Assembly], page 290

William married Virginia Hunter Bernard 29 Nov 1899, North Carolina U.S.A.. Virginia was born 10 Nov 1879, Norfolk, Virginia; died 10 Jun 1958, Greenville, North Carolina; was buried , Elmwood Cemetery, Greenville County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Peytons of Virginia II, page 509, has his birth date as
01.Nov.1909 in Greensboro, NC which is the same as his
wifes DOB & POB.

!Education: Studied Law

!Occupations: Federal Home Loan Bank Washington DC
Attorney
Census:
1910 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, Soundex: 038-0085-0400
w/parents
1920 Granville Co NC, Oxford Twp, S. Oxford, ED 119, Sh 9
w/parents

Studied Law

Federal Home Loan Bank Washington DC: Attorney

DOB, DOD, POD from Soc.Sec.Index

!NAME:Peytons of Virginia II: Volume Two, Peytons of
Virginia II: Volume Two, Peyton Society of Virginia,
Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 2004., page 509

William married Margaret Peyton Jarboe 30 Apr 1935, Greensboro, North Carolina U.S.A.. Margaret (daughter of Dr. Paren Jarboe and Lucile Peyton) was born 1 Nov 1909, Greensboro, North Carolina U.S.A.; died 4 Sep 1981, Montgomery County, Maryland; was buried , Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Living married A. Creem [Group Sheet]

Living married J.L. Slattery [Group Sheet]

Living married L. Williams [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Peytons of Virginia II: Volume Two, Peytons of
Virginia II: Volume Two, Peyton Society of Virginia,
Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 2004., page 533

Notes:

!NAME:Peytons of Virginia II: Volume Two, Peytons of
Virginia II: Volume Two, Peyton Society of Virginia,
Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 2004., page 533

Notes:

!NAME:Peytons of Virginia II: Volume Two, Peytons of
Virginia II: Volume Two, Peyton Society of Virginia,
Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 2004., page 533

Notes:

!NAME:Peytons of Virginia II: Volume Two, Peytons of
Virginia II: Volume Two, Peyton Society of Virginia,
Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 2004.

Notes:

!NAME:Peytons of Virginia II: Volume Two, Peytons of
Virginia II: Volume Two, Peyton Society of Virginia,
Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 2004., page 533

Notes:

!NAME:Peytons of Virginia II: Volume Two, Peytons of
Virginia II: Volume Two, Peyton Society of Virginia,
Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 2004., page 533

Notes:

!NAME:Peytons of Virginia II: Volume Two, Peytons of
Virginia II: Volume Two, Peyton Society of Virginia,
Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 2004., page 533

Notes:

!NAME:Peytons of Virginia II: Volume Two, Peytons of
Virginia II: Volume Two, Peyton Society of Virginia,
Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 2004., page 533

Notes:

!NAME:Peytons of Virginia II: Volume Two, Peytons of
Virginia II: Volume Two, Peyton Society of Virginia,
Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 2004., page 533

Notes:

!NAME:Peytons of Virginia II: Volume Two, Peytons of
Virginia II: Volume Two, Peyton Society of Virginia,
Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 2004., page 533