Mathilda maybe Oliver

Notes:

Last name possibly Oliver per KLV.

Mathilda married Elijah Williams. Elijah was born Est 1800; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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 ED 133, p 197A; parents b GA & TN
1910.....

MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-274

Buried Barren Creek Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

MOB/YOB from 1900 census; apparently living alone that year

Nancy married Clayton Smith Devin 19 Apr 1849, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Clayton (son of Clayton Devin and Margaret West) was born 22 Dec 1825, Lincoln County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 1887, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri 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:

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 93 w/parents
1880 Polk Co MO book p 142 w/parents

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO E-156

Had two sons & one daughter.

DOB & POB from Ancestral File

Olive married Joseph L. Beckley 17 Jun 1883, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1870 Polk Co MO book p 93 w/parents
1880 Polk Co MO book p 142 w/parents

James married Florence Jones. Florence was born Abt 1867, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1880 Polk Co MO book p 142 w/parents

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO I-63

Had 1 daughter.

Hannah married Walter A. Pope 22 Dec 1897, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; divorced Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1900 Hickory Co MO Weanbleau Twp ED 100. Sh 2, L 66

DOB = 28 Dec 1874 per Soc. Sec. Index; DOD & POD from Soc.
Sec. Index

From obituary: A former religious educator in Cherokee,
OK, he more recently
had been active in Springfield's First Baptist Church. He
& his father founded
the First Baptist Church in Cherokee & Rev. Ezra Devin was
S.S. Supt. there for
some years.

Ezra married Yuba D. Pickett 27 Nov 1898, Hickory, Missouri. Yuba (daughter of William Sanford Pickett and Mary Ellen "Mollie" Miller) was born 19 Dec 1878, Missouri ; died May 1973, Springfield, Greene, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

He was associated with his father in the hardware business
until about 1908
when he moved to Tulia, TX & began ranching.

Census:
1900 Hickory Co MO Cross Timbers Twp, ED 95, Sh 12, L 87

DOB & DOD from gravestone; buried Rose Hill Cemetery;
Interment in Swisher County
TX & Vicinity 1890-1990; San Antonio Library; RT976.4838 Swi

Of the 9 living children of Lannie Addie Devin, 7 have
taught schools in Texas. Lannie taught for twenty-seven
years.

Thomas married Addie Bell Dickenson 24 Jul 1901, Cross Timbers, Hickory, Missouri U.S.A.. Addie was born 25 Jul 1880; died 7 Sep 1955, Texas . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: He studied dentistry and located at Fair
Play, Missouri.
The family moved to Cherokee, Oklahoma
Had no children.
He studied dentistry, locating at Fair Play, MO; family
moved to Cherokee, OK.
Had no children. Baptist

Census:
1900 Hickory Co MO Cross Timbers Twp, ED 95, Sh 12, L 87
1910 Polk Co MO ED 152, Sh 2, p 189

James married Louisa Newman 25 Jan 1905. Louisa was born 1882, Wheatland, Missouri U.S.A.; died 1956, Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma U.S.A.; was buried , Cherokee Municipal Cemetery Cherokee, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1880 Polk Co MO book p 143 w/parents

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO I-8

Obediah married Amanda E. Needham 29 Jul 1897, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Amanda (daughter of James Needham) was born Abt 1873, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried , Cherokee, Oklahoma U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Unmarried.
Cora May Devin lives with her sister Nancy
Admatha Devin
Taber in Berkeley, California.
Census:
1900 Polk Co MO Marion Twp ED 132, Sh 13, L 48 w/Elijah &
Amanda Devin
1910
1920 Yolo Co California Soundex: ED 230, Sh 6, L 91

POD from Soc. Sec. Index
Buried Winters Cemetery
DOB & DOD from gravestone.

Unmarried.
Cora May Devin lived with her sister Nancy Admatha Devin
Taber in Berkeley, California

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Since Percy Edward Taber's death in 1943,
Nancy Taber and
her sister Cora May Devin make their home
in Berkeley.
DOB from Polk Co MO Births; FHC #1016638

Since Percy Edward Taber's death in 1943, Nancy Taber & her
sister, Cora May
Devin, made their home in Berkeley.

DOB, DOD & POD from Soc. Sec. Index

Nancy married Percy Edward Taber 15 Apr 1915, Winters, Yolo, California U.S.A.. Percy died 14 Feb 1943, Alameda, California U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Mabel never married.
Census:
1900 Polk Co MO ED 133, Sh 10
1910
1920 Yolo Co California ED 230, Sh 6

DOD & POD from California State Death Index

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Ura E. Thompson and his sister Mabel have
lived near
Turlock, California since the death of Mae
Lynn who died
in the 1930's.
Census:
1900 Polk Co MO ED 133, Sh 10
1910
1920 Yolo Co California ED 230, Sh 6

Ura E. Thompson & his sister, Mabel, have lived near
Turlock, California since the
death of Mae Lynn who died about 1938...can't locate on
California State Death Index.

DOD & POD from California State Death Index

Ura married Mae Lynn. Mae died Abt 1938. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1900 Polk Co MO ED 132, p 187
1910 Polk Co MO ED 154, Sh 4, p 219A

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

Notes:

Census:
1900 Polk Co MO ED 132, p 187
1910 Polk Co MO ED 154, Sh 4, p 219A

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO L-306

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

Nellie married James Paul Jones 1 Mar 1914, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. James was born 12 Aug 1893; died 20 Oct 1957. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Wilma never married.
Census:
1900 Polk Co MO ED 132, p 187
1910 Polk Co MO ED 154, Sh 4, p 219A

DOD & POD from Soc. Sec. Index
Buried Greenwood Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO