John Davis Devin was the first-born son of Thomas and Lucena Davis Devin. He married Frances Peters on his 25th birthday, June 11, 1846. She was a granddaughter of David Chambers, Mayor of Zanesville, Ohio. They had four children: David, Alice, Harry, and Frances.
John was an attorney in Ottumwa, Iowa for about twenty years, and served as registrar during reconstruction of the South after the Civil War.
He was widowed at age 50, and after a time of grieving, married to Agnes Hastings. John and Agnes moved to Des Moines, Iowa, to be near his brother Michael, and eventually moved to Mercer Island in Seattle. His son, Harry Lincoln Devin, was a pioneer of Sedro Woolley, Washington.
Skagit Count Times Sedro-Woolley Dec. 22, 1904
Death of J.D. Devin
John Davis Devin quietly breathed his last at the home of his son Harry L. Devin, in this city, at an early hour this morning, at the advanced age of 86 years. He died of old age. His home had formerly been in Seattle, but he has been visting with his son here since early last spring. His body will be taken to Seattle tormorrow and laid beside that of his wife, who died about three years ago. No services will be held until the remains reach Seattle, when they will be taken to Butterworth's undertaking parlors , where services will be conducted by Rev. Glass, of the Methodist Church, an old and valued freind of the family in that city.
John was an attorney in Ottumwa, Iowa for about twenty years, and served as registrar during reconstruction of the South after the Civil War.
He was widowed at age 50, and after a time of grieving, married to Agnes Hastings. John and Agnes moved to Des Moines, Iowa, to be near his brother Michael, and eventually moved to Mercer Island in Seattle. His son, Harry Lincoln Devin, was a pioneer of Sedro Woolley, Washington.
Skagit Count Times Sedro-Woolley Dec. 22, 1904
Death of J.D. Devin
John Davis Devin quietly breathed his last at the home of his son Harry L. Devin, in this city, at an early hour this morning, at the advanced age of 86 years. He died of old age. His home had formerly been in Seattle, but he has been visting with his son here since early last spring. His body will be taken to Seattle tormorrow and laid beside that of his wife, who died about three years ago. No services will be held until the remains reach Seattle, when they will be taken to Butterworth's undertaking parlors , where services will be conducted by Rev. Glass, of the Methodist Church, an old and valued freind of the family in that city.
John Davis Devin was the first-born son of Thomas and Lucena Davis Devin. He married Frances Peters on his 25th birthday, June 11, 1846. She was a granddaughter of David Chambers, Mayor of Zanesville, Ohio. They had four children: David, Alice, Harry, and Frances.
John was an attorney in Ottumwa, Iowa for about twenty years, and served as registrar during reconstruction of the South after the Civil War.
He was widowed at age 50, and after a time of grieving, married to Agnes Hastings. John and Agnes moved to Des Moines, Iowa, to be near his brother Michael, and eventually moved to Mercer Island in Seattle. His son, Harry Lincoln Devin, was a pioneer of Sedro Woolley, Washington.
Skagit Count Times Sedro-Woolley Dec. 22, 1904
Death of J.D. Devin
John Davis Devin quietly breathed his last at the home of his son Harry L. Devin, in this city, at an early hour this morning, at the advanced age of 86 years. He died of old age. His home had formerly been in Seattle, but he has been visting with his son here since early last spring. His body will be taken to Seattle tormorrow and laid beside that of his wife, who died about three years ago. No services will be held until the remains reach Seattle, when they will be taken to Butterworth's undertaking parlors , where services will be conducted by Rev. Glass, of the Methodist Church, an old and valued freind of the family in that city.
John was an attorney in Ottumwa, Iowa for about twenty years, and served as registrar during reconstruction of the South after the Civil War.
He was widowed at age 50, and after a time of grieving, married to Agnes Hastings. John and Agnes moved to Des Moines, Iowa, to be near his brother Michael, and eventually moved to Mercer Island in Seattle. His son, Harry Lincoln Devin, was a pioneer of Sedro Woolley, Washington.
Skagit Count Times Sedro-Woolley Dec. 22, 1904
Death of J.D. Devin
John Davis Devin quietly breathed his last at the home of his son Harry L. Devin, in this city, at an early hour this morning, at the advanced age of 86 years. He died of old age. His home had formerly been in Seattle, but he has been visting with his son here since early last spring. His body will be taken to Seattle tormorrow and laid beside that of his wife, who died about three years ago. No services will be held until the remains reach Seattle, when they will be taken to Butterworth's undertaking parlors , where services will be conducted by Rev. Glass, of the Methodist Church, an old and valued freind of the family in that city.
