Volume 13 , Issue 20

Last Born Resident of Fairvalley

We heard from Wes Devine this last week who was the anonymous writer that sent in the story about being the last born resident of Fairvalley, Oklahoma. he sent us a couple pictures showing his brother and himself (image on the left) and a photo copy of their genealogy (on the right) written in his grandmother's handwriting. Wes says, "The first picture is of my brother and myself. Out two sisters live near Leon, Kansas where we grew up. The second picture is a photo of our genealogy. The original was in my grandmother's handwriting. It had been folded and I cleaned it up some. Naoma is my aunt and a sister to my father, John Charles Devine. We grew up in Kansas with our grandparents on our mother's side. I have been working on tracing our family roots.

"I can tell you that there were two Henry Devine's born in Brownington, Missouri. Our grandfather was the younger of the two. We are fairly sure that the older one was a brother to Herman Devine born in New York. Michael was born in Ireland and we believe his father's name was Martin. Most of the family was in or near Clinton, Missouri in an 1880 census. We are fairly sure they all came to the Fairvalley area during the land rush. We have not been able to keep invert close contact with our father's side of the family. We have family in Waynoka and El Reno, Oklahoma. Our grandmother married a Baker and I know that my father had a half brother or two, one of whom was Lynn Baker. I presently live near Olathe, Colorado just north of Montrose."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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