Volume 14 , Issue 5

NW Okie's Corner

Are there any Dever-Gwin descendants out there that might have stories and photos of Samuel Gwin (1825-1871) and Eleanor Dever, born 18 January 1834? I have a photo identified as my father's great grandmother, Eleanor "Ellen" Dever Gwin, that was amongst my Warwick photo album. The photo image on the left is a photo of my great grandmother Signora Belle "Sigga B" Gwin Warwick.

What I do know about the Dever-Gwin family connection is that our 2nd great grandmother (Eleanor Dever Gwin) was born 18 January 1834, in Back Creek, Highland, Virginia, to John Dever (1798-1862) and Elizabeth Gilmore (1802-1882). Eleanor (a.k.a. Ellen) married 12 October 1854, in Highland, Virginia, to Samuel Gwin (1825-1871).

Eleanor and Samuel Gwin had at least three children that I know of with the youngest being my great grandmother, Signora Belle (a.k.a Sigga B) Gwin (1860-1934), who married 16 January 1882, to John Robert Warwick(9 April 1857-1 December 1937). Signora's older brother was Walter P. Gwin (22 April 1856-?), who married Florence K. (last name unknown).

Signora's older sister was Reuhama "Hami" Gwin, born 15 November 1857, in Monterey, Highland, Virginia. Reuhama's death is still unknown, but we do know that "Hami" married Jobe Eckard (1845-1910) at the age of 20, in 1877. Jobe and Reuhama's children were Isaac (1880-), Lucy E. (1884-), Kenton (1888-1956), Charles Pinkney (1890-), William M (1891-), Oliver (1894-1954) and Samuel E. (1898-). Are there any Dever-Gwin connections still in Highland or around the area of Monterey, Virginia? Would love to connect and compare ancestry.

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