Francis DEVOL, II
- Born: Aft 1791, Belpre, Washington, Ohio, USA
- Died: Aft 1843, Belpre, Washington, Ohio, USA
General Notes:
BOOKS
The American Pioneer Vol 2 pg 112-34 Cincinnati OH 1843, Stimson Collection Class 051 Book A51P 55838
"Shortly after our call on Alonzo Frouse, Belpre, Mrs TD Phillips, Marietta, said there is a book in Marietta College Lobrary, in which the journey of the Rouse family and others to Ohio, is given in detail, as related to Dr S P Hildreth by Mrs Bathsheba ROUSE Greene, Marietta...
"Parts relating to the Rouse family are here copied. It corrects come of Alonzo Rouse's records-LCP...
"...Captain Devol and family settled on the Muskingum, five miles above Marietta, after the close of the war iin 1795, and built a large mill, which was by far the most useful to the inhabitants of that day, of any in that part of Ohio. Sally married James C McFarland, and died in 1810, leaving three daughters and one son, who are connected by marriage with some of the leading families in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia.
"Captain Jonathan Devol, died 27 Sep 1842 [Ref: Gi stone Mound Cemetery, Marietta Ohio]
"Charles, Barker, Francis and Maria (Devol), the two latter born after their parents emigrated to Ohio, are living (1843) with their children, in this vicinity...Isaac Barker settled at Athens...Captain (Jonathan) Haskell married a daughter of Mr Johnn Greene,, a cousin of Griffen Green, and settled in Belpre..."
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