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- John C. DEVEREAUX, whose portrait appears here, was born
at
- Orleans, Ontario Co., New York State, on the first of November
1833, where he lived until seventeen years old; in 1850 he accompanied
his parents to Milwaukee, where he resided for three years and
then in 1853, came to occupy a farm in this township, about four
miles North-West of Evansville, called Burr Oak farm in consequence
of this special timber growing there in all its primitive luxurance.
Mr. DEVEREAUX' arduous duties in working his land (consisting
of 150 acres) did not prevent the little god cupid from finding
a venerable [vulnerable] point for one of his darts, after a
short seige the garrison capitulated and on the 28th of May 1860,
the God of love was declared victor and Mr. DEVEREAUX led Miss
Phebe JOHNS to the hymeneal altar, Mrs. DEVEREAUX, nee JOHNS
is a native of the Quaker state, born in Beaver
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- Co., Pennsylvania, the pleasant face and genial smile of
both show that domestic happiness has reigned supreme in the
household.
- Mr. DEVEREAUX has three children, the eldest daughter Ida
is married to John WALL, his
- second daughter is wife of T. C. DAVIS, two of the prominent
farmers in this township and his son Arthur B. remains on the
farm to help his parents in looking after the Burr Oak property.
A visit to Burr Oak Farm will reward anyone interested in agriculture
and the value of thorough and careful farming will be impressed
on the visitor. His barns are full of modern machinery, the cheese
and butter factory is a picture of cleanliness and altogether
the farm is a credit to the man and woman who have spent nearly
40 years of toil and study for its improvement.
- Mr. DEVEREAUX has always been a staunch Republican, always
voted with his party and nothing
- but conscientious logical reasons will cause him to lower
the standard which he raised in his early youth.
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- [Taken from "Directory of the City of Evansville
and Town of Union" (c)1898 The Judson Directory Co., Chicago,
Ill., p. 36; lithograph from same]
Courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery
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