Rebecca Hicks

Notes:

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L,
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Rebecca married Moses Hopper 1822, Warren, Fayette, Tennessee U.S.A.. Moses was born 1802, Pulaski County, Kentucky U.S.A.; died Nov 1862, Harrison, Boone, Arkansas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Eliza L. Holmes died November the 24th 1902 at 2:49 o'clock
p.m. (from Luke P. Holmes bible).

!NAME:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Records Birth page

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L,
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!BIRTH:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, 321D

!BIRTH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Records Birth page

!DEATH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Record Deaths page

Eliza married Luke Prier Holmes 6 Mar 1853. Luke (son of Robert Holmes and Jane Mitchell) was born 29 May 1830, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 26 Dec 1904. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Records Births page

!BIRTH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Records Births page

!DEATH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Record Deaths page

Notes:

!NAME:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Records Births page

!BIRTH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Records Births page

!DEATH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Record Deaths page

Notes:

!NAME:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Record Births page 1

!BIRTH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Record Births page 1

!DEATH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Record Deaths page

Notes:

Boone County was formed out of Carroll County in 1869.

DOB from Edna Holmes; she may have had a Bible record; but
it
disappeared after her death.

Census:
1860 Carroll Co AR p 859 w/parents
1870 Polk Co MO book p 82
1880 Polk Co MO Madison Twp
1900
1910
1920

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO E-109

Buried Lostine, Oregon U.S.A. Cemetery

!NAME:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Records Births page 1

!BIRTH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Records Births page 1

!DEATH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Record Deaths page

Govenor married Margaret Parthenia Devin 17 Dec 1882, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Margaret (daughter of Alfred Harrison Devin and Mary Agnes Campbell) was born 2 Jan 1862, Dunnegan, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; died 2 May 1926, Lostine, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sources:
2) U.S. Census 1860 Carroll County, AR
3) U.S. Census 1870 Polk Co MO p 113A
4) U.S. Census 1880 Polk Co MO Madison Twp;
5) U.S. Census 1880 Marion Township, Polk County, Missouri;
National Archives Film T9-0710 Page 321D; Named as
daughter-in-law in 1880 Census for Joseph B. Devin.
6) U.S. Census 1900 Wallowa Co OR; ED 103 Sh 2
7) Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Family Records Births page 1.
8) Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Family Records Deaths page.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Eliza Jane Holmes, who married Nathaniel Madison Devin, was
a sister of Govenor Prier Holmes, who married Margaret
Parthenia Devin, a cousin of Matt's. Married at residence
of her father.

Boone County was formed out of Carroll County in 1869.


!NAME:Certificate of Death for Madison Nathaniel Devin,
Devin, Nathaniel Madison: Certificate of Death, State of
Idaho, Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Box 5a

!NAME:Death Certificate for Ira Holmes Devin, Devin, Ira
Holmes: death certificate, Idaho Department of Health and
Welfare, Center for Vital Statistics and Health Policy;
Boise, Idaho, Box 17

!NAME:Certificate of Death for Eliza Devins, Devin, Eliza
Jane HOLMES: Certificate of Death, State of Idaho, Board of
Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics; Boise, Idaho

!NAME:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Record Deaths page

!NAME:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Records Births page 1

Eliza married Nathaniel Madison Devin 3 Jun 1880, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.. Nathaniel (son of Joseph Benton Devin and Elvira Pickel) was born 8 Apr 1860, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; died 3 Apr 1933, Winchester, Lewis, Idaho U.S.A.; was buried 4 Apr 1933, Flora Cemetery, Flora, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible

!BIRTH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible

!DEATH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Record Deaths page

Notes:

!NAME:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible

!BIRTH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible

!DEATH:Holmes, Luke P.: Bible, Holmes, Luke P.: Bible,
Family Record Deaths page

Notes:

!Occupations: For a time as a young man, he taught school.
Moving with
his family to Lostine, he formed a
partnership with his
parents and with them engaged in stock
raising.

!Miscellaneous: He never married.
For a time as a young man, he taught school. Moving with
his family to
Lostine, Oregon U.S.A. he formed a partnership with his
parents & with them engaged
in stock raising.

DOB from Polk Co MO Births; FHC #1016638; POD from Soc.
Sec. Index

Census:
1900
1910
1920

Notes:

!Eduction: Received her education in the schools of
Missouri and Oregon.

!Occupation: She moved with her parents to Oregon and
followed the teaching
profession for many years. For several years
she was bookkeeper
in a mercantile establishment.

!Miscellaneous: Never married
Received her education in the schools of Missouri & Oregon.

She moved with her parents to Oregon & followed the
teaching profession for
years. For several years she was bookkeeper in a
mercantile establishment.

Census:
1900

DOB,POB,DOD,POD from death certificate

Notes:

!Occupation: He was a partner with his father and brother
in stock raising with
cattle and hog raising a specialty.

!Miscellaneous: He never married.
He, Harrison, and Edna lived together
until their deaths.
He was a partner with his father & brother in stock raising
with cattle & hog
raising a specialty.

Never married. He, Harrison & Edna lived together until
their deaths.

Census:
1900

DOB, POD from Soc. Sec. Index

Notes:

!Occupation: She followed the teaching profession for many
years.

!Miscellaneous: Never married
In 1962, lived in Lostine, Oregon, D.A.R.
#338963.
She, and her brothers, Harrison and Prier
lived together
until their deaths.
She was a teacher for many years.

Never married. In 1962, lived in Lostine, Oregon U.S.A..
DAR #338963.
She & her brothers, Harrison & Prier, lived together until
their deaths.

DOB, DOD & POD from Soc. Sec. Index

Notes:

Andrew never married.
Buried Dunnegan Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

Notes:

Census:
1900 Wallowa Co OR Paradise Pct ED 103, Sh 2
1910
1920

DOB maybe 21 Mar 1884 per Social Security Index

Eugene married Ida Stenberg 2 Apr 1939. [Group Sheet]

Eugene married Eulah Elizabeth Matthew 19 Feb 1905, Flora, Wallowa, Oregon U.S.A.. Eulah (daughter of John Elry Matthew and Ester Elizabeth Henderson) was born 13 Sep 1887, Clinton County, Missouri U.S.A.; died 13 Nov 1936, Nez Perce County, Idaho U.S.A.; was buried , Vineland Cemetery, Clarkston, Asotin, Washington U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Odna was born in Missouri U.S.A. When she was nine months
old, her parents moved the family to northern Wallawa
County, Oregon, to start a homestead. They left Missouri in
a boxcar on 15 September 1890. They left the train in La
Grande, Oregon and went by horse and wagon to their
homestead. The trip took nineteen days and was very hard on
the baby girl. -- From "The Flora Country" by Ira Holmes
Devin.

Odna was a "jolly, good-natured little tyke and was pretty
much 'daddy's girl'." -- From "The Flora Country". She
lived in her family's 14 by 14 foot log cabin on the
homestead until her death in 1892.

The following story about her accident and death is
paraphrased from "The Flora Country: The Hardships and
Struggles of the Matt Devin Family as Pioneers in Northern
Wallowa County, Oregon" written by Ira Holmes Devin (Odna's
younger brother)

During the afternoon of 14 June 1892, Odna was sitting on a
chair eating a piece of bread and jam when somehow she fell
and bumped her head. It did not seem to hurt her much. She
whimpered a little and went on with her playing. She played
until quite late that night and she seemed all right when
her mother put her to bed.

At daybreak the next morning (15 June 1892), Odna's father,
Matt Devin, was going to Walla Walla, Washington to find
work in the harvest. He bid goodbye to his other children
and started to wake Odna to wish her goodbye. Eliza (Odna's
mother) told him to let her sleep, so he just kissed her
and left with his wagon and team of horses.

Eliza went to wake Odna about nine-thirty that morning.
Odna seemed limp and listless, so Eliza gave her a sponge
bath. Eliza worked with Odna, but Odna seemed to get worse
in spite of everything Eliza tried. Eliza sent Gene and
Bertha to the neighbors for help. The only doctor was at La
Grande, Oregon; one hundred miles away. The neighbors came,
but there was nothing they could do. Odna continued to get
worse and had one or two convulsions. She went into a coma
and passed away about three o'clock that afternoon.

A rider was sent to overtake Matt. The rider found Matt at
Elgin, Oregon, the next afternoon (16 June). Arrangements
had been made for a relay of horses, so Matt could ride
back. As soon as Matt heard the news, he jerked the harness
off of the horses, and threw a saddle on his horse, Molly.
He rode her back to Wallowa; reaching there about midnight.
Matt changed horses three times between Wallowa and the
homestead. He rode eighty miles in sixteen hours; returning
on 17 June. He was tired and had taken an "awful beating"
riding strange saddles that did not fit him.

They buried Odna in the Flora cemetary. On the headstone
are these words: "Odna, Born December 7, 1889; Died, June
15, 1892. Gone, But Not Forgotten."
Odna's death was a terrible shock to Matt and Eliza. Eliza
later said that they had endured many hardships, but losing
Odna seemed like more than they could possibly bear. Matt
said it was the hardest thing that he ever faced was
leaving the family the day after to pick up his wagon, and
go on to harvest, knowing he would never see little Odna
again.

On the morning of 18 June, Matt left for the harvest,
again. He was so sore he could hardly ride, so he would
ride awhile, then walk. He got back to Elgin, Oregon by
mid-afternoon on 19 June and continued his trip to Walla
Walla.

!DEATH:The Flora Country: The Hardships and Struggles of
the Matt Devin Family as Pioneers in Northern Wallowa
County, Oregon, The Flora Country: The Hardships and
Struggles of the Matt Devin Family as Pioneers in Northern
Wallowa County, Oregon, Devin, Ira H., Longview,
Washington; Lower Columbia College; October 1971

!BURIAL:The Flora Country: The Hardships and Struggles of
the Matt Devin Family as Pioneers in Northern Wallowa
County, Oregon, The Flora Country: The Hardships and
Struggles of the Matt Devin Family as Pioneers in Northern
Wallowa County, Oregon, Devin, Ira H., Longview,
Washington; Lower Columbia College; October 1971