Elijah Clayton Devin

Notes:

!Occupations: Lije and Kit lived on part of his father's
farm for sometime.
He was Polk County Judge for eight years
Appraiser for the Mutual Insurance Company
A member of the school board for 33 years.

!Miscellaneous: Lije was gifted in music, having taught
music, and directed
church singing, wrote and composed several
number.
They were attnetinve member of Cumberland
Presbyterian Church
at Barn Creek.
Everyone called him Judge Devin.
He and Kit had no children, but helped in
the rearing and
education of several nieces.
Census:
1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
1870 Polk Co MO book p 89
1880 Polk Co MO book p 142
1900 Polk Co MO Marion Twp ED 132, Sh 13, L 48; p 183
1910 Polk Co Mo ED 154, Sh 3, p 218

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO C-19

Lije was gifted in music, having taught music, and directed
church singing,
written & composed several numbers. Lije & Kit lived on
part of his father's
farm for sometime. They were attentive members of
Cumberland Presbyterian
Church at Barren Creek. He was County Judge of Polk County
for 8 years,
appraiser for the Mutual Insurance Company, & member of the
school board for
33 years. Everyone called him Judge Devin. He died in
Bolivar at the age of
94. His wife lived to age 100. They had no children but
helped in the rearing
& education of several nieces.

Buried Greenwood Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

Elijah married Amanda Catherine Eaton 10 Sep 1874, Fair Play, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.. Amanda was born 25 Oct 1855, Missouri U.S.A.; died 28 Jul 1956, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]