Devins, Jacob (b. 1772, d. ?)

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Note: During the census of 1850, she was living in New Paltz with Charles B. Hasbrouck, probably keeping his house. In 1880, her family resided in Plunketts Creek, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

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Note: Census of 1880 indicates he was born in England, another source indicates he was born in Spottsylvania, Virginia. They lived at Plunkett's Creek in Lycoming County in 1880 and he was a mail carrier. He was known as Lattin Wood in some sources.

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Note: Other sources indicate his middle name was spelled Devins or Devens. He lived in Janesville, Waseca County, Iowa in 1880. Resided in Holly Township, Murray County, Minnesota in 1895. Cavalry veteran of the west. He settled on a homestead patent of 80 acres purchased 5/12/1888 and was a farmer. Flora Kinney played the violin with great skill. In 1910, they lived in Westbrook Village, Minnesota.

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Note: His occupation was farming near Ellenville, NY. He served in the Civil War in the 156th NY Volunteers and attained the rank of sergeant. His enlistment papers state he was "six feet tall, dark complexioned, with grey eyes and brown hair." Silas died in a field hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during the Civil War. After the passing of her husband, Sarah moved to Lafayette, Illinois with her three children where her brother Nathan lived. She is described as having a love for nature, a good vocabulary and a conversational writing manner. Two other children of the couple probably died young.

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Note: After her husband's death, she returned to her mother's home in Lafayette, Illinois and provided for her children by doing practical nursing. Later she moved to Lincoln, Nebraska to be near her sister.

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Note: He died of Typhoid Fever and never married.

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Note: Her granddaughter, Alta Koch, writes in her family history: "Sarah was called 'Sis' in the family and the story goes that she was allowed to name herself when she was old enough to select a name, and she was simply called 'Sis' until that time. Of course the habit of about eight years stuck, and she was always called 'Aunt Sis' to her niece and nephew. When Sarah named herself she choose to call herself Sarah for her mother, Silas for her father, Johanna either for a cousin or for her great-grandfather Johannes, and Elizabeth for her mother's sister. It seems indicative of a family so warm and loving that a little girl wanted to name herself after just everybody. She was a creative person, generous, loving, and she had a temper that flared occasionally. I can remember her lifting her skirts to do a Scottish or a jig when the Edison records were played. Very attractive, her auburn hair and flashing dark eyes bespoke her temperament and spirit."

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Note: Wawarsing Reformed Church records indicate her name was Evelina Bloodgood Bevier.

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Note: In 1870, the family resided in Oswego, New York and he was listed as a physician with real property worth $5,000.

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Note: Heirlooms of Sarah's were given to the Huguenot Historical Society by her descendant, Bertha Bevier Wiese.

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