DEVINE, BARNET

DEVINE, BATTERSON

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Date: 5/26/2005 at 15:18:15

Biography reproduced from page 448 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Barnet Devine was born July 11, 1823, in Ireland. At the age of thirteen or fourteen he emigrated to Quebec, in a sailing vessel, being three months on the passage, on account of storms. He lived three years at Three Rivers, then went to Chicago and lived five years. From there he went to California, and stayed six years, working in the gold mines three years, digging gold. Returning to Illinois, he soon moved to where he now lives, on section 24, township 94, range 29, where he lived in a wagon-bed three months, building his first house twenty-seven years ago. He now owns 2,300 acres of land, all joining, sixty acres of which is in timber. The Upper Des Moines river bounds him on the west. He was married in April, 1856, to Abigail Batterson. They have nine children—Mary, Sarah, Ellen, De ia, Clara, George, Charles, William and Nellie. Mr. Devine is the most extensive dealer in stock in the county. He is a member of the Catholic Church, and has been school director. In politics, he is a democrat.