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Devoe's Mill - 1859

Located on North River in Greenfield Township, Township 77N, Range 24W, in the NW corner of section 22.

[Zoom in on this 1859 map of Greenfield Township (provided by the Library of Congress) to see surrounding areas.]

Amos Devoe was born in Richland County, Ohio in 1815.  He married Lydia Ann Carenger there on Aug 29, 1841 and started a family.  The family moved to Iowa in 1853 and lived in Greenfield Township.  Amos purchased the north half of the NW quarter of Section 19 in Greenfield Township on Oct 1, 1855. An 1859 map of Warren County shows Devoe’s Mill two miles away, in section 22, on North River, so he may have owned the mill.  The 1860 census lists Amos as a farmer, living in Lynn Township, P. O. Norwalk, just next door to Greenfield Township.  Amos & Lydia had 8 children, the first 4 born in Ohio and the last 4 born in Iowa.  They were, in order: Melissa Jane, Louisa Ann, Elwood E., Angeline, Anna, Florence Iowa, Harriett, and Francis Louella.  Sometime between 1860 and 1870 the family moved to Jackson County, Illinois and remained there.  Amos died in 1893 and Lydia died in 1898. Both are buried in Oakland Cemetery, Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois.

Sources: compiled from Richland County, Ohio marriage record of Amos Devoe & Lydia Ann Carenger, Aug 29, 1841
1850 Federal Census, Richland County, Ohio, Jefferson Township, family of Amos Devoe
1853 Warren County, Iowa Census, Greenfield Township, family of Amos Devoe
Bureau of Land Management, original land record for Amos Devoe, Warren County, Greenfield Twp
1860 Federal census, Warren County, Iowa, Lynn Township, family of Amos Devoe
1870 Federal census, Jackson County, Illinois, Makanda, family of Amos Devoe
1880 Federal census, Jackson County, Illinois, Makanda, family of Amos Devoe
Probate Record for Amos Devoe, Jackson County, IL, Jan 23, 1893
Find A Grave, Amos Devoe (1815-1893), memorial # 53484234