SCHLEY COUNTY, GA - BIOS  Frank M. Devane

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., page 821
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895


SCHLEY COUNTY

Frank M. Devane, planter, Schley county, Ga., son of John and
Eliza (Sellers) Devane, was born in Schley county, Jan. 15,
1844.  His father was the son of William Devane, a North
Carolina planter, and was born and raised in that state.  When
a young man he came to Georgia and settled in Schley county,
married, reared his family and ended his days there.  During
the war he was a member of Company B (Capt. French),
Seventeenth Georgia regiment, early in the war and among other
battles was in those fought in the Wilderness and at
Gettysburg, and surrendered at Appomattox.  He was so fortunate
as to escape with only some slight wounds.  After the war he
returned to his plantation - containing 400 acres - where he is
enjoying life.  Mr. Devane was married in Schley county, June
3, 1867, to Miss Polly Ann Wall, daughter of Austin Wall, a
prominent planter of Schley county.  He is a member of the
farmers’ alliance, a populist, politically, and himself and
wife are members of the Methodist church.