Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Devore, John 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

John Devore, deceased, and early pioneer of Illinois and a resident of Ustick 
Tp., was born in Kentucky Oct. 18, 1819. He was brought up on a farm in 
Indiana, where he was married to Miss Josephine Smith, a native of Vermont. 
Mr. Devore came to Illinois in 1842 and settled near Mt. Carroll, Carroll 
County, where he was engaged in farming till 1852, when he removed to the 
township of Ustick, this county. He pursued the business of farming in Ustick 
till 1870, when he removed to Iowa near Creston, where he purchased a farm and 
made that place his home till the time of his death, which occurred Oct. 15, 
1884. Mr. and Mrs. Devore had two sons and four daughters, viz.: Ellen, the 
eldest, died in infancy; Noah died aged 38 years; Harry S. married Miss Jane 
Brady and resides in Iowa; Lucinda is the wife of James Brady, also of Iowa; 
Lovina is the wife of Alexander MacKenzie, of Iowa; and Abbie E. married Capt. 
John MacKenzie and resides in Fulton. Mr. Devore was a Republican and a member 
of the United Brethren Church. His wife survives him and resides at the 
homestead in Iowa. She is also a member of the Church of the United Brethren.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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