Devane, James - 1840 - New Hanover County, NC - Obits

Submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Jason Bordeaux <bordeaux@rconnect.com>

Obituary of James Devane.....................

Newspaper Collection, The Raleigh Register, May 15, 1840, page 3, column 6,
on microfilm at North Carolina Archives:

"At his residence on Black River, New Hanover County, on the 13th ult. James
Devane, Esq., aged 86 years.  Mr. Devane was born and raised in New Hanover
County.  In our struggle for Independence, he took a firm and determined
stand on the side of his country, and has always been an active supporter of
the Democratic principles of our Government.  As a citizen, he was kind and
charitable; as a father, faithful in the discharge of his domestic duties."


Note by contributor Jason Bordeaux:
James Devane was born 1 August, 1757 and died 13 March, 1840.  He was the
son of John Devane (1730-1805) and Ann Larkin.  James was married 1st to Ann
Robinson, a daughter of Benjamin Robinson and Alice Poitevint.  His second
wife was Margaret Canty.


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