Vitals: Obits: Devers, Capt. John H., Indiana Co, PA SUBJECT: Capt. John H. DEVERS and wife Elizabeth M. (OGDEN) DEVERS of Indiana Co., Obituaries SUBMITTER: Michael S. Caldwell EMAIL: msc@juno.com DATE: Jan 02, 1999 SURNAMES: DEVERS, OGDEN Capt. John H. Devers. Capt. John H. Devers, aged 87 years, one of the prominent residents of Blairsville, died in that place on Sunday. He was born near Ligonier, Westmoreland county, February 7, 1833. His father, Hugh Devers, located in this county when the deceased was a youth. John H. Devers spent his early life in Homer City, where he assisted his father in the mercantile business. He later went to Saltsburg and eventually bought the store of his employer in that place. Disposing of his business there he became the representative for a Philadelphia mercantile firm and continued that work for a quarter of a century. He served as a private in Co. C, 19th Cavalry, during the Civil war and later as captain of a company of Emergency Militia. He was a member of the Methodist church. He was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Ogden in July, 1862. A peculiar co-incident in connection with the death of Capt. Devers is the fact that his sister-in-law, Mrs. George Ogden, of Homer City, died in Radnor, on the same day that Capt. Devers passed away. Following the death of his wife several years ago, he retired from active business and spent much of his time in travel. Funeral services were held at his late home Wednesday afternoon and burial made in the Blairsville cemetery. [obituary has hand-written date "May 1920"] following is a second obituary, from a different newspaper [not stated] JOHN H. DEVERS. Ills incident to advanced age, caused the death of John H. Devers, aged 87 years, at his home in Blairsville, on May 24, 1920. He was born and grew to manhood in the Ligonier valley. He first engaged in the mercantile business in this county, at Saltsburg, where he remained a few years. He was a Civil war veteran, having served as Captain of Company L, 54th Penna. Volunteers. After the war he went to Philadelphia, where he entered the employ of Young, Smith, Field & Co. For many years he represented this firm as traveling salesman, and was one of the most widely known men on the road. He was a very successful salesman and one of the most popular visiting this section of the state. His wife, who was Elizabeth M. Ogden, died about two years ago. They leave no family. Funeral services will be held this, Wednesday, afternoon, interment being made in Blairsville cemetery. [obituary has hand-written date "5/26/[19]20"] ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.