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Descendants of John Dever

Generation No. 2

2. THOMAS² DEVER (JOHN¹) was born October 22, 1842 in Bloomfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio, and died June 11, 1922 in Junction City, Kansas. He married LOUISA MEEK March 12, 1865 in Cass Township, Sullivan Co., Indiana, daughter of SAMUEL MEEK and ELIZABETH BOTTS.

Notes for THOMAS DEVER:
The Dever family moved to Sullivan County, Indiana prior to the Civil War. Thomas enlisted in Co. D, 8th Ill. Infantry on August 10, 1861 and was honorably discharged at Vicksburg, MS August 19, 1864. He was wounded twice in battle. Also serving in the Civil War were all three of Thomas' brothers, as well as their father. In 1870 the Dever family was among a group of colonist families who traveled to Kansas from Indiana by wagon train and settled near what is now Upland in Fragrant Hill Township, Dickinson County. In 1880 the family resettled in Junction City. While living in Junction City, Thomas Dever practiced his profession as a surveyor and engineer. He was active in the G.A.R. After the age of forty, he read law and on Feb. 8, 1888, the State Supreme Court admitted him to practice law in the state of Kansas. He became one of the community's leading citizens, holding several county and municipal offices, including those of county engineer, city engineer and city attorney. He served Junction City as its mayor from 1911-1912. Upon his death, Junction City honored him by a published resolution issued by its mayor and commissioners, by closing its municipal offices during the time of his funeral and by lowering to half mast the flags flying over its municipal buildings, presumably the first time that this latter honor had been accorded to a Junction City resident. Thomas Dever was buried at Liberty Cemetery near Upland beside his wife and their daughter Libby.

Children of THOMAS DEVER and LOUISA MEEK are:

4.	i.	TERESA (MARY TERESA)³ DEVER, b. January 27, 1866, Indiana; d. February 18, 1951, Burlington, Kansas.
	ii.	JOHN MORGAN DEVER, b. August 29, 1867, Sullivan County, Indiana; d. 1922.
	iii.	WILLIAM ANDREW DEVER, b. August 19, 1869, Sullivan County, Indiana; d. July 1951.
	iv.	ELIZABETH JANE DEVER, b. June 22, 1871, Dickinson County, Kansas; d. November 1877, Dickinson County, Kansas.
	v.	MARGARET LOUISA DEVER, b. September 20, 1873, Dickinson County, Kansas; d. May 13, 1929; m. HARRY GRANT MORTIMER.
	vi.	NELLIE SARTORIS DEVER, b. May 12, 1876, Dickinson County, Kansas; d. February 22, 1970; m. CHARLES EUGENE FISK, January 03, 1900.
	vii.	DELLA JOSEPHINE DEVER, b. July 27, 1879; d. February 19, 1973; m. W.E NIX.
	viii.	ANNA LOUELLA DEVER, b. January 12, 1881, Junction City, Kansas; d. January 11, 1964; m. ARCHIE ABEL, July 21, 1902.

3. JESSE R.² DEVER (JOHN¹) was born April 22, 1844 in Jefferson County, Ohio, and died July 01, 1918 in Clay County, Kansas Buried in Broughton Cemetery. He married MARGARET RACHEL JOHNSTON March 26, 1868 in Sullivan County, Indiana, daughter of CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTON and GRAZILLE KENNEDY.

Children of JESSE DEVER and MARGARET JOHNSTON are:

5.	i.	CHRISTOPHER³ DEVER, b. 1869, Indiana.
6.	ii.	JANE GRACE DEVER, b. 1871, Kansas.
7.	iii.	JOSEPH MAGILL DEVER, b. 1873, Kansas.
	iv.	JESSIE MARGARET DEVER, b. May 23, 1878, Kansas; d. November 23, 1880, Upland, Dickinson Co., Kansas.
8.	v.	DAISY D. DEVER, b. October 05, 1881, Dickinson County, Kansas; d. October 05, 1965.

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