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Descendants of Robert Black Deveny

3. BENJAMAN FRANKLIN² DEVENY (ROBERT BLACK¹)¹ was born August 01, 1851 in Alabama¹, and died January 14, 1931 in Waco, McLennan County, TX, Buried Concord Cemetery¹. He married EMMA FRANCES PARRISH¹ November 02, 1876 in McLennan County, TX, by J. H. Richey¹, daughter of JAMES PARRISH and ELIZABETH BODDIE. She was born April 02, 1858 in Alabama¹, and died December 02, 1911 in Waco, McLennan County, TX, Buried Concord Cemetery¹.

Notes for BENJAMAN FRANKLIN DEVENY:
Benjamin F. Deveny, a prominent early settler , established the Pleasant Hill Church of Christ about 1885 and served as its preacher for the next thirty years.

Household Record 1880 United States Census
Birthplace
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Mother's
Benjamin F. DEVENY       Self M Male       W 28 AL Farming NC TN
Emma DEVENY             Wife M Female W 20 AL Keeping House SC AL
Maud DEVENY             Dau S Female       W 2 TX AL AL
Ila DEVENY             Dau S Female       W 7M TX AL AL
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Source Information:
Census Place E.D. 107, Mclennan, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255318
NA Film Number T9-1318
Page Number 107A
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CENSUS: 1900 McLennan County, TX
Ben F. Deveny 48 AL NC TN Aug 1851
Emma F. 42 AL NC AL Apr 1858
Ila 20 TX AL AL Oct 1879
Alvin 13 TX AL AL Apr 1887
Emmie F. 9 TX AL AL Oct 1890
Annie 6 TX AL AL Nov 1894
Nannie 6 TX AL AL Nov 1894
Velma 1 TX AL AL Feb 1899
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CENSUS: 1910 McLennan County, TX 111-155 (Enumerated next to J. A. Parrish)
B. F. Deveny      Farmer      59      32      AL      AL      AL
Emma                  52
Annie                  15
Nannie                  15
Velma                  11

Children of BENJAMAN DEVENY and EMMA PARRISH are:

	i.		MAUD MAY³ DEVENY¹, b. September 12, 1877, McLennan County, TX¹; d. March 25, 1950, Denison, TX¹; m. S. BEN BEARD, December 19, 1897, McLennan Co. TX, by John McBride; b. Abt. 1875.
	ii.		ILA EDNA DEVENY¹, b. October 24, 1879, Waco, McLennan County, TX¹; d. July 19, 1958, Waco, McLennan County, TX¹.
	iii.		CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH DEVENY¹, b. November 08, 1881, McLennan County, TX¹; m. LUCIUS SEALS TORRANCE¹, November 08, 1898, Waco, McLennan County, TX¹; b. December 21, 1876, Liberty, Amity County¹; d. January 08, 1961, Waco, McLennan County, TX¹.
	iv.		VIOLA DEVENY¹, b. November 22, 1884, McLennan County, TX¹; d. October 22, 1886, McLennan County, TX¹.
	v.		ALVIN DEE DEVENY¹, b. April 17, 1888, McLennan County, TX¹; d. May 05, 1907, McLennan County, TX¹.
	vi.		EMMA FRANCES DEVENY¹, b. October 13, 1890, McLennan County, TX¹.
	vii.		GUSSIE DEVENY¹, b. February 26, 1893, McLennan County, TX¹; d. April 01, 1893, McLennan County, TX¹.
	viii.		ANNA BELLE DEVENY¹, b. November 22, 1894, McLennan County, TX¹; d. May 13, 1926, McLennan County, TX¹.
	ix.		NANA BELLE DEVENY¹, b. November 22, 1894, McLennan County, TX¹; m. AUSTIN HOWELL SMITH¹; b. Abt. 1894.

Notes for NANA BELLE DEVENY:
Nana Deveny Smith was born around the turn of the century to Benjamin F. Deveny, a minister of the Church of Christ, and to Emma Frances Parrish Deveny, a doctor and granddaughter of Judge James Parrish and Elizabeth Boddie Parrish of Waco, Texas. She is the author of "This World is Wide and Memoirs of My Life. " After attending school at Axtell, Texas, she moved to El Paso, where Mr. Smith was employed as an inspector for the Texas and Pacific Railroad.

VELMA DEVENY¹, b. February 14, 1899, McLennan County, TX¹.

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