ROLLIN J. DEVORE

DEVORE

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/22/2020 at 15:49:44

ROLLIN J. DEVORE, one of the well known citizens of Corning, Iowa, has been a resident of Adams county since 1874. He is of French ancestry. His great grandfather came to America with Marquis de La Fayette, under whom he fought for the freedom of the colonies in the war of the
Revolution. After the American colonies had secured their independence, he decided to remain in this country, and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania. His son, James Devore, the grandfather of our subject, removed from Washington county to Ohio, when a young man, where he was an early pioneer. Jacob Devore, our subject’s father, was born in Champaign county, in 1823,where he spent his entire life. His mother, whose maiden name was Lydia Ann Organ, is now a resident of Corning. Jacob Devore and wife were the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters.

Rollin J. Devore was born in Champaign county, Ohio, in 1847, and was reared to the occupation of a farmer. In June, 1862, when but fifteen years of age, he enlisted for service in the war of the Rebellion, in the Sixty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served four years, or until in June, 1865. His regiment belonged to the Twelfth Army Corps, and with it he fought at the great battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Soon after the last mentioned battle, the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were consolidated and became the Twentieth Corps, and placed in command of General Joe Hooker, and took part in all the important engagements of the Atlanta Campaign, was in the siege of the city of Atlanta, and was present at the fall of that stronghold of the Confederates. Mr. Devore was severely wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, and owing to the trouble that his wound gave him he was placed on detached duty soon
after the fall of Atlanta, where he remained until the close of the war. He has never really recovered from the effects of his wound.

At the close of the war Mr. Devore returned to Ohio, and was soon afterward married to Miss Jennie Miller. In 1874 he removed to Adams county, Iowa, and settled on an unimproved farm on section 27, Jasper township, of which he has since made a beautiful place. It contains 120 acres, and is now occupied by liis son. Mr. Devore resides in the village of Corning. He lost his
wife by death, in 1880, she having died at their home in Jasper township. In 1882 he was united in marriage to Miss Angeline McMillan, daughter of Thomas McMillan, who, at an early day, settled in Taylor county, Iowa, just across the line from Adams county. He died in 1880; the wife and mother is still living. The first marriage of Mr. Devore was blessed with three children, and his present marriage by the same number. Mr. Devore is quite largely engaged in the purchase of live-stock, and deals especially in horses. By honorable and upright dealings and by his social character, he has secured the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens He was a gallant soldier in the war of the Union, and is an honored member of of Llewellyn Post of Corning.