Benjamin Holmes Devoe
b. 14 November 1826, Redcreek, Wayne County, New York, to Jesse and Rebecca (Van Vleet) Devoe
d. 12 October 1906, Cherokee County, Kansas

m/1. 1847, Wayne County, New York
Ann Eliza Longyear
b. 22 March 1824, Ulster County, New York, to John and Sarah (–?–) Longyear
d. 17 September 1858, Wayne Township, Noble County, Indiana

m/2.
Maria Jane Rosenbury
b. 29 March 1841, Ohio, to Andrew and Justina (Metland) Rosenbury
d. 4 November 1919, Cherokee County, Kansas

Children with Anna Eliza Longyear:

• Sarah (1849–1916) married Ezra D. Hall
• Jessie L. (1851–1914) married Dorliska Adalaid Stanton
• William Rosemond (1852–1936) married Josephine Joray
• Albert Charles (1854–1931) married Viola Pearsel
• Elois Benjamin (1858–1902) married Addie Clara Wiggen

Children with Maria Jane Rosenbury:

• Oliver Stephen (b. 1862) married Edna L. Wilson
• Hattie Bell (d. 1936) married Benjamin B. Capron
• Thomas Edward (b. 1867) married Catherine “Cassie” Row
• Tena married Elmer Coe
• Louise “Libby” (1870–1932) married Forest Henry Gager
• Frank Eugene (1876–1957) married Jessie Alma Gillenwater

Benjamin immigrated to Indiana from Wayne County, New York, in 1857-1858. He migrated to Crawford Township, Cherokee County, Kansas, in 1878.

Submitted by:
Lurah J. Devoe
Kendallville IN