Merceir
Green
DeVeaux
Sr.
Born in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Hyacinthe Stokes (Seignious) Van Ness
— married
20 Apr 1921 (to 22 Sep 1934) in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Husband of
Mary (Hall) DeVeaux
— married
about 1936 [location unknown]
Husband of
Euclaide Rebecca (Appleby) DeVeaux
— married
10 Feb 1950 in Folkston, Charlton County, Georgia, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 70
in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Dec 2015
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Biography
Merceir was born 18 April 1899 in Charleston, South Carolina.[1] He was the son of John Porteous DeVeaux Jr. and Harriet Holmes Green.
He married first Hyacinthe S. Seignious on 20 April 1921 at the Citadel Square Baptist Church in Charleston in a ceremony performed by the Rev. C. C. Coleman.[2] Merceir and Hyacinthe divorced on 22 September 1934 in Augusta, Georgia.[3]
He married second Mary Hall circa 1936.[4]
He married third Euclaide Rebecca Appleby on 10 February 1950 on Folkston, Charlton County, Georgia.[5]
Merceir died on 18 June 1969 in Charleston,[6] and he is buried there in Magnolia Cemetery.[7]
Sources
- ↑ Merceir provided his date of birth on his World War I draft card. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918," Merceir Green Deveaux, serial no. 2284, order no. A975, 12 September 1918, Draft Board Division No. 1, City of Charleston, South Carolina; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYTD-G6B?i=1081&cc=1968530 : accessed September 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication M1509. City of Charleston Health Department, return of birth no. 276 (1899), [Unnamed Boy] DeVaux, 18 April 1899; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1239/vrbusasc1877_089137-00296/68441?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/19400270661/facts/citation/155086130235/edit/record : accessed September 2017).
- ↑ "Backward Glances," The News and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), 25 April 1971, p. 18; digital image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A13CCA871AD118D5A%40GB3NEWS-15465C56991348C5%402441067-15456569C3E7803E%4017-15456569C3E7803E%40?search_terms=deveaux%7Cmerceir : accessed September 2017). This article reprinted the account of Merceir and Hyancinthe's wedding that appeared in the paper fifty years previously.
- ↑ "Court Questions Validity of Claims as 144 Divorces are Granted," The Augusta Chronicle, 23 September 1934, p. 7; digital image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1252FEAF2D2D3A44%40GB3NEWS-127FE20B65867CF2%402427704-127FE20B6BF87086%406-127FF8198A442462%40?search_terms=deveaux%7Cmercier : accessed September 2017).
- ↑ Their marriage record has not yet been located. Merceir and Mary were already married by 1 October 1936, when he transferred a lot of land to her as Mary Hall DeVeaux. "Realty Transfers," The News and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), 1 October 1936, p. 12; digital image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A13CCA871AD118D5A%40GB3NEWS-1583A9D516FDE151%402428443-158117BCC8A097C2%4013-158117BCC8A097C2%40?search_terms=deveaux%7Cmercier : accessed September 2017).
- ↑ "Mr. DeVeaux Weds Miss Appleby in Folkston, Ga.," The News and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), 19 February 1950, p. 1-D; digital image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A13CCA871AD118D5A%40GB3NEWS-158BDC1548A7FBDB%402433332-158A51B44DBC7718%4024-158A51B44DBC7718%40?search_terms=deveaux%7Cmercier : accessed September 2017).
- ↑ "Mercier G. DeVeaux," obituary, The News and Courier, 19 June 1969, p. 13-A; digital image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A13CCA871AD118D5A%40GB3NEWS-13CEF0CF4C292A2E%402440392-13CEA87DA8FB7125%4012-13CEFE248192FC10%40?search_terms=deveaux%7Cmercier : accessed September 2017). "United States Social Security Death Index," Mercier Deveaux, June 1969, last residence Charleston, South Carolina; database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRDS-CZF : accessed September 2017).
- ↑ Wimsang, "Merceir Green Deveaux," Memorial no. 178063846, posted 3 April 2017; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=178063846&ref=acom : accessed September 2017).
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Categories: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q575-SYY4 : 18 July 2020), Mr Mercier G Deveaux, 1969.