Jacob Loucks Devers (1887 - 1979)

Born 8 Sep 1887 in York, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Oct 1979 at age 92 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

Jacob Devers is Notable.

General Jacob Loucks Devers was born in 1887.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} He was the son of Phillip Devers^[1] and Ella Loucks.^[1] After High School Jacob was given an appointment to West Point and spent his entire working life in the US Army rising to 4 star General after WWII.^[7] In 1911^[4] General Devers married Georgie Hays Lyon.^[3][4][5] He passed away in 1979.^[6][7]

Research Notes

• Censuses have been downloaded from Ancestry.com and/or Family Search. The numbers at the end generally represent (Ward), (Enumeration District), and page(s).

• There is an extensive biography on Wikipedia. For the time being a link is being provided for those interested and the more traditional sources are being added here.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} US Census 1900 Pennsylvania York York 11 200 18
2. ↑ US Census 1910 Wyoming Laramie Fort D A Russell 145 14
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} US Census 1920 New York Orange Highland 106 55
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} US Census 1930 District of Columbia Washington Washington 176 8
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} US Census 1940 Panama Canal Balboa Quarry Heights 1-36 11
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Social Security Death Index
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} See biography on Wikipedia for more details

• Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: York Ward 11, York, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1503; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0200; FHL microfilm: 1241503 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004115256_00443?pid=42902796

• Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Fort D A Russell, Laramie, Wyoming; Roll: T624_1746; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0145; FHL microfilm: 1375759 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. http://interactive.ancestry.com/7884/4454981_00774?pid=31304816

• Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Highland, Orange, New York; Roll: T625_1252; Page: 28A; Enumeration District: 106; Image: 103 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City). http://interactive.ancestry.com/6061/4442078_00106?pid=110893326

• Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: 296; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0176; Image: 963.0; FHL microfilm: 2340031 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4531900_01005?pid=121248041

• Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Quarry Heights, Balboa, Panama Canal; Roll: T627_4642; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1-36 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. http://interactive.ancestry.com/2442/m-t0627-04642-00635?pid=161018834

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSPM-S35 : 19 May 2014), Jacob Devers, Oct 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• See Wikipedia:Jacob_L._Devers