"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKP-5YC : 14 July 2016), Jesse Devers in household of Rosana Devers, Polk, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 36, sheet 295C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0327; FHL microfilm 1,254,327.
"Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HHWL-D3Z : 15 November 2014), Jesse Dever, Polk, Benton, Iowa; citing p. 38, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,441.
"Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT3V-WP7 : 17 November 2014), Jesse Dever, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing p. 21, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,711.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML19-RWY : accessed 5 February 2017), Jess Devers, Polk, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 4A, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 391; FHL microfilm 1,374,404.
DNA Relationship is confirmed by a WikiTree group consisting of Terri Rene DaVar GedMatch A063362 Matthew Howard, haplogroup H1C1
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jesse by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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