★★★ Devane, William S.

William Stewart Devane

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Born: March 24, 1828

Birthplace: Sampson County, North Carolina

Father: Stewart DeVane 1793 – 1861
(Buried: DeVane Family Cemetery, Sampson Co., North Carolina)​

Mother: Eliza Whatley 1803 – 1889
(Buried: DeVane Family Cemetery, Sampson Co., North Carolina)​

Wife: Laura Murphy 1837 – 1906
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)​

Children:

William Stewart DeVane Jr. 1861 – 1884​
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)​
Eliza “Lizzie” DeVane Faison 1863 – 1935​
(Buried: Faison Cemetery, Faison, North Carolina)​
Franklin Faison DeVane 1868 – 1947​
(Buried: Faison Cemetery, Faison, North Carolina)​
Rev. Thomas Wyatte DeVane 1872 – 1950​
(Buried: Faison Cemetery, Faison, North Carolina)​
Laura DeVane 1874 – 1891​
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)​
Nell Stewart DeVane Hines 1877 – 1962​
(Buried: Faison Cemetery, Faison, North Carolina)​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Sampson County, North Carolina​

Civil War Career:
1862 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 61st​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​
1864 – 1865: Colonel of 61st​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​
1865: Acting Brigade Commander, Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina​
1865: Wounded during the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina
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1865: Paroled by the Union Army on May 2nd​ in Salisbury, North Carolina​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1879: Attorney in New Hanover County, North Carolina​

Died: February 24, 1879

Place of Death: New Hanover County, North Carolina

Age at time of Death: 50 years old

Burial Place: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina

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His law practice before the war was in partnership with Judge A.A. McKoy of the State Superior Court (North Carolina). It was dissolved about the time of Fort Sumter and Devane entered the Confederate Army. In a old newspaper clipping from the Wilmington Sun, it states that he ran for a position as Judge of the Superior Court of the 3rd judicial district against a Judge D. L. Russell.This was in 1868 and the clipping doesn't say how the contest turned out. Was this man later a judge?
 
Interesting about William S. Devane.
I believe I would be his cousin, several times removed. If I remember correctly, my Rev War ancestor is buried in the same cemetery as his father, Stewart Devane. ( My ancestor is John Devane, Jr., New Hanover and Bladen County militia). His grandson, also named William Devane, served for a time in the 50th Georgia in the Civil War. He was my great great grandfather. Come to think of it, my gg grandfather rather looks like your photo of Col. Devane

Thanks for posting this.

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