DEVIN
DE VINNE
DEVIN, Thomas C, soldier, was born in New
York city in iy'22. He was educated at the jiub-
lic school and learned the trade of painter. He
was lieutenant-colonel of the 1st N.Y.S.M. regi-
ment in 1801 and recruited in June of that year
the first cavalry company sent by Governor Mor-
gan to the defence of Washington. He was
commissioned its captain and it formed a part of
the 1st New York volunteer cavalry regiment.
At the end of his three months' service he re-
turned to the front as colonel of the 6th New
York volunteer cavalry, and liis service in this
regiment Avas with the cavalry corps, army of
the Potomac. He commanded a brigade at Five
Forks, and captured the Confederate earthworks.
At Front Royal his regiment captured two
stands of colors, during which effort he was
severely wounded. He received for this action
the brevet of brigadier-general, Aug. 15, 1864.
At the close of the civil war he was commis-
sioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th U.S. cavalry,
July 28, 1866, and on March 2, 1867, was brev-
etted colonel, U.S.A., for gallantry at Fisher's
Hill, and brigadier-general for Sailor's Creek.
General Grant is said to have ranked General
Devin as second only to General Sheridan as a
cavalry officer. He was promoted colonel of the
3d U.S. cavalry, June 23, 1877. He was married
in 1855 to Elizabeth Maj' Campbell, a native of
Scotland, and a direct descendant of Sir Colin
Campbell. She was taken to New York in 1841,
at the age of four, and died at Highland Falls,
N.Y., April 3, 1897. During the civil war she
spent much of her private means for medical sup-
plies for the army. General Devin died, in New
York cit}', April 4, 1878.
DEVINE, Edward Thomas, .social economist, was born in Union, Hardin county, Iowa, May 6, 1867; son of John and Laura (Hall) Devine, and grandson of Frederick and Clarissa (Hotohkiss) Hall. His first American ancestors lived in Massachusetts and Connecticut, 1650 to 1700. He prepared for college at Albion seminary and was graduated at Cornell college, Iowa, A.B., 1887, and A.M., 1890. He studied in Halle, Germany, 1890-91; was a fellow of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, 1891-95, and received the degree of Ph.D. from that institution in 1892. He was staff lecturer on economics, American society for the extension of university teaching, Philadelphia, 1893-98, and secretary of the soci- ety, 1895-98. He was elected a member of the council of the American economic association, of the council of the American academy of po- litical and social science, and of the New York social reform club. He is the author of Econom- ics (1898), and papers on social questions pub- lished in the Annals of the American academy of arts and sciences, Charities Beview and elsewhere.
DEVINE, Joseph McMurray, governor of
North Dakota, was born in Wheeling, Va.,
March 15, 1801; son of Hugh E. and Jane (Mc-
Murray) Devine, and grandson of Jolm Devine,
and of William and Isabel McMurray. He was
graduated at the University of West Virginia in
1884. He was a teacher in Dakota and served as
superintendent of schools for La Moure county,
1886-96. He was made state educational lecturer
in 1890; was lieutenant-governor of North Da-
kota, 1897-98, governor of the state in 1898, after
the death of Gov. Frank A. Briggs, and lieuten-
ant-governor again 1899-1900.
DE VINNE, Daniel, clergyman, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, Feb. 1, 1793. He was taken to America in infancy and spent his boy- hood in Charleston, N. Y. He joined the Method- ist Episcopal church, preached in the south, 1819-1825, and in 1826 was transferred to the New York conference. He was married in 1826 to Joanna Augusta, davighter of Samuel and Ann (Cregier) Low of New York. He wrote: Tlie Methodist Episcopal Church and Slavery (1844); liecollections of Fifty Years in the Ministry (1869); and The Irish Primitive Church (1870). He died in Morrisania. N.Y., Feb. 10, 1883.
DE VINNE, Theodore Low, printer, was born in Stamford, Conn., Dec. 25, 1828; son of the Rev. Daniel and Joanna Augusta (Low) De Vinne. He acquired a common school education and learned the printer's trade in the office of the Gazette, Newburgh, N.Y., 1844-48. In 1849 he entered the estab- lishment of Francis Hart of New York city, and ten years later became junior member of the firm of Francis Hart & Co. He established a rep- utation as a compe- tent printer, and on the death of Mr. Hart in 1877 became man- ager of the business. In 1883 the firm name was changed to The- odore L. De Yinne & ^^ <-...,_.- Co. He printed St. Jn-i-O ■ aC. MjL uCu-rtX^ Nicholas from its be- ginning in 1873, and the Centwy from 1874. He was married in 1850 to Grace, daughter of Joseph Brockbank, of Willimantic, Conn. He was one of the founders and first secretary of the New York typot betas, and was president of the United typothetae of America, 1887-88. He is the author of Printers' Price List (1871); Invetition of Printing (1876); Historic Types (1886), and maga- zine articles.
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