Julien Sidney Devereux

Julien Sidney Devereux
Born July 23, 1805
Montpelier, Hancock County, Georgia
Died May 1, 1856
Occupation Planter, politician
Spouse(s) Adaline Rebecca Bradley
Sarah Ann Landrum
Children 4 sons
Parent(s) John William Devereux

Julien Sidney Devereux (1805-1856) was an American planter and politician from Texas.

Early life

Julien Sidney Devereux was born on July 23, 1805 in Montpelier, Hancock County, Georgia.[1][2][3] His father, John William Devereux, was a farmer.[4]

Career

He served as a Justice of the Peace in Macon County, Alabama in 1835.

He founded the Terrebonne Plantation in Montgomery County, Texas along the San Jacinto River in 1841.[1][4] By 1846, he established the Monte Verdi Plantation in Rusk County, Texas.[1][5]

He served in the Sixth Texas Legislature from 1855 to 1856.[1][2]

Personal life

His first marriage, to Adaline Rebecca Bradley, lasted from 1823 to their divorce in 1843.[1] Later that year, he married Sarah Ann Landrum.[1] They had four sons.[1]

Death

He died on May 1, 1856.[1][2][3] He was buried in Rusk County, Texas.[1] The Julien Sidney Devereux Family Papers are kept at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dorman H. Winfrey, "DEVEREUX, JULIEN SIDNEY," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fde48), accessed April 03, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Modified on October 24, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
  2. 1 2 3 Legislative Reference Library: Texas Legislators: Past & Present
  3. 1 2 3 A Guide to the Julien Sidney Devereux Family Papers, 1766-1941, University of Texas at Austin: Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
  4. 1 2 C. Allan Jones, Texas Roots: Agriculture and Rural Life Before the Civil War, College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2005, p. 152
  5. ↑ Dorman H. Winfrey, Julien Sidney Devereux and His Monte Verdi Plantation (Waco: Texian Press, 1962)
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