Past and present of Greene County Missouri; early and recent history and genealogical records of many of the representative citizens . sounding sea and located in Springfield, Missouri, the late James Devereaux,railroader and expert stationary engineer, is deserving of special mentionin this volume. Mr. Devereaux was born near Swansea, Wales, April 12, 1838. Hewas a son of Thomas and Jane (Wade) Devereaux, both natives of Wales,the father born in 1793, and died in 1841 : the mother was born in 1800 anddied in 1848. These parents grew to maturity in their native land andreceived good educations
Past and present of Greene County Missouri; early and recent history and genealogical records of many of the representative citizens . sounding sea and located in Springfield, Missouri, the late James Devereaux,railroader and expert stationary engineer, is deserving of special mentionin this volume. Mr. Devereaux was born near Swansea, Wales, April 12, 1838. Hewas a son of Thomas and Jane (Wade) Devereaux, both natives of Wales,the father born in 1793, and died in 1841 : the mother was born in 1800 anddied in 1848. These parents grew to maturity in their native land andreceived good educations; there they were married, spent their lives on afarm and died there. To them six children were l)orn, only one of whom,John Devereaux, of the state of Pennsylvania, is still living. James Devereaux had little opportunity to obtain an education, Init hewas a widely read man, always a great reader. \\hen only eighteen yearsof age he began running a locomotive on a railroad in his native land,when the engines were very small compared with our present day mogulsand were built without cabs. He continued railroading in Wales until he.
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