• General Notes

  On 4 August 1915, Richard wrote "A Sketch of My Life" at the Blue River Valley Farm of which he was proprietor.
  
  (  Autobiography  )
  
  A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF RICHARD DEVENISH, FREDERICKSBURG, INDIANA.
  
  ...I remained on the farm at home until February, 1862; and from then until November of 1865 I was with the Army of the Cumberland, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama.  The twelfth day of January, 1866, I came to Fredericksburg, Ind.  The 2nd day of April, 1868, Mary E. Sensney and I were married.  She died the 2nd of August 1886...
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  Ancestry.com Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920
  Washington County, Indiana
  Index to "Marriage Record" 1850 - 1920 Inclusive Volume I Letters A to L Inclusive
    W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office - Salem Compiled by Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration of Indiana 1941
  
  County: Washington
  Name: Richard Devenish
  Spouse: Mary Sensenny
  Marriage Date: 02 Apr 1868
  Book: H
  Original Source Page: 70
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  Ancestry.com Images Online, image 33
  1870 U.S. Census, Posey Township, Washington County, Indiana, 21 July 1870
  Post Office: Livonia
  Line 31 242/243 Richard Devenish, 34, Farmer, $2500/$400, b. Indiana
  Mary Emma [Senseny] Devenish, 20, Keeping house, b. Indiana
  Oscar Grant, 1, b. Indiana
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  Ancestry.com Images Online, image 13
  1880 U.S. Census, Posey Township, District 183, Washington County, Indiana, 8 June 1880, p. 504
  Line 31 111/112 R. Devenish, 44, married, Farmer, b. Indiana; father b. Maryland; mother b. England
  Mary E., 30, wife, married, Keeping House, b. Indiana; parents b. Indiana
  Oscar, 12, son, single, attended school, b. Indiana
  Cora, 9, daughter, single, attended school, b. Indiana
  Homer/Horner, 5, son, single, b. Indiana
  Harry Moor, 18, single, servant, b. Indiana; parents b. Indiana
  Emma Crook, 28, single, servant, b. Indiana; parents b. Indiana

Details of Mary Emma's family with Richard Devenish