James was shot and killed on the night of his sisters wedding. A group of men from the area who had not been invited to the wedding showed up at about 11 p.m. and began to bother the wedding party and guests. James, his brother John and George Patterson went out to speak to the men and asked them to leave. They retreated to a neighbors field. James and George followed one group and John another. One of the men, turned and shot James in the face and neck with buckshot - killing him. The man that shot him was named Smallwood and had actually resided on the DeVier property along with a wife and 2 children.
James and his wife are buried in a family cemetery (called DeVier family Cemetery #2 by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society) on Spring Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia. Was located on the hill south of Route 613 and west of junction with Route 750. My uncle Clinton Miller DeVier showed me where the cemetery had been located in November 2009. The stones are gone. Per the Historical Society - no attempt was made to find this cemetery in 2003. In 1967 J. Robert Swank wrote; "There is evidence of a dozen or more graves marked with field stones. Dever - parents of Mrs. John A. Patterson and others including some slaves.
The bodies in this cemetery were moved and re-buried in Mossy Creek Cemetery.
James and his wife are buried in a family cemetery (called DeVier family Cemetery #2 by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society) on Spring Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia. Was located on the hill south of Route 613 and west of junction with Route 750. My uncle Clinton Miller DeVier showed me where the cemetery had been located in November 2009. The stones are gone. Per the Historical Society - no attempt was made to find this cemetery in 2003. In 1967 J. Robert Swank wrote; "There is evidence of a dozen or more graves marked with field stones. Dever - parents of Mrs. John A. Patterson and others including some slaves.
The bodies in this cemetery were moved and re-buried in Mossy Creek Cemetery.
James was shot and killed on the night of his sisters wedding. A group of men from the area who had not been invited to the wedding showed up at about 11 p.m. and began to bother the wedding party and guests. James, his brother John and George Patterson went out to speak to the men and asked them to leave. They retreated to a neighbors field. James and George followed one group and John another. One of the men, turned and shot James in the face and neck with buckshot - killing him. The man that shot him was named Smallwood and had actually resided on the DeVier property along with a wife and 2 children.
James and his wife are buried in a family cemetery (called DeVier family Cemetery #2 by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society) on Spring Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia. Was located on the hill south of Route 613 and west of junction with Route 750. My uncle Clinton Miller DeVier showed me where the cemetery had been located in November 2009. The stones are gone. Per the Historical Society - no attempt was made to find this cemetery in 2003. In 1967 J. Robert Swank wrote; "There is evidence of a dozen or more graves marked with field stones. Dever - parents of Mrs. John A. Patterson and others including some slaves.
The bodies in this cemetery were moved and re-buried in Mossy Creek Cemetery.
James and his wife are buried in a family cemetery (called DeVier family Cemetery #2 by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society) on Spring Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia. Was located on the hill south of Route 613 and west of junction with Route 750. My uncle Clinton Miller DeVier showed me where the cemetery had been located in November 2009. The stones are gone. Per the Historical Society - no attempt was made to find this cemetery in 2003. In 1967 J. Robert Swank wrote; "There is evidence of a dozen or more graves marked with field stones. Dever - parents of Mrs. John A. Patterson and others including some slaves.
The bodies in this cemetery were moved and re-buried in Mossy Creek Cemetery.
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son of Hugh DeVer (1801-1863) and Maria Blain (1804-1875)
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