Forgotten Officer Friday - Colonel William S. Devane

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Born: March 24, 1828

Birthplace: Sampson County, North Carolina

Father: Stewart DeVane 1793 – 1861

(Buried: DeVane Family Cemetery, Sampson Co., North Carolina)

Mother: Eliza Whatley 1803 – 1889

(Buried: DeVane Family Cemetery, Sampson Co., North Carolina)

Wife: Laura Murphy 1837 – 1906

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)

Children:
 

William Stewart DeVane Jr. 1861 – 1884

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)

Eliza “Lizzie” DeVane Faison 1863 – 1935

(Buried: Faison Cemetery, Faison, North Carolina)

Franklin Faison DeVane 1868 – 1947

(Buried: Faison Cemetery, Faison, North Carolina)

Rev. Thomas Wyatte DeVane 1872 – 1950

(Buried: Faison Cemetery, Faison, North Carolina)

Laura DeVane 1874 – 1891

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)

Nell Stewart DeVane Hines 1877 – 1962

(Buried: Faison Cemetery, Faison, North Carolina)

Occupation before War:
 

Attorney in Sampson County, North Carolina

Civil War Career:

1862 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 61st North Carolina Infantry Regiment

1864 – 1865: Colonel of 61st North Carolina Infantry Regiment

1865: Acting Brigade Commander, Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina

1865: Wounded during the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina

1865: Paroled by the Union Army on May 2nd in Salisbury, North Carolina

Occupation after War:
 

1865 – 1879: Attorney in New Hanover County, North Carolina

Died: February 24, 1879

Place of Death: New Hanover County, North Carolina

Age at time of Death: 50 years old

Burial Place: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina