Mac Devin

Mac Devin, one of the enterprising and respected young men of this city,

was born in Marr's Hill Township, now Rhea's Mill Township, December 3,

1856, and is a son of James Crawford and Elizabeth Jane (Edmiston) Devin.

The father is a substantial farmer of Washington County, and was born in Tennessee,

his father being Irben Devin, who settled in Prairie Grove Township in

1833. The mother of our subject was born near Ft. Smith, on the Poteau River,

iri what is now Indian Territory. Her father, John T. Edmiston. was a native

of Georgia, who settled in Arkansas before it became a St11te. Mrs. Devin died

in 1885, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and is buried in

Prairie Grove Cemetery. Mr. Devin still resides upon his farm in Marr's Hill

Township. Young Mac passed his youth upon the farm, and received a common-

school education, which was supplemented by a course at the Viney Grove

High-school. In 1878 he was appointed deputy county clerk, which office he

:filled with satisfaction for two years. He then spent two years in the sheriff's and

collector's office, leaving that position to accept the position of cashier of the

Washington County Bank. Upon the organization of the Bank of Fayetteville

he was offered the same position in that corporation, and in November, 1888, he

began to fulfill the duties @f that office. Mr. Devin is a business man of sterling

integrity, and is a stockholder in the Switzer Wagon Company and the building

and loan association. He married Miss Nancy Louisa, the third daughter of

the Hon. Hosea Maguire [see sketchJ, who has borne him one son and two

daughters: Earl, Paul and Josephine. Mrs. Devin is a member of the Cumberland

Presbyterian Church, in which her hubsand is a deacon. Mr. Devin is a

Royal Arch Mason and a Knight of Pythias.