The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-01
DEATH CALLS J. A. DsVOE Had Been III But a Few
 Days. [ SERVED TIE coEFEDERAcY Was Known as One of 'sDixie
 Eagles" Courageous Men. Held .. rn.e.<r ef war aa soAn- son's I.i.na Fer Twenty-rwo
 Months, Dsrs.s which Time
 He Wa sreur.ed ss Dead.

After but few days of illness. Jesse Allen Devoe, an aged Confederate vet
 eran. died yesterday morning at , 1 o'clock in the home of his son-in-iaw. Yancey Barron, at Chisholm. Ills death was not unexpected altogether. as he
 had been rapidly breaking in his de-
 clining years and his faculties were failing fast.
 There was an unique incident in the life of Mir. Devoe, which though ob- scure in general history, has been nursed by his family ever sipce the war between the state II. was always said of the deceased that he made one of the most courageous soldiers in the entire ranks of Company K. 3rd Ala
 hama regiment. ThisAunit was known as the '.Dixis Eaglss.' having been formed at Union Springs. under Capt. T. w. D. Jelks. father of the ex- Governor of Alabama.
 With marked yalor. Private Devoe served until after the battle of dettys- burg. He was wounded there. But he was used to the song of bullets.
 ed in the Battle of Seven Pines As result of the fierce engagement at Gettysburg. Private Devoe became q prisoner and was held for twenty-two months at Juhnson's Island. During this long period of his im-
 prisonment, or most of 1t. the report
 was rather officially spread among his family and acauaintances in Alabama
 that he was dead that he had met his death in the battle of Gettysburg. This his hopeful wife in Union Springs refused to believe. She was one of those splendid women of vicarious vig- ilance and unsatisied hope, that made history for the South. This led her to enlist the aid of Alexander steph- ems, who managed to have inserted in one of the New York papers. an ad- panied by an accurate description of the lost husband.
 It was a lucky strike. A Catholic priest, reading the notice. immediately recognized the identity and Pemember-
 ed where he had seen the man. He
 was on Johnson.s Island himself for period. He immediately answered the
 wife of Devoe. That her husband was
 safe in the hands fof the Feierals.
 This somewhat aflayed her suspense. but did not curb her patience until the union occurred. after the scenes at Appomatox.
 Jesse Alien Devoe was born June 2i,
 1882 in Upson county. Ga. He moved to Union Springs, Ala, shortly after attaining his majority. and there en- gagged in business and married Sarah
 
 look county town. They were q devot- ed couple and their happiness increas- cd until about two years ago. after having remQved to MqntgomeEy. Mrs. IDevoe paesbd away at san advanced age.
 It was in 1887 that he located in this city. aia The deceased iz survived by four children. as follows: Mrs. W. Y. Bar ron and Mrs. c. w. Blue, of Montgom- cry; W. 4. Devoe. of Birmingham, and
 F. H Devoe. of Passaic. N. J. The funeral has been arranged to take place this morning at 10 o'clock
 at the residence of ". Y. Barron, in
 Chisholm. The interment will be in
 Oakwood Cemetery. Judge John B. Fuller. of Camp Lomax. United Con- federate Veterans. yesterday issued a | call to the members of that organiza- | tion to attend the funeral in a body. They are to assemble at the residence
 of MT. Barron at 10:so o'clock The deceased was member of the camp.