Provided by: Joe Sissom <joe@dfc.cc>
see Thomas Broderick family file
Provided by: Joe Sissom <joe@dfc.cc>
Born February 5, 1909 to Homer Devling and Pansy
Glasscock at
home in Rural Moscow, Clay County, Missouri
(presently known as
The Devling Place Apartments at Parvin Road and
Choteau Road,
Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri). Went to Moscow
School thru
8th grade, playing football for North Kansas City
High School
until his Junior year. Not returning to school his
senior year
he stayed at home helping his parents until after he
married
Gladys Woods, December 31, 1928. When Robert was a
child he
helped his parents raise a truck garden, selling the
produce at
The City Market, Kansas City, Missouri, where he was
known as
'Red'. He continued this after marriage and until he
moved to
Plattsburg. Robert and Gladys built a small house on
his parents
farm (presently located at Parvin Road and North
Cleveland,
Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri). While living
there, two
sons were born: Robert Jerome and Lowell Hudson.
Sometime
between 1932 and 1936 they moved to Rural Clay
County, Missouri
(presently located at 5800 North Brighton, Clay
County,
Missouri), renting this farm from Dr. Francis
Mathews. While
living there their only daughter was born: Frances
Lucille. In
1940 Robert and Gladys with the help of his parents
bought a 450
acre farm at Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri
(presently
located at 240th Street and S.W. Devling Road,
Plattsburg,
Clinton County, Missouri). While living there a son
was born:
Harold Ray. Living on this farm until 1947 Robert and
Gladys
bought the adjoining farm to the south, moving to the
new farm--
as it had a better house. This farm is presently
located at
236th Street and S. W. Devling Road, Plattsburg,
Clinton County,
Missouri. In the 1960's Robert and Gladys were
members of The
Plattsburg Saddle Club, enjoyed very much riding in
parades. The
American Royal Parade in Kansas City, Missouri was a
favorite.
In 1981 the Corp of Engineers bought 350 acres of the
farm for
the Smithville Lake. On October 8, 1989 Robert died
at Oakridge
Manor Nursing Home, Plattsburg, Clinton County,
Missouri. The
doctors had discovered a brain tumour in early June
1989. He
preceded his mother in death. Pansy died November
26, 1989 just
short of her 100th birthday.GRANDPA The drive to the country The mailbox, the
unforgettable
look of the horses rear-end You see Grandpa in the
field in the
field on that old Farmall H. Heck, how could that old
tractor
run? The bleached white hat the old faded Big Smith
overalls
There was never a chance that you would see him in
anything
else. He was happy with what he was and what he had
you could
see that in toothless smile.He brought so many lives into this world, his pride
and joy his
woolly little lambs. It seemed they could never be
born when it
was warm or even during the day. The old Mountain Dew
and 7-UP
bottles with the little faded red nipples he would
feed each and
every one of his babies. But you know he wouldn't
admit that he
loved those creatures. The mounted bust of a buck on
the front
porch in the house The red chair in the corner of the
kitchen
next to the wood-burning stove we all knew not to sit
in
Grandpa's chair. The old radio, the piles of
newspapers you knew
you could always find the comics there. How about the
Tupperware
full of the red and white mint candies? There was
always
something for everyone around that farm.There will never ever be another Grandpa. Your family
knows how
to love, from everyone of your sons and daughter all
the way
down to your last grandchild. Grandpa you LEARNED us
all how to
enjoy the simple things.KEVIN BRODERICK (Grandson)
891009 Panama 1
Provided by: Joe Sissom <joe@dfc.cc>
Born April 2, 1910 to Wiley Woods and Launa (Summers)
Woods at
home in Rural Ray County, Missouri. Gladys attended
Red Brush
School not completing grade school. She was a member
of the
Rock Fall Baptist Church, Rural Ray County, Missouri.
December
31, 1928 she married Robert Devling at the manse of
Immanual
Presbyterian Church, Winnwood, Clay County, Missouri.
Going
back to Robert's parents that night to stay all
night, Homer and
Pansy were not going to let them sleep together as
they thought
they were not married. But they did come up with the
marriage
certificate so everything was OK. Living with
Robert's parents
until they built a small house (present location is
Parvin Road
and North Cleveland southeast corner, Kansas City,
Clay County,
Missouri) on the farm. While living there two sons
were born:
Robert Jerome 'Poodle' and Lowell Hudson. Between
1932 and 1936
they moved to a farm owned by Dr. Francis Mathews in
Rural Clay
County, Missouri present address: 5800 North
Brighton, Kansas
City, Clay County, Missouri, renting the farm until
February
1940. While living there a daughter was born:
Frances Lucille
'Frances Lou'. February 1940 with the help of
Robert's parents
Robert and Gladys bought a farm in Rural Clinton
County,
Missouri present address 240th Street and SW Devling
Road,
Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri. While there a
son was
born: Harold Ray 'Speck'. In 1947 they purchased the
adjoining
farm to the south, present address 236th Street and
SW. Devling
Road, Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri, owning a
total of
750 acres, they moved to the new farm as it had a
better house.
In the 1960's Gladys and Robert joined the Plattsburg
Saddle
Club, she enjoyed riding 'Trigger' in the American
Royal Parade,
Kansas City, Mo. You would find Gladys in her
kitchen, garden,
feeding the baby lambs, cleaning up the can house
after Robert
and the children milked some 20 to 25 cows. There
was always
work to be done even on Sunday. Gladys died May 5,
1987 at
home with her dog 'Tommy' in her lap.DOUBLE WEDDING A SURPRISE
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Thurman Bowen was somewhat surprised New Years's
evening when
four young people presented themselves at his door
and asked for
a marriage ceremony.They were, Ora Churchill and Herman Laswell, Gladys
Woods and
Robert Devling.All the young folks except Mrs. Devling have lived
all their
lives around here. She was a resident of Orrick
where her
parents live on a farm. Robert is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer
Devling who have a truck and dairy farm near.Mrs. Laswell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Churchill of
Brookwood. Ora endeared herself to the youngsters of
the
Avondale Church by efficient teaching of a Sunday
School class.
Herman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Laswell, and
is employed
at Irving-Pitts. They have started housekeeping at
the home of
Hermans's uncle 'Bud' Laswell._____________
A shower was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Sprinkle
Thursday night in honor of two brides, Mrs. Robert
Devling and
Mrs. Herman Laswell. Sixty quest were present. The
evening was
spent in music and card playing. Dainty refreshments
were
served and at a late hour the quests departed
wishing the young
couples a long and happy married life._____________
The Excelsior Springs Daily Standard
January 24, 1929
Red Brush News
Bernice Rimmer gave Mrs. Robert Devling a shower at
her home
last Saturday afternoon at which the newlywed
received many nice
and useful presents. Refreshments were served to the
following
guests. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Woods and daughter
Blanche
(correction Beatrice), Bessie Gaines, Mrs. Silas
Overman and
daughters, Virgin and Wilma, Mrs. Luther Woods and
daughter,
Hortense, Mrs. Clarence Odell, Ruth and Ella Odell,
Orbia Roe,
Mrs Rosa Brown, Mrs. Neeley Woods and daughter,
Lucille, Mr. and
Mrs. Emmit Frank, Mrs. Emma Gaines, Mrs. Sam Woods,
Vera Odell,
Gertie Mills, Licille Odell, Grace and Elsia Woods,
Mrs. Arthur
Wolf, Mrs Oscar Woods and daughter, Dormilee, Mr. and
Mrs. Euel
Woods, Mrs Nora Tucker, Lavena Werle, Edna Woods.Provided by: Joe Sissom <joe@dfc.cc>
sometimes his middle name is given as Cary. It seems
that it
wasn't his given name but Homer started using it
somewhere along
the way.Cary was sometimes reported as his middle name but he
never
claimed it. Might have been Cury but he just added it
as a
middle name later.Provided by: Joe Sissom <joe@dfc.cc>
Kansas City Star November 27, 1989
PANSY DEVLING
Pansy Belle Glasscock Devling, 99, North Kansas City,
died Nov.
26, 1989, at North Kansas City. She was born in
Nevada, Mo.,
and lived in this area most of her life. Mrs.
Devling was a
member of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church and
previously was a
charter member of the Avondale United Methodist
Church. Her
husband, Homer Devling , died in 1951. Survivors
include three
daughters, Marjorie Taggart, Hutchinson, Kan., Nadine
Day and
Edna Mae Scharz of North Kansas City; eight
grandchildren; 17
great-grandchildren; and two great-great
grandchildren. Family
graveside services will be at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday in
New Hope
Cemetery, Liberty. The family suggests contributions
to the
Immanuel Presbyterian Church.[written by Pansy Belle Glasscock Devling in her own
hand]Homer's grandmother Ruth Ann Linthiecum was born in
Maryland in
1822 and was married to Samuel V Roberts in 1844 in
Sumner Co.,
Tennessee. Later they came to Corder, Mo. for a while
then to
Kansas City, Mo. building the second brick house
there after
coming to Clay Co. they lived at what is now 35th
North
Cleveland bringing with them so the story goes a
trunk full of
gold. Ruth was the mother of 4 children. One Ann
Thomas was born
March 5 1845- why the middle name Thomas I don't know
- was
Homer's mother. In 1874 Ruth Ann filed for divorce
from Samuel V
Roberts and in 1875 Ruth Ann was granted a divorce
and her
maiden name restored. After 50 years she made plans
to return to
Maryland for a visit. She went to Kansas City one day
by horse
and wagon with grandson Bud Laswell to buy a train
ticket,
coming home in late evening after leaving the river
road and
turning north on the hill road about what No. Monroe
coming over
a steep hill a casket-like box crossed in front of
the horses
scaring them adn going into the ditch. She said some
one was
trying to get her killed and that was a sign for her
not to go
to Maryland so the trip was cancelled.She lived several years after that and died in Kansas
City Mo.
in the early 1900's. Samuel Roberts died in 1882.As a teenager Homer Devling lived with his
grandmother Ruth Ann
Linthecum Roberts in Harrisonvillle, Mo. At age 21 he
came back
to Kansas City. (Archie Mo., instead of
Harrisonville)Ann Thomas Roberts (maiden name) was married 3 times
in 1863.
She married a Mr. Garrison who was killed in the
closing year of
the war. In 1865 she married James [Gaines] Laswell
who died 7
years later. In 1874 she married Robert Devling from
Pennsylvania they had 4 sons. (Hugh & Charles twins),
Homer,
Ben. After we were married in 1908. 3 brothers bought
a 93 a.
farm paying $100 an acre divided it 3 ways. We took
the west 33
a. with the immprovements a large salt box house,
barn and other
improvements we borrowed extra money from our good
friends Joe
and Louis Masters at 5 percent. They were considered
wealthy for
that day & time. We would pay pack as soon as
possible. I never
like the idea of paying interest any time we needed
money we
would to to them until we meet Dr. Matthews from
Liberty he
became our family physician and delivered Robert &
Marjorie.
Nadine and Edna Mae came on thier own before he got
there.
Lucille was delivered by Dr. Rothwell from LIberty.
Dr. Matthews
was on another case.Dr. Matthews was interested in buying farmland as
well as
practicing physician. He thought Homer would be a
good farm
partner so told him any time he knew of land for sale
to buy it
he had the money and would go half. s that way we
accumulated
90a and Dr. 50 a. among one deal was a 22 A. apple
orchard all
young grees that produced several bushels of apples a
year that
were sold on the K.C. market. as well as barrels of
cider.
Caring for the orchard was a lot of work. Spraying
the trees
started first of March and continued every 3 weeks
until June.
Dr. had a son 21 year old Frances who stayed with
during apple
harvest which was about 3 months. Dr. said Frances
learned more
while he was with us learning how to work going to
market that
he learned in 4 years of college. Some apple pickers
would come
across the river from K.C. to pick apples. Some were
young
mexicans from Mexico who were going to college in
K.C.I was bookkeeper and kep track of every dime and
would settle
with Dr. first of year he would check my figures and
pleased
with everything and collect his profit.Other than apples we gardened raising lima beans,
tomatoes,
sweet corn, strawberries, 3 a. cherry orchard.
Neighbors would
pick cherries and strawberries. We paid them 40 cents
a crate of
24 pint box. Also had a dairy route sold all our
vegetables &
fruit on the Kansas City Market.In 1952 progress moved closer. Choteau traffic moved
in from the
S.W. corner of the farm to the N.E. corner thru the
middle.
Kansas City parks took 40 a. Parvin Road took to
North Side. Hi
line electric took the South. The A T & T cellular
mobile phone
tower stands high on the hill in the middle. Now our
farm in
1988 is known as Devling Place with 100 apartment
located there.In 1914 we built our 2 story 4 B.R. home on the hill
3731 N.
Cleveland where the children grew up.My first great, great, grandchild was born Robert
Blake Krieger
Aug 1976. Fran & Kent Krieger.Mindy Michelle Gladson was born to Susan Brewer
Gladson and Jim
Gladson. Nov. 9, 1978. Susan daughter of Tad &
LucilleNov. 6 1979 - Louis K Day passed away. Nadine's
husbandApril 1 1982 Brett Ryan Devling, great, great
grandson was born
to Alfred & Jackie DevlingTad Devling Brewer was born March 29 1984 to Robert &
Trish
BrewerJan 17 1982 Frank Taggart passed away Marjorie's
husbandNov 6 1983 Erna Lucille Devling Brewer passed away.
attended first few grades of school in Nevada.
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