Frank Perry Devenport

photographer: F P Devenport
Waxahachie, TX
Contributed by G. Mankins

Research on Devenport the photographer was hindered somewhat by the fact that the fact that the family tradition was to pass the names Perry and Frank on to the next generation. Hence, Frank Francois P. Devenport Davenier (1827-1910) named his son Perry Frank Devenport (1856-1927). Perry Frank Devenport (1856-1927) named his son, Frank Perry Devenport (1881-1963) who named his son also Frank Perry Devenport Jr. (1920-1997).

The photographer Perry who worked mainly in Waxahachie, TX, was Perry Frank Devenport (1856-1927).

His son, Frank Perry Devenport (1881-1963) was also a photographer but appears to have worked in Bowie, TX, around 1904 and then moved to Texarkana, Ark, around 1910. By 1917 Frank Perry Devenport (1881-1963) has moved to Texarkana, TX.

photographer: Devenport
Waxahachie, TX
Contributed by G. Mankins

photographer: Devenport
Waxahachie, TX
Contributed by G. Mankins

Perry Frank Devenport
(1856 – 1927)

1856 Oct 14
Missouri, US census and other records; Perry Frank Devenport is born to Frank Perry Devenport (Davernier) and Louisa Ann Holder
1860 Aug 02
Dry Ridge, Grant, KY, US census at age 3, Perry Frank’s birthplace is given here as Missouri; father listed as farmer
1870 Aug 05
Carthage Township, Hancock, IL at age 14, Perry Frank father is listed as blacksmith
1878
Omaha, NE, city directory, Perry F Davenport (or Devenport) NOT listed
1879
Omaha, NE, city directory, Perry F Davenport listed as photographer, Bee Hive Gallery; bds 1323 Dodge
1881
Omaha, NE, city directory, Perry F Davenport as retoucher for Bee Hive Studio; res 1517 Davenport (?)

1881 Jul 09
Omaha, NE, city license, Perry F Devenport, age 24, application for marriage license for marriage to Mary M Proteau
1881 Aug 30
Waxahachie, TX, genealogy pool,( no documents shown) Son Frank Perry Devenport is born
1882-1883
Waxahachie, TX, Texas state Gazette, P F Devenport (as Davenport) as photographer
1883
Omaha, NE, city directory, Perry F Davenport as photographer at Bee Hive Photo Studio, res 1515 Chicago
1884-1885
Waxahachie, TX, Texas state Gazette, P F Devenport (as Davenport) as photographer
1892
Waxahachie, TX, Texas State Gazette, Reid and Davenport as photographers (E L Reid and Perry F Davenport
1896-1897
Waxahachie, TX, Texas state Gazette, P F Devenport (as Davenport) as photographer

1898
Waxahachie, TX, Ava Crowford, “Diamond Years of Texas State Photography “; P F Devenport (as Davenport) as photographer
1898-1899
Waxahachie, TX, Texas Universal Business Guide, P F Devenport (as Davenport) as photographer
1900 Jun 05
Waxahachie, TX, US census, Perry F Devenport as city water superintendent
1909 Mar 01
Waxahachie, TX, state records, wife Marie Louise Proteau dies
1910
Waxahachie, TX, state records, Perry F Devenport marries second wife, Claudia Estelle
1910 Apr 18
Waxahachie, TX, US census, Perry F Devenport as Superintendent of the Water Works, Note: wife Claudia is listed as photographer
1920 Jan 05
Waxahachie, TX, US census, Perry F Devenport and wife Claudia listed as photographers
1927 Sep 24
Terrell, Kaufman, TX, state records, newspaper obituary, Perry Frank Devenport dies at age 70

Waxahachie (TX) Daily Light - 24 Sep 1927

Waxahachie (TX) Daily Light - 26 Sep 1927

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Photographer: Devenport
Waxahachie, TX
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