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: DevenportWaxahachie, TX
Contributed by G. Mankins
photographer: DevenportWaxahachie, 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
At the right is an example of a photograph from Devenport from some time after the cabinet card era. Instead of mounting the photograph on a pre-cut card with the photographer's name and addres at the bottom, the name is pressed into the photo paper, lower right corner. In those days it was sometimes called a "blind stamp".
The embossed stamp in the corner was probably done with a gadget something like a notary’s stamp. I would guess that the photo was post 1900, as the quality of the photo paper here was not available until those years.
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