Devereux family

George Humphrey Devereux was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on December 1, 1809, to Humphrey Devereux and Eliza Dodge. Having studied law with Leverett Saltonstall, Devereux (Harvard, class of 1829) was admitted to the Essex County Bar in 1831. About a year later, he married Charlotte Stony Forrester (1811-1873), a daughter of one of Salem's most prosperous merchants, John Forrester. They had 10 children: George Forrester, John Forrester, Arthur Forrester, Charles Upham, Walter Forrester, Marianna Silsbee, Edward Forrester, Charlotte Story Forrester, Francis Bohun, and Eliza Dodge.

Devereux was elected twice to the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1834 and 1835), before moving to Cherryfield, Maine, where he stayed for 10 years to manage lumber operations. Remaining active in politics while in Maine, Devereux was selected as a delegate to the Whig convention of 1840,. After returning to Salem in 1846, he commanded the Salem Light Infantry and was appointed by Governor Briggs to serve as adjutant general of Massachusetts (1848-51). He was re-elected to the state legislature in 1856.

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