Mrs. Videau Marion Singleton Deveaux Converse of Stateburg, S.C., was sister of Sarah Angelica Singleton Van Buren; Deveaux controlled plantations known as The Ruins and True Blue in Sumter County, S.C.; in 1835 married Robert Marion DeVeaux (1812-1843), a union that produced at least four children; in 1849, this wealthy widow married her Episcopal minister, Rev. Augustus Lawrence Converse (1798-1860), an abusive relationship from which the courts refused to grant her a divorce. Following Converse's death, Mrs. Deveaux dropped his name and resumed use of the name of her first husband. Name sometimes cited as Marion Videau Deveaux.
From the description of Account book, 1879 Jan. 30-Nov. 29. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 34763525
