Carroll Augustine Devol (April 17, 1859 - June 3, 1930) was a major general in the United States Army who killed himself in 1930.[1]
Carroll Augustine Devol | |
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| Born | April 17, 1859 Waterford, Ohio |
| Died | June 3, 1930 (aged 71) Redwood City, California |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Rank |  Major general |
| Unit | 25th Infantry Regiment |
Biography
editHe was born on April 17, 1859, in Waterford, Ohio, to Hiram Fosdick Devol (1831–1912) and Adelaide Amanda Dyar (1837-1860). He married Isadora Scott Devol (1861-1950). Their daughter, Mary Adelaide Devol, married George H. Brett on 1 March 1916.
He was a second lieutenant for the 25th Infantry Regiment on September 1, 1879; first lieutenant on October 19, 1886; regimental quartermaster April 1, 1887, to April 19, 1891.
In 1895 he was a professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Wisconsin.[2]
He was captain assistant quartermaster August 21, 1896; major quartermaster volunteers October 17, 1898; lieutenant colonel quartermaster assigned February 6, 1899, to March 2, 1899; honorable discharged from volunteers May 1, 1901; major quartermaster May 5, 1902. Chief quartermaster in 1903.[3]
He was quartermaster at the Presidio of San Francisco during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and was in charge of the distribution of military and civil supplies to refugees from the disaster.[4]
He killed himself with a gunshot through his heart on June 3, 1930, at his home in Redwood City, California, after learning of his terminal diagnosis from stomach cancer.[1][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Major General Carroll A. Devol Dead". Associated Press. June 4, 1930. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
- ^ General Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of the University of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin. 1907. p. 17.
- ^ "The United Service". The New York Times. July 30, 1903. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
- ^ "1906 Earthquake Relief Efforts". Presidio of San Francisco. National Park Service.
- ^ "Major General Devol Ends Life With Gun. Retired Army Officer Had Been Ill for Several Months in California Home". The New York Times. June 4, 1930. Retrieved 2015-04-11.