John C. Devereux

John C. Devereux
7th Mayor of Utica
In office
1839–1841
Preceded byCharles P. Kirkland
Succeeded bySpencer Kellogg
Personal details
BornJohn Corish Devereux
(1774-08-05)August 5, 1774
Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
DiedDecember 11, 1848(1848-12-11) (aged 74)
Utica, New York, U.S.

John C. Devereux (5 August 1774 – 1848) was a pioneering Irish Catholic in Utica, New York and its first elected mayor. "A settler of 1802 and a very prince among his fellows was John C. Devereux whose honourable career and many deeds of charity left behind him a memory as verdant as that of the green isle whence he came."

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