Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-21 | Page 8 | Aged Lehi Couple Celebrate 66th Anniversary of Wedding

AGED LEHI COUPLE CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY OF WEDDING Married Aboard Vessel Vesse En Route From England to America LEHI The LEHI-The The sixty-sixth sixty anniversary of their wedding eddins was celebrated quietly quiet quiet- I ly y Wednesday by Mr and Mrs John Devey a of Lehi Part of oC the day was spent at the theold theold theold old folks' folks outing of or Lehi Alpine and stakes at al Pleasant Grove and the balance at their home in Lehi The They were married June 20 1868 36 6 years ago on the sailing vessel Emerald Isle as they crossed from England to America Mr Devey who is 85 years of age was 10 ID at the time of f his marriage Mrs Devey now 83 3 was 17 As converts to the L. L D. D S. S church they hey cross d the plains the same year and nd settled at Alpine where they resided resided re- re sided for 18 years ears From Alpine they moved to Provo and in 1894 to Lehi where thc they have resided since They are arc the parents of ot eight chil chil- dren ren six of ot them living The children are re Alfred Devey of Alpine J. J Frank e De Devey Mrs Alice Hutchings and Mrs Amy Smith of Lehi and John Devey Jr r. r and Waller Walter Devey o of American Fork The first automobile ever built in Utah Utah and the fourth to appear in the tate state was completed by Mr Devey in inlay May lay 1900 It was a two-cylinder two gasoline gasoline gas- gas oline line machine with regular buggy wheels Mr Devey began work on it without seeing an automobile and a after af- af ter er seeing only a few pictures a of them He ic had almost completed the machine before beCore he saw or rode in a car His machine had a s speed ed of ot 20 miles per hour our A swivel gadget in the front axle gave ave the Devey car a sort of knee action wheel feature like today's models Mr Devey said He used h his hiscar s scar car ar 11 years before giving it to his grandchildren who finally junked it itIn In addition he has invented a beet harvester which digs tops and piles the ic beets fw w I I S- S S i i l I f f 1 TT D 1 R I I i J I S. S IJ j tk WI J JS S c k Ji v n. n ol Above Above Mr and Mrs John Devey of or Lehi who celebrated their sixty-sixth sixty wedding anniversary Wednesday Below The Below The first automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile built in Utah which was constructed by Mr Devey who is shown with one of his granddaughters seated in the machine