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Cattlemen and Cowboys of Devon

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Devon.

Also honored

  • Francis Quartly fl. 1793 Took over his father's Devon herd in 1793 and bought cattle from old local bloodlines at high prices, credited with helping save the breed.
  • John Tanner Davy fl. 1850s Compiled the first Devon herd book in 1850-51 (132 bulls, 483 females) and wrote a history of the breed in 1869.