[prewinter]

After some digging, I'm convinced that Daniel H. Devinney (1852-1905) is the former MLB umpire. The details outlined in Family Trees for him match what I've found in the newspaper, Census, and other records from the time, specifically as to his having two wives and the number of children with each wife. According to newspaper articles from April 1889, he abandoned his wife in St. Louis when he left to umpire in the Texas League. He married his second wife later that year, and newspaper articles from the 1890s track him from St. Louis to Cincinnati to Chicago, where he appears in the 1900 Census. He reportedly died in 1905, but I haven't found an obituary or other confirmation that this was the umpire. However, all the details match from records to Ancestry.com.

There is a photo of him on Ancestry.com... and for some reason I can't attach it. But there is one on Ancestry.com.

And in the light of day, I can upload it...