Husband: Andrew J. Divers
Born: Oct-30-1822 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2
Died: Jan-20-1891 in Kansas 3
Buried: Pleasant Hill Cem in Concordia, Cloud Co, KS 4
Census: 1880 in Cloud Co, KS
Resided: 1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Military: Sgt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 5
Father: Eli Divers
Mother: Dianna Overfield
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Nancy Watson 6,7
Born: ca 1820 8 Died: bef Sep 1870 9 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Resided: in Barbour Co, (W)VA 7 Father: Jacob Watson (1787 - 1860) Mother: Sarah Pritchard (1797 - )
F Child 1: Emma Jane Divers Census name: Emsy Born: ca 1846 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 2 Died: bef Nov 1895 9 Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: John Spencer "Buke" Dotson b. Dec- 7-1845 d. Apr- 7-1941 Census name: Spencer Dotson Married: Oct-18-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
M Child 2: Leonidus Divers Born: ca 1849 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 11 Resided: 1887 in Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: 1880 tanner 12 Occupation: 1868 farmer 11 Wife: Mary Jane Nutter b. ca 1838 Married: Jun-13-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Wife: Emmie L. Frey b. ca 1866 Married: Aug- 4-1887 at Buck Run, Doddridge Co, WV 14
F Child 3: Ellen Divers Also known as: Ella Divers 15,16,17,18 Born: Sep- -1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 17,19 Resided: 1929 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV 18 Census: 1900 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1885 in Harrison Co, WV 19 Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Francis M. Hurst b. Apr-12-1866 d. Apr- 6-1929 Married: Oct-25-1885 in Harrison Co, WV 20
Sources: (1) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (3) Headstone. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) Military Grave Marker. (6) Marriage record of daughter. (7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 237. (8) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (9) Record of husband's remarriage. (10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Spencer B. Dotson, 22, of Ritchie Co, son of Hiram S. & Susan; and Emma Jane Divers, 22, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Andrew J. & Nancy. Married Oct 18 1868. (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (12) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Tenmile District) (13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Leonadus Divers, 19, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Andy & Nancy Divers; and Mary Jane Nutter, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of David & Mary Ann Nutter. Married Jun 13 1868 in Doddridge County, officiated by Eli M. Gaston. NOTE: Wife's age is understated by about eight years. Age 12 in the 1850 Census and age 22 in the 1860 census puts her birth in about 1838. MR p. 156, Line 11 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791558&Type=Marriage. (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Leonidas Divers, 35, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Emmie L. Frey, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Aug 4 1887 "on head of Buck Run, Doddridge Co, W.Va," officiated by M. A. Summers, a minister of the Baptist Church. Informants for marriage license: Leonida Divers & James H. Frey. NOTE: Buck Run is in the community of St. Clara, Cove District, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790154&Type=Marriage. (15) Birth record of son. (16) Marriage record of son. (17) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (18) Death record of husband. (19) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (20) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Francis M. Hurst, 19, farmer, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Eli & Jemima A. Hurst; and Ellen Divers, 24, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Andrew & Nancy Divers. Married Oct 25 1885 in Salem WV.