Individual Details
John Harris Divers
(November 28, 1829 - March 6, 1891)
1880 Pettis County, Missouri census.
"I have been studying my grandfather Carpenter's family since the mid 1970s. I saw the 1880 census for Pettis County, Missouri, for the John Divers family. My grandfather, Major Carpenter at age 10, is listed. The Louise who is age 2 cannot be a daughter by John's first marriage to Mary Ann Brown. Mary Ann died in 1871 according to your own and others' record. My grandfather Carpenter was supposed to have two half sisters, Lulu Divers and Velma Divers. I know from several records that Velma was born in 1883. My conclusion is that Louise is really Lulu. Now I'm trying to prove it. Lulu married a Bill Musgrave. Both of them died in the flu epidemic of 1918 along with a son. About 3 daughters survived. However I have no way to contact any descendants. The widow Margaret Carter CARPENTER Carpenter and the widower John Divers were married in Aug. 1877. Margaret's first husband was her double second cousin. I am pursuing all possible avenues to find Bible records or other documentation for Margaret's family. Recently I have been in contact with a descendant of one son that we can't connect to his parents. I know he was a member of the family, but he was not listed on the 1870 census. 'Will' Carpenter was killed at a young age by someone who disagreed with something he had written of a political nature in a west Texas town. This event occurred in about 1893." (MaryAnn Hormuth, email: mahorm324@earthlink.net>; permanent forwarding address is: PateHorm@alumni.utexas.net>, May 2003.)
"I have been studying my grandfather Carpenter's family since the mid 1970s. I saw the 1880 census for Pettis County, Missouri, for the John Divers family. My grandfather, Major Carpenter at age 10, is listed. The Louise who is age 2 cannot be a daughter by John's first marriage to Mary Ann Brown. Mary Ann died in 1871 according to your own and others' record. My grandfather Carpenter was supposed to have two half sisters, Lulu Divers and Velma Divers. I know from several records that Velma was born in 1883. My conclusion is that Louise is really Lulu. Now I'm trying to prove it. Lulu married a Bill Musgrave. Both of them died in the flu epidemic of 1918 along with a son. About 3 daughters survived. However I have no way to contact any descendants. The widow Margaret Carter CARPENTER Carpenter and the widower John Divers were married in Aug. 1877. Margaret's first husband was her double second cousin. I am pursuing all possible avenues to find Bible records or other documentation for Margaret's family. Recently I have been in contact with a descendant of one son that we can't connect to his parents. I know he was a member of the family, but he was not listed on the 1870 census. 'Will' Carpenter was killed at a young age by someone who disagreed with something he had written of a political nature in a west Texas town. This event occurred in about 1893." (MaryAnn Hormuth, email: mahorm324@earthlink.net>; permanent forwarding address is: PateHorm@alumni.utexas.net>, May 2003.)
Events
| Birth | November 28, 1829 | Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | August 28, 1856 | Lamonte, Pettis County, Missouri - Mary Ann Brown | |||
| Marriage | August, 1877 | Margaret Carter Carpenter | |||
| Death | March 6, 1891 | Lamonte, Pettis County, Missouri | |||
| Burial | March 9, 1891 | Country Cemetery, Johnson County, Missouri |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Carter Carpenter ( - ) |
| Child | Louisa F. "Lulu" Divers (1878 - 1918) |
| Child | Velma Divers (1883 - ) |
| Spouse | Mary Ann Brown (1840 - 1873) |
| Child | James Francis Divers (1857 - 1955) |
| Child | Edward Augustus Divers (1859 - 1886) |
| Child | Mary Ann Divers (1861 - 1947) |
| Child | Elizabeth Divers (1865 - ) |
| Child | John Wesley Divers (1868 - 1907) |
| Child | William Riley Divers (1870 - 1954) |
| Child | Christopher Dee Divers (1870 - ) |
| Child | Andrew Lee Divers (1872 - ) |
| Father | James Francis Divers (1782 - 1839) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Harris (1788 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Sallie Divers (1811 - ) |
| Sibling | Julia Ann Divers (1812 - 1876) |
| Sibling | Mary Cynthia Divers (1812 - 1856) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Divers (1814 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Nancy E. 'Nannie' Divers (1816 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Louisa Divers (1817 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Mary Frances Divers (1822 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Jane Divers (1824 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Evalyn (Evoline) Divers (1830 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Christopher Divers (1832 - 1898) |