Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Divvens, Nathan March 1, 1841 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, page 159
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    Nathan Divvens, a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, was born in
Westmoreland county, Pa, March 1, 1841, reared and educated in
Pittsburgh, where his parents removed when he was but seven years of age.
Leaving school he learned the trade of tobacco manufacturer, working at
his trade up to the breaking out of the war.  August 7, 1862, he
volunteered as a private in the One Hundred and Thirty Ninth Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers, with Judge Collier of Pittsburgh, colonel of the
Regiment.  
    Mr Divvens was in the Battles of Bull Run, Gettysburg, three fights at
Fredericksburg and numerous other battles.  At the Battle of
Spotsylvania-on the 12th day of May, 1864-he was wounded and lost his
right arm and was discharged from the service at Pittsburgh, March 16, 1865.
    In April, 1867, he came to Uniontown, and engaged in the manufacture of
cigars, and has continued successfully in this business ever since.  He
has built up a large and extensive business, making a specialty of the
manufacture and sale of the Toby cigar.
    In 1866 he was married to Miss Susan E Emerick, of Sharpsburg, Pa,
daughter of John Emerick, the latter killed in the war; and they are the
parents of five children, two boys and three girls, Lillie Divvens,
Nathan Divvens, Pearl Divvens, Herbert Divvens, and Edna Divvens.
Nathan Divvens' parents Jacob Divvens and Elizabeth R Miller Divvens were
natives of Bedford county, Pa.  His father died in 1884 at his home in
Pittsburgh, and his mother died in 1865 at the age of fifty seven years.

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