Dade County, Missouri Biographies-R. C. DIVINE

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889.
Published by Goodspeed.  Pgs. 807, 808
 
R. C. Divine, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Sac Township, whose
fine farm is seven miles northeast of the county seat, is a son of W. W.
and Jamima (Wartan) Divine.  The father was born in McMinn County, Tenn.,
November 3, 1820, and was of Dutch-Irish descent.  He was a farmer by 
occupation, and followed this calling in Tennessee until 1856, when he 
moved to Missouri, and located in Dade County in 1857.  There he is still
residing.  The mother was born in Alabama May 2, 1822, and is also living.
They were the parents of eight children, five now living.  R. C. Divine 
is the third child born to his parents, his birth occurring in Monroe 
County, Tenn., March 28, 1846.  He remained at home assisting his father
on the farm until twenty-one years of age, received his education in the
common schools of Dade County, and on July 1, 1864, he donned his suit of
blue, shouldered his musket, and enlisted in Company e, Fifteenth Missouri
Cavalry, Federal Army, and serving one year.  On November 22, 1866, he 
married Miss Phrana Y. Russell, a native of Dade County, Mo., born November
15, 1847, and the daughter of M. M. and Sarah J. Russell.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Russell came to Dade County, Mo., in 1835, and were among the early settlers
of that county.  Both died in that county.  To Mr. and Mrs. Divine were born
twelve children, eleven now living: Lula, wife of Isaac A. Hembree; Mary A.
(deceased), William A., Orra H., Otis M., Charles, Evva M., Frank a. and 
Minnie C. (twins), Vernie R. and Ethel (twins), and John H.  Mr. Divine 
located on the place where he now lives in 1871, and has 480 acres, with 
about 280 under cultivation.  In 1876 he was elected assessor of Sac 
Township, served one term, and in 1880 he was elected assessor of the 
entire county.  He served two years, and made an able and efficient officer.
He has been school director of his district at various times; is a member 
of the G.A.R. and A.O.U.W., and he and wife are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church.  Mr. Divine's grandfather, Thomas Divine, was born in 
South Carolina, and died in Monroe County, Tenn., in June, 1856.

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