Elizabeth Junkin (1819-1847)

James Linn Diven (1819-1901) History Of That Part Of The Susquehanna And Juniata Valleys, Embraced In The Counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, In Two Volumes, Vol II. Philadelphia: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886. Page 979-980.	Elizabeth Junkin Diven (1818 – 1847) Cemetery of Centre Presbyterian Church Perry County Pennsylvania

D2 Elizabeth Junkin, born 1819 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, died June 28, 1847 in New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania; married September 26, 1839 James Linn Diven, born May 29, 1819, died 1901. Four children.

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History Of That Part Of The Susquehanna And Juniata Valleys,
Embraced In The Counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder,
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, In Two Volumes, Vol II.
Philadelphia: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886.
Page 979-980.

James L. Diven is the grandson of James Diven, who was of Scotch-Irish descent, and removed, prior to the War of the Revolution, from York County, PA, to Cumberland (now Perry) County, in the same state, where he was an industrious farmer. He married a Miss Waddell, whose children are Alexander, James, John, William, Joseph and five daughters. John was born in Spring Township, Perry County, about the year 1778, and in 1816 removed to Landisburg, where he married Annie, Rev John Linn and Mary Gettys. For more about the Linns and Gettys, see http://melissacravenfowler.com.

The children of this marriage are James L., born May 29, 1819; Mary G., February 7, 1821, who died June 23, 1834; Anna B., wife of William R. Fetter, September 5, 1825; John L. April 18, 1827. The death of Mrs. Diven occurred July 26, 1838, and that of Mr. Diven May 2, 1839.

Their son, James L., was born in Landisburg, Perry County, as were all the children, and at the age of fifteen, removed with his parent to a farm in Spring Township, where he became familiar with the routine of farm labor, and on the death of his father acquired by purchase the property. Having, in 1841, abandoned farming, the following year he came to Landisburg and engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1846, having relinquished business, he, in 1847, removed to Kennedy's Valley and embarked in the tanning business. He was in 1851 elected prothonotory of the county, and made New Bloomfield his residence, serving in that capacity two terms of three years each, meanwhile retaining his interest in the tannery in conjunction with his brother, John L. Diven. In 1858, Mr. Diven returned to Landisburg, and disposing of his share in the tannery, engaged again in mercantile pursuits, which have since that date occupied his attention.

He was, on the 26th of September, 1839, married to Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. John Junkin, whose children are Anna M. (Mrs. George Stroop), Sarah B., Jane McClure (deceased), and Emma (Mrs. William Murray). Mrs. Diven died June 28, 1847, and he was again married, November 20, 1849, to Mary, daughter of Robert Irvin - Robert I. and William H. The death of Mrs. Diven occurred February 28, 1856, and October 25, 1858, he married Margaret J., daughter of Anthony Black. Their children are John A. (deceased), James L., and Edward B.

A republican in politics, Mr. Diven is not a partisan nor a worker in the political field. His ability and integrity have made his services desirable as guardian and administrator, in which capacity he has often acted. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Landisburg, as was his father.

Based on the above, the tannery records, and newspaper articles in the collection of the Perry Historical Society, here's run-down of his life:

• 1819 born in Landisburg
• 1834 moved to Spring Twp with family to a farm they bought there (another record sais this was a mill they bought, south of Alinda)
• 1839 bought the farm/mill from his parents' estate
• 1839 married Elizabeth Junkin
• 1840 possibly bought tannery #1 (above), from his cousin's estate
• 1841 "abandoned" farming, moved to Landisburg, became a merchant
• 1846 was county auditor
• 1847 first wife died
• 1847 (or 1849) moved to Kennedy's Valley and began tanning. Bought tannery #3 with his brother John.
• 1849 married Mary Irvine
• 1851 - 1857 served as prothonotory (clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Court of Quarter Sessions, Court of Oyer and Terminer 85, and the Orphans' Court) -- and moved to New Bloomfield, Perry, PA
• 1853 "passed" (=sold?) tannery #1 to brother John
• 1853-58 elder of the New Bloomfield Presbyterian Church
• 1856 second wife died
• 1858 returned to Landisburg and opened store
• 1858 James and John sold tannery #3; married Margaret Black
• 1889 president of Republican County Convention and delegate from Landisburg
• 1890 until?? superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday School
• 1894 third wife died
• 1901 James Linn Diven died

Children of Elizabeth Junkin and James Linn Diven:

E1 Anna M. Diven, born 1840, died after 1910; married 1873 George Stoop.

F1 Elizabeth "Bess" Stroop, married Frank Chandler McClure.

G1 Elizabeth "Betty" McClure, born 1905.

G2 Ann Diven McClure in 1906.

G3 Nancy and G4 Frank Chandler McClure (twins), born 1914.

E2 Jane McClure Diven, born 1843, died 1881; Did not marry, buried in Landisburg cemetery.

E3 Sarah Elizabeth Belgium Diven, born 1843, died 1894; Did not marry, buried in Landisburg cemetery (stone says "Sarah Bell Diven").

E4 Emma J. Diven, born 1846, died 1905; married William Murray (1838-1900), a farmer and butcher, in 1869, apparently at the Landisburg Presbyterian Church, and they honeymooned at Niagara Falls..