John H. Divine

With qualifications such as insure success in any line of industry, John H. DIVINE, of Naughright, Morris county, New Jersey, to-date holds a place among the representative farmers of his township. He is of a broadminded and kindly nature, and his interest in those less fortunate than himself is deep and sincere. He enjoys the respect and confidence of his fellow men in a large degree. M. W. DIVINE, his father, was born on the ocean, and spent all his life in the United States. He was a lawyer of ability, and while he practiced in the city of New York, had his residence in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he died at the age of sixty-four years. He married Angelina Elizabeth DONNE, and had eleven children.

John H. DIVINE was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1864, and received his education in the public schools and at the Newark Academy. One year was then spent in the reading of law in his father’s office, but an outdoor life had far greater attraction for the ambitious young man, and he went west, where he spent some time on a ranch. This glimpse of the outer world but whetted his appetite, and he traveled for a greater length of time, visiting almost all the civilized portions of the world. After his marriage he settled in Naughright, on the farm of 100 acres on which he is now living, and has since that time been engaged in its cultivation, an enterprise in which he has been very successful. Politically he is a Republican, and gives his earnest attention to all matters which concern the public welfare. Mr. DIVINE married Carrie B. STEPHENS, born in Succasunna, and they have one child: Elizabeth Caroline. About four ears ago, all the buildings on the farm were destroyed by fire, and Mr. DIVINE has erected new ones, and made numerous improvements on the place.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)