William Perry Divers b. 28 Feb 1877 , Callaway, Missouri, USA d. 1965 : Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1877 - 1965

Birth 28 Feb 1877 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Gender Male

Died 1965

Buried Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Person ID I9193 Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri

Last Modified 23 Oct 2009

Father Thomas Jarvis Divers, b. 3 Feb 1846, , Franklin, Virginia, USA , d. 24 Dec 1923, Auxvasse, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Mother Virginia Catherine Craghead Or Craighead, b. 1 Mar 1854, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 11 Apr 1898, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Married 26 Nov 1872 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Family ID F14347360 Group Sheet

Family 1 Bessie Elizabeth Murphy, b. 22 Jul 1882, New Bloomfield, Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 15 May 1922, Calwood Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Married 9 Sep 1916

Children

	1. Charles Thomas Divers, b. 13 Sep 1907, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 1968
	2. Helen Louise Divers, b. 18 Jun 1910, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Katherine Elizabeth Divers, b. 9 Feb 1914, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 14 Nov 2007

Family ID F14347410 Group Sheet

Family 2 Sara Ada Nicolson, b. 2 Apr 1897, , Pettis, Missouri, USA , d. 1982

Married 16 Dec 1925

Last Modified 23 Oct 2009

Family ID F14347413 Group Sheet

Headstones		William P. Divers & Bessie E. Murphy Wm. Perry Divers, Feb. 28, 1877 - 1965. Bessie E. Divers, wife of W.P. Divers, July 22, 1882 - May 15, 1922. William Perry Divers was a son of Thomas Jarvis Divers and Virginia Catherine Craghead. He was a grandson of Oliver Perry Divers and Gilla Anne Ursula Dudley, and, John Craghead and Julia A. Smith. He was my 3rd cousin twice removed. On…

Notes	Per the 1984 Callaway Co., book: He married Bessie Elizabeth Murphy on Sept 9, 1916. From the listing for Ebenezer cemetery, Callaway Co, Missouri: Divers, Bessie E- 1882- 1922- wife of W. P. Divers He next married Sara Ada Nicolson on Dec 16, 1925. Served as Callaway County surveyor and engineer for a number of years Masonic symbol on his headstone.