Person:John Diven (2)

Name^[2]	John Diven
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	1752	County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Marriage	Bef 1792	to Margaret Baskins (add)
Marriage	Abt 1808	to Eleanor Means
Death^[1]	Bef 20 Feb 1843	Dix, Cheumung, New York, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 DAR Ancestor A032388, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.

DIVEN, JOHN
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 1752 CO TYRONE IRELAND
Death: ANTE 2-20-1843 DIX CHEMUNG CO NEW YORK
Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 6, PP 341-2
Service Description: 1) CAPT JOHN BUCHANAN, 5TH CO, 5TH BATT
2) CUMBERLAND CO MILITIA
Residence: 1) City: CARLISLE - County: CUMBERLAND CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
2) City: TYRONE TWP - County: CUMBERLAND CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
Spouse: 1) MARGARET BASKINS
↑ Brown, John Howard (editor), and Rossiter (editor) Johnson. The Twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans: brief biographies of authors, administrators, clergymen, commanders, editors, engineers, jurists, merchants, officials, philanthropists, scientists, statesmen, and others who are making American history. (Boston, Mass.: The Biographical Society. Reprinted by Gale Research, 1968., 1904).

Diven, Alexander Samuel, son of Capt. John and Eleanor (Means) Diven; and grandson of Alexander Diven, who came from County Tyrone, Ireland, early in the eighteenth century. His father was a captain in the Revolutionary army and his mother was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Clark) Means, and a granddaughter of Robert and Jane (Irving) Means.