Person:John Divine (3)

1850 Sanilac County Census

Heads of Households Divine,James 9 Divine,John 12

The following is a list of the village presidents and clerks from 1855 to 1934: Presidents Date Clerks John Divine 1855 Albion W. Hand John Divine 1857 Demaline Leuty John Divine 1860 A. E. Chadwick

John Divine 1862 Levi Wixson

John Divine, the first attorney in the county, opened an office in 1850. In 1859 W. S. Mills became a partner. Two years later Mr. Mills received an appointment in the treasury department at Washington and Mr. Divine took as a partner Levi L. Wixson. This partnership was maintained for eighteen years when Mr. Wixson was elected Judge of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, and J. W. Babcock took his place. Mr. Divine was village attorney for many years and was succeeded in 1879 by Watson Beach who in turn was succeeded by Isaac Wheeler in 1881.

Age 56 in 1880 census Age 45 in 1870 census

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Sanilac, Michigan, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

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