Born in Wayne, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Allen Jennings
and Sarah Angeline (Jenkins) Jennings
Sister of
John Harrison Jennings and Richard Field Jennings
Wife of
Robert Thomas Divine
— married
7 Apr 1897 in Wayne, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Vernie Lewis Divine, William Raymond Divine, Hallie Marie (Divine) Skinner, Ebbie John Divine and Thomas Allen Divine
Died
at age 83
in Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Nov 2021
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Biography
Flora Belle Jennings was born 18 October 1870 to John Allen Jennings and his second wife Sarah A Jenkins Jennings of Wayne County, Illinois.[1] She had three older half-siblings, Emma, Charles E and Mary.[2] She had at least four younger full siblings: John, Richard, Sarah and Cora.[3][4]
Flora Belle married Robert Thomas "R T" Divine on 7 April 1897 in Wayne County, Illinois. [5] He had young son, Vernie from a prior marriage whom she raised, as well as four more children, William Raymond[6], Hallie Marie, Ebbie and Thomas.[7]
Belle and RT moved from Illinois to Stoddard County Missouri around 1905, where they lived about 30 years. They had a family farm and RT also worked in ministry. Belle and RT moved to Poplar Bluff Missouri in the 1930's where they lived next to their son Raymond.[8]
Belle died in Poplar Bluff on 8 Jan 1954 from complications after she sustained a fall.[9] She was 83. Belle and R T, who died in 1956, are buried in Poplar Bluff Cemetery, Butler County, Missouri.[10]
Census
- 1880 Four Mile Township, Wayne, Illinois
- John Jennings...Head...Male...43...Farmer...Indiana
- Sarah Jennings...Wife...Female...32...Illinois,...Tennessee
- Charles Jennings...Son...Male...17...Indiana
- Flora B. Jennings...Daughter...Female...9...Illinois
- John Jennings...Son...Male...7... Illinois
- Richard F. Jennings...Son...Male...4...Illinois
- Sarah Jennings...Daughter...Female...1...Illinois
- 1900 Moore's Prairie Township, Jefferson[11]
- Thomas R Devine...Head...Male...26...Aug 1874...Kentucky...Farmer...Mar 3 yrs
- Belle F Devine...Wife...Female...29...Oct 1871...Illinois...Mar 3 yrs...1/1 children
- Vernie Devine...Son...Male....5...Feb 1895....Kentucky
- Raymond Devine...Son...Male...2...Jul 1898...Illinois
- Belle D Devine...Sister...Female...18....Apr 1882....Kentucky...Single
- 1910 New Lisbon, Stoddard, Missouri
- Robert T Divine...Head...Male...35...Kentucky...Gen Farm... M2...13 years
- Flora B Divine...Wife...Female...39... Illinois...M1...4/4 children
- William R Divine...Son...Male...11...Illinois
- Hallie M Divine...Daughter...Female...8...Illinois
- Ebby Divine...Son....Male...6....Illinois
- Thomas A Divine...Son....Male...3...Missouri
- Vernie L Divine...Son...Male...15...Kentucky...Single...Home Farm
- 1920 Stoddard, Missouri (corrected)[12]
- R A (R T) Divine...Head...Male...45...Kentucky...Labor Sawmill
- Jane (Belle) Divine...Wife...Female...49...Illinois
- Vernie Divine...Son...Male...24...Kentucky...Single...Labor Farm
- Raymond Divine...Son...Male...21...Illinois...Single...Labor Farm
- Hallie Divine (Skinner)....Daughter...Female...19...Illinois...Widowed (Married)
- Ebbie Divine...Son...Male...17... Illinois...Single...Home Farm
- Tommie Divine...Son...Male...13...Missouri...Student
- Clarence Skinner...Grandson...Male...5...Missouri
- Flora Skinner...Granddaughter...Female...Missouri
- 1930 Duck Creek, Stoddard, Missouri[13]
- R T Divine...Head...Male...55...Kentucky...General Farm
- Flora B Divine....Wife...Female...59...Illinois
- 1940 Poplar Bluff Township, Butler
- R T Divine... Head...Male...67....Kentucky....Same House (as 1935)....Farm
- Flora B Divine...Wife...Female...69...Illinois...Same House.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKY-9Q8 : 13 January 2022), Flora R. Jennings in household of John Jennings, Four Mile Township, Wayne, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W5-67D : 28 May 2021), John Jennings, 1870.
- ↑ 1880 Census
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCM-GCN : 11 March 2022), Cora M Jennings in entry for John A Jennings, 1900.
- ↑ Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Illinois State Archives, citing Wayne County, Book D p 51, 1897.
- ↑ "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9YC-RDMM : 13 February 2020), Flora Bell Jennings in entry for Devine, 1898.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLM7-417 : accessed 13 November 2022), Flora B Divine in household of Robert T Divine, New Lisbon, Stoddard, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 185, sheet 9A, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 825; FHL microfilm 1,374,838.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K73L-4M4 : 8 January 2021), Flora B Divine in household of R T Divine, Poplar Bluff Township, Butler, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-27, sheet 10B, line 56, family 177, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2090.
- ↑ "Flora Bell Divine death certificate," Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1971, index and images, Missouri Digital Heritage(https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1954/1954_00000362.PDF)
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55931662/flora-bell-divine: accessed 24 February 2023), memorial page for Flora Bell Jennings Divine (18 Oct 1870–8 Jan 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55931662, citing Poplar Bluff City Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Dreaming of a Reunion (contributor 47058816).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWX-N24 : 9 March 2022), Belle F Devine in entry for Thomas R Devine, 1900.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88X-JVJ : 2 February 2021), Jane Divine in entry for R A Divine, 1920.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHVZ-J7H : accessed 13 November 2022), Flora B Divine in household of R T Divine, Duck Creek, Stoddard, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 11B, line 57, family 230, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1248; FHL microfilm 2,340,983.
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