HON. BENJAMIN P. DIVINS
DIVINS, Benjamin Parmalee, banker, politician; b. on farm, Sullivan Co., N. Y., Apr. 15, 1853; s. John Edward and Sarah (Parks) D.; ed. common sch.; m. Mary Johanna Van Slack, of Danville, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1888. Began commercial career as clerk in P. L. Boulton's general store, Cappsville, N. Y., 1870. Started in business for himself at Danville, 1875. President Danville First Natl. Bank 1895-1900; v.-p. 1901-08; p. 1909- ; del. Nat. Convn., 1884; candidate N. Y. Assembly, 1890; state senator 2 terms, 1901-5; Dir. Ulster Electric Co., Ltd., Public Service Power Co., Ontario Suburban Ry. Co., Sullivan County Land and Investment Co., Catskill Mortgage Co., etc., Trustee Danville School, Schuyler Trust Co., Meth. Orphan Asylum, Hope Cemetery, etc. Address: 310 Walnut St., Danville, N. Y.—Who's Who.
It is not difficult to choose the most significant day to chronicle in the life of the Honorable Benjamin Parmalee Divins, nor to decide what are the illuminating incidents to use in a brief portrait-study of him. The red-letter day of his life was the day that he drove over from the railroad at Cappsville to his brother's farm among the foot-hills of the Catskills in Sullivan County. And the illuminating incidents occurred after he arrived and met his brother.
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