I am the Great Great Great Grandaughter of my DUVCW patriot, Martin Dively. He was born 15 August 1841 and died 18 June 1894 at the age of 52.
Martin Dively served as a Private in Company F of the 77th Regiment in Pennsylvania. He enlisted 28 February 1865 and his service ended later that year, 6 December 1865.
My parents used to live in Gettysburg, and I became aware of the DUVCW chapter there as they are very active in local events. I originally joined the Salome M. Stewart (Gettysburg) chapter in 2007. I found out about the Virginia chapter from friends that were in my NSDAR chapter and transferred my membership.
I don’t know very much about my patriot Martin Dively – just a gross factoid and I do have a story about him.
Martin Dively served as a Private in Company F of the 77th Regiment in Pennsylvania. He enlisted 28 February 1865 and his service ended later that year, 6 December 1865.
My parents used to live in Gettysburg, and I became aware of the DUVCW chapter there as they are very active in local events. I originally joined the Salome M. Stewart (Gettysburg) chapter in 2007. I found out about the Virginia chapter from friends that were in my NSDAR chapter and transferred my membership.
I don’t know very much about my patriot Martin Dively – just a gross factoid and I do have a story about him.
- Gross Factoid: According to the sources I have for him in Ancestry, he filed for a pension with the disability of chronic diarrhea. Ew.
- My Story: Most of my family lives in a small town in Pennsylvania. I heard through my Great Aunts that one of the descendants had a treasure trove of stuff in their old farmhouse attic that had been collecting there for decades. There was talk that there was a uniform up there that belonged to a Civil War soldier. The only one in the family was Martin Dively, so we assumed that it was his. There was also rumor that there were snakes in the attic. I worked on family members for year and years trying to figure out how to get in that attic and retrieve the uniform without encountering the snakes. After much time had passed, I found out that the house had been sold and they emptied everything out and I had not gotten my chance to dig for artifacts, including the uniform. No one knows what became of the attic treasures if there really were any. I sure would have like to get a chance to look at what was in there (except the snakes).