Rives, Elmer Ellsworth

Summary

Father: James Rives
Mother: Julia Woodcock

Birth: 6 Nov 1860, Greenfield, Illinois
Birth Source: Reliques of the Rives

Death: 1927, California
Death Source: CA Death Index

Spouse1: Lida A. Drum, m. 28 Dec 1882, Greene County, Illinois
Spouse2: Mrs. Jennie Nicholson, m. 30 Oct 1919, Los Angeles County, California

Narrative

Children of Elmer Ellsworth Rives and Lida A. Drum:

1. Opal Zay Rives, b. 4 Oct 1883
2. Halcolm Drum Rives, b. 28 May 1887
3. Wauncta Murl Rives, b. 13 Sep 1889
4. Herbert Kinley Rives, b. 26 July 1891, d. 12 Aug 1910
5. Anita Maude Rives, b. 15 Feb 1893, m. Dr. Kenneth Harvey
6. Glenn Milus RIves, b. 4 Nov 1895
7. Harriet Nedra Rives, b. 12 Oct 1897, d. 13 Dec 1902
8. Dudley Ellsworth Rives, b. 5 Apr 1899

Reliques states that he and his first wife "moved to Jamestown, North Dakota, in 1883 and in 1903 to Monrovia, California, where Mr. Rives became a prominent citizen, and where he was engaged in the insurance and real estate business."

Sources

Marriage1: Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940 (FamilySearch)
Marriage2: California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 (FamilySearch)
Death:      California Death Index
Census:    1900 Census - Stutsman County, North Dakota
                   1910 Census - Los Angeles County, California
History:   Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p219