Rives, George Shackleford

Summary

Father: George Rives
Mother: Ann "Nancy" Shackelford

Birth: 31 Dec 1819, Georgia
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 8 Dec 1889
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Susan Jane Lawrence, m. 30 Jun 1846
Spouse2: Mary Elizabeth Harton, m. 25 23 Sep 1859

Narrative

Children of George Shackleford Rives and Susan Jane Lawrence:

1. David Lawrence Rives, b. 23 May 1847
2. Frances Ann Rives, b. 18 Aug 1848 d. 30 Oct 1858
3. Nancy Shackleford Rives, b. 3 Feb 1850; m. William Algernon Martin
4. George Shackleford Rives, b. 12 Nov 1851, d. 21 May 1858
5. Susan Lawrence Rives, b. 20 May 1856, d. 7 June 1859
6. Infant son Rives, b. 26 Oct 1858; d. 4 Nov 1858

Children of George Shackleford Rives and Mary Elizabeth Harton:

1. George Shackleford Rives, Jr., b. 15 Nov 1860
2. James Rives, b. 18 Jan 1862
3. Anne Shackleford Rives, b. 9 Apr 1865, d. 24 Aug 1866
4. Jesse Harton1, b. 16 Aug 1868
5. John Christopher Rives, b. 27 Mar 1870
6. Robert Shackleford Rives, b. 3 Aug 1872, d. 4 Jan 1896
7. Mary Elizabeth Rives, b. 8 Jan 1875, m. Charles S. Car
8. William Henry Rives, b. 6 May 1877, m. Nell Jone
9. Wilkins Smith Rives, b. 21 Aug 1879
10. Sidney Brown Rives, b. 7 Sep 1884

From Reliques of the Rives:
George Shackleford Rives served as Lieutenant and Provost Marshal in Beale's Brigade, C. S. A., and died December 8, 1889, aged seventy years. He married, 1st, June 30, 1846, Susan Jane Lawrence, born August 18, 1827, died June 7, 1856.

George S. Rives, Mary Harton Rives, Annie S. Rives, John C. Rives, and Robert S. Rives are all buried in the Rives Family Cemetery in Hancock County, Georgia. Note this is not the same as the George Rives Family Cemetery in which his father is buried in.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:         Headstone, Rives Family Cemetery, Hancock County, Georgia
Marriage1: Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950 (FamilySearch)
Marriage2: Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950 (FamilySearch)
Death:        Headstone, Rives Family Cemetery, Hancock County, Georgia

1850 Census:  Hancock County, Georgia
1860 Census:  Hancock County, Georgia
1870 Census:  Hancock County, Georgia

Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p489