Rives, Green

Summary

Father: Judson Carey Rives
Mother: Eliza Frances Davidson

Birth: 4 May 1857, De Soto Parish, Louisiana
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 26 Feb 1898, Mansfield, De Soto Parish, Louisiana
Death Source: Headstone, Obituary

Spouse1: Jessie Ivey Durham, m. 9 Sep 1889

Narrative

Children of Green Rives and Jessie Ivey Durham:

1. Carrie Durham Rives, b. 4 Nov 1892, m. William Campbell Nabors
2. Green Rives, b. 10 Mar 1894
3. Judson Carey Rives, b. 23 July 1896
4. John Henry Rives, b. 25 Jan 1898

The Times, 2 Mar 1898
Mansfield, La., March 1. - The remains of Mr. Green Rives, who died here on Saturday last, were laid to rest in the cemetery Sunday morning in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives.

The Colfax Chronicle, 5 Mar 1898
We are sorry to learn that Mr. Green Rives, late of Grant parish died at Old River, in Natchitoches parish, Feb. 26th. He was prominent as a lumberman in this section.

Note that the two obituaries give a different location for his death.

The Shreveport Journal, 2 Nov 1945
Mrs. Jessie D. Rives Dies Early Friday At Mansfield Home
Mansfield. — Mrs. Jessie Durham Rives, 87, died early Friday morning after a long illness. She was the widow of the late Green Rives prominent DeSoto parish lumberman, who passed away 47 years ago. She was born in this parish Feb. 14, 1858, the daughter of Dr. C. H. and Elizabeth Smith Durham, who were among the earliest settlers in this section.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the late resident, with Dr. M. E. Dodd of Shreveport ana Dr. O. L. Powers of Jonesboro, Ark a former pastor here, officiating. Interment will be in Mansfield cemetery, under direction of Drewett Funeral Home.
Mrs. Rives is survived by one daughter, Mrs. W. C. Nabors of Mansfield; three sons. Green and Henry Rives of Mansfield and Judson Rives of Dake Charles, and five grandchildren.

Sources

Death:        Obituaries, The Times, 2 Mar 1898 and The Colfax Chronicle, 5 Mar 1898
Burial:       Findagrave - Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

1870 Census:  Ward 4, De Soto Countt, Louisiana
1880 Census:  10th Ward, Concordia County, Louisiana
1900 Census:  Mansfield, De Soto County, Louisiana (Jessie Durham HOH)
1910 Census:  Police Jury Ward 4, De Soto, Louisiana (Mrs. Jessie Rives HOH)
1920 Census:  Mansfield, De Soto County, Louisiana (Jessie Rives HOH)
1930 Census:  Mansfield, De Soto County, Louisiana (Jessie D Rives HOH)
1940 Census:  Mansfield, De Soto County, Louisiana (Jessie Rives HOH)

Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p116
Mrs. Jessie D. Rives Obituary, The Shreveport Journal, 2 Nov 1945