Rives, Henry Archer
Summary
Father: Stephen Turner RivesMother: Sophia Meeks Cannon
Birth: 26 Dec 1816, Warren Co., North Carolina
Birth Source: Reliques of the Rives
Death: 22 Dec 1892, Montgomery Co., Tennessee
Death Source: Reliques of the Rives
Spouse1: Eleanor Tillottson, m.
Narrative
Children of Henry Archer Rives and Eleanor Tillottson:- Mildred Elizabeth Rives, b. 2 Feb 1839, m. Robert Wilson Garrott
- William Marshall Rives, b. 12 Dec 1841, d. 10 Nov 1863
- Stephen Edward Rives, b. 25 Oct 1843
- Horace Plummer Rives, b. 20 Jan 1845
Reliques states that he accompanied his father to Montgomery county, Tennessee, where he became a large landowner, acquiring the old home place of his parents where he died Dec. 22, 1892.
A stone with the following information was erected in the Rosedale Cemetery, Christian County, Kentucky:
In Memory of Members of the Rives Family Originally Interred in The Family Cemetery on Fort Campbell Reservation.
Eleanor Tillottson Rives Feb. 20, 1820 - June 21, 1881
Henry Archer Rives Dec. 26, 1816 - Dec. 22, 1892
Nancy Garrott Rives Dec. 23, 1854 - Dec. 1, 1890
William Marshall Rives Dec. 12, 1841 - Nov. 10, 1863
Sources
Birth: Findagrave - Memorial Stone, Rosedale Cemetery, Christian County, KentuckyMarriage1: FamilySearch - Montgomery County, Tennessee Marriage Book 1, p2
Death: Findagrave - Memorial Stone, Rosedale Cemetery, Christian County, Kentucky
1840 Census: Montgomery County, Tennessee
1850 Census: Montgomery County, Tennessee
1860 Census: Montgomery County, Tennessee
1870 Census: District 4, Montgomery County, Tennessee (H E Reaves)
1880 Census: District 4, Montgomery County, Tennessee (Henry H Rives)
Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p161