Rives, James Duncan

Summary

Father: Stephen Turner Rives
Mother: Sophia Meeks Cannon

Birth: 28 Feb 1827, Montgomery Co., Tennessee
Birth Source: Reliques of the Rives

Death:
Death Source:

Spouse1: Elizabeth Mabry, m. 5 Aug 1847, Wilson County, Tennessee
Spouse2: Mary Elizabeth Dowdy, m. 21 15 Sep 1876, Graves County, Kentucky

Narrative

Children of James Duncan Rives and Elizabeth Mabry:

1. Stephen Hartwell Rives, b. 1 Jun 1848
2. Livonia Augusta Rives, b. 12 Oct 1850
3. Udora Frances Rives, b. 12 Apr 1853
4. Reuben Rives, b. 29 Dec 1855
5. Alice Rives, b. 10 May 1858
6. James Daniel Rives, b. 10 May 1861
7. Rebecca Antharine Rives, b. 17 Sep 1863
8. William Newton Rives, b. 8 Mar 1866
9. Saphronia Adaline Rives, b. 30 Mar 1869
10. Mildred Rives, b. 21 Nov 1872

Children of James Duncan Rives and Mary Elizabeth Dowdy:

1. Sarah Ida Rives, b. 27 Sep 1877
2. Thomas Nathaniel Rives, b. 24 Jul 1879
3. Oliver Eugene Rives, b. 14 Feb 1882
4. John Ross Rives, b. 31 Dec 1884

Reliques states he later removed with his brother Reuben Ross Rives to Graves county, Ky., where he engaged in farming. He saw service as a private in the Ist (Turney’s) Tenn. Inf., C. S. A.

Reliques states he and MAry Dowdy were married the 21. It's possible this is correct. The index lists 15 Sep; however, this may be the bond date, not the actual marriage date.

Sources

Marriage1: Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 (FamilySearch)
Marriage2: Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 (FamilySearch)
History:    Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p169
Census:    1860 Census - Graves County, Kentucky
                   1870 Census - Graves County, Kentucky
                   1880 Census - Graves County, Kentucky