Rives, James Robert

Summary

Father: Thomas Edward Rives
Mother: Martha Walter Lee

Birth: 28 May 1847
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 11 Dec 1930
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Susan E. Barnhill, m. 9 Sep 1865, Talladega County, Alabama

Narrative

Children of James Robert Rives and Susan E. Barnhill:

1. Ms. Rives, m. Mr. Murphy
2. Thomas L Rives, b. 5 Mar 1871
3. Carrie Rives, m. Mr. Young
4. William Barnhill Rives, b. 15 Jan 1883
5. Ms. Rives, m. Mr. Britt

Reliques states " showed the indomitable free spirit of which the South was, and is, made by enlisting in the Confederate Army at the tender age of sixteen years. He married in Clay county, Alabama, Susan E. Barnhill, removing in 1869 to Lincoln Parish, La., and is now a retired farmer of Hico, La."

Sources

Birth:       Headstone, Henry Cemetery, Hico, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Marriage: Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 (FamilySearch)
Death:       Headstone, Henry Cemetery, Hico, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
History:   Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, 222