Rives, John Francis Marion

Summary

Father: Burwell G Rives
Mother: Anny Yarborough Jay

Birth: 26 Jan 1832, Hall County, Georgia
Birth Source: Reliques of the Rives

Death: 7 Feb 1887
Death Source: Reliques of the Rives

Spouse1: Elizabeth Castleberry

Narrative

Children of John Francis Marion Rives and Elizabeth Castleberry:

1. Thomas Reuben Rives, b. 25 Apr 1854
2. John Alfred Rives, b. 14 Oct 1856

Reliques states he "joined joined the California gold rush in 1849. He subsequently returned to Georgia and served in the War Between the States as a sergeant in Robertson’s Co., 4th Georgia Cavalry, C. S. A."

Sources

Census:     1860 Census - Hall County, Georgia
                   1870 Census - Hall County, Georgia
History:   Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, 237