Rives, John Gaston
Summary
Father: Richard Eaton RivesMother: Clara Eliabeth Brown (Daniel)
Birth: 19 Jan 1818, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina
Birth Source: Family Bible, Reliques of the Rives
Death: 16 Dec 1882, Battleboro, North Carolina
Death Source: Family Bible
Spouse1: Lucy Dancy Foxhall, m. 20 Sep 1848
Narrative
Children of John Gaston Rives and Lucy Dancy Foxhall:- James Philips Rives, b. 10 Jun 1849
- William Foxhall Rives, b. 6 May 1853, d. 15 Aug 1853
- John Gaston Rives, b. 24 Jun 1854
- Richard Edwin Rives, b. 16 Jan 1857
- Sallie Dancy Rives, b. 15 Nov 1859, d. 31 Oct 1863
From Reliques of the Rives:
John Gaston Rives was born at Greenville in Pitt county, North Carolina, in 1818, and died October 12, 1882, at Battleboro, N. C., where he lived and practiced medicine in which he was educated at New York University (M. D., 1844). Dr. Rives married Lucy Dancy Foxhall, daughter of William and Sarah E. (Dancy) Foxhall of Tarboro, N. C.
The Rives Family Bible states "Dr. John G. Rives died December 16th 1882 in Williams' Church while praying." This date disagrees with Reliques which states 12 Oct 1882. Reliques also mentions twins Fannie and Virginia that the Family Bible doesn't include. The family Bible has two entries for several of the births and deaths including the death of William Foxhall Rives, one in 1853, and one in 1863. He doesn't appear on the 1860 census, so the 1853 date fits best.
Sources
Birth: John Gaston Rives Family BibleHeadstone, Williams Primitive Baptist Churchyard, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Marriage: John Gaston Rives Family Bible
Death: John Gaston Rives Family Bible
Headstone, Williams Primitive Baptist Churchyard, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
History: Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p422
Census: 1850 Census - Edgecombe County, North Carolina
1860 Census - Edgecombe County, North Carolina