Rives, Robert

Summary

Father: Stephen Turner Rives
Mother: Sophia Meeks Cannon

Birth: c1820, Warren Co., North Carolina
Birth Source: Reliques of the Rives

Death: 22 Jan 1905, Obion County, Tennessee
Death Source: Obituary

Spouse1: Rebecca Cox, m. 27 Dec 1843, Sumner County, Tennessee

Narrative

Children of Robert Rives and Rebecca Cox:

1. Cornelia Reeves, b. c1846
2. William H. Reeves, b. c1847
3. Martha Sophia Reeves, b. c1850
4. Sarah E. Reeves, b. c1852
5. Mary F. Reeves, b. c1854
6. Stephen Francis Reeves, b. c1856
7. John Thomas Reeves, b. c1858
8. James F Rives, b. 8 Apr 1861
9. Nancy Reeves, b. c1861
10. Charles P. Reeves, b. c1868
11. N. Rives, b. c1871

In 1900, he was in the household of Van Litchford in Obion County, Tennessee.

The Commercial Courier, 27 Jan 1905
Uncle Bobby Rives.
Robt. C. Rives, well known as Uncle Bobby, died at the home of his son, J. F. Rives, on the morning of the 22d. He was born in Montgomery County, Tenn., in 1822; moved to Sumner County where at the age of 21 years he was married to Miss Rebecca Cox. They moved to Obion county in 1868 where he has lived ever since. He was a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for years, his membership being at Bethlehem at the time of his death. He only liked a few days being 83 years of age. For the last two years he has been totally blind. He was a widower at the time of his death, having been married twice. He leaves three sons and four daughters, of whom there are J. F. Dock, Mrs. Litchford, Mrs. Harpole and Mrs. Jas. Roberts. The funeral services were conducted by his pastor. Rev. P. F. Johnson, at Salem church on the 23d, in the presence of a large audience of relatives and friends, after which the remains were buried at Salem grave yard.

Although his obituary states he was born in Montgomery County, Tennessee, the census states North Carolina.

Sources

Marriage1:  FamilySearch - Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002
Death:        Obituary, The Commercial Courier, 27 Jan 1905

1860 Census:  District 3, Sumner County, Tennessee
1870 Census:  District 13, Obion County, Tennessee
1880 Census:  Union City, Obion County, Tennessee
1900 Census:  Civil District 1, Obion County, Tennessee

Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p166