Rives, Thomas Mercer

Summary

Father: Thomas Rives
Mother: Emily Wayne

Birth: 23 Sep 1840, Christian County, Kentucky
Birth Source: Death Certificate

Death: 14 Mar 1930, McCracken County, Kentucky
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: Amy Jones

Narrative

Children of Thomas Mercer Rives and Amy Jones:

1. Mercer J. Rives, b. 12 Oct 1874, d. 11 Apr 1948
2. Blanche Rives, b. c1876 m. Walter Webb
3. Florrie Rives, b. c1878
4. Harry Rives, b. c1880
5. Mamie/Jenny Rives, b. c1883
6. Hilda Rives, b. c1885 m. L. B. Mobley
7. Thomas Rives, b. c1888
8. Katie Rives, b. c1890
9. William Rives,, b. c1895
10. James Coleman Rives, b. 24 Feb 1898

Siblings living with him in 1880. Age listed as 72 on the 1920 census.

Sources

Birth:       Kentucky Death Certificate, Thomas Mercer Rives, 1930
Death:      Kentucky Death Certificate, Thomas Mercer Rives, 1930
History:  Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p183
Census:    1880 Census - McCracken County, Kentucky
                   1900 Census - McCracken County, Kentucky
                   1920 Census - McCracken County, Kentucky