Rives, William Cabell

Summary

Father: Thomas Francis Rives
Mother: Margaret Minerva White

Birth: 30 Nov 1871, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Birth Source: Virginia Birth Records

Death: 7 May 1944, Darville, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: Alice Maud Tompkins, m. 27 Nov 1901

Narrative

Children of William Cabell Rives and Alice Maud Tompkins:

1. Sallie Rives, b. 2 Nov 1902
2. William Cabell Rives, b. 8 Dec 1903
3. John Duke Rives, b. 24 Nov 1905
4. Clarence Tompkins Rives, b. 31 Oct 1908
5. Frank Ormsby Rives, b. 16 Feb 1911
6. Margaret White Rives, b. 14 Nov 1913
7. Alice Maud Rives, b. 1 Nov 1918

From Reliques of the Rives:
William Cabell Rives succeeded to the office of county surveyor of Dinwiddie in 1900 upon the death of his father and has filled the office to the present time. In 1925 he was appointed by Gov. Trinkle a member of the State Board of Agriculture. Mr. Rives has taken a prominent part in the affairs of his
community, serving as Chairman of the Democratic County Committee of Dinwiddie from 1911 to date. He is a Vestryman and Treasurer of the Church of the Good Shepherd near McKinney, Virginia. Mr. W. C. Rives, who was born at “Gunn’s Hill,” married November 27, 1901, Alice Maud Tompkins, daughter of Clarence Wharton and Sallie Fitzhugh (Royston) Tompkins, of Ormsby, Caroline county, Va.,

Research Notes

Although Reliques and the death certificate state he was born the 13th, there is a birth record in VA Births for the 30th.

Sources

Birth:          Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917 (FamilySearch)
Death:        Death Certificate, William Cabell Rives, 1944

1910 Census:  Dinwiddie County, Virginia
1920 Census:  Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p267