Rives, William Vinson

Summary

Father: Robert Rives
Mother: Rebecca Vaughan

Birth: 12 May 1826, Warren County, North Carolina
Birth Source: Reliques of the Rives

Death: 27 July 1909, Bumpus Mill, Stewart county, Tennessee
Death Source: Reliques of the Rives

Spouse1: Lucy Clardy, m. 1 Dec 1844, Montgomery County, Tennessee

Narrative

Children of William Vinson Rives and Lucy Clardy:

1. Lewis Brown Rives, b. 7 Sep 1847
2. Henrietta Orphemia Rives, b. 14 May 1849
3. Walter Napoleon Rives, b. 22 Aug 1858; d. 10 Dec 1882
4. William Hexley Rives, b. 14 Sep 1852; d. 6 Sep 1883
5. Rebecca Wilson Rives, b. 24 July 1854; d. 1 Oct 1881
6. Charles Benjamin Rives, b. 22 Apr 1860; d. 18 June 1883
7. Anna Beulah Rives, b. 13 Dec 1861
8. Ruth Rives, b. 17 July 1863
9. Oscar A. Rives, b. 17 Oct 1865; d. 14 Jan 1885
10. Sallie Fannie Rives, b. 22 July 1867
11. Cathleen C Rives, b. 2 May 1870; d. 28 Feb 1871

Reliques states "He was evidently a man of forceful character, according to a number of letters which have been preserved addressed by him to his cousin, John H. Rives, written from his home at Lafayette, Kentucky, where he engaged in farming."

Marriage record gives her name as Lucy McClardy. But children's records refer to her as Lucy Clardy.

Sources

History:  Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p187
Marriage: Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 (FamilySearch)
Census:    1860 Census - Christian County, Kentucky
                   1880 Census - Christian County, Kentucky