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     Henry Pendleton Rives was born on 17 July 1877, son of Stephen Edward Rives and Annie Pendleton, in Christian County, Kentucky.⁵

     Henry, 23, married Rosa Bell Hampton, 18, on 2 June 1901 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.^1,2

     He registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 at Todd County, Kentucky. He was 41 years of age and working as a Farm cropper. He is described as of medium height, medium build with blue eyes and brown hair.

     Due to a need for men to serve during World War I, the United States instituted a draft. Obviously, not everyone who was registered for the draft was drafted or served in the military.

     With no end in sight for the end of World War I, a third and final registration law was instituted which now included all men between the ages of 18 and 45 which added younger men that the previous registrations laws and an older group of men born between 1873 and 1900, meaning he had to register.⁵

     Henry Pendleton Rives died on 16 October 1955 at age 78 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California,³ and was buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Pembroke, Christian County, Kentucky.³

     On 18 October 1955,

     Henry Pendleton Rives obituary reads: "Services Saturday For Henry P. Rives"

     Funeral services for Henry Pendleton Rives, 78-year-old former resident of this county. will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Henninger & Lilly Funeral home.

     Mr. Rives died at his home in Los Angeles Sunday night following a lingering illness.

     The body is expected to arrive here Friday night and will be taken to the funeral home where it will remain until time for the services. The rites will be conducted by the Rev. Jack Down, associate pastor of the First Baptist Church and minister of the Ninth Street Baptist Chapel.

     Survivors include the widow. Mrs. Rosa Belle Hampton Rives; five daughters, Mrs. J. D. Kelly and Mrs. Bill King, both of the city, Mrs. M. D. Cornell of Lawton, Okla., Mrs C R. William and Mrs. Garnett Williams, and two sons, James and Johnny Rives, all of California.

     He also leaves two sisters, Miss Beanice Rives of Pembroke, and Mrs. Charles Davidson of Los Angeles.

     Following the services at the funeral home, burial will be at Rosedale Cemetery at Pembroke.

     Pall bearers will be J. D. Kelly, Bill King, William King, Malcolm King, James Muss and Chester Henderson.
Kentucky New Era, Tuesday, October 18, 1955, page 1."

     Herbert Joseph Rives was born on 12 March 1854, son of James L. Rives and Julia Woodcock, in Greenfield, Greene County, Illinois.²

     Herbert Joseph Rives married Mallie E. Brooks. I cannot find a marriage record anywhere for this couple as of 23 Dec 2016.²

     Herbert Joseph Rives died in February 1887 at age 32 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California,² and was buried in Fairbury Cemetery, Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska.²

     Horace Plummer Rives was born on 20 January 1845, son of Henry Archer Rives and Eleanor P. Tillottson, in Montgomery County, Tennessee.²
     He was also known as Plummer.³

     Horace Plummer Rives and Mary Ellen Pendleton obtained a marriage bond on 7 October 1867 in Christian County, Kentucky.⁴

     Horace Plummer Rives, 22, married Mary Ellen Pendleton on 14 October 1867 in Christian County, Kentucky.⁴

     Horace Plummer Rives, 31, married Nancy Agee Garrott, 21, on 14 November 1876.^2,5

     Horace Plummer Rives married Meda Belle Viser circa 1892. I cannot find a marriage record for them anywhere as of 1 Dec 2016.^1,6

     Horace Plummer Rives died on 10 July 1929 at age 84 in Shelbyville,^2,1 and was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky.^1,7

     Howard Pendleton Rives was born in May 1883, son of Horace Plummer Rives and Nancy Agee Garrott, in Kentucky.¹
     He also is reported to have been born on 6 May 1888 in Kentucky.^2,3

     He "was graduated in law from Cumberland University in 1913 and was admitted to the Kentucky bar the same year, following which he was associated with his b rother-in-law, Judge E. B. Beard, in the law firm of Bear & Rives" at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky.²

     He performed his Military Service when he "was commissioned a Captain of infantry in the Kentucky National Guard on 22 Sep 1915, serving on the Mexican border in 1916 and 1917 with Company K, 1st Kentucky Infantry. From 1917 to his discharge from the army on 12 Feb 1920, he served with the 38th Division in the United States and overseas in the Allied Expeditionary Force.".²

     Howard Pendleton Rives, 34, married Betsy Wickliffe Ray on 24 November 1917 in Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi.

     Betsy left Shelbyville, Kentucky ostensibly to be the guest of Mrs. E. B. Beard who was at the camp for a week on a visit to her brother, Capt. Rives, but the marriage was prearranged.^2,4

     "After his discharge he returned to Shelbyville and resumed the practice of law as a member of the firm of Kinsolving, Rives & Smith until 1925 when he removed to Clearwater, Florida, where he continued the practice of law as a member of the firm of Kelley, Rives & Castle."²

     Howard Pendleton Rives died Following an operation for appendicitis on 25 April 1927 at age 43 in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida,^2,3,5 and was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky.³

     , died on 16 March 1851²      Infant Rives was born on 16 March 1851, son of James L. Rives and Elizabeth Hood.² and was buried in Rives Cemetery, Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois.²

     James Rives was born circa 1859, son of Richard Bullard Rives, in Mississippi.¹

     James Duncan Rives was born on 28 February 1827, son of Stephen Turner Rives and Sophia Meeks Cannon, in Tennessee.^1,2

     James Duncan Rives and Elizabeth A. Mabry obtained a marriage bond on 5 August 1847 in Wilson County, Tennessee.³

     James Duncan Rives, 20, married Elizabeth A. Mabry on 5 August 1847 in Wilson County, Tennessee.⁴

     He performed his Military Service by serving as Private in Company E, 1st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Turney's) during the Civil War.⁵

     James F. Rives was born on 8 April 1861, son of Robert Clay Rives and Rebecca Ann Cox, in Jordan, Fulton County, Kentucky.^1,3
     He also is reported to have been born on 8 April 1864 in Tennessee.²

     James F. Rives and Kate Eugenia Oliver obtained a marriage bond on 18 February 1892 in Obion County, Tennessee, with T. S. Cloyes as bondsman.⁴

     James F. Rives, 30, married Kate Eugenia Oliver, 17 on 18 February 1892 in Obion County, Tennessee, with R. A. Beauchamp, Minister of the Gospel officiating.^1,4,2

     James F. Rives died on 16 January 1936 at age 74 in Union City, Obion County, Tennessee,^3,2 and was buried on 17 January 1936 in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Fulton, Fulton County, Kentucky.^3,2

     James Irvin Rives was born on 28 September 1858, son of John William Rives and Sarah Elizabeth Coates, in Kentucky.^1,2 and died on 9 June 1865 at age 6.
     Find A Grave does not have a burial listing for him as of 3 Feb 2019.¹

     James L. Rives was born on 13 September 1807, son of William McGuffy Rives and Mary Turner, in Warren County, North Carolina.^5,2

     James L. Rives, 18, married Elizabeth Hood, 15 on 28 September 1825 in Granville County, North Carolina, with Stephen R. Turner as bondsman and A. Sneed as witness

     This union produced 13 children: John Hood Rives (1826-1904); William Charles Rives (1828-1850); Sarah Ann Rives Gary (1829-1901); Stephen Turner Rives (1831-1897); Andrew Jackson Rives (1832-1842); Mary Elizabeth Rives Temple (1835-1908); George Washington Rives (1837-1920); Lucy Rives Craw (1838-1900); Frances Jane Rives Woodcock (1841-1915); Margaret Susan Rives Robinson (1843-1919); James Rutledge Rives (1845-1916); Pamela Catherine Rives Bruce (1847-1922); and Infant Son Rives (1851-1851).^6,7,8

     On 24 November 1836, he is named in his father's will of this date.³

     He moved toGreene County, Illinois.⁹

     James L. Rives, 44, married Julia Boyd, 32 on 6 June 1852 at Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. I cannot find documentation on this marriage in either Illinois or North Carolina. I can find her listed as his spouse on the marriage of their son, Elmer E. Rives but nowhere else in the United States.⁸

     "Rev. James Rives was born September 13, 1807 in Warren County, North Carolina. He was the son of William McGuffy and Mary (Turner) Rives. He married Elizabeth Hood on September 28, 1825 in Granville County, North Carolina. He was over 6 foot tall. Shortly after the birth of their first child he and Elizabeth traveled from Warren County to Christian County, Kentucky in a one-horse cart. The baby, John Hood Rives, and Elizabeth rode in the cart and James walked along side with his musket constantly watching for danger. They traveled through sparsely settled country by way of the Cumberland Gap. In Christian County they settled near his older brothers, Stephen and Thomas and his sister, Sarah Rives Moss. James and Elizabeth purchased land cleared and cultivated it. In addition to this he labored on the plantations of Taylor brothers for seven years, which enabled him to acquire enough money to continue their westward migration. James traveled to Illinois in the early part of 1834. On May 6, 1834 he filed for his first 160 acres of land in Illinois. On May 10, 1834 he filed for another 160 acres located about 6 miles south east of the present town of Greenfield, Illinois. He paid a dollar twenty-five per acre. The nearest post office was in Carrollton, Illinois about 15 miles to the west. At that time Green County also included the present Jersey County.

     In the fall of 1834 James freed his slaves and left Christian County, Kentucky in a covered wagon drawn by oxen with his family, for the move to Greene County, Illinois. Over the next year he purchased another 360 acres of land. After getting his farming operations established he followed the popular movement in frontier areas and established Rivesville, on November 11, 1835. In 1836 he built a southern style home which became known as "the old house", it stood for nearly 100 years and housed 5 generations of Rives' before being razed. Rivesville prospered for a time but when the government decided to locate the community post office at Fayette 2 miles north, the town diminished. James had acted as postmaster.

     James embarked into merchandising as well as raising livestock, which proved to be very profitable. In the fall of 1847 he attended the Methodist Conference and obtained a license to preach. He held local meetings at his home and quarterly meetings at his store. Sunday was always a special day in the Rives family. James assisted in the development of this part of the state of Illinois and was always a friend to the new settler. He became known as " Uncle Jimmy Rives". He was in much demand to officiate at weddings. He officiated over 90 weddings from October 1847 to March 1866. After the death of his first wife, Elizabeth in 1851 he sold his land to his eldest son, and moved to Greenfield. He built a home in Greenfield in 1852 that soon became known as " Methodist Hotel". James was active in civic affairs and came to know President Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas who visited Green County occasionally. Although he was a native of the south and a former slave owner he never deterred from supporting the Republican Party and having a son serve in the union army.

     On June 6, 1852 he married Julia Woodcock Boyd. With his first wife Elizabeth he had 13 children and with Julia he had an additional 5. On Sunday July 8, 1866 while preparing for church he was stricken and succumbed to a heart attack. By the time of his death he had given each of his surviving children a farm or the equivalent in money. James has a living legacy in Illinois to this day.

     This information was obtained from Reliques of the Rives, Rives and Allied Families of Green Territory Illinois and family memories."⁸

     Rev. James L. Rives died on 8 July 1866 at age 58 in Greenfield, Greene County, Illinois,^10,2 and was buried in Rives Cemetery, Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois.⁸

     James Rutledge Rives was born on 18 March 1845, son of James L. Rives and Elizabeth Hood, in Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois.²

     James Rutledge Rives died on 13 February 1916 at age 70 in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois,² and was buried in Rives Cemetery, Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois.²

     James T. Rives was born circa 1817, son of Thomas C. Rives and Mary B. Collins, in Virginia.¹
     He also is reported to have been born circa 1815 in Virginia.²

     James married Rebecca Ann Turner. I can't find a marriage record as of 23 Nov 2020.¹

     James T. Rives was born circa 1849, son of James T. Rives and Rebecca Ann Turner, in Kentucky.¹

     James William Rives was born on 11 September 1858, son of Stephen Turner Rives and Gabriella Kincaid, in Missouri.^1,3

     James William Rives married Lillie Carlin.⁴

     James William Rives died on 9 March 1909 at age 50 in Greenfield, Greene County, Illinois,⁵ and was buried in North Cemetery, White Hall, Greene County, Illinois.⁵

     Joannah Rives was born in 1765, daughter of Thomas Henry Rives and Eleanor Neal, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia Colony. Joannah's surname also is spelled as Reaves.²

     Joannah and Terisha Turner obtained a marriage bond on 19 December 1785 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, with John Burton as security.^3,4

     Thomas Rives, father of the bride, gave consent to the marriage on 19 December 1785.^3,5

     Stephen Turner, father of the groom, gave consent to the marriage on 19 December 1785.^3,5

     Joannah Rives married Terisha Turner, son of Stephen Turner and Susannah Hamner, before 22 December 1785 at Mecklenburg County, Virginia, with Rev. John King officiating at the marriage. His marriage return is dated 22 Dec 1785.³

     In May 1834, in the Court for this month in Warren County , the administration of Terisha's estate was granted to William F. Hilliard. His widow, Joannah, relinquished her right to administer the estate.⁶

     On 2 September 1834, the allotment (which included 5 gallons of whiskey) for Joanna Turner, widow of the late Terisha Turner, was set out in Warren County, North Carolina.⁷

     In May 1835, Joanna Turner received her dower allotment of 81 acres from Terisha Turner's estate in Warren County, North Carolina.⁸

     Joannah Turner died before February 1837 in Warren County, North Carolina.
     Find A Grave does not have a burial listing for her as of 7 Jan 2019.⁹

     In 1837, administration of the estate of Joanna Rives Turner was granted to John Turner at February Court at Warren County, North Carolina.⁹

     On 20 May 1837, John Turner, Administrator, of the estate of Joanna Turner presented the May term of Court with an Account, Sales and Inventory of the goods and chattels of Joanna Turner, dec'd, which was recorded at Warren County, North Carolina.¹⁰

     In 1838, John Turner, as administrator of his mother's estate, brought suit against Asa Stephens in April Court at Warren County, North Carolina.¹¹

     John Hood Rives was born on 4 August 1826, son of James L. Rives and Elizabeth Hood.²

     John Hood Rives, 22, married Elizabeth Ann Randle, 18, on 23 August 1848 in Greene County, Illinois.^2,3

     John Hood Rives died on 24 June 1904 at age 77 in Rockbridge,² and was buried in Rives Cemetery, Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois. "One of This Section's Best Known Residents Passed to His Reward. Died, on Friday, June 24 at 2:20pm, John Hood Rives, after an illness which continued through many weeks at his old home six miles southeast of Greenfield (**Rivesville, near Rockbridge). Aged seventy-seven years, ten months and twenty days. John Hood Rives was the son of James and Elizabeth (Hood) Rives. He was born August 4, 1826, in Eastern North Carolina, near the Virginia line. When he was about three months old his parents removed to Christian county, Kentucky, making the journey across the rough and thinly settled country in a one-horse cart and settled on and improved a farm. They lived there until the fall of 1884, when they moved to Green County, Illinois, and settled on section 24, town 10, range 10, where the family grew into man and womanhood. His mother died in 1851. Mr. Rives was married to Elizabeth Ann Randle, daughter of Rev, George D. and Lucy Randle, August 28, 1848, in the little log cabin which stood on the hill one mile south of Rockbridge, near where the wagon road crossed Macoupin creek. Barr Township, in the neighboring county of Macoupin, on a farm purchased of Dr. Milton Metcalf, where they resided until 1858. When they moved back and took up their residence on the old Rives homestead, which he purchased of his father, who decided to remove to Greenfield, where he died in 1866. His father, James Rives, was a zealous and a very useful local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while his father-in-law, Rev. Randle was one of the earliest and most successful pioneer circuit preachers in this section of Illinois. John Rives and his family continued to reside in the old homestead until February, 1868. When they moved into the new brick home just erected a short distance east of the old homestead. Here they lived and raised their family, the son, Robert bring the only child born in the new house. Mrs. Rives, wife of John H. died January 31, 1894, but Mr. Rives continued to reside there and remained active in his business operations till the frailties of his body during the past winter and spring compelled him to remain in doors, and even then he continued to dictate the management of his large farm until he became too feeble to further attend to business in a proper manner. There were born to John H. and Elizabeth Ann Rives ten children, sick of who are yet living. Two died in infancy; Ella, a daughter, died in 1870, aged fifteen; Edward N. the second son, died in Morrisonville, Illinois, February 28, 1904. Those surviving are Andrew J. of Greenfield; Charles W. Of Greenfield; John of Palmyra, Illinois, Elizabeth wife of Ralph Metcalf, of Greenfield; George of Fayette, and Robert Rives of Muldon, Mississippi Mar. Rives also leaves surviving him three brothers and six sisters, twenty-four grandchildren and several great grandchildren, besides numerous other relatives and hosts of friends who deeply regret his parting from us. As a man of business Mr. Rives was eminently, successful, being possessed of 1,400 acres of land in Greene County and 480 acres in Cumberland County, Illinois, yet with all was noted as a broad-minded, liberal man charitable almost to a fault. As a citizen he took a deep interest in public affairs, especially desiring that our public officials be men of irreproachable character and thoroughly qualified for their various positions of trust and honor. Mr. Rives served for a time on the board of county commissioners of Greene County and discharged his duties in a thorough and satisfactory manner. He was likewise the first supervisor from Rockbridge Township when township organization was established in Green County. As a Christian Mr. Rives was plain, constant and true. In the winter of 1847-8 he attended McKendree College at Lebanon, Illinois. For a term of six months, where in January, 1848, he sought and obtained forgiveness of sin and joined the M. E. church afterwards transferring his membership successively to Asbury. Rivesville, Fayette, and Greenfield of which later church he was a member at the time of his death. Mr. Rives has often stated to the writer that he never for a moment doubted his Christian experience and so remained faithful until the day of his death. Thus passing away a useful, honored and upright Christian character. Funeral services were held at the late residence on Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. T.J. Wheat, pastor of the M.E. church at Greenfield, and the vast multitude who attended, estimated by some at nearly one thousand gave ample proof of the high esteem in which he was held by his friends and neighbors. The interment took place in the Rives cemetery and short distance from the old homestead."²

     John Robert Rives was born on 24 October 1867, son of John William Rives and Sarah Elizabeth Coates. I cannot find birth/death/burial or census information on this child as of 31 Dec 2016.¹ and died on 5 July 1869 at age 1.
     Find A Grave does not have a burial listing for him as of 3 Feb 2019.¹

     John Thomas Rives was born on 18 November 1856, son of Robert Clay Rives and Rebecca Ann Cox, in Tennessee.^3,2
     He also is reported to have been born in 1858.⁴

     He married Tee (--?--) (1866-1956.⁴

     John Thomas Rives died on 1 October 1921 at age 64 in Obion County, Tennessee,² and was buried on 2 October 1921 in Bethlehem Cemetery, Union City, Obion County, Tennessee.^2,4

     John William Rives was born on 3 December 1818, son of Stephen Turner Rives and Sophia Meeks Cannon, in Warren County, North Carolina.²

     John William Rives and Lucy Brown Moss obtained a marriage bond on 19 December 1841 in Montgomery County, Tennessee, with Thomas Rives as security.^3,4

     John William Rives, 23, married Lucy Brown Moss on 19 December 1841 in Montgomery County, Tennessee, with Moses Oldham, JP, officiating.⁵

     John William Rives, 38, married Sarah Elizabeth Coates, 25, on 1 September 1857 in Hickman County, Kentucky.^2,6

     John William Rives died on 31 January 1904 at age 85 in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky.
     Find A Grave does not have a burial listing for him anywhere as of 27 Nov 2020.²

     Katurah I. Rives was born on 25 September 1860, daughter of James L. Rives and Julia Woodcock, in Greene County, Illinois.²

     Katurah I. Rives died on 26 July 1942 at age 81 in Monrovia,² and was buried in Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California.²

     Lucelia Rives was born circa 1843, daughter of James T. Rives and Rebecca Ann Turner, in Tennessee.¹

     Lucy Rives was born on 21 December 1838, daughter of James L. Rives and Elizabeth Hood, in Greene County, Illinois.²

     Lucy Rives, 18, married Charles Wesley Craw, 29, on 10 March 1857 in Greene County, Illinois.^2,3

     Lucy Craw died on 8 August 1900 at age 61 in Illinois,² and was buried in Craw Cemetery, Sadorus, Champaign County, Illinois.²

     Margaret Rives was born circa 1873, daughter of Stephen Edward Rives and Annie Pendleton, in Tennessee.²

     Margaret Rives married (--?--) Powell. I cannot find a marriage record anywhere for this couple as of 8 Jan 2021.³

     I cannot find them in the 1900 census as of 8 Jan 2021.

     Margaret Susan Rives was born on 20 May 1843, daughter of James L. Rives and Elizabeth Hood, in Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois.²

     Margaret Susan Rives married James Wesley Robinson circa 1870. I cannot find a marriage record anywhere as of 24 Dec 2016.^2,3

     Margaret Susan Robinson died on 31 March 1919 at age 75 in Olathe,² and was buried in Olathe Memorial Cemetery, Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas.²

     Margaret Tillottson Rives was born on 15 February 1882, daughter of Horace Plummer Rives and Nancy Agee Garrott, in Kentucky.^1,2

     Martha Bell Rives was born on 15 September 1858, daughter of James T. Rives and Rebecca Ann Turner, in Christian County, Kentucky.^1,4,5
     She was also known as Mattie.⁴

     Martha Bell Rives, 22, married William Overton Allen, 26, on 1 September 1881 in Stewart County, Tennessee.^6,4

     Martha Bell Allen died on 23 October 1944 at age 86 in Christian County, Kentucky,⁴ and was buried in Rivereside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky.
     Her obituary confirms her marriage to Overton Allen who died in 1925.^2,7

     Martha Sophia Rives was born in 1849, daughter of Robert Clay Rives and Rebecca Ann Cox, in Tennessee.^1,2
     She was also known as Sophia.²

     Martha Sophia Rives died in 1876² and was buried in Salem Cemetery, Union City, Obion County, Tennessee. Her headstone says "Dau of _C and RA Rives."²

     Mary Rives was born on 1 December 1801, daughter of William McGuffy Rives and Mary Turner.¹
     She was also known as Polly.

     Mary Rives and John Watkins obtained a marriage bond on 15 August 1823 at Warren County, North Carolina.^3,4,5

     Mary, 21, married John Watkins on 15 August 1823 at Warren County, North Carolina.⁴

     This union also produced a daughter, Frances Ann Watkins.^6,7

     Mary Rives died before 24 November 1836 when she was not named in her father's will of this date. I have had no luck finding a burial location for her as of 1 Jan 2017.^7,8

     She was a daughter of her father's first marriage.¹

     Mary Rives married Thomas Moseley. There is a marriage record for a Thos W H Mosley for a marriage with Mary Ann Beckner in 1839 in Nicholas County, Kentucky. This is the only record I have found for a man by his name in Kentucky. I also cannot find this marriage anywhere else as of 11 Jan 2021.^1,2

     They resided in western Kentucky.¹

     I cannot find a death record for her in Kentucky.

     Mary Elizabeth Rives was born on 7 August 1835, daughter of James L. Rives and Elizabeth Hood, in Greene County, Illinois.²

     Mary Elizabeth Rives, 19, married George Alexander Temple, 28, on 5 April 1855 in Greene County, Illinois.^2,3

     Mary Elizabeth Temple died on 22 April 1908 at age 72 in Sterling, Rice County, Kansas,² and was buried in Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Rice County, Kansas.⁴