Rivers Family References from Ball's History
References from A Glance into The Great South-East or, Clarke County,
Alabama, And Its Surroundings, From 1540 to 1877 by Rev. T. H. Ball, A. M.
Comments and corrections by DJB are shown in .
p. 272, 273.
Roll of Captain Cleveland's Clarke County Cavalry.
- S. B. Cleveland, Captain.
- J. Y. Kilpatrick, 1st Leut.
- T. B. Creagh, 3rd Leut.
- J. C. Chapman, Orderly Serg't.
- Privates--
- R. J. Allen,
W. M. Bell,
T. J. Booth,
R. R. Bryars,
Jerrold Byrne,
J. T. Clark, of Clarke,
J. T. Clark, of Baldwin,
G. T. Cox,
G. W. Creagh,
Hiram Creighton,
J. A. Culpepper,
Martin Casey,
W. D. Campbell,
J. M. Davis,
J. A. Davis,
L. W. Davis,
J. K. Davidson,
W. H. Doyle,
A. J. Drury,
U. L. Durant,
W. J. Fanning,
R. E. German,
J. E. Griffin,
W. H. Grayson,
D. P. Gregory,
Daniel Gilmore,
Henry Hammond,
G. P. Herbot,
O. S. Holmes,
R. R. Horn,
J. L. Howell,
James Kennison,
J. W. Litchfield,
Henry Lovet,
E. G. Masters,
Elijah Mathews,
B. H. McMillan,
R. D. McMillan,
J. A. Mckinney,
D. T. Moseley,
W. K. Mosely,
W. M. Nelson,
John Newton,
William Painter,
Columbus Painter,
William Porterfield,
T. T. Presnall,
E. H. Ritchie,
J. M. Rivers,
Lee Roberts,
J. A. Robinson,
G. W. Robinson,
E. Rodgers,
W. F. Sibley,
A. S. Sibley,
N. B. Singletacy,
E. C. Smith,
J. H. Smith,
E. M. Stapleton,
W. W. Summers,
Frank Taylor,
John Tyree,
G. A. Wade,
R. M. Wainright,
M. V. B. Wainright,
J. M. Williams,
John S. Wood.
p. 368, 369, 370.
Rivers
Richard Rivers and Joel Rivers were brothers from
Tennessee .
Both lived to be very aged men.
The latter died at Grove Hill when the yellow fever
prevailed in 1853. He had a son, Hinchey Rivers, and
a daughter who became Mrs. C. E. Woodard.
Hinchey Rivers lived near Choctaw Corner. His sons
were Joel, Hinchey, and Euphrates; his daughters
were Mary Ellen and Martha Adaline.
The former of the two Tennessee brothers, had also
a son, Thomas Rivers, and a daughter, Rebecca Rivers.
Miss R. Rivers married Colonel Portis of Suggsville.
Dr. Thomas B. Rivers, who came from Tennessee
with his father's family in the latter part of the year
1815, began to practice medicine in Jackson in 1832.
He settled at Suggsville in 1836, and engaged in farming
besides attending the duties of his profession.
His sons are Blount and Joseph; and he has had
six daughters, Sarah C., Ellen, who became Mrs. Rush
of Marion, Pauline, Virginia, and Emma Lena. Also
Miss May, now Mrs. Krouse.
Miss Sarah C. Rivers, the eldest daughter of Dr.
T. B. Rivers, was married to James Madison Hearin,
who died in March, 1858.
She is described by a friend as having been gentle
in thought, speech, and action;
as possessing a kind, sympathetic, and true nature; as
having a bright intellect and becoming cultivated and
accomplished; and as having "a form moulded to the
beau ideal of perfect symmetry loveliness and grace."
She is also described as fervently and devoutly pious,
having an unwavering faith in God and in his Son
Jesus Christ. She died in 1859, about a year after the
death of her husband, and left a young daughter, now
Miss Sallie Hearin, who makes her home at Dr.
Rivers' in Suggsville and is one of the largest tax
payers in Clarke county.
Miss Emma Lena Rivers, an accomplished and
graceful young lady, and Miss Pauline Rivers, spend some
part of their time at their father's home. With
such inmates in cannot be lonely there.
Dr. Rivers had at one time on his plantation about
fifteen miles of fence. In 1835 he went to Texas to
build mills. He returned and erected, on a choice
building spot, a large family mansion where he still
resides.
p. 411.
Charles E. Woodard married Miss Martha V. Rivers of Franklin,
Tennessee, a very intelligent and estimable woman, small in
person, ever active in doing good to others.
In January, 1844, C. E. Woodard removed from
Marengo to Grove Hill, where he engaged in planting,
kept a hotel, owned a mill, was justice of the peace,
sherriff of the county, and first mayor of the town of
Grove Hill.
p. 412.
C. E. Woodard was a member of Macon lodge, and of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, a man of excellent traits
of character as a citizen and a friend. He died in 1853.
p. 706.
Portis - Barnes
On the 30th ult., at the residence of the bride's father,
in Suggsville, Ala, by Rev. J. H. James, Rivers Portis to Miss Mary Barnes.
p. 713.
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