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Descendants of George Pegram
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| 1763 | F | i | Columbia Gregory was born in 1836. |
| 1764 | M | ii | Frank Gregory. | |
| 1765 | M | iii | Edward H. Gregory was born in 1842 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. | |
| 1766 | M | iv | Robert Pegram Gregory. |
Francis married (2) Cornelia Watt 1 on 15 Dec 1858 in Mississippi. Cornelia was born before 1819.
They had the following children:
1767 M v Thomas Watt Gregory 1 was born on 6 Nov 1861. He died on 26 Feb 1933.
By all accounts, Gregory's grandfather was a stern taskmaster with a strong commitment to education. Gregory graduated from Southwestern Presbyterian University, in Clarksville, Tennessee, in 1883. Driven to please his grandfather, he had completed his course work in just two years. From 1883 to 1884, he studied law at the University of Virginia. In 1885, he received a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Texas. Later that year, he opened a law office in Austin, Texas.
In the early 1890s, Gregory began forming some important partnerships. On February 22, 1893, he married Julia Nalle, the daughter of Captain Joseph Nalle, an Austin native. They had two sons, Thomas Watt Gregory, Jr., and Joseph Nalle Gregory, and two daughters, Jane Gregory and Cornelia Gregory. He also formed a law partnership with Robert L. Batts. Together, they successfully represented the state of Texas against Waters-Pierce Oil Company, a subsidiary of Standard Oil of New York, charged with violating Texas antitrust laws. The company was found guilty and enjoined from doing further business in Texas. The case was appealed, and was ultimately affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court (Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas, 212 U.S. 86, 29 S. Ct. 220, 53 L. Ed. 417 [1909]). The company paid a heavy fine and ceased to operate in Texas.
While partnered with Batts, Gregory also served as assistant city attorney of Austin, from 1891 to 1894. As his reputation grew, he was offered a number of political appointments, including the assistant attorney generalship of Texas in 1892 and a state judgeship in 1894. Wanting to serve on a national level, he declined them all.
To further his personal and professional goals, Gregory served as a Texas delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1904 and 1912. In 1910, he began working in Democratic party circles to secure a presidential nomination for Wilson. He actively promoted a Wilson candidacy throughout his state—and because of Gregory's considerable influence, Texas went on to elect a delegation that would hold fast for Wilson at the Baltimore convention. In 1913, Gregory was rewarded for his efforts. President Wilson's attorney general, James C. McReynolds, made Gregory a special assistant and asked him to spearhead an action against the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad for monopolizing transportation in New England. Using his experience from the Waters-Pierce case in Texas, Gregory negotiated a settlement. As a result of his work, the railroad gave up control of several rail lines, trolley lines, and coastal shipping interests.
Gregory was named attorney general of the United States by President Wilson in 1914. McReynolds, his predecessor (and former University of Virginia classmate), created the vacancy by accepting Wilson's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.
When World War I broke out in Europe, the first act of the Department of Justice was to create a war emergency division responsible for circumventing the work of agents of foreign governments, and preventing or suppressing violations of U.S. neutrality. When the United States entered the war, the roles and responsibilities of the Department of Justice and the FBI were expanded to deal with the enforcement of espionage, sedition, sabotage, and trading-with-the-enemy laws. The passage of selective service legislation further increased the department's reach. Reports from Gregory's tenure reveal that his officers arrested sixty-three hundred spies and conspirators; detained twenty-three hundred aliens in Army detention camps; filed 220,747 actions against men who failed to comply with draft laws; and uncovered the activities of a group securing government and supply contracts through illegal means.
Under Gregory, the Department of Justice also organized and oversaw the operations of a volunteer secret service called the American Protective League. In addition to his wartime responsibilities, Gregory continued to watch domestic issues. He initiated several antitrust suits, including actions against the International Harvester Company and anthracite coal operators. Gregory also secured reforms in the administration of federal prisons while in office.
Like his predecessor, Gregory was eventually offered a Supreme Court appointment by President Wilson; unlike his predecessor, he declined. In refusing the vacancy created by the resignation of Justice Charles E. Hughes in 1916, Gregory cited his failing hearing and his inability to tolerate the confining life dictated by the position. Gregory liked to speak his mind and thought he would be unable to temper the expression of his opinions.
On March 4, 1919, Gregory resigned from the cabinet at the request of President Wilson. During the war, Gregory had treated pacifists and other opponents of the war ruthlessly; his tough, no-compromise demeanor had been suited to the times. But, as the war drew to a close, Wilson and others wanted to replace him with an attorney general more suited to postwar needs abroad and peacetime needs at home.
In a gesture of respect and esteem, President Wilson invited Gregory to attend the postwar Paris Peace Conference as an adviser. In the spirit of reconciliation, Gregory urged Wilson to enlist the support of Republican business leaders in the peace efforts and to include them on the advisory team.
Upon his return from the peace conference, Gregory remained in Washington, D.C., and returned to the practice of law. But ill health and age forced a retirement after just a few years. He spent his last years in Houston, Texas, where he continued to advise local attorneys on antitrust matters and to lecture at the University of Texas.
Gregory died of pneumonia on February 26, 1933, in New York City, while on a trip to meet with president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.Thomas married Julia Nalle on 22 Feb 1893.
439. Martha Elizabeth Gregory 1, 2 (Elizabeth (Betsey) Pegram , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 3 on 2 Feb 1817 in Cedar Green, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died on 27 Oct 1845.
Martha married 3 William Washington Humphries 1, 2 son of John Humphries and Mary Smith on 13 Oct 1836 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. William was born 4 on 20 Jun 1806 in Union District, South Carolina. He died on 23 Jul 1877.
They had the following children:
1768 F i Martha Columbia Humphries was born before 1839 in Columbus, Lowndes Co., Mississippi. She died on 11 Nov 1875. 1769 M ii William Washington Humphries was born on 20 Jun 1841. He died on 6 Feb 1904. 1770 M iii Henry Jefferson Humphries was born about 1844 in Columbus, Lowndes Co., Mississippi. He died about 1879. 1771 F iv Elizabeth Pegram Humphries was born about 1846.
440. Dr. Edward Herbert Gregory 1, 2, 3 (Elizabeth (Betsey) Pegram , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 4, 5 on 31 May 1824 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. He died on 2 May 1885.
In 1860, he and his wife are found living with her father, Richard Sykes in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. His occupation is listed as "Physician".
Edward married Virginia Sykes 1 daughter of Richard Sykes and Martha A. on 6 Mar 1848. Virginia was born about 1830 in Virginia.
In 1850, Edward and Virginia are found living in the home of her parents in Lowndes Co., Mississippi.
They had the following children:
1772 F i Martha Pegram Sykes Gregory was born on 12 Feb 1849. She died on 5 May 1935. 1773 F ii Indiana Taylor Gregory 1 was born on 12 Apr 1850 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. She died on 12 Jul 1851 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. She was buried in Friendship Cemetery, Lowndes Co., Alabama. 1774 F iii Virginia Sykes Gregory was born on 20 Oct 1851 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. She died on 12 Sep 1852 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. She was buried in Friendship Cemetery, Lowndes Co., Alabama. 1775 M iv Edward Emmet Gregory was born on 18 May 1854 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. He died on 16 Mar 1856 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. He was buried in Friendship Cemetery, Lowndes Co., Alabama. 1776 F v Irene Gregory was born 1 in 1855 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi.
In 1880 she is shown as a widow, living with her sister, Martha Donnell.Irene married John Gilmer. John died before 1880. 1777 F vi Lillie D. Gregory was born 1 in 1859 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. She died on 9 Jan 1938 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi.
In 1880 she is found living with her sister, Martha Donnell.1778 M vii Turner Sykes Gregory.
He was living with his father in Limestone Co., Alabama at the time of settlement of the estate of his grandfather, Richard Sykes.
442. Virginia Rebecca Gregory 1, 2, 3, 4 (Elizabeth (Betsey) Pegram , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 3 Apr 1820 in Virginia. She died in Jul 1878.
In 1850 Virginia and her children are living with her sister, Indiana, and brother-in-law, Henry Taylor.
Virginia married Edwin T. Moore 1 son of Joseph Ivy Moore and Unknown. Edwin was born before 1815. He died before 1850.
They had the following children:
1779 M i Joseph H. Moore was born 1 about 1841 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. 1780 M ii Edward P. Moore was born 1 about 1843 in Lowndes Co., Mississippi.
457. John George Pegram Coleman 1 (Martha (Patsy) Pegram , John , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 2 on 3 Feb 1811 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died 3 on 11 Jul 1871. He was buried in Episcopal Cemetery, Uniontown, Perry, Alabama. John was buried 4 in COTHCECC, Perry Co., Alabama.
The 1850 Census of Marengo Co., Alabama, Page 10, Hse. 130 shows:
J.G.P. Coleman, age 38, b. Va.; Mary P. 34, b. Va.; Virginia, age 16, b. Va.; John F., age 14, b. Va.; Alonzo age 11, b. Ala.; and Mary M., age 10.
The 1880 Census of shows Mary P. Coleman as J. G. (probably intended to read Mrs. J. G.). Living with her are her daughter, Mary and Virginia and Virginia's daughter, Ella Key.
John married Mary P. Gregg in 1831 in Virginia. Mary was born 1, 2 in May 1815 in probably Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died in 1903. She was buried 3 in Episcopal Cemetery, Uniontown, Perry, Alabama.
In 1900, she is found living with her daughter, Ida Nixon. She shows she has had 5 children with only 1 living, i.e. Ida Nixon.
They had the following children:
1781 F i Virginia Coleman was born on 19 Oct 1832. She died on 6 Jan 1900. 1782 M ii John Franklin Coleman 1 was born in 1834 in probably Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died before 1900.
He is not with the family in 1870.1783 M iii Alonzo G. Coleman was born 1, 2, 3 on 6 Jan 1837 in Marengo Co., Alabama. He died before 1900. Alonzo married 1 Louise C. Nixon daughter of J. D. Nixon and P. T. on 18 Oct 1875 in Montgomery, Alabama. Louise was born 2 in 1858 in Alabama. 1784 F iv Mary M. Coleman was born 1, 2 in 1839 in Marengo Co., Alabama. She died before 1900. 1785 F v Ida Coleman was born in Jul 1851.
458. Edward Oscar Esau Pegram 1 (John , John , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 2, 3 on 17 Sep 1830 in "Woodlawn", Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died on 21 May 1889. He was buried in Smith Grove Chr., Grove Hill Cemetery, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.
The 1880 soundex of Virginia shows Oscar age 49 in Dinwiddie Co. with his wife, Octavia, age 36; Laura, age 14; Eddie, age 10; Johnnie age 8; Annie age 5 and Charlie age 7 mo.
Edward married 2 Octavia Boisseau 1 daughter of Dr. William E. Boisseau and Julia Grigg on 7 Jun 1859. Octavia was born 3, 4 on 25 May 1838 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.
They had the following children:
1786 F i Martha Benton Pegram was born on 27 May 1861 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died on 5 Aug 1863. 1787 F ii Laura Julietta Pegram 1 was born on 22 Jun 1863 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died on 5 Jun 1864. 1788 F iii Laura Wiletta Pegram was born 1, 2 on 24 Dec 1864 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died on 7 Apr 1910. She was buried 3 in Smith Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.
Her tombstone inscription reads:
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is stilled
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled1789 F iv Rosa Pegram was born 1 on 14 Sep 1867 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died on 3 Sep 1873. 1790 M v Edward Pegram was born on 29 Sep 1869. 1791 M vi John William Pegram was born on 23 Oct 1871. He died on 9 Dec 1924. 1792 F vii Blanche Pegram was born on 29 Oct 1874 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died on 9 Nov 1874. 1793 F viii Julia Thweatt Pegram was born on 4 Dec 1875 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died on 20 Jul 1876. 1794 F ix Annie Yager Pegram 1 was born 2, 3 on 27 Jun 1877 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died on 25 Apr 1925. 1795 M x Charles Oscar Pegram 1 was born 2, 3, 4 on 29 Oct 1879 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died 5 in Jul 1969. Charles married Emma Rowe Bland on 27 Jan 1936. 1796 M xi Arthur Meade Pegram 1 was born 2, 3 on 5 Oct 1884 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He was buried in Grove Hill Church, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.
In 1910 he was found living with his brother, Charles Pegram.
459. Rebecca Woodward 1 (William F. Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 4 Oct 1791 in Virginia. She died on 5 Mar 1855 in Barbour Co., Alabama.
Rebecca married Zachariah Davis. Zachariah was born 1 in 1788 in North Carolina.
They had the following children:
1797 F i Elizabeth Davis was born in 1826. 1798 F ii Mary Ann Davis 1 was born in 1829 in Tennessee.
460. Gorman (Jarman) Woodward 1 (William F. Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 25 Mar 1794 in Virginia. He died on 14 Mar 1860 in Tennessee.
Gorman married Margaret Coulton\Coulter before 1833. Margaret was born 1 on 11 Jan 1804 in South Carolina. She died in Aug 1857 in Barbour Co., Alabama.
They had the following children:
1799 M i William Woodward was born on 13 Dec 1833. He died on 30 Sep 1866. 1800 M ii John Woodward was born 1 in 1844. 1801 M iii Gorman (German, Jarman, Jordan, Jermin) Woodward was born 1 in 1847 in Tennessee. He died in 1927. Gorman married Julia Freeman.
461. George M. Woodward 1 (William F. Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 26 Aug 1796 in Prince George Co., Virginia. He died on 12 Dec 1868 in Liberty Valley, Marshall Co., Tennessee. He was buried on 14 Dec 1868 in Woodward Cemetry No.2, Marshall Co., Tennessee.
George married Margaret Porter 1 daughter of John Porter and Margaret "Peggy" Culton on 29 Jul 1824 in Liberty Valley, Marshall Co., Tennessee. Margaret was born 2, 3 on 11 Apr 1808 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee. She died on 30 Jun 1888 in Liberty Valley, Marshall Co., Tennessee. She was buried in Woodward Cemetry No.2, Marshall Co., Tennessee.
In 1880 she was living with her daughter, Sarah Foster, and her family in Marshall Co., Tennesse only 2 houses from her son, Edward White Woodward.
They had the following children:
1802 M i William F. Woodward 1 was born 2 on 23 Jul 1825 in Liberty Valley, Marshall Co., Tennessee. He died on 18 Oct 1899 in Texas. William married Susan A. Halsell (Hartwell) on 5 Oct 1875 in Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas. Susan was born about 1829 in Liberty Valley, Marshall Co., Tennessee. 1803 M ii James Port Woodward was born on 26 Sep 1827. He died on 6 Aug 1871. 1804 M iii John D. Woodward was born on 23 Oct 1829. He died in 1908. 1805 F iv Mary Jane Woodward was born on 2 Sep 1832. She died on 6 Feb 1908. 1806 F v Nancy Margaret A. Woodward was born on 3 Dec 1835. She died on 25 Sep 1866. 1807 M vi Edward White Woodward was born on 31 Jul 1837. He died on 15 Mar 1925. 1808 F vii Margaret Emmaline Woodward was born on 15 Jun 1839. She died on 9 Jun 1920. 1809 F viii Martha C. Woodward was born on 6 Dec 1841. She died on 23 May 1910. 1810 F ix Louisa A. Woodward 1 was born 2 on 19 Dec 1844 in Liberty Valley, Marshall Co., Tennessee. She died on 13 Jan 1932. Louisa married James A. Mosely on 13 Sep 1868 in Barbour Co., Alabama. James was born in Liberty Valley, Marshall Co., Tennessee. 1811 F x Sarah Elizabeth Woodward was born on 6 Jun 1847. She died on 16 Sep 1919. 1812 F xi Frances Victoria Woodward was born on 27 Jan 1852. She died on 25 Feb 1883.
462. Lucy Woodward (William F. Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1, 2 in 1797 in Virginia.
Lucy is shown as head of household on the 1850 census of Marshall Co., Tennessee.
Lucy married Richard Sandifer. Richard was born 1 in 1807 in Virginia. He died in 1841 in Marshall Co., Tennessee.
In 1839, Richard Sandifer and John Woodward were surities in guardianship proceeding for Medaris children in Marshall Co., Tennessee.
The Will of Richard Sandifer was recorded in Marshall County Will Book A, Page 61 and reads as follows:
State of Tennessee Marshall County. I Richard Sandifer do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me at anytime made. First I drect that my funeral expences and all my debts be paid as soon after my death as possible out of any moneys that I may die possessed of or that may first come into the hands of my Executors. And if there should not be a sufficiency of money left on hand for the payment of said expences and debts I direct that such surplus property as my wife Lucy Sandifer may think property to spear from the use of the family be sold in order to raise money for said purpose, Secondly I give and bequeath to my loving wife Lucy Sandifer all the rest of my property both real and personal of every caracter and description that now rightfully belongs to me all of which is to be for her support and benefit and under her management and control for said purpose and for the raising tuition of my loving little children during the natural liffe or widowhood of my sd wife Lucy, After the death of my said wife or on her inter marriage with any other man I direct that all my said property both real and personal with all its increase be eaqually divided between my three children Lucy Ann E., Parker C. and Virginia A. Sandifer. And I direct that Lucy Ann E. shall have in her portion in sd. Division my negro girl Miriah at a fair valuation at said time. My other negro girl Emily being of a turbulent disposition I hereby provide that if she should become ungovernable my said wife Shall have power to sell her and put the money to intrest for the benefit of her and my children or purchase a negro boy with the same which negro shall occupy the same place in this will as Emily. and Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my wife Lucy Sandifer and John McAdams my Executors. In witness whereof I do to this my will set my hand and seal this twenty second day of November AD. 1841
Richard Sandifer (Seal) Witness David Yancey, Jerman Woodard, Stephen Porter
State of Tennessee
Marshall County. County Court Jany 1842Personally appeared in open court Stephen Porter and Jerman Woodward subscribing withness to the foregoing will who being first sworn here in open court proved the due Execution of said will as the law directs. It is therefore ordered by the court that said will be entered of record Witness my hand at office this 3rd Jany, 1842 M.W. Oakley Clerk
They had the following children:
1813 F i Lucy Ann E. Sandifer was born in 1830. 1814 M ii Parker C Sandifer was born 1, 2 in 1838 in Marshall Co., Tennessee. 1815 F iii Virginia A Sandifer was born 1 in 1841 in Tennessee.
463. John S. Woodward (William F. Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 3 Sep 1801 in Virginia. He died on 7 Jul 1881 in Barbour Co., Alabama.
John married Mary Elizabeth Mayes about 1831 in Tennessee. Mary was born in 1815 in Tennessee.
They had the following children:
1816 M i Benjamin Franklin Woodward was born 1 in 1832 in Tennessee. Benjamin married Jane Curtis. 1817 F ii Nancy Woodward was born 1 in 1842 in Tennessee. Nancy married James Davis. 1818 M iii James Woodward was born 1 in 1845 in Tennessee. 1819 M iv William Richard Woodward was born on 1 Sep 1848. He died on 19 Jan 1923. 1820 M v John A Woodward. John married Martha Margaret Mayes.
464. Susan Elizabeth Woodward 1, 2 (William F. Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 3, 4 in 1804 in Virginia. She died on 24 May 1846 in Petersburg, Lincoln Co., Tennessee. Susan was born 5 in 1810 in Virginia.
She was unmarried at the time her father made his will. In 1860 she was found living with her sister, Luch Woodward Sandifer.
Susan married Green (Buck) Rives 1, 2, 3, 4 son of Unknown Son Rives and Unknown. Green was born 5 on 14 Sep 1776 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died on 29 Jul 1859 in Lincoln Co., Tennessee.
This Green Rives is known to have been born in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia, in 1776 and to have resided there until 1826. In the Dinwiddie tax lists to which one turns for evidence of his father there is found during the years 1782 (the earliest year from which the tax lists date) to 1800 only the names of William Rives and Robert Rives son of William Rives. Thomas Henry Rives had already removed in 1782 to Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. Both Green Rives' first and second wife were daughters of Henry Hardaway, first cousin of Martha Peterson (Hardaway) Rives, wife of Robert Rives, presumptive uncle of Green Rives. Further, Green Rives followed Benjamin Rives, son of Robert Rives, to Lincoln Co., Tennessee, and the descendants of both Benjamin Rives and his sister, Clara (Rives) Gill, who also settled in Lincoln Co., claimed a closer relationship with Green Rives than would have existed if based only on the Hardaway connection.
Captain Green Rives was born in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia, and died July 29, 1859, in Lincoln Co., Tennessee. He appears in the Federal census for 1810 from Dinwiddie as the head of a family and the possessor of eight slaves. As early as 1804 he is recorded in the Dinwiddie tax lists--his name being conjoined with that of Henry Hardaway, his father-in-law - as the owner of four slaves, a number which had increased to eleven in 1826. In 1812 he is shown as the proprietor of 455 acres of land lying on Birches Road in Dinwiddie on which he paid taxes of $3.08. In 1820 he received 45 acres on the Turkey Egg Road from Thomas Rives, "atty. for Kunninghams," and on January 5, 1826, he deeded 168 acres owned by him in Sussex county to David Rowland.
Green Rives served as a captain in the local Dinwiddie county militia in 1810 and 1811; for, in the Dinwiddie tax lists for those years, he appears listed as "Capt. Green Rives." His home was on what is now known as the "Locust Grove Farm," near McKinney, Virginia, his neighbors being the Wells, Gills, Scotts, and the Rogers, some of whom became his neighbors later in Tennessee. The old home where Capt. Green Rives resided is gone, only the foundation stones and chimney remaining to mark the spot. One of his schoolmates was Winfield Scott and when, years afterwards in 1852, General Scott was a candidate for president, Green Rives, who was a zealous Whig, took an active part in the electioneering campaign in his locality and celebrated in great style when news was brought that Scott had carried Tennessee.
At the beginning of the 19th century there was a considerable movement of population from eastern Virginia to Tennessee, a movement particularly marked amongst Dinwiddie county families. Abram and Aaron Wells, brothers of Balaam Wells, of Dinwiddie, the Gills and the Rogers who had intermarried with the family of Green Rives' uncle, Robert Rives, and the family of Anthony Rives and his nephews (who had settled in Dinwiddie from Sussex) were amongst those who removed to Tennessee. Green Rives, presumably accompanied by some of these neighbors, moved "with a large wagon train and an overseer named Jolley" about the year 1828.
In October, 1906, there was published in the Fayetteville (Tenn.) Observer in a series of sketches entitled Pioneers of Lincoln Co., an account of Green Rives and his family by the Hon. John M. Bright, who represented Tennessee several terms in Congress, from which account the following is taken:
"Green Rives, born September 14, 1776, came from Petersburg, Va., in 1828, settled near Petersburg, Tenn., on the Griffith Leonard farm. He afterwards acquired a large farm of his own and lived on it many years, pursuing the honorable avocation of the farmer. From circumstances I infer that he belonged to a family of high descent and of the primitive Cavalier stock, who settled in Virginia at an early day. He was related to the distinguished statesman, Wm. C. Rives, and the popular authoress, Amelia [Amelie] Rives, of Virginia. His life was without striking vicissitudes or the display of great actions. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, strong attachments and devoted friendships. He perhaps was at one time an innocent victim of financial misfortune. The flush times and wild speculations and uncalculating ventures between 1836 and 1840, induced many incompetent young men to quit the fields and to embark in mercantile pursuits. Mr. Rives became the surety for one of his sons [John] and Norfleet Hays, who went into business under the firm name of Rives & Hays. At last the financial storm swept over the land and left a scene of desolation in its wake. A grim vision of bankruptcy struck Rives & Hays in the face, and sureties and endorsers saw a fearful reckoning with them. In 1842 (I think it was) I filed the petition in bankruptcy of Rives & Hays in the Federal Court at Nashville and had them discharged. But they left a large incumbency of debt which came on the shoulders of the elder Rives. Col. James Fulton received the security claimed against the old gentleman for collection, obtained judgments and had executions issued and levied on his property. He and Col. Fulton were mutual friends. Col. Fulton was the soul of generosity to a friend in need. On the day of sale he was present and bid in all the property and turned it over to the old man to keep and use and pay for it when he was able, except one old servant, Berry. It is my understanding that the old gentleman Rives recovered from the wreck of his fortune and accumulated enough for a comfortable support."
Green Rives is buried in a private graveyard on land later owned by Warren Gill, of Petersburg, Tennessee, alongside his third wife.
The 1850 Census of Marshall Co., Tennessee shows: Green Rives, age 74; William Rives, age 22; James M. Rives, age 18; Benj. W., age 14; Robert C.; age 12 and Susan E., age 10.
They had the following children:
1821 M i Littleberry William Rives is printed as #699. 1822 M ii James Monroe Rives is printed as #700. 1823 M iii Benjamin Watkins Leigh Rives is printed as #701. 1824 M iv Robert Clay Rives is printed as #702. 1825 F v Susan Elizabeth Woodward (Sue) Rives is printed as #703.
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