William Moses Rivers was born on 14 Feb 1858 in Jefferson County, Alabama. His parents were Frederick W. Rivers and Synthia Matilda Knight. William Moses was the 7th of 12 children borne to Frederick and Synthia Matilda.
Frederick and Synthia Matilda moved their family to Alabama about 1855. Frederick was a Landowner in Partridge Crossroads, 2 miles north of Warrior, Jefferson County, Alabama, in 1858.
Their first 5 children were born in Chesterfield County, South Carolina and the last 7 children were born in Alabama.
Frederick W. Rivers was a landowner and farmer.
William Moses Rivers married Matilda J. Banks on 4 Jan 1880 in Walker County, Alabama. Matilda J. Banks was born on 11 Oct 1862 in Alabama, a daughter of William Monroe banks and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Drummond.
William Moses Rivers and Matilda J. Banks had the following children:
i. Mary Ann Rivers, born 20 Jan 1881, Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama; married Elijah L. Johnson, 24 May 1896; died 5 Oct 1957, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama.
ii. Dempsey Franklin "Demps" Rivers, born abt 1883, Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama; married Emma Jean Capps, 26 Nov 1899; died 1951.
iii. Matilda Elizabeth Rivers, born Apr 1883, Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama; married Robert Leroy Minor, abt 1903; died 3 Oct 1950, Walker County, Alabama.
iv. McKinley Dempsey Rivers, born 11 Jan 1887, Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama; married Bannie M. ; died 23 Apr 1969, Walker County, Alabama.
v. Margaret Ellen Rivers, born Jun 1892, Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama; married Floyd Joshua Grace; died 6 Apr 1946, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama.
vi. William Fred Rivers, born 13 Jun 1893, Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama; married Ila Lilly, 25 Nov 1914, Argo, Jefferson, Alabama; died 25 Apr 1930, Jefferson County, Alabama.
vii. Lutildie Rivers was born in Jan 1897 in Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama. She died before 1910 at the age of 13.
viii. Freeman McKinley Rivers was born on 11 Sep 1898 in Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Cordova, Walker, Alabama. He died on 30 Jun 1923 at the age of 24 in Jasper, Walker, Alabama. He served in the military.
ix. Thomas M. "Tommie" Rivers was born about 1904 in Warrior, Jefferson, Alabama.
William Moses Rivers died on 16 Oct 1936 at the age of 78 in Walker County, Alabama. William was buried on 17 Oct 1936 at Union Chapel Cemetery in Jasper, Walker, Alabama.
W. M. Rivers Dies At Home of Son
W. M. Rivers, 73, passed away at the home of his son, Tom Rivers, of Cordova, on Friday night, Oct. 16. Funeral was held at Union Chapel church Saturday, October 17, at 1 p. m., Rev. J. N. Black officiating, and interment was in the adjoining cemetery, Brown Service directing. Surviving are two sons, Dempsey Rivers and Tom Rivers; three daughters, Mrs. Annie Johnson, of Birmingham, Mrs. M. Minor, of Cordova and Mrs. Margaret Graves of Jasper.
Matilda J. Banks died on 23 Nov 1925 at the age of 63 in Walker County, Alabama.
William Moses Rivers is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.
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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 5 August 2011); Memorial page for William Moses Rivers; (14 February 1858–22 October 1936); Find a Grave memorial # 33660276, Citing Union Chapel Cemetery; Union Chapel, Walker County, Alabama, USA.
2. 1860 U. S. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, population schedule, Blackburns, Jefferson County, Alabama, Page: 676, Line 5-15, Household 232/217, Household of Frederic W. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 23 July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_12.
3. 1870 U. S. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, population schedule, Township 14 Range 3, Jefferson County, Alabama, Page: 288A, Line 17-28, Dwelling/Family 246/254, Household of Frederic W. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: viewed 23 July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M593_21.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Walker County, Alabama, population schedule, Beat 14, Walker County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) #281, Page 67C; Line 26, Dwelling 15, Family 24, Household of William RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: viewed 5 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_ Roll 0034.
5. 1900 U. S. Census, Walker County, Alabama, population schedule, Bartonville, Walker County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) #137, Page 42A; Line 41, Dwelling 84, Family 88, Household of William M. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: viewed 5 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_43.
6. 1910 U. S. Census, Walker County, Alabama, population schedule, Bartonville, Walker County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) #0195, Page 75B; Line 88, Dwelling 36, Family 38, Household of William M. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: viewed 5 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_35.
7. 1920 U. S. Census, Walker County, Alabama, population schedule, Bartonville, Walker County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) #113, Page 104B; Line 72, Dwelling 79, Family 80, Household of William M. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: viewed 5 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_44.
8. 1930 U. S. Census, Walker County, Alabama, population schedule, Precinct 12, Walker County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) #18, Page 169A, Line 33, Dwelling 571, Family 637, Household of R. L. MINOR; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: viewed 5 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_52.
9. Alabama, death no. 25107 (October 1936), William M. Rivers; Montgomery, Alabama, USA, State of Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Record Services Division.
10. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, William Moses Rivers (14 February 1858–22 October 1936), Memorial # 33660276.
11. "W. M. Rivers Dies at Home of Son," death notice, Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Alabama, 22 October 1936, Page 1, Column 7; Digital on-line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/: online February 2025); https://www.newspapers.com.
12. "Alabama, Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: on-line February 2025), Marriage: T. J. Banks & W. M. Rivers, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60000/records/2118032.
13. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Tilda J. Rivers (11 October 1862–23 November 1925), Memorial # 33660276.
