Surname Saturday~Rivers-Smith

Columbus Lafayette "Buck" Rivers Sr. was born on 1 Apr 1874 in Marlboro County, South Carolina.^{1 2} He died on 18 Feb 1911 at the age of 36 in Marlboro County, South Carolina.^3–4 Lafayette was buried in the McCall Cemetery,  Marlboro County, South Carolina.⁵

Columbus Lafayette "Buck" Rivers, Sr. and Atlanta Nell "Addie" Smith were married on 26 Dec 1902 in Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina.⁶

Atlanta Nell "Addie" Smith, daughter of William Angus Smith and Julia LNU,  was born on 1 Sep 1886 in Marlboro County, South Carolina.^{7 8 9 10} She died on 25 Apr 1930 at the age of 43 in Marlboro County, South Carolina.¹¹ She was buried on 27 Apr 1930 at McCall Cemetery in Marlboro County, South Carolina.^12–13 14

Columbus Lafayette Rivers and Atlanta Nell Smith had the following children:

 i. Rachel Rivers, born abt 1908, Marlboro County, South Carolina; married Marvin Townsend, abt 1925.
 ii. Columbus Lafayette Rivers Jr., born abt 1911, Marlboro County, South Carolina; married Christine Charlotte Reeves.

Columbus Lafayette Rivers was shot and killed by his brother-in-law, William Gary Smith. After Lafayette died, his wife, who is also the sister of William Gary Smith married  Alton John Weatherly. Atlanta Nell “Addie” Smith and Alton John Weatherly had three children from this union.






 
 
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1. Mark Rivers and Caroline Dean Rivers Family Bible Holy Bible, (New York, New York: n.p., n.d.); Obtained from Betty Lee Hefty, 8 Zeroxed page from Original Bible. BIRTH - 1 April 18748 February 1911, Columbia Lafayette "Buck" Rivers Sr..
2. 1880 U S Census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, population schedule, Adamsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #104, Page: 359A; Line 39, Dwelling 6, Family 6, Household of Mark Rivers; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 22 July 2011); citing National Archive Microfilm T9, Roll 1235.
3. Mark Rivers and Carolinae Dean Rivers Family Bible, DEATH - 18 February 1911, Columbia Lafayette "Buck" Rivers Sr.>.
4. Leon Madison Rivers, "Leon M. Rivers Genealogical Collection," genealogical data, 1920's, Box 3, Folder 75, reviewed 14 June 2005, Leon M. Rivers Genealogical Collection; South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, South Carolina.
5. Elizabeth C. Drake, Marlboro County Cemetery Survey; Marlboro County Historical Society, 1984, page 201. Tombstone of C. L. RIVERS; 1 April 1874–18 February 1911, McCall Cemetery, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
6. Mark Rivers & Caroline Dean Rivers Family Bible Holy BIble, (New York, New York: n.p., n.d.); Obtained from Betty Lee Hefty, 8 Zeroxed page from Original Bible. MARRIAGE, Atlanta Nell Smith & Columbia Lafayette Rivers.
7. 1900 U. S. Census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, population schedule, Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #99, Page 277, Line 1, Dwelling 1, Family 1, Household of William SMITH; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 22 July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm  T623_1536.
8. Ibid.
9. 1920 U. S. Census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, population schedule, Red Hill, Marlboro County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #130, Page 257B; Line 71, Dwelling 313, Family 315, Household of Alton J. WEATHERLY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 23 September 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T625, Roll: 1703.
10. 1930 U. S. Census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, population schedule, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #16, Page 52B; Line 63, Dwelling 103, Family 109, Household of Alton WEATHERLY; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 23 September 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_2205.
11. Atlanta S Weatherly, death certificate #006485 (25 April 1930), Vital Records, Department of Health, Austin, Travis County, Texas.
12. Ibid.
13. Elizabeth C. Drake, Marlboro County Cemetery Survey, Marlboro County Historical Society, 1984. Tombstone of Addie Smith Weatherly.
14. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com : Accessed on 23 September 2011); Headstone for Atlanta "Addie" Smith Weatherly; (1 September 1887–25 April 1930); Records of the McCall Cemetery; Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA.