Tombstone Tuesday~Lewis Charlie Rivers

Lewis Charlie Rivers

b. 12 Feb. 1860

d. 30 Oct. 1927

bu. Elizabeth Baptist Church Cemetery

Photo Courtesy of Sharon F. Corey

There’s conflicting information on the death date of Lewis C. Rivers. South Carolina Death Certificate #19982 shows that Lewis died on 27 November 1927 and was buried on 28 November 1927 at Elizabeth Church.¹



This death certificate is in error. Lewis died on 30 October 1927. Obituaries published in “The State” newspaper on 2 November 1927 and “The Chesterfield Advertiser” on 3 November 1927 states that he died on the previous Sunday and was buried on Monday.^{2 3} 
 
“L. C. Rivers, 67, only brother of J. Clifton Rivers, state warehouse commissioner, died Sunday at his home near Ruby, and was buried Monday in the family cemetery near his home.” [The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 3 November 1927, page 1, col. 5.]





Lewis was survived by his widow, Mary Emily Sellers Rivers and seven children, three daughters and fours sons. One daughter and one son predeceased their father. 



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[1] Lewis C Rivers, death certificate 019982 (27 November 1927 [Should read 27 October 1927]), Vital Records, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.
[2] L. C. Rivers obituary, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, 3 November 1927, page 1, col. 5.
[3] L. C. Rivers obituary, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 3 November 1927, page 1, col. 5.
[4] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com : Accessed on 15 March 2014); Headstone for Lewis Charlie Rivers; (12 February 1860–30 October 1927); Records of the Elizabeth Baptist Church Cemetery; Mount Croghan, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
[5] Calendar-http://luirig.altervista.org/calendar/index.php?year=1927