William James Rivers was born 6 October 1849 in Chesterfield South Carolina, a son of Mark Rivers and his wife Annie Parker. William James joined an older sister Mary Ann born two years earlier in May 1847.
In January 1864, William James, age 14, and his six sibling lost their Mother. Their Father, Mark Rivers was a soldier in Co. B 26th Regiment, SC Volunteers.
In early 1880’s Mark and his new wife Caroline moved from Chesterfield County across the Pee Dee Rivers to Marlboro County. It was there that William James Rivers met Sarah Ella Spears daughter of Harris N. Spears and Mary Ann Frazier.
On 20 Dec 1883 William James Rivers and Sarah Ella Spears were united in Holy Matrimony in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
William James Rivers and Sarah Ella Spears had the following children:
I. Willie Harris Rivers was born on 2 May 1890 in Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina. He died on 19 Apr 1913 at the age of 22 in Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina. Unmarried
ii. Porter Rivers, born 25 Aug 1895, Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina; married Ruth Helen Allen, 4 Apr 1923, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina; died 2 Nov 1973, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina.
iii. Edgar Spears Rivers, born 6 May 1899, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina; married Pearl Davis, 9 Oct 1931, Summerton, South Carolina; died 11 Sep 1993, Florence, Florence, South Carolina.
iv. Fred Mark Rivers was born on 17 Jun 1902 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina. He died on 16 Jun 1968 at the age of 65 in Wahiawa, Honolulu, Hawaii. FindAGrave Memorial# 94940116
v. Ruby Annie Rivers, born 7 Aug 1905, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina; married Johnny C. Johnson, 14 Feb 1931, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina; died 21 Feb 1988, Alcolu, Clarendon, South Carolina.
vi. Beulah Alice Rivers, born 31 May 1908, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina; married John Nathaniel Calhoun, 7 Sep 1941; died 1 Jun 2007, Sumter County, South Carolina.
vii. Essie Mabel Rivers was born on 16 Mar 1912 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina. She died on 8 Oct 2010 at the age of 98 in Sumter County, South Carolina. Find A Grave Memorial# 132225275
William James Rivers is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.
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SOURCES:
1. Mark Rivers & Caroline Dean Rivers Family Bible Holy Bible, (New York, New York: n.p., n.d.); Obtained from Betty Lee Hefty, 8 Xeroxed page from Original Bible. BIRTH - 6 Oct 1849, William James Rivers.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, page 179B, Line 25, Dwelling 1243, Family 1243, Household of Mark Rivers; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 22 June 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
3. 1900 U. S. Census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, population schedule, Red Hill, Marlboro County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #97, Page 252A, Line 01, Dwelling 161, Family 164, Household of William J. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 8 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1536.
4. 1910 U. S. Census, Sumter County, South Carolina, population schedule, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #0119, Page 136A, Line 13, Dwelling 5, Family 5, Household of William J. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 8 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_1465.
5. 1920 U. S. Census, Sumter County, South Carolina, population schedule, Providence, Sumter County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #139, Page 177B, Line 61, Dwelling 164, Family 165, Household of William J. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 8 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1712.
6. Mark Rivers & Caroline Dean Rivers Family Bible, DEATH - 5 Sept 1928, William James Rivers.
7. Elizabeth C. Drake, Marlboro County Cemetery Survey; Marlboro County Historical Society, 1984, page 133. Tombstone of William James Rivers; 6 October 1848–5 September 1928, Spears & Edens Graveyard, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
8. Elizabeth C. Drake, Marlboro County Cemetery Survey, Marlboro County Historical Society, 1984. Tombstone of Sarah Ella Spears Rivers.
9. Sallie S Rivers, death certificate 012063 (15 September 1949), Vital Records, Department of Health, Austin, Travis County, Texas.
10. Elizabeth C. Drake, Marlboro County Cemetery Survey, Marlboro County Historical Society, 1984. Tombstone of Sarah Ella Spears Rivers.
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