It’s Family Time~The John C. Rivers family

John C. Rivers was born in 1848 in Chesterfield, South Carolina , a son of Luke Rivers and Mary Selina Johns. While still a young boy, his parents moved to Jones County, Mississippi. Long before the move, several of his Rivers Aunts and Uncles had already migrated to the state.

It was here that John C. Rivers grew up with the young lady who became his bride. John C. Rivers married Elizabeth Holifield sometime around 1870. I was unable to find a Marriage licensee without on-site research.

Elizabeth Holifield,  daughter of John C. Holifield and Mary A. Brown, was born about 1850 in Jones County,
Mississippi.

John C. Rivers and Elizabeth Holifield had the following children:
    i.    Jesse Rivers, born 8 May 1872, Jones County, Mississippi; married Rosa Eason; died 7 Feb 1933.
   ii.    Mary Elizabeth Rivers, born abt 1874, Jones County, Mississippi; married Thomas Pinkey Moss, 7 Jul 1895; died 1937.
  iii.    Phebe Jane Rivers, born 20 Dec 1875, Jones County, Mississippi ; married Joseph Cornelius Bullock, 1 Jan 1896, Jones County, Mississippi; died 30 Mar 1936.
   iv.    Luke Hilliard Rivers, born 2 Aug 1879, Jones County, Mississippi; married Mary Rebecca McNeil, abt 1911; died 3 Jun 1956, Whistler, Mobile, Alabama.
  v.    George Washington Rivers, born 22 Jun 1886; married Margaret Lyon, 1908; died 22 Nov 1924, Jones County, Mississippi.
   vi.    Lula Vermel Rivers, born 4 Dec 1888; married John Lemuel Barnett, 1907; died 22 Jan 1958.
   vii.    Bertie Elizabeth Rivers, born abt 1892; married John Houston Ivey, 28 Aug 1907.

Elizabeth Holifield Rivers died on 13 Jan 1895 at the age of 45. I have been unable to locate a tombstone showing her place of burial.


After Elizabeth death, John C. Rivers married Amanda J. Hill on  21 May 1895 in Jones County, Mississippi. Amanda J. Hill was born about 1860 in Jones County, Mississippi.


John C. Rivers is my 1st Cousin 5 times removed.

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     1. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 168A, Line 6, Family #1065, Dwelling #1065, Household of Luke Rivers; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2000); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
     2. 1860 U. S. Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi, Page 705, Line 7, Dwelling #303, Family #303, Household of Luke RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2000); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653 Roll 584.
     3. Harlan H.  "Dan" Daniel, Two Hundred and One Years:: Memories and History of John Holifield Family (Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi: Daniel, H. H., 1972).