The Frederick and Jennie Rivers Family

Mary Eugenia “Jennie” (Bennett) Rivers died in Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia. She was borne April 1869 in Anson County, NC. She was the youngest of six children borne to Lemuel B. Bennett and Mary Elizabeth Carpenter. 

Mary Eugenia “Jennie” (Bennett) married Frederick Franklin Rivers on 18 December1894 in Ansonville, Anson, North Carolina. Fredericf F. Rivers was borne 24 April 1866, a son of Calvin Rivers and Louise "Lou" Gatewood.  

Frederick was a very successful farmer and stated on the 1940 Census that his highest Grade of education was completed College, 4th year.

Frederick and Jennie had the following children: 

i. Mary Louise Rivers, born 8 Jul 1898, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Roy Thomas Baisden, 21 Jul 1918; died 5 Jun 1983, Saluda County, South Carolina.

ii. Calvin Bennett Rivers Sr., born 21 Nov 1899, Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia; married Lela Hall, 21 Dec 1924; died 15 Jan 1968, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

iii. Capt. Frederick Edward Rivers, born 10 Jul 1902, Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia; married Julia Musselwhite, 24 Dec 1928, Florida; died 24 Nov 1961.

iv. James Thomas "Tom" Rivers, born 18 Nov 1905, Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia; married Jewel Virginia Fleming, 1946; died 26 Jan 1975, Jefferson County, Georgia.

There was at least one other child that died young. The 1900 Census stated that Jennie had 3 children with only 2 living. 

Frederick F. Rivers died 4 November 1940 in Louisville, Georgia.

Jennie (Bennett) Rivers died 8 March 1948 in Jefferson County, Georgia. 

Obituary: 

Mrs. Jennie Rivers Dies at Louisville 

LOUISVILLE, March 8 - Mrs. Jennie B. Rivers, 78, died Monday at the home of her son, Ed Rivers, after a lengthy illness. She is the wife of the late F. F. Rivers, of Louisville. Funeral services were Incomplete pending the arrival of out-of-town relatives. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. R. T. Baisden, of Saluda, N. C; three sons, C. B. Rivers, of Chesterfield, S. C, and Ed and Tom Rivers, of Louisville.

Frederick Franklin Rivers is my 2nd Cousin 4X Removed. 

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  3 March 2012); Memorial page for Frederick Franklin Rivers; (24 April 1866–October 1940); Find a Grave memorial # 73723442, Citing Louisville City Cemetery; Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, USA.

2. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 5, page 323, dwelling 230, family 230, Household of Calvin Rivers; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed July 2011); citing National Archive  Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.

3. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #19, Page: 64B; Line 93, Dwelling 125, Family 126, Household of Frederick F. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 6 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_Roll: 1523.

4. 1920  U. S. Census, Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, population schedule, Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, enumeration district (ED) #47, Page: 138, Line 64, Dwelling 165, Family 165, Household of  F. F. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 August 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625, Roll: 260.

5. State of Georgia, death no. 28075 (4 November 1940), F. F. Rivers; Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records,, Atlanta, Georgia.

6. "North Carolina, Marriages Record, 1741-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 3 March 2020), Marriage: F. F. RIVERS and Mary Bennett, Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1894.

7.  State of Georgia, death no. 6057 (8 March 1948), Mary E. Rivers; Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records,, Atlanta, Georgia..

8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  6 August 2011); Memorial page for Mary Eugenia Bennett Rivers; (1869–1948); Find a Grave memorial # 73723481, Citing Louisville City Cemetery; Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, USA.

9. "Mrs. Jennie Rivers Dies at Louisville," Obituary, Death Notice, The Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta, Georgia, 9 March 1948, Page 11, column 6; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/:online January 2024); https://www.newspapers.com/.