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Richard Armistead Rivers 1872 – 1942 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Oct 1872

Birth Location: Melrose Plantation, Washington Co., Brenham, TX

Death Date: 29 Jan 1942

Death Location: Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Father: Robert Rivers

Mother: Sarah Wilson

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Richard Armistead Rivers was born in 1872 in Melrose Plantation, Washington Co., Brenham, TX, the child of Robert "Blount" Rivers and Sarah Sallie Wilson. Richard Armistead Rivers passed away in 1942 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.

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Biography

  • Richard Armistead Rivers was born in 1872 in Melrose Plantation, Washington Co., Brenham, TX, the child of Robert "Blount" Rivers and Sarah Sallie Wilson.
  • Richard Armistead Rivers passed away in 1942 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.

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Richard Rivers's Ancestors

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Richard Rivers
1872 – 1942
Birth Place: Melrose Plantation, Washington Co., Brenham, TX
Parents
Robert "Blount" Rivers
1840 – 1922
Suggsville, Clarke, Alabama
Sarah (Sallie) Wilson
1852 – 1908
Independence, TX
Grandparents
Thomas (Burton) Rivers
1810 – 1890
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Lydia (Grimes) Carney
1813 – 1872
Suggsville, Clarke County, Alabama
Great-Grandparents
Richard Rivers
1786 – 1868
Lucy Gibbs
1793 – 1836
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joel Rivers
1755 – 1829
Rhoda Harwell
1755 – 1810

Richard Rivers's Timeline

2 Records

1872
16 Oct 1872
Birth of Richard Armistead Rivers in Melrose Plantation, Washington Co., Brenham, TX
Melrose Plantation, Washington Co., Brenham, TX
1942
29 Jan 1942
Age 70
Death of Richard Armistead Rivers in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Oct 1872
    Event Place: Melrose Plantation, Washington Co., Brenham, TX

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Jan 1942
    Event Place: Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

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