Absalom Sivley (1795 - 1864)

Born 1795 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Canterbury) Sivley — married 4 May 1813 in Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 1864 at about age 69 in Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

ABSALOM Sivley, older brother of Daniel Sivley, came to Hamilton County also. This Absalom Sivley was born in 1795. First he lived at Limestone and Madison counties in Alabama, and some of his children were born there. Absalom Sivley settled on 400 acres at King's Point on South Chickamauga Creek. He resided in a two-story log house that was "well-sealed and weatherboarded and included six rooms.

There were three slaves - a male and two females. Absalom Sivley and his wife, Rebecca Canterbury, had 12 children. Rebecca died in 1847, then he married Mary Johnson. After her death in 1858, he married Cynthia Childers, who lived until 1885.

The Absalom Sivley children were Peter, Elizabeth, William R. who married Obedience,Louisa who married John Anderson Black, Lawrence M. who married Mary Ann, Martha Jane who married Lewis J. Tyner, Daniel H., John D.who married Hilley J. and then M. Luman in Arkansas, Francis Marion, Ransom Henry who married Rebecca Elizabeth Carl, Parthena who married George C. Geren, and Richard who died in 1843 before his second birthday.^[1]

Vitals

Absolam Sivley
Birth 1795 Virginia, USA
Death 1864 Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Burial Sivley Cemetery Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Memorial ID 49045150

Absolam Sivley was the son of Peter Sivley and Ruth (Canterbury) Sivley.

Absolam Sivley married Rebecca Canterbury on 04 MAY 1813 in Tennessee, Mary Johnson and later Cynthia Childers.

Absolam Sivley died during the Civil War. The year 1864 is an approximate date.

Note: The land for the Sivley Cemetery was donated by Absolam Sivley.

Family Members:
Spouses:

• Rebecca Canterbury Sivley 1797–1847
• Mary Johnson Sivley 1809–1858

Children:

• Elizabeth Sivley Cummings 1816–1889
• Lawrence M Sivley 1823–1886
• Daniel H. Sivley 1828–1891
• Parthena Sivley Geren 1839–1916 ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.geocities.ws/janet_ariciu/PeterII.html
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49045150/Absolam-Sivley

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T8-LQ4 : 26 July 2017), Absalom Sivley, 1860.
• Various Ancestry.com files