Edwards Andrew Rives (1859 - 1935)

Born 2 Jan 1859 in Prairie, Arkansas, United States

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Died 8 Jun 1935 at age 76 in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

For reasons unknown, Edwards Andrew Rives always preferred the name Edwin, and family and friends called him Edwin. Edwin was born in Arkansas. He had two Rives sisters, one older and one younger than him, but neither survived early childhood. His father died when he was only two. Mary Antoinette Rives, his mother, remarried sometime following the death of Robert Rives. Some years later, after the death of her second husband, Mary returned to North Carolina with Edwin and his half-brothers and sisters (surnamed Morelin), doubtless seeking the support of family. Edwin married Florence Brooks Goldston of Chatham County, North Carolina, and eventually they made their home in Greensboro where Edwin worked as an engineer for the railroad. Edwin and Florence had six children, three sons and three daughters: Robert Goldston, Mary Elizabeth, Thomas K, Annie Belle, Mattie Lee, and Edwin Earle.

Sources

• Childs, J. Rives (James Rives), Reliques of the Rives (Ryves) being historical and genealogical notes of the ancient family of Ryves of County Dorset and of the Rives of Virginia,1929, pg 390 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ssd?id=wu.89082439753;page=ssd;view=plaintext;seq=774;num=694