---------- > From: dannym <dannym@negia.net> > To: midilbeck@grove.net > Subject: REV. JOHN EDWARD RIVES > Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 8:32 PM > > I HAVE NOT RESEARCHED THIS BUT HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS A KINSHIP > BETWEEN THE REV. & THOMAS J. RIVES (4-14-1843--2-15-1896). IN 1870 THOMAS ( > THEN ABOUT 27 YRS. OLD ) LIVED IN THE BARK CAMP DISTRICT OF HALL CO.THE > REV.'S FATHER SETTLED HIS FAMILY IN THE BARK CAMP DIST. APPROX. > 1820...........THOMAS WAS BORN ON 4-14-1843 . I DO NOT THINK HE WAS SON OF > THE REV. BUT IT IS POSSIBLE . THE REV.'S DADDY WAS NAMED THOMAS AS WAS HIS > GRANDFATHER.THE REV. 2ND WIFE WAS ELIZABETH HAWKINS (5-8-1844 TIL > 7-24-1924) .I THINK THAT THOMAS J. RIVES WAS MAYBE A NEPHEW OF THE > REV.(?).....DANNY MANUS >