The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-29

=. Genealogical and ' N Historical Department. z 2, HMAA,An m - AAHmm mD l Extracts from the official organ were | read which called the attention or this I Chapter to the effectua. work done ny l Mrs Mcclellan, Regent of the John waue Reyes Chapter at Athens, to redeem Sen- traI Hall at Mount Vernan to Alabama' l Mrs Watkins and Mrs. Porternelo were appointed a committee to dratt resotusiohs ! endorsing this work of the Regent oi tne | John Wade Reyes Chapter. The report | brought in by this committee was unan- Iimousfy accepted by a rising vote. Liter- | sry questions whlch had been prepare1 | by the Regent offered great oeaI oA pleasure and amusement The next meet 1 ing was appointed for Friday. June Ztth at 10 a. m. with Mrs. James K Hard, away Mesdames German. Porterhelo and Lowe were appointed committee .o arrange the program. Mrs. German en- tertained on this occasion In ner, us9a! happy manner and a most dellShtiui morning was spent.-opeiika Post Grave of a Revolutionary Soldier. Hon. Thomas NJ Owen. Secretary of the Alabama Historical Association, kind | ty sends this epitaph of a Revolutionary soldier. We hope that other friends will assist in this interesting work The following is the inscription from a | tombstone in the %'OId Bethany Grave- yard" iu Pickens County. MT. Mct,rory | is remembered ats worthy man and up | right citizen. His descendants have not I been located.
 ! Tn Memory of JAMES MCRORY. 4
 Died Nov. -2fth, BfO,- aged ss' years. 6 mo. and days.
 | z. -alff ha | and was at the battles of Gerinantown, 1 Brandy wine and Gnilford Courthouse and was one of Washington hfe- guard at Valley Forge and served l his country faithfully during Peace to the soldiers dust. 4 - l. Queries. 3o-. EE-STMPHENS-Caf you find an | interraarrfage af Q Lee and Stevens or l Col; Nm. Lee of Georg@ and .shsss son ; Charles Stephen Lee were said to be cousins of Gen. R. E. Lee. 'M." s0s. MASON-pfesss give me the an- cestsy and da es of the colonial and rev | olufi0nary records of Capt John Mason. | geat. of Sussex County, Va-- and his sons. | Captain John Mason first appeared in ! the records fu f1i4. when he was plaintiff l in a suit: his estate was appraised at | SD pounds in fs5s. This gives the date
 of his death, September B. 1555. in Sussex | County.
 | His son David married Mary - of
 l Sussex; he was 8 member of the House 1 of Burgessss. twould like to know what 1 ys4r David Mason was a member Of the ! Houss of BiFgessese: he was Colonel af | the 18th Virginia Regiment in the Revo- i lution, fwhat year?1 and was a member I of the convention of 1sfS His children were:
 l |. James Mason. born f74i; married 1 first. Elsza Harrison; second, Rebecca 1 Thweatt: captain 18th Virginia Regiment | In the Revolution. (what yearD 1 ,. Henry Mason. born fI4S 2. Rebecca Mason. born 1!ts: married - | Rives.
 I i. Elizabeth Mason. born ----; married I Christopher Rtves.
 1 ,. David Mason, born 1T52.
 | 6. Lueretia Mason. born 1756. | 1. Mary Mason. married Mir Jeffries. | s. Benjamin Mason.
 l 3fa. RIvES-Can you give me the an- | cestSYs of this Rives family of Virginia. l also Colonial and Revolutionary records Robert Rives married Martha Harda- 1 way. daughter of Thomas Hardaway and I Agnes Peterson. Their children were five | sons and three daughters. can not give
 regular order ~Df births
 Robert Rfves married Mary Rogers. 1 Richard Rfves afrfed Nancy Rivers. Thomas Rfves married first, -; sec | ond Frances Thweatt.
 1 Benjamin Rives married Rebecca Gill. l Hardaway Rfves died unmarried
 1 Mary Rives married Robert Rogers. Clara Rfves married Mir Gill.
 | Martha Peterson Rives. born iu Din-
 widdie County, Va, April g, 179S; died
 l in Tipton County. Tenn, June 10. 1A5;
 married November 2, 1874. in Virginia by
 | Rev. Charles Roper to Mir. Thomas Jones
 | Vaughan who was horn in Sussex Coun- ! ty, Va, January 10, l79i. died in Fayette
 l County. Tenn, April 2 1888.
 1 The children Of Thomas Rives and
 ! Frances Thweatt were Robert Cabell
 l Rives and Harriet Rives.
 1 The following extracts were found in an l old diary of one of the descendants of | this family. MT. Thomas F. Rives: Find the history of the English branch I of the Rives family in Hutchins' History ! of Dorset. 3d EditiAn, Vol. w, pages I96. E. The Rivess ancestors came in the l Cavalier emigration, 16f9-59 from Bland l ford, England, and settled in Blandford, l Surry County. Va. from there they went
 to Sussex, Prince George, Brunswick and l other counties
 | A brother or nephew of Hon. William C.. Rives sent theA family tree to Mir | Thomas F. Rives, (son of Robert Cabell | Rives, mentioned above1. about ten or l his family to 1t, which I think he did. l I thought he kept~& copy, but can not
 find it, am afraid it was lost after his | death. I will be so thankful if some one | can tell me where this family tree can | be found. would like to have a copy
 of it. J. Answers.
 9S9 GREENEy-Mrs E L. Avis of