John B. RIVERS

Rivers John Bascom Evans Clara Jane

• General Notes
  • one of twins with Cyntha Jane RIVERS
    
    b. (Blackburns, Jefferson Cty,) AL, f/m b. GA
    m. (AL) est. 1878 to Clara Jane EVANS
    residing in Winston Cty, AL 1880
    acquired 160.52 acres of land in N1/2SE, NESW, SENW, block 22, T8S R8W, Lawrence Cty, AL on 12 Jul 1900 per BLM website
    residing on Phil Campbell Rd., Precinct 8, Franklin Cty, AL on 20 Apr 1910
    residing on Shady Grove Rd, Phil Campbell, Franklin Cty, AL on 31 Jan 1920
    residing in Beat 9, Phil Campbell, Franklin Cty, AL on 10 Apr 1930
    d. < 12 Feb 1937? (date son reported wife Clara Jane's death in Phil Campbell, Franklin, AL)
    
    Note:  Franklin Cty is two counties directly south of Lauderdale Cty, AL.
    
    Tony MALTA:  "I do know, however that John had a brother, Teddy,  and two other twin children; John and a sister Jane Rivers according to granddaughter Loice."
    
    1930 US Census (Apr 10), no street name given, residing in Beat 9, Phil Campbell, Franklin Cty, AL, head of h/hold J. B. RIVERS, owns home, occupation "none," age 70, 17 at 1st marriage, b. AL, both parents b. GA [sic], living with wife C. J., age 69, 16 at 1st marriage, b. GA, father/mother b. SC/GA.  Enumerated between dry good merchant G. W./Lucie STUL and son/dtr-in-law J. M./Mollie RIVERS.
    
    record citation:
    Year: 1930; Census Place: Phil Campbell, Franklin, Alabama; Roll: 17; Page:  ; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 964.0.
    
    1920 US Census (Jan 31), living on Shady Grove Rd., Phil Campbell (town), Franklin Cty, AL, head of h/hold is John B. RIVERS, age 60 (est b. yr 1859), farmer on a general farm, owns property free [age clear], age 60, b. AL, both parents b. SC, living with wife Clara J. race white, 60 GA, father/mother b. SC/GA.  No other RIVERS families on this, prev or next page.
    
    record citation:
    Roll: T625_17, Page: 23A 
    ED: 34, Image: 0242
    
    1910 US Census (Apr 20), residing on Phil Campbell Rd., Precinct 8, Franklin Cty, AL, head of h/hold John (B.) RIVERS, farmer on general farm, age 50 (est b yr 1860), b. AL, father/mother b. SC/SC, living with wife Clara J. race white, age 50, b. GA, father/mother b. SC/SC, married 32 years, 7/7 children surviving, and children Richard M. 20 AL, John H. 16, (Levant) B. 14 AL, all farm laborers.
    
    record citation:
    Series: T624, Roll: 14 
    Part: 1, Page: 143A
    
    Phil Campbell town history:
    
    The town was founded in 1857.  In the 1880s, a railroad work crew leader and engineer by the name of Phillip Campbell (originally from England) established a work camp near the location of modern Phil Campbell. Mel Allen, a prominent local businessman, told Mr. Campbell if he would construct a railroad depot and add a side track to the stretch of railroad going through the area, he would name the subsequent town after Campbell. Mr. Campbell built both the depot and siding, which led to Phil Campbell being the only town in Alabama to have both the first and last names of an individual.
    
    The first school in Phil Campbell was a two story frame building constructed in 1910. It was located at the back of the Phil Campbell Methodist Church. The school was subsequently destroyed by fire.
    
    The second school was constructed in 1915 and was located at the site of the present school on Alabama State Route 13 in Phil Campbell. This school was a small wooden building. Like the previous school, this school was also destroyed by fire. The fire began at six o'clock in the evening on Christmas Day, 1924.
    
    During the next two years, school was held in local church buildings, the town's former bank building, and the U.S. Post Office building located near the railroad.
    
    Graduation services for the first accredited Phil Campbell High School class were conducted in the Phil Campbell Methodist Church. The year was 1926 and the class had eight graduating members.
    
    The third Phil Campbell school was completed in 1926. There were two buildings, a main classroom building and a vocational school. After the main building was destroyed by fire in 1954, the present school buildings were constructed.
    
    Phil Campbell is also home to Dismals Canyon. A privately owned, natural conservatory that has been designated a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service. Dismals Canyon features a natural swimming pool, natural shelters used by various Native American tribes for over 10,000 years, nature trails, rare luminous insects, and natural rock formations.
    
    source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Campbell,_Alabama
    
    Unable to locate any of John B.'s family members in the 1900 or in extant 1890 census records.
    
    However, In the 1900 census for Winston Cty, AL (just SE of Franklin), there is also John B.'s brother Richard M. RIVERS (qv.).  Only other RIVERS enumerated in Winston Cty in 1900 is Scynthia M., , b. SC Oct 1823, mother-in-law in h/hold of Reubin and Scynthia J. (b. AL 1860) WADE (prob. John B.'s mother).
    
    Alabama Land Records:
    Name: JOHN B RIVERS
    Land Office: HUNTSVILLE 
    Document Number: 12245 
    Total Acres: 160.52 
    Misc. Doc. Nr.: 2285 
    Signature: Yes 
    Canceled Document: No 
    Issue Date: July 12, 1900 
    Mineral Rights Reserved: No 
    Metes and Bounds: No 
    Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392 
    Multiple Warantee Names: No 
    Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862 
    Multiple Patentee Names: No 
    Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original 
    Land Description: 1 N½SE   HUNTSVILLE No 8S 8W 22
    2 NESW   HUNTSVILLE No 8S 8W 22
    3 SENW   HUNTSVILLE No 8S 8W 22
    
    1880 US Census (Jun 14 & 16), living in Beat 8, Town[shi]p 11, R[ange] 6, Winston Cty, AL, head of h/hold John B. RIVERS, farmer, age 19, b. AL, both parents b. SC, living with Clara J. 20 GA, both parents b. SC and (dtr) Ida B., AL 8/12 b. Sep.  No other RIVERS h/holds on this or contiguous pages.
    
    record citation:
    Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 8, Winston, Alabama; Roll: T9_35; Family History Film: 1254035; Page: 538A; Enumeration District: 287; Image: 0632
    
    1870 US Census (Jun 30), residing at Township 14 Range 3 West, Jefferson Cty, AL, head of h/hold is F. W. RIVERS, farmer, val of real/pers est 300/250, age 53 (est b yr 1817), b. SC, living with (wife) Cintha 49 SC, (children) (work on farm:) P. W. 20 SC male, Dempsa 18 SC male, (at [home]:) E. T. 16 SC female, H. A. 14 AL, W. M. 12 AL male, J. B. 10 AL male, Cintha J. 10 AL female, M. M. 7 AL female (sic, cf. 1880), D. A. 6 AL male, and R. M. 4 AL male. Neighbors include
    
    record citation:
    Roll: M593_21, Page: 288 
    Image: 67,Year: 1870
    
    1860 US Census (Jun 20), post office Elyton, residing at Blackburns, Jefferson Cty, AL, head of h/hold is "Frederic, W, RIVERS," farmer, val of real/pers est 250/452, age 42, b. SC, living with (wife) Cyntha [sic] 40 SC and nine (children), including the twins John B. and Cyntha J.: (b. SC:) Margaret 14, Frederic J. 13, Peter W. 11, Denny (male) 9, Elizabeth T. 7, (b. AL:) Hulda A. 5, Wm M. 3, John B. 3/12 and Cyntha J. 3/12.
    
    record citation:
    Roll: M653_12, Page: 676, Year: 1860

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