Alexander Rives (1806-1885)

Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia & Member of the Virginia Senate

He inherited "Oak Ridge" after his unmarried sister died in 1862. Just five years later (1867), he sold it and in 1901 it was purchased by the tobacco tycoon Thomas Fortune Ryan. He lived in Charlottesville until 1833; at "Carlton" near Monticello in Albemarle Co., until 1873; and retired to "Eastbourne Terrace" in Charlottesville. He married twice (1829 & 1862) and had ten children.

Parents (2)

Robert Rives

Commission Merchant & Judge, of "Oak Ridge" Nelson County, Virginia

1764-1845

Margaret (Cabell) Rives

Mrs. "Peggy" Margaret Jordan (Cabell) Rives

1770-1815

Spouses (2)

Isabella (Wydown) Rives

Mrs. Isabella Bachem (Wydown) Rives

1804-1861

Sallie Kearsley (Watson) Rives

Mrs. Sallie Kearsley (Watson) Rives

b.c.1810

Children (10)

Eliza (Rives) de Vere

Mrs. Eliza Wydown (Rives) de Vere

1830-1851

Margaret Cabell Rives

Died unmarried

1831-1867

Lucy (Rives) de Vere

Mrs. Lucy Brown (Rives) de Vere

1834-1898

Isabella (Rives) Coleman

Mrs. Isabella (Rives) Coleman; lived at "Oak Ridge" Nelson Co., Virginia

1836-1899

Dr. Alexander Rives

Died in Mississippi, seemingly unmarried

1837-1876

Capt. Robert Rives

Died in Bolivar County, Mississippi

1839-1867

Charles Meriwether Rives

1st Lieutenant in the C.S.A., killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia

1841-1864

Emma (Rives) Wilson

Mrs. Emma Estelle (Rives) Hall, Wilson

1843-1881

Bertha (Rives) Skinker

Mrs. Adela "Bertha" (Rives) Skinker

1846-1919

Francis William Rives

Graduate of the University of Virginia (1868)

b.1848