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Mary Ridley <I>Rives</I> McQueen

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Mary Ridley Rives McQueen

Birth
Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Death
12 Jun 1884 (aged 63)
Burial
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Square 20, Lot 38, Grave 1
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Aged 64 years
Daughter of Green & Jerusha Rives
Wife of Gen'l J. W. McQueen

Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties), a collection found on Ancestry.com: Mary R. Reeves and James W. McQueen were married 10 July 1838 in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Marriage Book 1, Surnames L-Z, Lowndes, Alabama, found at
files.usgwarchives.org/al/lowndes/vitals/marriage/book1
James William McQueen and Mary Ridley Rives Jul 10, 1838.

Note: she is buried with her brother, Robert Paisley Rives, wife, Sophia Ulmer Rives.

Find a Grave contributor, C. G., referred me the following source for her: Reliques of the Rives (Ryves), Vol 1, compiled by James Rives Childs, page 107, J. P. Bell Company, Lynchburg, VA, 1929. This source can be found on Ancestry.com. Page 106: Mary Ridley Rives, daughter of Green Rives was born August 18, 1820, at Columbia, S. C., and married July 10, 1838, at Collirene, Ala., James McQueen. "He was a villain," according to the characterization made of his by his brother-in-law, Jefferson Randolph Rives, in the latter's bible record of the family. Mrs. McQueen died in 1885, leaving issue:
Sallie McQueen, m. Eugene Gualden, her cousin of Old Town, Fla. She d. s. p. and is buried at Valdosta, Ga.
Clara McQueen, m. Thomas P. Chairs, of Cedar Keys, Florida
Ada McQueen, b Mch 1, 1851, at Collirene, Ala; m. December 23, 1874, at Old Town, Fla., William B. McIlwaine, and died at River Junction, Fla., in 1914.
Aged 64 years
Daughter of Green & Jerusha Rives
Wife of Gen'l J. W. McQueen

Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties), a collection found on Ancestry.com: Mary R. Reeves and James W. McQueen were married 10 July 1838 in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Marriage Book 1, Surnames L-Z, Lowndes, Alabama, found at
files.usgwarchives.org/al/lowndes/vitals/marriage/book1
James William McQueen and Mary Ridley Rives Jul 10, 1838.

Note: she is buried with her brother, Robert Paisley Rives, wife, Sophia Ulmer Rives.

Find a Grave contributor, C. G., referred me the following source for her: Reliques of the Rives (Ryves), Vol 1, compiled by James Rives Childs, page 107, J. P. Bell Company, Lynchburg, VA, 1929. This source can be found on Ancestry.com. Page 106: Mary Ridley Rives, daughter of Green Rives was born August 18, 1820, at Columbia, S. C., and married July 10, 1838, at Collirene, Ala., James McQueen. "He was a villain," according to the characterization made of his by his brother-in-law, Jefferson Randolph Rives, in the latter's bible record of the family. Mrs. McQueen died in 1885, leaving issue:
Sallie McQueen, m. Eugene Gualden, her cousin of Old Town, Fla. She d. s. p. and is buried at Valdosta, Ga.
Clara McQueen, m. Thomas P. Chairs, of Cedar Keys, Florida
Ada McQueen, b Mch 1, 1851, at Collirene, Ala; m. December 23, 1874, at Old Town, Fla., William B. McIlwaine, and died at River Junction, Fla., in 1914.

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Transcribed from the book Interment Records of Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC (three volumes)

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  • Created by: rdsxfan
  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126997342/mary_ridley-mcqueen: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Ridley Rives McQueen (20 Aug 1820–12 Jun 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126997342, citing Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by rdsxfan (contributor 47525613).