son of Charles Elliott Rivers - Clementine Wheat
Charles Rivers came to Texas with his parents as a child. He grew to manhood and moved to northwest Texas.
Charles Rivers married Mrs. Susan Mary Ford on 5 December 1870 at Parker County, Texas. Her father was the cattle drover, Oliver Loving. One child was born to this union - Charles Elliott Rivers, Jr.
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Charles Rivers was an early cattle raiser in Palo Pinto, Jack and Young Counties, Rivers sold his cattle to his brother-in-law, James Carroll Loving.
The Rivers outfit camped on the Dillingham Prairie in Jack County. The Loving outfit was 400 yards from the Rivers camp. On 17 June 1871, the Indians attacked the Rivers outfit, near the creek.
After the fight was over, a runner was sent to J.C. Loving's camp that Charlie Rivers had been wounded. Rivers told W.B. Slaughter that he did not know whether he had been wounded by Indians or friendly fire.
A runner was dispatched to Weatherford for surgeons. River was carried to his home by surgeons where he lived six weeks before his death.
Survived by his wife; one son.
Source:
The West Texas Frontier by Joseph Carroll McConnell
Indian Depredations in Texas by J.W. Wilbarger
In 1860, Charles Rivers was a cowhand in the Jackson Smith household in Palo Pinto County, Texas.
Charles Rivers came to Texas with his parents as a child. He grew to manhood and moved to northwest Texas.
Charles Rivers married Mrs. Susan Mary Ford on 5 December 1870 at Parker County, Texas. Her father was the cattle drover, Oliver Loving. One child was born to this union - Charles Elliott Rivers, Jr.
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Charles Rivers was an early cattle raiser in Palo Pinto, Jack and Young Counties, Rivers sold his cattle to his brother-in-law, James Carroll Loving.
The Rivers outfit camped on the Dillingham Prairie in Jack County. The Loving outfit was 400 yards from the Rivers camp. On 17 June 1871, the Indians attacked the Rivers outfit, near the creek.
After the fight was over, a runner was sent to J.C. Loving's camp that Charlie Rivers had been wounded. Rivers told W.B. Slaughter that he did not know whether he had been wounded by Indians or friendly fire.
A runner was dispatched to Weatherford for surgeons. River was carried to his home by surgeons where he lived six weeks before his death.
Survived by his wife; one son.
Source:
The West Texas Frontier by Joseph Carroll McConnell
Indian Depredations in Texas by J.W. Wilbarger
In 1860, Charles Rivers was a cowhand in the Jackson Smith household in Palo Pinto County, Texas.
son of Charles Elliott Rivers - Clementine Wheat
Charles Rivers came to Texas with his parents as a child. He grew to manhood and moved to northwest Texas.
Charles Rivers married Mrs. Susan Mary Ford on 5 December 1870 at Parker County, Texas. Her father was the cattle drover, Oliver Loving. One child was born to this union - Charles Elliott Rivers, Jr.
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Charles Rivers was an early cattle raiser in Palo Pinto, Jack and Young Counties, Rivers sold his cattle to his brother-in-law, James Carroll Loving.
The Rivers outfit camped on the Dillingham Prairie in Jack County. The Loving outfit was 400 yards from the Rivers camp. On 17 June 1871, the Indians attacked the Rivers outfit, near the creek.
After the fight was over, a runner was sent to J.C. Loving's camp that Charlie Rivers had been wounded. Rivers told W.B. Slaughter that he did not know whether he had been wounded by Indians or friendly fire.
A runner was dispatched to Weatherford for surgeons. River was carried to his home by surgeons where he lived six weeks before his death.
Survived by his wife; one son.
Source:
The West Texas Frontier by Joseph Carroll McConnell
Indian Depredations in Texas by J.W. Wilbarger
In 1860, Charles Rivers was a cowhand in the Jackson Smith household in Palo Pinto County, Texas.
Charles Rivers came to Texas with his parents as a child. He grew to manhood and moved to northwest Texas.
Charles Rivers married Mrs. Susan Mary Ford on 5 December 1870 at Parker County, Texas. Her father was the cattle drover, Oliver Loving. One child was born to this union - Charles Elliott Rivers, Jr.
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Charles Rivers was an early cattle raiser in Palo Pinto, Jack and Young Counties, Rivers sold his cattle to his brother-in-law, James Carroll Loving.
The Rivers outfit camped on the Dillingham Prairie in Jack County. The Loving outfit was 400 yards from the Rivers camp. On 17 June 1871, the Indians attacked the Rivers outfit, near the creek.
After the fight was over, a runner was sent to J.C. Loving's camp that Charlie Rivers had been wounded. Rivers told W.B. Slaughter that he did not know whether he had been wounded by Indians or friendly fire.
A runner was dispatched to Weatherford for surgeons. River was carried to his home by surgeons where he lived six weeks before his death.
Survived by his wife; one son.
Source:
The West Texas Frontier by Joseph Carroll McConnell
Indian Depredations in Texas by J.W. Wilbarger
In 1860, Charles Rivers was a cowhand in the Jackson Smith household in Palo Pinto County, Texas.
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