Son of Judith Page Walker and her husband William Cabell Rives. Alfred was born in Paris while his father was the United States Minister to France. Educated at Virginia Military Institute, Univerity of Virginia and at a University in Paris. He received a degree in engineering. For awhile he was the engineer on the Washington aqueduct, surveying the Potomac River for improvements, then civil engineering works in Egypt and vice presidency, general managership of the Mobile and Oil Railroad and later, the Virginia Railroad and Superintendent of the Panama Railroad. Before his death he was Chief Engineer on the Cape Cod Canal. In 1859 Alfred married Sarah Catherine Macmurdo, daughter of James B. Macmurdo and Frances (Moore) Macmurdo. They had 3 daughters: Princess Amelie Louise (Rives) Troubetzkoy, Gertrude (Rives) Potts and Sarah Landon Rives.
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RELIQUES OF THE RIVES
Colonel Alfred Landon Rives, born in Paris, France, March 25, 1830, was educated at the Virginia Military Institute, from which he was graduated sixth in his class in 1848. After attending the University of Virginia, he returned with his parents to France in 1849, and entered the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées from which he graduated in 1854, with the extra distinction of brillamment. Returning home in 1855 he entered the Government service as a civil engineer at Washington, and on February 1, 1859, married Sarah Catherine MacMurdo, of Richmond, Virginia, who died at "Castle Hill," October 7, 1909.
At the outbreak of war, Mr. Rives promptly identified himself with the Southern cause and was commissioned a Captain of Engineers, eventually being promoted to senior Colonel, and was for three years Acting Chief of the Bureau of Engineers of the Confederate States. After the war he took up the practice of his profession in Richmond, and in 1873 became Chief Engineer and General Superintendent of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, in which service he remained ten years until his retirement as Vice-President and General Manager. The town of Rives in Tennessee, I am informed by the postmaster, is named for Colonel Rives. From 1883 to about 1886, Colonel Rives was Vice-President and General Manager of the Richmond & Danville Railroad, while from 1887 for a period of some ten years he served as Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Panama Railroad Company. He died at "Castle Hill" on February 27, 1903, leaving three daughters:
i. Amélie Louise, b. Aug. 23, 1863, and shares with her cousin, Hallie Erminie Rives
the honors of a popular authoress. Her published writings include: The Quick or the Dead, 1888 ; A Brother to Dragons, 1888 ; Virginia of Virginia ; Herod and Marianne ; Witness of the Sun ; According to St. John ; Barbara Dering ; Athelwold ; Damsel Errant ; Meriel ; Tanis ; Selene, 1905 ; Augustine the Man, 1906 ; The Golden Rose, 1908 ; Trix and Over-the-Moon, 1909 ; Pan's Mountain, 1910 ; Hidden House, 1911 ; World's End, 1913 ; Shadows of Flames, 1915 ; The Ghost Garden, 1918. In later life she turned her attention to drama, of which The Fear Market was produced at the Booth Theatre in New York in 1916 ; Allegiance, in 1918 ; and a dramatization of The Prince and the Pauper in 1920. Amélie Rives m. 1st, in 1888, John Armstrong Chanler from whom she was divorced. She m. 2nd, Feb. 18, 1896, Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, but has no issue by either marriage. The Princess Troubetzkoy resides at the old family seat of her father, "Castle Hill," Cobham, Va.
ii. Gertrude, m. Oct. 17, 1896, Allen Potts. Issue : i. Thomas Rives Potts, b. Dec. 10, 1897.
iii. Sarah Landon, b. 1874.
Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives (Ryves). J. P. Bell Company, Inc., 1929.
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RELIQUES OF THE RIVES
Colonel Alfred Landon Rives, born in Paris, France, March 25, 1830, was educated at the Virginia Military Institute, from which he was graduated sixth in his class in 1848. After attending the University of Virginia, he returned with his parents to France in 1849, and entered the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées from which he graduated in 1854, with the extra distinction of brillamment. Returning home in 1855 he entered the Government service as a civil engineer at Washington, and on February 1, 1859, married Sarah Catherine MacMurdo, of Richmond, Virginia, who died at "Castle Hill," October 7, 1909.
At the outbreak of war, Mr. Rives promptly identified himself with the Southern cause and was commissioned a Captain of Engineers, eventually being promoted to senior Colonel, and was for three years Acting Chief of the Bureau of Engineers of the Confederate States. After the war he took up the practice of his profession in Richmond, and in 1873 became Chief Engineer and General Superintendent of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, in which service he remained ten years until his retirement as Vice-President and General Manager. The town of Rives in Tennessee, I am informed by the postmaster, is named for Colonel Rives. From 1883 to about 1886, Colonel Rives was Vice-President and General Manager of the Richmond & Danville Railroad, while from 1887 for a period of some ten years he served as Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Panama Railroad Company. He died at "Castle Hill" on February 27, 1903, leaving three daughters:
i. Amélie Louise, b. Aug. 23, 1863, and shares with her cousin, Hallie Erminie Rives
the honors of a popular authoress. Her published writings include: The Quick or the Dead, 1888 ; A Brother to Dragons, 1888 ; Virginia of Virginia ; Herod and Marianne ; Witness of the Sun ; According to St. John ; Barbara Dering ; Athelwold ; Damsel Errant ; Meriel ; Tanis ; Selene, 1905 ; Augustine the Man, 1906 ; The Golden Rose, 1908 ; Trix and Over-the-Moon, 1909 ; Pan's Mountain, 1910 ; Hidden House, 1911 ; World's End, 1913 ; Shadows of Flames, 1915 ; The Ghost Garden, 1918. In later life she turned her attention to drama, of which The Fear Market was produced at the Booth Theatre in New York in 1916 ; Allegiance, in 1918 ; and a dramatization of The Prince and the Pauper in 1920. Amélie Rives m. 1st, in 1888, John Armstrong Chanler from whom she was divorced. She m. 2nd, Feb. 18, 1896, Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, but has no issue by either marriage. The Princess Troubetzkoy resides at the old family seat of her father, "Castle Hill," Cobham, Va.
ii. Gertrude, m. Oct. 17, 1896, Allen Potts. Issue : i. Thomas Rives Potts, b. Dec. 10, 1897.
iii. Sarah Landon, b. 1874.
Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives (Ryves). J. P. Bell Company, Inc., 1929.
Son of Judith Page Walker and her husband William Cabell Rives. Alfred was born in Paris while his father was the United States Minister to France. Educated at Virginia Military Institute, Univerity of Virginia and at a University in Paris. He received a degree in engineering. For awhile he was the engineer on the Washington aqueduct, surveying the Potomac River for improvements, then civil engineering works in Egypt and vice presidency, general managership of the Mobile and Oil Railroad and later, the Virginia Railroad and Superintendent of the Panama Railroad. Before his death he was Chief Engineer on the Cape Cod Canal. In 1859 Alfred married Sarah Catherine Macmurdo, daughter of James B. Macmurdo and Frances (Moore) Macmurdo. They had 3 daughters: Princess Amelie Louise (Rives) Troubetzkoy, Gertrude (Rives) Potts and Sarah Landon Rives.
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RELIQUES OF THE RIVES
Colonel Alfred Landon Rives, born in Paris, France, March 25, 1830, was educated at the Virginia Military Institute, from which he was graduated sixth in his class in 1848. After attending the University of Virginia, he returned with his parents to France in 1849, and entered the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées from which he graduated in 1854, with the extra distinction of brillamment. Returning home in 1855 he entered the Government service as a civil engineer at Washington, and on February 1, 1859, married Sarah Catherine MacMurdo, of Richmond, Virginia, who died at "Castle Hill," October 7, 1909.
At the outbreak of war, Mr. Rives promptly identified himself with the Southern cause and was commissioned a Captain of Engineers, eventually being promoted to senior Colonel, and was for three years Acting Chief of the Bureau of Engineers of the Confederate States. After the war he took up the practice of his profession in Richmond, and in 1873 became Chief Engineer and General Superintendent of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, in which service he remained ten years until his retirement as Vice-President and General Manager. The town of Rives in Tennessee, I am informed by the postmaster, is named for Colonel Rives. From 1883 to about 1886, Colonel Rives was Vice-President and General Manager of the Richmond & Danville Railroad, while from 1887 for a period of some ten years he served as Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Panama Railroad Company. He died at "Castle Hill" on February 27, 1903, leaving three daughters:
i. Amélie Louise, b. Aug. 23, 1863, and shares with her cousin, Hallie Erminie Rives
the honors of a popular authoress. Her published writings include: The Quick or the Dead, 1888 ; A Brother to Dragons, 1888 ; Virginia of Virginia ; Herod and Marianne ; Witness of the Sun ; According to St. John ; Barbara Dering ; Athelwold ; Damsel Errant ; Meriel ; Tanis ; Selene, 1905 ; Augustine the Man, 1906 ; The Golden Rose, 1908 ; Trix and Over-the-Moon, 1909 ; Pan's Mountain, 1910 ; Hidden House, 1911 ; World's End, 1913 ; Shadows of Flames, 1915 ; The Ghost Garden, 1918. In later life she turned her attention to drama, of which The Fear Market was produced at the Booth Theatre in New York in 1916 ; Allegiance, in 1918 ; and a dramatization of The Prince and the Pauper in 1920. Amélie Rives m. 1st, in 1888, John Armstrong Chanler from whom she was divorced. She m. 2nd, Feb. 18, 1896, Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, but has no issue by either marriage. The Princess Troubetzkoy resides at the old family seat of her father, "Castle Hill," Cobham, Va.
ii. Gertrude, m. Oct. 17, 1896, Allen Potts. Issue : i. Thomas Rives Potts, b. Dec. 10, 1897.
iii. Sarah Landon, b. 1874.
Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives (Ryves). J. P. Bell Company, Inc., 1929.
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RELIQUES OF THE RIVES
Colonel Alfred Landon Rives, born in Paris, France, March 25, 1830, was educated at the Virginia Military Institute, from which he was graduated sixth in his class in 1848. After attending the University of Virginia, he returned with his parents to France in 1849, and entered the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées from which he graduated in 1854, with the extra distinction of brillamment. Returning home in 1855 he entered the Government service as a civil engineer at Washington, and on February 1, 1859, married Sarah Catherine MacMurdo, of Richmond, Virginia, who died at "Castle Hill," October 7, 1909.
At the outbreak of war, Mr. Rives promptly identified himself with the Southern cause and was commissioned a Captain of Engineers, eventually being promoted to senior Colonel, and was for three years Acting Chief of the Bureau of Engineers of the Confederate States. After the war he took up the practice of his profession in Richmond, and in 1873 became Chief Engineer and General Superintendent of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, in which service he remained ten years until his retirement as Vice-President and General Manager. The town of Rives in Tennessee, I am informed by the postmaster, is named for Colonel Rives. From 1883 to about 1886, Colonel Rives was Vice-President and General Manager of the Richmond & Danville Railroad, while from 1887 for a period of some ten years he served as Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Panama Railroad Company. He died at "Castle Hill" on February 27, 1903, leaving three daughters:
i. Amélie Louise, b. Aug. 23, 1863, and shares with her cousin, Hallie Erminie Rives
the honors of a popular authoress. Her published writings include: The Quick or the Dead, 1888 ; A Brother to Dragons, 1888 ; Virginia of Virginia ; Herod and Marianne ; Witness of the Sun ; According to St. John ; Barbara Dering ; Athelwold ; Damsel Errant ; Meriel ; Tanis ; Selene, 1905 ; Augustine the Man, 1906 ; The Golden Rose, 1908 ; Trix and Over-the-Moon, 1909 ; Pan's Mountain, 1910 ; Hidden House, 1911 ; World's End, 1913 ; Shadows of Flames, 1915 ; The Ghost Garden, 1918. In later life she turned her attention to drama, of which The Fear Market was produced at the Booth Theatre in New York in 1916 ; Allegiance, in 1918 ; and a dramatization of The Prince and the Pauper in 1920. Amélie Rives m. 1st, in 1888, John Armstrong Chanler from whom she was divorced. She m. 2nd, Feb. 18, 1896, Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, but has no issue by either marriage. The Princess Troubetzkoy resides at the old family seat of her father, "Castle Hill," Cobham, Va.
ii. Gertrude, m. Oct. 17, 1896, Allen Potts. Issue : i. Thomas Rives Potts, b. Dec. 10, 1897.
iii. Sarah Landon, b. 1874.
Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives (Ryves). J. P. Bell Company, Inc., 1929.
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