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Last Modified: October 2006
Created: December 1997

BORN:	March 1847 or 1840 in French Canada 0 4 5 14
DIED:	November 1926 in or near Plattsburgh, New York. 0 13 14
BURIED:	November 23, 1926. Funeral at St. Alexander's Church, Plattsburgh, New York. 13 14 Old Catholic Cemetery or New Morrisonville Cemetery, Morrisonville, New York 0
PARENTS:	Charles Rivers and unknown 13
RELIGION:	Catholic 0
OCCUPATION:	Farmer, laborer, and woodsman 0 4 5 Civil War: 91st New York Infantry Company C. He was a private. He enlisted Sep. 12, 1861 (the same day as the firing on Ft. Sumter), and re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864 in 91st NY Art. Co. C. (NOTE: He was 14 years old.) 9
MARRIAGE:	Mary Golden aka Marie Gaulin (Jan. 1846 or 1852-Nov. 1929) in about 1867. Her parents were Canadien. She was buried November 4, 1929. The funeral was in St. Alexander's Church, Plattsburgh, New York. 0 4 5 13 14

CHILDREN

NAME	BORN	DIED	SPOUSE	NUMBER OF CHILDREN	NOTES
Mary RIVERS	Aug. 8, 1875	about 1957	Joseph Seymour	8
Lena RIVERS 4	1878 4
Della RIVERS
Fred RIVERS 5	June 1880 5	1940	Hattie St. Germaine (1886-1962)
John RIVERS 5	Dec. 1883 5
Emma RIVERS 5	Apr. 1887 5
Victor RIVERS	Aug. 1890	Mar. 1978	Rose Cross	2+

RESIDENCES:	Canada until 1867 5
	Plattsburgh, New York 4
	Beekmantown, New York 5
	West Chazy, New York 0

NOTES:

The homestead the family lived in in West Chazy is on Route 3, Beartown. It is an old farm house with 5-6 rooms and a barn. 0

SOURCES:	0 Martha Seymour Thornton
	4 1880 Census Clinton County, New York
	5 1900 Census Clinton County, New York
	12 History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York 1978. Page 363
	13 James Gordon, Jr.
	14 St. Alexander's Church, Plattsburgh, New York (from James Gordon, Jr.)