Bivens Family Files
John Bivins Family
HUSBAND: John BIVENS
BORN: 11 May 1760
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DIED: 11 May 1818 Mecklenburg, NC
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MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH:
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WIFE: Jemima CROCKETT
BORN: 1763 TN
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DIED: 1843 Lewisburg, TN
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CHILD 1: Abraham BIVENS
SEX: M
BORN: 1790
MARRIAGE: POLLY COCHRAN 6 oct 1818
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CHILD 2: Thomas BIVENS
SEX: M
BORN: abt 1789
MARRIAGE: Elizabeth KING 18 Aug 1808
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CHILD 3: Moses BIVENS
SEX:
BORN: abt 1792
MARRIAGE: Sally COCHRAN 20 Jan 1820
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CHILD 4: Hannah BIVENS
SEX: F
BORN: 12 Jun 1797 Mecklenburg, NC
MARRIAGE: Ezra COCHRAN 17 Feb 1824
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DIED: 4 Jul 1858 buried in the CochranCemetery, TN
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CHILD 5: Unity BIVENS
SEX: F
BORN: 1797
MARRIAGE: Patrick MCCORKLE 15 Sep1815.
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DIED: She died 1845
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CHILD 6: Nathaniel BIVENS
SEX: M
BORN: 1799
MARRIAGE: Jemima LEWELLEN
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CHILD 7: Daniel BIVENS
SEX: M
BORN: 12 Mar 1800 Mecklenburg, NC
MARRIAGE: Margaret STEVENS, 1822
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DIED: He
died 22 Jun 1861 Pittsburg, Camp Co, TX
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CHILD 8: Elizabeth BIVENS
SEX: F
BORN: 24 May 1803
MARRIAGE: Levi COCHRAN 14 Feb 1822.
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DIED: She died 7 Jan 1873 Mt Carmel, MarshallCo, TN
NOTES: Margaret J. COCHRAN dau ofLevi and Elizabeth married William Buck BRYANT.
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CHILD 9: William Stephen BIVENS
SEX: M
BORN: 1811
MARRIAGE: NANCY E. ?
OTHER MARRIAGES: LYDIA J. MORROW
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DIED: 27 Feb 1858 Wayne Co, TN
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SUBMITTED BY: Wilma Linder
DATE: 1/31/99
Family of Lewiza Maria Doggett Bivins
(daughter of Miller Doggett)
Submitted by: Aubrey C. Doggett, Houston, TX (July 2004, updated October 2005)
WIFE: Lewiza Maria Doggett
BORN: December 2, 1827, Tennessee
MARRIAGE: Allen M. (Aly) Bivins
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DIED:
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Miller Doggett, March 30, 1789
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Delilah Griffis, January 17, 1787
NOTES: After 1900
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HUSBAND: Allen M. (Aly) Bivins
BORN: 1823, North Carolina
MARRIAGE: Lewiza Maria Doggett
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DIED: After 1880
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Abraham Bivins, 1788
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Polly Cochran, 1795
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CHILD 1:
NAME: DeWit Clinton Bivins
SEX: M
BORN: 1844, Tennessee
MARRIAGE: Nancy Leuiza Jane Smith, July 20, 1869, Giles Co., TN
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MILITARY SERVICE: Private, 53rd Tennessee Infantry, CSA
DIED: May 30, 1926, Lawrence Co., TN (Hughes Cemetery)
NOTES: Seven children.
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CHILD 2:
NAME: William Taylor Bivins
SEX: M
BORN: June, 1846, Tennessee
MARRIAGE: Mattie Ann Cooper, January 18, 1872, Giles Co., TN
OTHER MARRIAGES: M. J. (Polly) Smith, December 18, 1874, Lawrence Co., TN
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DIED: 1905, Lawrence Co., TN (Smith Cemetery)
NOTES: One child with Mattie, ten with Polly.
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CHILD 3:
NAME: Cornelius Allen (Babe) Bivins
SEX: M
BORN: 1850, Tennessee
MARRIAGE: Sarah Doggett, January 21, 1873, Giles Co., TN
OTHER MARRIAGES: Inez Williamson, December 26, 1901, Lawrence Co., TN
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DIED: August 31, 1922, Coleman Co., TX (Santa Anna Cemetery)
NOTES: Cornelius and Sarah were first cousins. Nine children with Sarah, three with Inez.
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CHILD 4:
NAME: Margaret E. Bivins
SEX: F
BORN: October 12, 1853, Tennessee
MARRIAGE: James P. Fox, May 29, 1880, Giles Co., TN
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DIED: July 26, 1926, Giles Co., TN (Scott Hill Cemetery)
NOTES: Four children.
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CHILD 5:
NAME: Gennette F. Bivins
SEX: F
BORN: 1856, Tennessee
MARRIAGE:
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DIED:
NOTES: Single and at home in 1880. No record found thereafter.
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CHILD 6:
NAME: Mary A. T. Bivins
SEX: F
BORN: 1859, Tennessee
MARRIAGE: John L. Lucus, April 10, 1879, Giles Co., TN
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DIED:
NOTES: No record found after 1880.
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CHILD 7:
NAME: Susan J. Bivins
SEX: F
BORN: January 1862, Tennessee
MARRIAGE:
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DIED:
NOTES: Single and at home in 1900. No record found thereafter.
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CHILD 8:
NAME: Martha Elmora Bivins
SEX: F
BORN: November 30, 1866, Tennessee
MARRIAGE: William S. Davis, December 14, 1902, Lawrence Co., TN
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DIED: July 5, 1942 (Choates Creek Cemetery)
NOTES: Two children with William Davis
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Sources:
The Doggett Family, Pauline Jones Lynch
Census, 1850-1930, Giles and Lawrence Counties, Tennessee, and Coleman County, Texas
Giles County, Tennessee, Marriage Book, Jean Burns Cosby
Cemetery Records of Giles County, Tennessee, Giles County Historical Society
At Rest: Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Tennessee, Irene McBain Alexander and Carrie Hardwick Gresham
Supplement to At Rest: Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Tennessee, Old Cemeteries Society of Lawrence County
Coleman County Cemetery Inscriptions, V. B. Gates, J. Terry and R. Terry
A History of Coleman County and Its People, 1985, edited by Judia and Ralph Terry, and Vena Bob Gates
Thanks to Mr. Jim McCarthy, Somerville, MA
Desktop genealogy, the 1930 census, and further research have allowed me to correct an error, marrying the right daughter to William S. Davis. My apologies to those who relied on my incomplete research. AD