REUBEN RIEVES and Descendants

Reuben Rieves and his wife, Hannah, came to Maury Co., TN in 1803 from South Carolina. Reuben may have been a Revolutionary soldier, but no record has been found as of this date. Their children were: Joel, John C., Joshua, Purify (m. William H. Flaniken), Sally (m. William Smith), Elijah (1790-1872), m. Mary Stallings), Sidney King (1806-?), m. Sarah Caroline Nicholson), and Thomas Jefferson (1805, SC-Dec 1871, Maury Co., TN), m. 1827 in Maury County to Sarah Bernetta "Sallie" Murphy. Sallie was born 1807 in Tennessee and died 1886 in Maury County. Thomas Jefferson Rieves was a farmer and timber worker. Both he and wife Sallie, as well as some of the Rieves children and grandchildren, are buried in the Rieves Cemetery, located a short distance from the Duck River Bridge in Maury County.

Children of Thomas Jefferson and Sallie Murphy Rieves were:
Martha Elizabeth (1832-1894), m. John Griffin
Nancy America (1837-1922), m. James L. Toombs
Elija Napolean Bonaparte (1839- 1934, ), m. Mary Catherine Anthony
(E.N.B. Rieves was in Co. H. 1st Tenn Inf and Co. K, 48th Tenn Inf, CSA.)
Sara Ann (1843-1915), m. Larkin S. Lamar
Eleanor Eudora (1845-1871)
Emily J. (1848-?)
Nathaniel Green (6 Feb 1835, Maury Co.-17 Aug 1907, Maury Co.), m. on 11 Jan 1866 in Maury County to Susan Alice Crawford (16 Nov 1849, TN - 7 Nov 1916).
Susan was dau. of Charles D. and Susan E. Crawford. Green "Devil Horse" Rieves was in Co. H., 1st Tenn Inf, CSA, and is mentioned in Sam Watkins' Co. Aytch.

Children of Green and Susan Crawford Rieves were:
Grover Cleveland, m. Nona Spanivelle
Sarah May (1867-?), m. J.J. Loftin
Ellis (1868-1929)
Frank M. (1870-1933), m. Claudine Ward
Walter
Clifford, m. Ida Watson
Conner, m. Jennie Fox
J.Clayton (1877-1955), m. Annie Oliver
Marshall N. (1882-1954), m. Bertha Hamlin
Annie Lou (22 Aug 1879, Maury Co.-17 Oct 1965, FL), m. on 31 Dec 1896 to William Alexander Demastus in Maury County.
William (22 Aug 1875, Maury Co. - 13 Aug 1943, FL) and his nephew, William Houston Demastus, ran a shop in Culleoka, TN in the 1920s. They shod horses, put wheels on wagons, sold gas from their gas pump and were automobile mechanics.

Submitted by: Charles Allen Demastus
546 White Ash Dr.
Southaven, MS 38671-5409
(601) 342-0878

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