Bible of Christian Stoner Rivir,
documents John's death in 1813
and John's service in the War of 1812
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John Rivir's father died in the War of 1812 when John was about age 4. Other than his 1809 birth record in a family bible, John Rivir has not been found in records until he was taxed in Bedford County, Pennsylvania in 1831. Around 1830, Nancy Stoner moved from Lancaster County to Bedford County with her family. John Rivir and Nancy Stoner were married in 1832 in Bedford County, where they lived until 1845, when they moved to Noble County in northern Indiana. John and Nancy had many hardships, including the loss of 3 sons in the Civil War.
1809 John Rivir, son of John Rivir and Mary Winebrenner, was born on January 1, 1809 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. [1]
1809 Nancy Stoner, daughter of Christian Stoner and Mary Ebersole, was born on October 26, 1808, in Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [Photocopy, Bible of John and Nancy's son, Christian S Rivir, with birthdates in red writing at top and bottom of page.]
1813 John Rivir's father, John Rivir, died in the War of 1812 and was buried on Bass Island, Ohio.
1820 John Rivir's mother, Mary Rivor (age 26-45) lived in Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania with one male (age 0-10, John's brother Christian Rivir?) and three females (age 0-10, perhaps sisters of John, whose names are not known) [2] [3]. The whereabouts of 11 year old John Rivir at this time has not been determined; perhaps he was living in another household. The households of Abraham Sr, John, Abraham Jr, and Jacob Stoner, who were perhaps Nancy Stoner's uncles and grandpa, were also listed in Woodbury Twp. Nancy Stoner's father Christopher Stoner lived in Donegal Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
1829-1830 John Rivir was not listed on the tax rolls in Woodberry Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, suggesting that he was not yet age 21. [4] [5]
1830 Nancy Stoner lived in Lancaster County with her father, Christian Stoner [6]. Nancy Stoner's grandmother, aunts, and uncles lived in Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, where the Rivirs lived in 1820. No census record has been found for John Rivir.
183x Nancy Stoner moved with her parents from Lancaster County to Bedford County, the same county where John Rivir's mother lived.
1831 John Rivir was taxed as a single man in Woodberry Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was not listed with a taxable occupation (perhaps suggesting that he was a farmer). [7]
1832 John Rivir was taxed as a single man in Woodberry Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. [8]
1832 Nancy Stoner and John Rivir were married. A notice on Friday, May 11, 1832, in the Lancaster Journal newspaper reported: "On Thursday, the 12th inst. by Alexander W. Kenny, Esq [an attorney in Bedford County]. Mr. John Rivir to Miss Nancy Stoner, daughter of Mr. Christian Stoner, late of Lancaster co. and now of Morrison's Cove." On May 3, 1832, the Lancaster Examiner newspaper carried the same notice. [9] [Photocopy, Front page 1832 date of newspaper with Nancy Stoner and John Rivir's marriage announcement in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.]
1833 A report in the Bedford Gazette newspaper announced the marriage of Nancy Stoner's brother, Jacob Stoner, to Mary Cowen, of Bedford County.
1833-36 John River was listed in the tax rolls for Woodberry Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania with 118 acres of land, 2 horses and 2 cattle. [10] [11] [12] [13]
1840 John Rivir (age 30-40) lived with Nancy (age 20-30) in North Woodbury, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Male children were two age 0 to 5 (Jacob and John) and one age 5-10 (Christian) and a daughter age 5-10 (?). On the same page was Nancy's father Christian Stoner and wife (age 50-60 with children male age 20-30 and age 10-15 and female age 15-20). [14]
1843 Christ River and John River[l] were taxed as laborers in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. [15]
1844 John and Christ River[l] were taxed in North Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. [16]
1845 John River and Nancy his wife, sold land to Jacob E Stoner, all of North Woodberry Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, dated January 28. John River had purchased the land from David Cowen on October 31, 1840. [17]
1845 John and Nancy Rivir and family moved to Noble County, Indiana. [18] [19]
1846 John Rivir was stricken with malaria, dengue, and ague, as were all but one of the children. [20]
1848 Daughter Elizabeth was born on February 1 in Noble County, Indiana. [21] [22]
1850 John Rivir purchased land in section 18 from Andrew and Anna Winebrenner. The land was the west half of SE quarter of section 18, Twp 33, north of range 10 east. Deed dated January 2. [23]
1850 John Rivir (age 40), farmer with estate valued at $500, Nancy (age 40), Christian (age 16), John (age 16), Jacob (age 11), David (age 9), Mary (age 7), Eli (age 5), and Elizabeth (age 2) lived in Noble Twp, Noble County, Indiana. All children were born in Pennsylvania but Elizabeth who was born in Indiana. Next door was Nancy's brother, Jacob (age 37) and Mary (age 38) Stoner. Their ages and places of birth suggest they moved from Pennsylvania to Indiana in about 1845. [24] [25] [26]
1853 Nancy's father, Christian Stoner, died on January 30, in West Providence, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Christian Stoner willed his property to be divided between his beloved wife Margaret and his son Christian. Letters were sent in February to Nancy River and Jacob Stoner of Noble County, Indiana notifying them of probate proceedings to be held in March. [27]
1855 John River and wife Nancy, and Jacob E. Stoner and wife Polly, all of Noble County, Indiana, appeared in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, on November 5, to sign a deed conveying two tracts of land on Clear Ridge, West Providence Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, to Christian E. Stoner Jr, of Bedford County, for $10. The tracts had been conveyed to Christian Stoner, the father of Jacob E. Stoner and Nancy River, by deed dated May 13, 1842, from William McDaniel. [28]
1855 John Rivir bought 80 acres in Green Twp, Noble County, Indiana and started to harvest timber with his sons. John Rivir again became sick, and could not walk, but worked by riding a horse to haul logs. [29]
1860 John Rivir purchased land in section 1 from Orlando Sherwood. The land was the south half of SW quarter of section 1, Twp 33, north of range 9 east. Deed dated March 23. [30]
1860 John Rivir (age 52) and wife Nancy (age 52) lived in Green Twp, Noble County, Indiana with children John (age 24), Jacob (age 21), Mary (age 17), Eli (age 15), Elizabeth (age 12), and Nancy (age 8). Nearby was Nancy's brother Jacob Stoner (age 48) and Polly (age 51) and children. [31] [32] [33]
1861 John Rivir was hurt badly when he was thrown from a wagon in an accident at Port Mitchell on Lake Mitchell, Noble County, Indiana. [34]
186x A map of Noble County showed lands of John River in section 1 of Noble Twp and section 18 of Green Twp. Christian River owned land in section 7 of Green Twp, just north of the lake that is named Rivir Lake on subsequent maps. Conrad Nicodemus and several Winebrenner families own land in sections 13 and 24 of Noble Twp, land which would later be owned by John Rivir. According to the biography, below, John Rivir sold the land in Green Twp before 1861, so this map might be based on land ownership in the late 1850s. Christian River owned 80 acres in section 24 of Noble Twp. [35]
1864 Three of John and Nancy Rivir's sons and 2 nephews (Christian and David, sons of Nancy Stoner Rivir's brother Jacob Stoner) enlisted in the Civil war in General Sherman's and Grant's armies on their march through the South. [36] [37] Christian Stoner was the only one to survive.
Jacob Rivir: 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Union, Company E, Private. [38]
David Rivir: 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Union, Company E, Private. [39]
John Rivir: 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Union, Company F, Private. [40]
1864 A newspaper clipping in the bible of Christian S Rivir, John and Nancy's son, gives the following account [Photocopy, Reports of the deaths of John and Nancy Rivir's sons in the Civil War from the bible of John's son Christian S Rivir.]:
River - Jacob, son of John and Nancy River, died January 15th, 1862, at Nashville, Tennessee, after being in the service about four months, aged 23 years, 7 months, and 8 days. A sermon was preached by the writer in reference to his death, near the place of his residence, to many relatives and neighbors. Also, David, son of the same parents, died December 17th, 1862, at Bowling Green, Kentucky, having been in the service of the country some four months aged 21 years, ten months, and 25 days; and the writer was again called upon to preach a sermon to the memory of the departed one to an attentive collection of relatives and friends. John, also son of the above named parents, was taken prisoner while in the service, September 1, 1864, and has not been heard of since, and no doubt he was one of that number who perished by the cruel hands of traitors, in the prison at Andersonville. He was aged, when taken prisoner, 28 years, 5 months, and 16 days. This unfortunate brother served his country for nearly three years, during which time he went through many severe battles, and then died in the most revolting manner.
1864 John and Nancy River sold 80 acres of land in Noble County, Indiana to Adam Egulf Jr. The land was in section 1, Twp 33, north of range 9 east. Deed dated July 29. [41]
1865 John and Nancy Rivir sold 80 acres of land in section 1 to Adam Egulf. The land was the south half of SW quarter of section 1, Twp 33, north of range 9 east. Deed dated July 29. [42]
1866 John Rivir purchased land in Noble County, Indiana from John R Cook. The land was in sections 19 and 24, Twp 33, range 10 east. Deed dated March 21. [43]
1866 John Rivir purchased land in Noble County, Indiana from Samuel Jackson. The land was in section 24, Twp 33, north of range 9 east. Deed dated April 3. [44]
1866 John Rivir purchased land in Noble County, Indiana from brother Christian Rivir. The land was in section 24, Twp 33, range 9 east. Deed dated July 18. [45]
1866 John and Anna Rivir sold land in section 18 to Benjamin Col. Deed dated April 3. [46]
1867 A notice was posted "in regard to those fallen soldiers who, in defense of their country, left their bodies in the South. … a roll embracing the names of those about whom she has not been able to learn anything definite … Below will be found the Indiana list. … John Rivir, company F, 30th infantry". [47]
1869 John and Nancy River sold land in Noble County, Indiana to Christian S Rivir. The land was north half of NE quarter of section 24, Twp 33, north of range 9 east. The land was reserved for the Sanford cemetery. Deed dated April 17. [48]
1870 John River, farmer (age 62), and wife Nancy (age 63) lived in Noble, Noble County, Indiana, with $6,000 real estate and $750 individual estate. Household members included: Nancy (age 18); grand-daughter Malissa (age 9) living with grandparents, born Indiana; and son Christian, carpenter (age 36, born Pennsylvania). Two houses away, was the household of son Eli Rivir (age 24. [49] [50] A descendant of Melissa reports that she was a daughter of Christian, son of John. [51]
1874 A map showed the home of John Rivir in north section 24 of Noble Township and his land in section 19 of Green Township [52]. The Green Twp, Noble County, Indiana landowners atlas showed J Rivir, likely John or one of his sons. The Nichodemus family near John Rivir's land was a possible cousin of Nancy Stoner's through her aunt Ann Stoner. [Photocopy, 1874 map with John Rivir's land in sections 13 and 24 in Noble (gold) and in 7 and 19 (Henry Hosler) in Green (colored green) Townships.]
1874 The Lake on John Rivir's land was identified as Rivir Lake. [53] [54] The name had changed to Bristol Lake in an 1939 atlas [55]. The Rivir Lake in Green County in the Chain of Lakes Park maintains the Rivir name, likely named for John's brother Christian, who had a home on the lake.
1880 John Rivir (age 70) was a retired farmer living in Noble, Noble County, Indiana, with wife Nancy (age 70) and daughter Nancy (age 27). Son Eli (age 35) and brother Christian Rivir (age 66) were in nearby listings. [56] [57]
1881 "We [Albion New Era newspaper] enjoyed an agreeable visit [in Albion] from our esteemed farmer friend, John Rivir, of Noble township, on Friday last. We shall take occasion to accept his kind invitation to visit him, should we ever find ourself in that part of the county." [58] [59]
1883 "John Rivir, of Noble township, was in town [Albion] on Friday and gave us a pleasant call. He is one of our most esteemed friends and patrons, and thinks The New Era is indispensible with him. The cordial invitation he gave us to call when in that part of the county will be accepted at the first opportunity." [60] [61]
1885 "Mrs. John Rivir, of Noble township, has been sick for a week or two. She is quite aged, and had a slight stroke of paralysis, we believe." [62] [63]
1886 Nancy Stoner Rivir died on October 15 and was buried at Christian Chapel Cemetery, Merriam, Noble County, Indiana. Nancy Stoner Rivir was born on October 27, 1809. [64] [65]
1888 John Rivir, unmarried (he was a widow), sold land in section 1 to Adam Egulf. The land was the south half of SW quarter of section 1, Twp 33, north of range 9 east. Deed dated July 24. [66]
1893 A map showed John Rivir's land in section 24 of Noble and section 19 of Green Twp, Noble County, Indiana near Rivir Lake. Rivir Lake, in section 24, was later named Bristol Lake. [67] [68] Son Eli and daughter Nancy held land nearby.
Children Eli Rivir (sections 13 and 24) Nancy Rivir (section 24), and Elizabeth and James E Winebrenner (Green, section 8), also, had land in Noble County. Other Baughman and Winebrenner relatives lived not far away. [Map, Collage map of Noble (left) and Green (right) Townships.]
1893 Eli Rivir brought a court suit, on August 15, against several Winebrenner families and John Rivir and Byron P Gray (the guardian of said John Rivir), arguing that John Rivir was a person of unsound mind. [69]
1895 John Rivir died on August 10 and was buried at Christian Chapel, Noble County, Indiana. [70] [71] [Photocopy, John Rivir's death was recorded in the Bible of John and Nancy's son Christian S Rivir (identified as "Father" in red at bottom of page), 1895.]
John and Nancy Rivir were buried at the Meriam Christian Chapel Cemetery in Noble Couty, Indiana.
A biographical sketch reported [74]:
John River who died at his home in Noble township, August 10, 1895, aged eighty-six years, eight months and nine days, was a native of Bedford county, Penn., and was born on the 1st of January, 1809. He married Nancy Stoner, a Pennsylvania girl, a native of Lancaster, born October 26, 1810. They commenced their married life in their native state and remained there until 1845, when they came to Noble County with a family of children, the youngest of whom was an infant of a few months. They had $18 to start with, six young children to support and no land of their own.
It is well for us to meditate, somewhat, on this phase in the life of John Rivir, remembering that the condition was not entirely exceptional, but was the lot of many settlers at that time. Unquestionably his was an extreme case on account of the size of his family. We must conclude that the first winter, with six helpless children, was a time to try the Souls and test the physical powers of husband and wife. It needs no stretch of imagination to comprehend a multitude of details of suffering and privations, over some of which it were no weakness if loyal memory should at one moment, but only for a moment, shed some tears, and the next moment yield to an uncontrollable impulse to hurrah for the heroism that carried them safely through, It is pardonable, I trust, to make the contemplation of every one of these typical cases an occasion for recognition of the real glory of Noble County's pioneer age. If it seems a little monotonous, sometimes, it may be that the fauIt is in our defective visions. A cloudless Sunset sky today may seem to the indifferent observer the same as all preceding ones, but it is not. Each differs from all predecessors in some of its hues and tints and shadings, presenting a succession of new aspects and effects which a thousand years of sunsets would not exhaust.
The next spring Mr. River planted for a crop of corn. The next fall while putting in wheat he was attacked by malaria in an aggravated form of fever and ague, and was confined to his bed during the entire fall and winter for six months, and all the children except one were stricken down during that time. Mrs. River and one boy only being able to keep their feet. How did they get through this second winter, so much worse than the first? There was but one way, They had to depend for life itself, upon the sympathy and generous aid of neighbors, of scant means themselves but great hearts; the noble pioneers who would divide their last crust with a suffering fellow-being and heal the breaking heart with genuine fraternal ministrations, so pure and spontaneous, that it seemed a blessed privilege, a holy joy instead of a charitable duty. Call those times and those men and women rough, uncouth, offensively primitive? No! Rather in the noblest respects, it was our heroic age, glowing with spiritual glory and redolent of sweetest grace and charm. And we all recognize it in the rare moments when we can turn away from the brilliancy and somewhat Superficial pomp of outward refinement and external etiquette and contemplate the time and the people when genuine worth and kindness were recognized in all their essential grace and beauty, without artificial formulas of manner and expression.
Ten years after their settlement here Mr. River bought eighty acres of land in Green township, and commenced there in the timber. His boys had grown, his forces were augmented, but sickness came again and sapped the strength of his sons and reduced him to such weakness that he was unable to keep upon his feet. But the work of clearing must go on, and he rode and guided a horse to haul together and roll up the logs, the boys doing the hitching and adjusting, and piling the poles and brush. In 1861 at the age of fifty-two years, he was thrown from a wagon and received injuries that crippled him for the remainder of his life. Prior to this accident he had sold his Green township farm and was about to remove to Kansas; but the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion changed his plans and he purchased the farm in Noble township, where he died, Three of his sons, John, Jacob and David, lost their lives in the service of their country during the rebellion, one of them, John, starving to death in Libby prison.
Mr. River was an active worker in the cause of the Christian religion and a prominent member of the Christian church society, These salient points in his life of fifty years in Noble County will serve to illustrate the arduous labors and formidable obstacles and discouragements incident to the work of clearing the ground and laying the foundations of the noble superstructure of civilization; the indomitable spirit that overcame and conquered. John River's career was honorable and successful, for himself and for his country.
1895 An obituary for John Rivir in Noble County reported [75]:
John Rivir, who died at his home in Noble Twp Aug. 10, 1895, aged 86 years, 8 months and 9 days, was a native of Bedford County, Penn., born there on the first day of Jan. 1809. He married Nancy Stoner, a Penn. girl, native of Lancaster, born Oct. 26, 1810. They commenced their married life in their native state and remained there until 1845 when they came to Noble County with a family of children, the youngest of whom was an infant of a few months. They had $18 to start with, 6 young children to support and no land of their own. In 1861 at the age of 52 he was thrown from a wagon and received injuries that crippled him for life. Prior to the accident he had sold his Green Twp farm and was about to remove to Kansas, but the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion changed his plans and he purchased the farm in Noble Twp where he died. Three of his sons, John, Jacob and David, lost their lives in the War, John starving to death in Libby Prison.
1895 A biographical sketch of John Rivir reported [76] [77] [78]:
John Rivir was born on New Year's Day of 1809 in Bedford County, Penn. His wife, Nancy (Stoner) Rivir, was born October 26, 1810 in Lancaster, Penn. Mr. Rivir came to this county in 1845 when he had but $18, with a large family to support. He put in a crop of corn the next spring; the next fall while engaged in putting in wheat he was taken sick and confined to his bed six months. At one time the entire family, excepting Mrs. Rivir and one boy, were down sick, but they were assisted by the neighbors through the winter. In 1855 Mr. Rivir bought eighty acres of land in Green Township. He commenced there in the timber; his family were again taken sick. While rolling together the logs for a clearing he was so weak he could not walk; but to assist the boys he would ride a horse and the boys would hitch to the logs and do the other necessary work. In 1861 he sold his farm with a purpose to emigrate to Kansas or Missouri, but the war coming on, he changed his plans and bought the land where he now lives. In 1861, on the day that his son Christian Rivir was married, he met with an accident that has rendered him unable to work. While at the mill at Port Mitchell he was thrown out of the wagon and received injuries which came near resulting fatally. Mr. Rivir lost three sons in the army - John, Jacob and David. John was starved in Libby Prison. The fourth son enlisted but was under age and released. Mr. Rivir is a Republican and a leading member of the Christian Church. Noble Twp.
1930 Nancy River, single, died on November 10, at age 78, in Wolf Lake, Noble County, Indiana. She was born in Indiana, daughter of John River and Nancy Stoner. [79]
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