Biography:

Railroad conductor, union official; elected official, Born– Shelbyville, Tenn., June 13, 1875. Parents– James Monroe and Martha J. Parker Rives. Married– Mamie L. Gordon, June 19, 1985. Children– two.   Worked for the L & N Railroad, 1890-1916. Elected mayor of Inglenook, 1915; Coroner of Jefferson County, 1917-21; Represented Jefferson County in the Alabama State Legislature, 1923-27; deputy president and financial agent for  the Order of Railway Conductors of America, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1932-54. Led movement for an eight-hour workday for railway employees. Assistant Sergeant-at-arms, Democratic National Convention, 1912, 1916, 1936, 1940, 1944.  Editor of The Railway Conductor, official publication of the Order of Railway Conductors. Fortieth Commander-in-Chief, Sons of Confederate Veterans.  Member Masons, Odd Fellows, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Confederate Veterans. Died March 16, 1970.

Source:

Owen’s Story of Alabama, Vol. 5; ancestry.com; findagrave website

Publication(s):

Green Rives of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, and Lincoln County, Tennessee, and his descendants. Birmingham, Ala.; A. H. Cather Publishing Co. 1958.