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Rivers, R. H. (Richard Henderson), 1814-1894

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Richard Henderson Rivers (1814-1894) was an educator and Methodist minister. Born in Montgomery County, Tennessee, he is the son of Edmund Rivers (1783–1859) and Sallie Henderson Rivers (1787–1876). Rivers joined the Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1831. He graduated from LaGrange College (Leighton, Ala.) in 1835 and taught as that college’s professor of ancient languages from 1836 to 1843. He next served as president of the following institutions: Athens Female Institute (Athens, Ala.) from 1843 to 1848, Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) from 1849 to 1853, LaGrange College (Leighton, Ala.) and its successor Florence Wesleyan University (Florence, Ala.) from 1854 to 1861, Centenary College (Summerfield, Ala.), Somerville Female Institute (Somerville, Tenn.), Logan Female College (Russellville, Ky.) in 1868, and Martin Female College (Pulaski, Tenn.) from 1874 to 1879. During the 1870s and 1880s, Rivers also served as pastor at churches in Kentucky and Alabama.

Rivers authored the following books: Elements of Moral Philosophy (1859), Elements of Mental Philosophy (1862), Our Young People (1880), The Life of Robert Paine (1884), Arrows from Two Quivers (1890). During the 1890s, he also served as corresponding editor of the newspaper Central Methodist (Catlettsburg, Ky.).

In 1836, Rivers married Martha Bolling Cox Jones (1818–1897); they had nine children.

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John Y. Young family papers

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Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 111
Scope and Contents This collection consists of digital facsimile printouts of correspondence to and from members of the Dr. John Y. Young family.Series 1: John Smith Young correspondence, 1853-1855. This series consists of letters written by John Smith Young to his siblings and parents. During this time, Young was a student at Centenary College of Louisiana. Many letters contain details about life at Centenary, his personal views on religion, and news of family members, especially his cousin...
Dates: 1848 - 1868