Pulaski-Wilkinson-Laurens County GaArchives Obituaries.....Rivers, Jonathan, Colonel March 31, 1875 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: M Sgt Robert K. [Bob] Nobles,Jr. bnobles@windstream.net September 17, 2013, 7:27 pm MARRIAGES, DEATHS, AND ETC., FROM HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH, HAWKINSVILLE, PULASKI COUNTY, GEORGIA, 1870- 1888, By: M Sgt. Robert K. [Bob] Nobles, Jr. (see dates and pages below) MARRIAGES, DEATHS, AND ETC. FROM HAWINSVILLE DISPATCH HAWKINSVILLE, PULASKI COUNTY, GEORGIA 1870 - 1888 By: M Sgt. Robert K. [Bob] Nobles, Jr. Page 45. Vol. 9, #12., Thursday Morning, 25 Mar. 1875. Col. Jonathan Rivers, died this Wednesday afternoon at his residence in Hawkinsville. Pages 46 & 47. Vol. 9. #14., Thursday Morning, 8 Apr 1875: Col. Jonathan Rivers died peacefully at his home in this place Wednesday afternoon last. A short while before dying, he talked with his pastor, Rev. George R. McCall, and among his last words said that he was "not afraid to die." The funeral was conducted by Rev. McCall at the Baptist Church on Thursday afternoon. Col. Rivers was buried with Masonic honors in the Orange Grove Cemetery by the members of Mt. Hope Lodge, F. &n A. M. of this place. Colonel Rivers was born in Wilkinson County in 1830 and was 44 years old when he died. He moved from Dublin to Hawkinsville in the fall of 1873 and formed a partnership with Col. George W. Jordan in the practive of law. In the late war he was a Major of the 49th Georgia Regiment and lost a leg in the second battle of Manassas. Additional Comments: Compiler Notes: Orange Grove Cemetery today is known as Orange Hill Cemetery, the City Cemetery for Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia. Years ago there used to be a grove of Mock Oranges. Thats where the name came from, they were round and green and shape like a orange. Col River was born: 20 Sep 1831 in Wilkinson County, Georgia and died at home in Hawkinsville on 31 Mar 1875. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pulaski/obits/r/rivers14155ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb