Henderson County, Kentucky Biography


JAMES ALVES


            James ALVES was born in Orange County, North Carolina, on 06 March 1793, and in early life, came to Henderson with his father, Walter ALVES, one of the signers of the Richard HENDERSON & Co. ordinance, establishing the Town of Henderson. In 1815 he married Miss Maria DAVIS, daughter of General Thomas DAVIS, of North Carolina, and raised a large family of children, three of whom are now living, namely: James, twice married, first, to Miss Bettie H. and secondly to Miss Emily SNEED, daughters of Dr. Richard SNEED, of North Carolina; Maria D., wife of James P. BRECKENRIDGE, and John W., who married Miss Juliet HOLLOWAY. Each of these had children. Mrs. Arabella ALVES, widow of Thomas, the eldest son, is living and has five children, all married; James S., Superintendent Henderson Mining & Manufacturing Company; Maria, wife of Thomas L. NORRIS, of Kansas; Joseph B., Secretary and Treasurer Henderson Woolen Mills; Gaston M., Secretary and Treasurer Henderson Mining and Manufacturing Company, and Eliza, wife of Honorable M. MERRITT

            Mrs. ALVES, wife of James ALVES, was born in the month of September 1795, and at the age of nineteen, married in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and came with her husband to this county, where she departed this life, many years after, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. BRECKENRIDGE, having arrived at a ripe old age. She was a most noble woman, possessing every grace requisite to adorn life. Her husband, during life, was a man of extended influence, greatly beloved and universally esteemed. He died suddenly, on 30 Jul 1853, leaving to his children a large and very valuable landed estate.

 

Starling's History of Henderson County, Kentucky, 1887.

JAMES ALVES REFERENCES


1810 CENSUS OF HENDERSON COUNTY

James Alves, House No. 093; (1) m age 26; (1) f age 10; (1) f age 26


1820 CENSUS OF HENDERSON COUNTY

James Alves, Page -16, House No. 477; (1) m age 10; (1) m age 45; (f) f age
10; (1) f age 26.


1830 CENSUS OF HENDERSON COUNTY

James Alves, Page 237, House No. 156; (1) m age 5; (2) m age 10; (1) m age 15; (1) m age 40; (1) f age 5; (1) f age 15; (1) age 40.


1840 CENSUS OF HENDERSON COUNTY

James Alves, Page 233, House No. 508; (2) m age 10; (1) m age 15; (1) m age 30; (1) m age 50; (1) f age 15; (1) f age 50.


1850 CENSUS OF HENDERSON COUNTY

James Alves age 58, Page 18, House No. 147; Maria age 54; John W, age 19.


1860 CENSUS OF HENDERSON COUNTY

James Alves [Jr.] age 35, Page 96, House No. 544; Bettie age 29; L. H. (f) age 6; M. B. (f) age 5; T. P. (m) age 3; F. T. (f) age 2; R. S. (m) age 1; Henry McClarney age 28.


MARRIAGES IN HENDERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY 1806 - 1858

James Alves, Jr. - Bettie H. Sneed, 15 Dec 1852, Book 001, Page 128
John W. Alves - Juliet T. Holloway, 26 Nov 1857, Book 003, Page 419
Robert H. Alves - Mary Ann Gayle, 14 Jan 1830, Book 001, Page 038
William J. Alves - August A. Hughes, 15 May 1828, Book 001, Page 033
Amelia J. Alves - William FitzHugh, 26 Nov 1856, Book 003, Page 205
Louisa Alves - John C. Towles, 10 Mar 1851, Book 001, Page 134
Maria Alves - James Breckenridge, 10 Apr 1849, Book 001, Page 106
Mary Amelia Alves - William Rudy, 08 Nov 1832, Book 001, Page 249
Virginia W. Alves - A. J. Anderson, 30 Nov 1853, Book 002, Page 074


INTERMENT RECORDS

Maria C. Alves, 15 Oct 1823, Fernwood, Age unknown, 558, 1
William Alves, 12 Sep 1838, Fernwood, Age unknown, 558, 2
Walter Alves Alves, 20 Apr 1840, Fernwood, Age unknown, 558, 3
Benjamin S. Alves, 13 Oct 1843, Fernwood, Age unknown, 558, 4
James Alves, 30 Jul 1853, Fernwood, Age unknown, 558, 9
(Inf) Applegate, 00 Mar 1872, Fernwood, Age unknown, 558, 11
Maria Alves, 04 Jun 1879, Fernwood, Age unknown, 558, 10


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