Albartus BIVINS

Birth:

12 May 1828

Wayne, Tennessee

Death:

5 Oct 1907

Beattie, Comanche, Texas

Marriage:

21 Feb 1870

Father:

John George Washington BIVINS

Mother:

Naomi HILL

Notes:

Dea: Death Certificate

BIRTH DATE: Family Bible
BIRTH: Ancestral File and IGI 1998
1830 Census Wayne, Tenn #182
1840 Fayette, Tenn #165
1850 Shelby, Tenn #444918
1860 Henderson, Tx #0024883
1870 Coryelle, Tx #0553080
1900 Comanche, Tx #1241622 (living with son William Bivins)
1st MARRIAGE: Marriage License,Fayette County Tennessee Marriages 1838-1871.
2nd MARRIAGE: IGI 1998, License filed in Coryell, Texas
3rd MARRIAGE: Marriage License for Coryell, Texas; copy in the possession of
Natalie Lloyd
Death: Death Certificate (photographic copy) in possession of Natalie Lloyd.
Cause of Death was Heart failure at the age of 79. Certificate is
signed by Emma Bivins Butler, Albartus' 9th child.
LETTERS: Letter from Emma Bivins Butler telling her sisters Nora (America)
and Mandy (Amanda) of their father's death. Typed copy in possesion of Natalie Lloyd.
Temple Index Bureau: Copy in the possession of Natalie Lloyd.
ARCHIVE SHEET: with Temple Stamp. Shows the Taffinder children and the
children of Martha C. Iley & Albartus Bivins (William Walter, America
Nora, and Amanda) being sealed to James Taffinder first husband of
Martha Iley.
GAURDIAN-COURT RCORDS: Probate Records of Coryell Co., Texas #084718.
Nov. 1877 A. Bivins---J. C. Stone esq. to be guardian of
Lovick Taffinder, Samuel Taffinder, and Mary Taffinder minor heirs of
Martha C. Bivins deceased.

Martha Caroline ILEY

Birth:

Abt 1834

Franklin Co., Georgia

Death:

7 Mar 1874

Gatesville, Coryell, Texas

Father:

John ILEY

Mother:

Sarah HODGE

Notes:

Bap: Archive Sheet with temple stamp

BIRTH DATE-PARENTS: 1998 IGI and Ancestral File
1850 Census--Shelby, Texas #444918
Martha Caroline in living with her father John Iley in the household of her brother-in-law
Albartus Bivins and sister Elizabeth. Martha is Marthy age 16.
SPOUSE-CHILDREN:
1860 Census--Post Office Gatesville, Texas
Lists J. C. Taffinder age 35--blacksmith--born in England, wife
Martha C. age 32 born in Georgia, Lovick age 2 born in Texas.
1870 Census--Coryell, Texas #0553080--married to Albartus Bivins.
Archive Sheet with temple stamp and Family Group Sheet by Esther P.
Brown in the possession of Natalie Lloyd.
ORDINANCES: Temple Ordinance Record, copy in the possession of Natalie
Lloyd. Salt Lake Temple Record of Taffinder Family (1st husband)
sealings, microfilm copy in the possession of Natalie Lloyd.
Proxyy for Martha C. Iley were Sheirley Larsen did her baptism
and Ivor Williams Bodily did her Endowment. Martha was sealed
to husband James Taffinder by the Bodily relatives.
Also baptism is on the Archive Sheet with Temple Stamp.
Martha C. & children William W., Nora, Amanda were all sealed
to 1st husband James Taffinder in Aug 21,1956 Salt Lake Temple.
These sealings were all approved by Ray Christianson S.L. Temple
1st Marriage: Marriage License of James C. Taffinder and Martha Caroline
Iley filed in Austin County, Texas, (copy in the possession of
Natalie Lloyd). Point Oak Point, Austin, Texas; was named
from timber along a bend of San Bernado River, was settled
about 1850 by German families engaged in raising cotton and
livestock. No village was established but a rural school and
church marked the community center until 1910.
2nd Marriage: Marriage License filed in Coryell, Texas
DEATH: Interview with Amanda Bivins (Child #3), copy in the possession of
Natalie Lloyd.
PROPERTY: Probate Records of Coryell Co., Texas #984717.
Nov. 1869 Martha is given the right to deal with common property
in the estate of James Taffinder dec., as she sees fit.

Children

Marriage

William Walter BIVINS

Birth:

28 Nov 1870

Gatesville, Coryell, Texas

Death:

15 Aug 1923

Hassa Zoe WILLSON

Marr:

6 Sep 1891

Garvin County, Oklahoma, India

Notes:

                   Bir: Letter written by Boyd Butler son of Emma 9th child of Albartus Bivins
Stp: William was sealed to James Taffinder 27 Aug 1956. No further sealing work
       Bir: Letter written by Boyd Butler son of Emma 9th child of AlbartusBivins
Stp: William was sealed to James Taffinder 27 Aug 1956. No furthersealing work
       in necessary for this child.

BIRTH: Letter written by Boyd Butler son of Emma who was the 9th child of                   Albartus Bivins
TEMPLE ORDINANCE: William was sealed to James Taffinder 27 Aug 1956. This
        info comes from the Temple Archive sheet.
LIFE: 1998 IGI and Ancestral File
        1900 Census--Comanche, Texas #1241622
        Letter written by Boyd Butler son of Emma (child #9) in the possession
        of Natalie Lloyd.  Family Group Sheet by Esther P. Brown and Temple
        Index Bureau handwritten copy by Charleen Dunn in the possession of
        Natalie Lloyd.

America Nora BIVINS

Birth:

2 Jul 1872

Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas

Death:

7 Dec 1946

Daniel Leo PITTMAN

Marr:

25 Jun 1901

Notes:

                   Bir: Letter written by Boyd Butler son of Emma 9th child of Albartus Bivins
Bir: Letter written by Boyd Butler son of Emma 9th child of AlbartusBivins
Mar: Married 2nd husband Daniel Leo Pittman 25 Jun 1901

BIRTH: Letter written by Boyd Butler son of Emma 9th child of Albartus Bivins
MARRIAGE: Married 2nd husband Daniel Leo Pittman 25 Jun 1901
DIVORCED:  Nora divorced Sam Martin in 1904.  Nora's 1st husband Sam Martin
       was a Chocataw Indian, so Nora was a Choctaw by marriage. This is found
       in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal Building, Muskogge, Oklahoma,
       Roll #1660.
LIFE: Letter written by Boyd Butler son of Emma 9th child of Albartus Bivins        in the possession of Natalie Lloyd.
ORDINANCES: Family Group Sheet by Esther P. Brown and Temple Index Bureau           handwritten copy by Charleen Tilley Dunn in the possession of Natalie         Lloyd. 1998 IGI and Ancestral File.  America Nora was baptized in a
        river in Oklahoma after being converted by Mormon missionaries.

Amanda BIVINS

Birth:

27 Feb 1874

Catesville, Coryell, Texas

Death:

12 Sep 1959

Burley, Cassia, Idaho

Archie Manuel WILLIAMS

Marr:

25 Feb 1891

Foster, Indian Teritory, Oklah

Notes:

                   End: IGI

BAPTISM-ENDOWMENT: Amamda was converted and then baptized in a river
            in Okahoma in 1903.  Also her Baptism Certificate.
            She took out her own endowments in the Idaho Falls Temple in 1955.
            Typed Oral Interview between Amanda and Berwyn Freer Tilley of
            Amanda's conversion story in the possession of Natalie Lloyd.
MARRIAGE:  Amanda's Family Bible, copy in the possession of Natalie Lloyd.
LIFE:  Oral Interview between Amanda and Berwyn Tilley.
            Family Group Sheet by Esther P. Brown.
            Temple Index Bureau handwriiten copy.
            1998 IGI and Ancestral File.
DEATH:  Death Certificate.

FCID:2065:8904

Albartus Bivins - Martha Caroline Iley

Albartus Bivins was born at Wayne, Tennessee 12 May 1828. His parents were John George Washington Bivins and Naomi Hill.

He married Martha Caroline Iley 21 Feb 1870 . Martha Caroline Iley was born at Franklin Co., Georgia Abt 1834 daughter of John Iley and Sarah Hodge .

They were the parents of 3 children:
William Walter Bivins born 28 Nov 1870.
America Nora Bivins born 2 Jul 1872.
Amanda Bivins born 27 Feb 1874.

Albartus Bivins died 5 Oct 1907 at Beattie, Comanche, Texas .

Martha Caroline Iley died 7 Mar 1874 at Gatesville, Coryell, Texas .