Phillip Marion Bivens

My great-great-grandfather is Phillip Marion Bivens. He lived in Monroe County, Tennessee. I descend through his second wife, Martha Jane Jenkins.

Generation No. 1

1. PHILLIP MARION³ BIVENS (JAMES², BENJAMIN¹) was born 1848 in Monroe County, Tennessee, and died 24 Sep 1929 in Monroe County, Tennessee. He married (1) NANCY D. SKIDMORE 27 Aug 1868 in Monroe County, Tennessee. She was born 02 Apr 1847 in Monroe County, Tennessee, and died 02 Dec 1878 in Monroe County, Tennessee. He married (2) MARTHA JANE JENKINS 21 Aug 1879. She was born 29 Oct 1858 in Monroe County, Tennessee, and died 10 Jan 1911 in Monroe County, Tennessee. PHILLIP MARION BIVENS and MARTHA JANE JENKINS are buried in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Tellico Plains, Monroe County, Tennessee.

Child of PHILLIP BIVENS and NANCY SKIDMORE is:

i. JAMES TURNER⁴ BIVENS, b. 18 Aug 1867.

Children of PHILLIP BIVENS and MARTHA JENKINS are:

ii. THOMAS JEFFERSON⁴ BIVENS, b. 11 Apr 1880, Monroe County, Tennessee; d. 16 Mar 1963, Loudon County, Tennessee; m. (1) MARY ARP; m. (2) CLEMENTINE PICKLESIMER, 08 Nov 1898, Monroe County, Tennessee.

iii. PHILLIP MARION BIVENS, b. 1886, Monroe County, Tennessee; m. FANNIE JENKINS.

iv. MOSE BIVENS, b. 12 May 1887, Monroe County, Tennessee; d. 09 Dec 1952, Vonore, Monroe County, Tennessee. He married (1) SALLIE JENKINS 06 May 1917 in Monroe County, Tennessee, he married (2) EULA ROBERTS GOURLEY 20 Apr 1921 in Madisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee.

v. FRESHOUR DUDNEY BIVENS, b. 1888, Monroe County, Tennessee; d. 1932.

vi. RACHEL MELVINA BIVENS, b. 23 Dec 1890, Monroe County, Tennessee; d. 26 Dec 1981, Anderson County, Tennessee; m. JOHN DANIEL JONES, 14 Sep 1917, Monroe County, Tennessee.

vii. HENRY JACKSON BIVENS, b. 22 Mar 1893, Monroe County, Tennessee; d. 18 Nov 1973, Monroe County, Tennessee; m. BETTIE MILLIGAN, 04 Dec 1919.

viii. GROVER CLEVELAND BIVENS, b. 27 Mar 1896, Monroe County, Tennessee; d. 21 Feb 1926, Monroe County, Tennessee. He married (1) ESSIE FOSHEE 12 Feb 1911 in Monroe County, Tennessee, he married (2) MARY COVINGTON 18 May 1918.

ix. FANNIE TAYLOR BIVENS, b. 18 Jan 1898, Monroe County, Tennessee; d. 18 Oct 1980, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; m. (1) WILLIAM EDGAR BIVENS, 15 Jan 1923, Monroe County, Tennessee; m. (2) RALPH WALLACE TALLENT, 04 Aug 1965; b. 12 Oct 1897; d. 23 Mar 1999, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

x. CHARLES BIVENS, b. 18 May 1899, Monroe County, Tennessee; d. Nov 1966, Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee; m. BESSIE GROGAN, 02 Oct 1922, Monroe County, Tennessee.

xi. CARRA BIVENS, b. 1902, Monroe County, Tennessee.