Elizabeth Cureton Rives (1799-1885) was the daughter of Briggs Rives and Anne Cureton Rives. She married Hartwell Peebles
Heath (1794-1837) of Petersburg, Virginia, and they had nine children, including Anna Rives Heath (1835-1888). Anna Rives
Heath married Daniel William Lassiter (1827-1903) on 8 February 1865. They had five children, including Anna Heath Lassiter
(1875-1972). John Langbourne Williams (1831-1915) married Maria Ward Skelton (1843-1929) on 13 October 1865, and they had
nine children, including Ennion Gifford Williams (1874-1931). Anna Heath Lassiter married Ennion Gifford Williams 21 October
1902, and they had eight children, including Elizabeth Rives Williams (1916-2018).
Papers, 1841-2020, of the Rives, Heath, and Lassiter families of Petersburg, Virginia, and the Williams family of Richmond,
Virginia, consisting of articles, books, correspondence, diaries, genealogies, photographs, stories, and other papers detailing
the lives and genealogies of these families' members.
Series I: Rives family
Series II: Heath family.
Series III: Lassiter family
Series IV: John Langbourne Williams family
Series V: Ennion G. Williams family
Series I: Rives family papers contain genealogies of the Rives, Heath, Lassiter, and Williams families; obituary and epitaph
of Francis Everod Rives (1792-1861); photographs of Eliza Cureton Rives Heath (1799-1885); brochure, post cards, and note
cards on Castle Hill (Albemarle County, Va.); article on Alfred Rives; and a short stories titled "The Aura" by Elizabeth
Rives Fowlkes Williams Miller (1916-2018).
Box 1 Folder 1
Genealogies, Francis Everod Rives obituary and epitaph, Eliza Cureton Rives Heath photographs
Box 1 Folder 2
Rives family genealogies; Brochures, postcards, notecards of Castle Hill (Albemarle County); article on Alfred Rives (1830-1903);
Rives family genealogy, "The Aura " by Elizabeth Williams Fowlkes Miller (1916-2018)
Series II: Heath family papers contain genealogies of the Rives, Heath, Lassiter, and Williams families; correspondence regarding
Heath family genealogy; a short titled "The Aura" by Elizabeth Rives Williams Fowlkes Miller; photographs of Eliza Rives Heath
(1799-1885), John Francis Heath (1819-1862), Anna Rives Heath (1835-1888), and home of Eliza Rives Heath; book belonging to
Anna Rives Heath (1835-1888). Also daguerreotypes and photographs of members of the Heath Family.
Box 1 Folder 3
Genealogies, correspondence on Heath family genealogy, "The Aura " by Elizabeth Williams Fowlkes Miller (1916-2018)
Box 1 Folder 4
Photographs of the home of Mrs. E. C. Heath, Eliza Rives Heath (1799-1885), John Francis Heath (1819-1862), and Anna Rives
Heath (1835-1888)
Box 1 Folder 5
Sketches of old Virginia Family Servants by Anne Rose Page, 1847 belonging to Anna Rives Heath
Box 1 Folder 6
Photographs and portraits of Heath family members, Heath family genealogy
Box 5
Eliza Rives Heath--photograph of portrait by George Caleb Bingham
Box 5
Anna Rives Heath--photograph of portrait by George Caleb Bingham
Series III: Lassiter family papers contain Lassiter-Williams family genealogy; biographical sketches of Daniel William Lassiter
(1827-1903); Lassiter family diary pages, 1891-1892; and photographs of Daniel Lassiter, Virginia Heath Lassiter (1874-1902),
and Anna Heath Lassiter (1875-1972); memorial volume on Francis Rives Lassiter (1866-1909); information, correspondence, and
obituaries for Francis Rives Lassiter, William Lassiter (1866-1959), and Charles Trotter Lassiter (1870-1930); photographs,
correspondence, school papers, short stories, poems, and obituary of Anna Heath Lassiter; and photographs of Lassiter home
in Petersburg.
Box 1 Folder 7
Lassiter-Williams family genealogy; biographical sketches of Daniel William Lassiter (1827-1903); Lassiter family diary, 1891-1892;
photographs of Daniel William Lassiter, Virginia Heath Lassiter (1874-1902), and Anna Heath Lassiter (1875-1972)
Box 1 Folder 8
Francis Rives Lassiter (1866-1909), William Lassiter (1867-1959), and Charles T. Lassiter (1870-1930)--information, correspondence,
and obituaries
Box 1 Folder 9
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Francis Rives Lassiter , 1910
Box 1 Folder 10
Diary and housekeeping book of Virginia Heath Lassiter and Anna Heath Lassiter Williams, 1888-1889, 1962
Box 1 Folder 11
Anna Heath Lassiter--photographs,diary, grade card and commencement program, short story, poem, and obituary
Box 1 Folder 12
Photographs of the Lassiter House, correspondence, and genealogical information
Series IV: John Langbourne Williams family papers contain Randolph, Skelton, and Williams families genealogies; portraits
of the Randolph and Skelton families; obituaries of John Langbourne Williams (1831-1915) and Maria Ward Skelton Williams (1843-1929);
publications by and about John Langbourne Williams; information on family reunions; and a volume of family prayers and meditations.
Box 1 Folder 13
Williams family genealogies
Box 1 Folder 14
John Langbourne Williams family genealogies
Box 2 Folder 1
Genealogies, portraits, and information on the Randolph and Skelton families
Box 2 Folder 2
Vingettes of the 18th Century Williamsburg Ancestors of John Langbourne Williams (1831-1915) and Maria Ward Skelton Williams
(1843-1929)
Box 2 Folder 3
Obituaries for John Langbourne Williams and Maria Ward Skelton Williams, 1915, 1929
Box 2 Folder 4
Publications by and about John Langbourne Williams; post card to Williams
Box 2 Folder 5
Family reunions, 1965, 1977, 1987, 2000, 2011
Box 2 Folder 6
Family Prayers and Meditations , In Memoriam John Langbourne Williams (1831-1915) and Maria Ward Skelton Williams (1843-1929), 1948
Series V: Ennion G. Williams family papers contain Williams family genealogies; obituaries of Ennion G. Williams (1874-1931)
and Anna Heath Lassiter Williams (1875-1972); diary, letters, papers, and photographs of Ennion G. Williams; articles on Williams'
medical career and as Virginia's first Health Commissioner; correspondence and photographs of Anna Lassiter Williams; articles
and information on the siblings of Ennion G. Williams; papers and photographs of the children of Ennion and Anna Williams,
including Virginia Lassiter Williams (1903-1983) and Elizabeth Rives Williams Fowlkes Miller (1916-2018); photographs and
information on "Holly Lawn," the Williams family home; and photographs and papers regarding Williams family reunions. Also
includes scrapbooks of Virginia Lassiter Williams and Elizabeth Rives Williams.
Box 2 Folder 7
Genealogies
Box 2 Folder 8
Obituaries of Ennion G. Williams (1874-1931)and Maria Ward Skelton Williams (1843-1929), 1929, 1931
Box 2 Folder 9
Ennion G. Williams diary, letters, and papers
Box 2 Folder 10
Ennion G. Williams photographs
Box 2 Folder 11
Ennion G. Williams Hospital (Virginia Medical College)
Box 2 Folder 12
Articles on or mentioning Ennion G. Williams
Box 2 Folder 13
"The Great Idealist: The Life and Times of Dr.Ennion G. Williams, " Virginia Medical Monthly , February 1968
Box 2 Folder 14
Anna Heath Lassiter Williams papers
Box 3 Folder 1
Ennion G. Williams' siblings
Box 3 Folder 2
Family photographs
Box 3 Folder 3
Ennion G. Williams' and Anna Lassiter Williams' children
Box 3 Folder 4
Virginia Lassiter Williams
Box 3 Folder 5
Elizabeth Rives Williams Fowlkes Miller--genealogy, birth certificate, obituary, correspondence, and photographs
Box 3 Folder 6
Elizabeth Rives Williams Fowlkes Miller--reminiscences, toasts, and papers
Box 3 Folder 7
Rives Fowlkes Carroll
Box 3 Folder 8
Family reunions, 1987-2011
Box 3 Folder 9
Holly Lawn
Box 6
Virginia Lassiter Williams photo album
Box 6
Virginia Lassiter Williams scrapbook--clippings of Williams family members
Box 7
Virginia Lassiter Williams photo album--Holly Lawn, Camp Puckwana (Sebago Lake, Maine), and Hollins College
Box 7
Elizabeth Rives Williams photo album--Camp Mont Shenandoah (Millboro, Virginia), Camp Alleghany (Lewisburg, West Virginia),
and Collegiate School (Richmond)
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