A Guide to the Rives-Heath-Lassiter-Williams family papers, 1841-2020
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 52885
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Preferred Citation
Rives-Heath-Lassiter-Williams family papers, 1841-2020. Accession 52885. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Rives Carroll, Washington D.C.
Biographical Information
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).
Scope and Content
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.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged
Series I: Rives family Series II: Heath family. Series III: Lassiter family Series IV: John Langbourne Williams family Series V: Ennion G. Williams familyRelated Material
Lassiter Family papers, 1903-1922 (LVA accession 52884)
Williams family papers, 1884-2021 (LVA accession 53248)
Contents List
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)
- Box 4
Pin cushion of Eliza C. Rives; beaded bag
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
- Box 5
Anna Rives Heath
- Box 5
Anna Rives Heath
- Box 5
Anna Rives Heath
- Box 5
Anna Rives Heath
- Box 5
Anna Rives Heath
- Box 5
John Francis Heath
- Box 5
John Francis Heath
- Box 5
Jesse Hartwell Heath
- Box 5
Major John Pelham
- Box 5
Unidentified
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
- Box Oversize box 24
Photographs of Daniel William Lassiter
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)