William Cannon Rivers

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Major General William Cannon Rivers

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 10, 1943 (77)
Mountain Sanitarium and Hospital, Fletcher, Henderson County, North Carolina, United States (Arteriosclerosis)
Place of Burial: Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Rivers and Julia Rivers
Husband of Mary Dancy Rivers
Father of Lieut James Battle Rivers
Brother of Hon. Flournoy Rivers; Col Tyree Rodes Rivers; Julian Rivers and Myra Horn

Occupation: United States Army officer
Managed by: Cynthia Curtis, A183502, US7875087
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About William Cannon Rivers

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49361576/william-cannon-rivers
World War I veteran appointed officer from TN Stationed at Ft. Allen, Vt, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Camp Merritt, NJ and France Overseas 4-23-18 to 4-2-19 Awarded DSM and Fr C de G.
Taken from the Williamson County TN historian Rick Warwick submitted by Linda Moore Mora

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William Cannon Rivers's Timeline

1866
January 11, 1866
Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, United States
1898
August 17, 1898
1943
July 10, 1943
Age 77
Mountain Sanitarium and Hospital, Fletcher, Henderson County, North Carolina, United States
September 17, 1943
Age 77
Arlington National Cemetery (initially buried at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery in Fletcher, North Carolina on July 12, 1943), Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States