Co D 6th IN Cavalry; age 65; b: Clay Co IN; d: Knox Co IN; s/of Elijah Bivens (1810-1 Sep 1844 IN) & Zilpha Creech (1 Sep 1810 NC-after 1880); m1: 3 Apr 1851 Owen Co IN Catharine Messer (ca 1835 IN); m2: 22 Jun 1867 IN Lavina Burris (1838 IN-19 May 1928 IN); res: 1850 Owen Co IN 1860 Bowling Green IN; ch: Zilpha (ca 1853 IN) & Alice (1854-27 Aug 1915 OK) & David C (ca 1856 IN) & Hulda J (ca 1859 IL)
