Alice Caroline Bivens, daughter of James Monroe Bivens and Bessie M Arthur, was born in Lewis County, Kentucky, on October 14, 1914. She never married and was a shoe worker at the Selby Shoe factory in Portsmouth, Ohio. She died of a sudden heart attack caused by the accidental poisoning by Black Leaf 40, a nicotine-based pesticide on September 4, 1937.
Alice Caroline Bivens Obituary
” Miss Alice Carol Bivens, 22, died suddenly at the home of her parents at Quincy Saturday, September 4. A heart attack caused death. Miss Bivens, employed by the Selby Shoe Company the last two years, had been residing with a sister, Mrs. Irene Ehrman of Nauvoo.” 1
“Surviving are the parent’s Mr. and Mrs. James Bivens of Quincy, and the following brothers and sisters; Mrs. Harmon Schuler of Portsmouth; Mrs. Irene Ehrman, Thomas and James of Nauvoo; William at home; Daisy of Portsmouth; Norene, Delores and Cole Frederick at home; and a nephew, James Ehrman. Three brothers, Elwood, Lewis, and Earl preceded her in death.”
“Funeral services were held Tuesday at the M.E. church in Quincy with Reverend K. J. Hill in charge. Burial was in charge of Plumber Brothers of Vanceburg. “
