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Children of Robert Ivey Jr. & Elizabeth West
Robert Ivey Jr. and Elizabeth West had eight known children, with a ninth child theorized. It is possible that another son died as a child, for the 1810 census shows a fifth young male who is not accounted for in 1820 or 1830.
Much of what follows is an attempt to correct and significantly add to the information in George Franks Ivey’s book, The Ivey Family in the Untied States, which included several summary family group sheets compiled before 1941 from correspondence with several descendants of Robert Ivey and Elizabeth West.
1.
Barna Ivey (22 September 1795 -
21 November 1856) He appears in many records as Barney Ivey, but usually signed
his own name as “Barna Ivey”, and his name appears as “Barna Ivey” in the Bible
record mentioned below. His full given name is somewhat uncertain. A
grandson’s biographical sketch published in 1893 calls him “Barnabus Ivey”.[1]
The family Bible in the family of one of his daughters, called the Ivey-Garland
Bible, contains his birth, death and marriage dates, along with his parents, his
children and other Davis and Garland relatives.[2]
According to this record, he married Alcy Ann Davis (9 December 1800 – 14
November 1886) on 12 December 1816, a time when the family was still living in Lenoir County. She was the daughter of Malachi Davis and Ann Wooten, according to a court
case in Duplin County, North Carolina which calls her “Elsie” Ivey. [3]
A Davis family history contains more information on the Malachi Davis family.[4]
1.1.
Malachi Davis Ivey (2 January
1818 – 1898) He was named for his mother’s father. His middle initial in a
few records is given as D., and I have assumed this stood for “Davis”. Malachi married four times, according to a biographical statement published in
1893, which says he lived briefly in Russell County, then moved to Bullock County in 1860. [15]
A part of this document states that Malachi Ivey “was born near Milledgeville, Ga., in 1818. His parents were Barney and Elsie (Davis) Ivey, who were both
natives of North Carolina, born respectively in 1795 and 1800, and who were
there reared and married, and in 1817 removed to Baldwin county, Ga., later
lived in Houston and Troup counties, then came to Alabama and located in
Russell county, and finally settled in Macon county, where the father died in
1883 (sic), and the mother in 1886, both devout members of the Baptist
church... His [Barna Ivey’s] father was named Robert Ivey and was a native of North Carolina, of Irish descent; his death occurred in Baldwin county, Ga. The maternal
grandfather of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch was Malachi Davis,
who passed his life in North Carolina. Malachi Ivey is the eldest in a family
of twelve children, comprising five sons and seven daughters, of whom one son
died in Kentucky while serving in the Confederate army during the first year of
the late war...” According to this, he first married Caroline J. Tyere,
daughter of “the distinguished bishop” John M. Tyere, in Russell County in 1844, who bore him a son named John B. Ivey (c1845). After his first wife’s death in
1847, he married Sarah J. Curry (on 26 August 1850 in Russell County, according to marriage records). Her gravestone calls her the daughter of William and
Jane A. Curry and gives her birth and death as 6 September 1829 - 27 November
1864, though she actually died in 1853 according to Malachi’s biographical statement.
The statement continues with his third marriage in 1855 to Matilda A. Gunn, who
died in 1857, and his fourth marriage (on 9 November 1858 according to Harris County, Georgia marriage records) to Samantha A. Dendy.[16]
His fourth wife’s gravestone in Perote indicates that she survived her
husband, giving her date of death as 22 December 1910. 1.1.1.
John Barna Ivey (c1845 – 1890s)
He was the only child of Malachi Ivey and Caroline Tyere.[18]
He is in his father’s household in 1850 and 1860. The biographical statement
says he “served all through the recent war in an Alabama company, under the
command of Capt. Hardeman.” [19]
This was apparently the 39th Alabama Infantry, in which he served as
a corporal. In 1870, he is enumerated in Bullock County with Angus Redbill. He
married Eugenia Denson on 9 May 1871 in Etowah County. In the 1880 census he
is in Etowah County, Alabama listed as J. B. Ivey, with his wife E.A., a son A.
R. (age 8), a son N. D. (age 2), and two daughters.Cassie and Pauline. He
apparently died before 1900 when his widow Eugenia was head of a household that
included the two daughters from 1880 and three additional children: Caroline S. (age 26), Pauline
A. (age 23), John B. (age
19), William (age 16) and Arminta (age 13). The 1900 Etowah census
identifies the full names of the two older sons as Augustus
R. Ivey and Nimrod D. Ivey. 1.1.2.
William Marshall Ivey (1851 - 1875)
He is not mentioned in the biographical statement, perhaps because he was
dead. He is in Malachi Ivey’s 1860 household, age 9, and the 1870 household,
age 18. He is buried in a cemetery in Perote, Bullock County which contains a
headstone for William Marshall Ivey 1851-1875. 1.1.3.
Robert Lewis Ivey (19 Dec 1852 -
17 June 1853) He is also not mentioned in the 1893 biographical statement. However,
a Barbour County cemetery compilation lists his gravestone in Barbour County
with birth and death dates, and gives his parents as Malachi Ivey and (his
second wife) Sarah J. Ivey.[21]
1.1.4.
Loane H. Ivey (1860 - ) She
was “Loane H.”, the wife of J. B. Mobley of Hamilton, Georgia according to the
1893 article. She is enumerated as “Louane” in 1860, age 4/12, as “Loane” in
1870, age 10, and as “Loane” in 1880, age 20.. 1.1.5.
Lela B. Ivey (1862 - ?) She was
the wife of W. G. Graham, of Troy, Alabama according to the 1893 article. She
is in the 1870 household, age 8 and the 1880 household, age 17. In 1900 she is
enumerated in Butler County, Alabama as the wife of Walter Graham. Her birth
month is unreadable in the 1900 census, but the year is 1862. 1.1.6.
Emma A. Ivey (30 December 1864 –
9 September 1902 ) Her gravestone in Perote carries her birth and death dates,
and lists her husband as Frank. B. Miles. She was listed in both the 1870 and
1880 households as “Emma.” 1.1.7.
Mattie Ivey (c1867 – ?) She was
“Samantha”, age 3, in the 1870 household and “Pattie”, age 12, in the 1880
census. Her father’s 1893 biography calls her “Mattie.” 1.2.
Elizabeth Ivey (9 August 1819 - 28
April 1899) was Elizabeth Denson in her father’s will. She married Augustus R.
Denson of Russell County on 7 November 1838 and had five sons and three
daughters, according to a statement by their son William Henry Denson.[22]
According to this statement, the sons were John B., Robert H., Nimrod Davis,
Augustus M., and William Henry (a congressman from Alabama). A similar
statement by their son Nimrod D. Denson says Augustus and Elizabeth had ten
children, six of whom were living in 1893: Mary J., unmarried and living in
Etowah County; Julia F., wife of John R. Walker of Etowah County; William H.,
lawyer of Gadsden; Eugenia Ivey, wife of John B. Ivey, of Etowah County;
Robert H., of Grundy County, Missouri, and N. D. Denson, a lawyer of Chambers
County.” [23]
According to the second statement, Augustus R. Denson died in 1871. Elizabeth is in the 1880 census of Etowah County, Alabama as a 60-year old “boarder” in
the household of her son-in-law and daughter John and Julia Walker. Her own
obituary confirms her birth, death and marriage dates, and says she moved to
Chambers County immediately after he husband’s death in October 1871 to live
with her son W. H. Denson, then in 1877 moved to Etowah County, where she died.[24]
This also mentions that she was the oldest (sic) of twelve children of Barna
and Alsey Ivey, and was survived by only one sibling, Mrs. Emma Dubose. This
source gives fourteen children: “She was the mother of fourteen children,
three sons and three daughters are still living, viz.: Col. W. H. Denson, Judge
N. D. Denson, Robt. H. Denson, Miss Mary Denson, Mrs. J. F. Walker and Mrs. E.
A. Ivey.” 1.3.
Mary Ivey (29 April 1821 – 28
November 1894) She was Mary Garland in her father’s will, and may have been
named “Mary Davis”. She married Edward O. Garland (1811-1875) on 18 August 1838
in Russell County, Alabama. The Ivey-Garland Bible has only the year of the
marriage, but lists her precise birth and death dates. The 1850, 1860, and
1870 Russell County censuses show children: Lucy
(c1839), Elizabeth (c1842), Emma (c1844), Ailsey
C. (c1846), Josephine
(c1848), Mary (c1850), John B. (c1852), Fanny
(c1854), Sarah Virginia (c1856), Edward (22 October 1860), and Susan Roberta (c1863). The son Edward Henry
Garland is the only one mentioned in the Ivey-Garland Bible record. The
daughter Mary is shown as “Mary” in 1850 and 1860, “Elsie” in 1870, and “Est.”
in 1880. Mary Garland is listed in the 1880 Barbour County census as a widow
with her unmarried daughter “Est.” and married son John B. Garland in the
household. 1.4.
William Ivey (18 July 1823 - 1885?)
He is apparently the male aged 15-20 in his father’s 1840 household. He
married Zelpha Ann E. McDonald on 24 February 1846 according to the Barbour County marriage records. In 1850 he is in Russell County, his wife’s name listed
as “Adaline” (age 19) and two children: “David” (3) and William (1). A
cemetery record in Barbour County gives his wife’s name as Ann Elizabeth
McDonald, “died 10 Aug 1851 age 20 years, 7 mo 8 days”, the daughter of
William and Julia A. McDonald.[25]
He apparently remarried, for his wife is named Amanda in the 1860 census of Barbour County, the 1870 census of Bullock County, and the 1880 census of Talladega County. In 1860, he is listed with 59 slaves. In 1870 and 1880 he is listed as a lawyer. He
appears to be the same person called “Colonel William Ivey” in a history of Eufala,
Barbour Country, Alabama.[26]
The censuses identify ten children: 1.4.1.
Davis
M. Ivey (c1847 - aft1880) He was aged 3 and 13 in 1850 and 1860. In
1870 he was age 23 and single, a clerk in a store in Montgomery County, Alabama. By 1880 he had moved to White County, Illinois where he is listed as age 33, a
grain dealer, with a wife named Ida. I did not find him in the1900 census. 1.4.2.
William D. Ivey (c1849 - ) He
was aged 1 and 11 in 1850 and 1860. He was not in the 1870 household. 1.4.3.
Tempe
L. Ivey (c1855 - ) Evidently the first child of the second wife, she
was aged 5 and 16 in 1860 and 1870. By 1880 she out of the household. 1.4.4.
Malachi Dubose Ivey (26 February
1858 – 15 April 1923) He was Malachi D., age 2, in 1860 and Dubose, age 12, in
1870. He was not in his parents household in 1880. In 1900 and 1910, he is
enumerated as a lawyer in Talladega County. The 1900 census gives his birth as
February 1858, and both censuses show a wife named Mary C. (married 20 and 30
years respectively.) Eight children were listed: daughters Mary (Oct 1881), Irene
C.(Dev 1883), Gulnair (Jan
1886), and Amanda Eugenia (Sept 1897) and
sons William G. (Oct 1888), Charles Lee (Jan 1890), Malachi D. Jr. (July 1891), and John H. (Marsh 1895). His death date is from an Alabama death certificate, which gives his birth date as 26 February 1857, though the
censuses suggest that this date is off by a year. His son Malachi Jr. was
listed as an inmate in a Talladega institution in 1930. His widow is said to
have moved to California, as did the daughters Amanda Eugenia and Irene and the
son Charles Lee Ivey. 1.4.5.
Anna Irene Ivey (1860 - ) She
was Anna I., age 2 months, in 1860, and Irene, aged 10, in 1870. In 1880, she
was age 20, still at home. 1.4.6.
Robert Lee Ivey (May 1866 – aft1900)
He was Robert, age 4, in 1870 and R. Lee, age 14 in 1880. In the 1900 census
he is enumerated in Talladega County with a wife Elena L. (married six years),
his mother and father in law (James D. & Alice E. Lewis), and a daughter Alice E. Ivey. Also in the household were his
brother James H. Ivey and sister Lulu E. Ivey. He was not found in the 1910
census. 1.4.7.
Charles R Ivey (c1868 - 1924?)
He was age 2 in 1870 and age 12 in 1880. In both the 1910 and 1920 censuses of
Talladega County, he is listed with a wife named Mary C. and a son named Charles R. Ivey Jr. (born c1901). The Alabama death index shows a Charles Rembert Ivey who died in October 1924, who may be the
same person. 1.4.8.
Lulu E. Ivey (Jan 1870 - aft1900)
She was age 4 months in 1870 and age 10 in 1880. In 1900 she was enumerated
in the Talladega County household of her brother Robert. 1.4.9.
Alice A. Ivey (c1874 - ) She
was “Alice A., age 6 in the 1880 census 1.4.10. James H. Ivey (Jan 1876 – 8 August 1943) He was
J. H., age 4 in the 1880 census. In 1900 he was enumerated in the Talladega Co unty household of his brother Robert L Ivey. By 1910 he had acquired a wife
named Jennie and two sons: James H. Ivey Jr.,
and Joseph L. Ivey. The 1920 census has
the same wife and two children. The wife’s name was apparently Jennie Baker,
for a mother-in-law named Annie Baker was also in the 1910 household. According
to the index to Alabama death records, a James H. Ivey died in Talladega County on 8 August 1943. 1.5.
Nancy Jane Ivey (16 March 1825 – 26
August 1865) She was Nancy Vann in her father’s will, and “Nancy Jane” in the
Ivey-Garland Bible. According to descendants, she had first married Augustus
Hardwick, and been widowed. Indeed, she is not in her parents household in
1850. As Nancy Jane Hardwick, she married Marshall Vann on 24 December 1850,
according to Barbour County marriage records. In the 1860 census of Russell County, “Jane N. Vann” is listed as the wife of Henry M. Vann, with three children:
Annie M. (8), William M. (5), and Abner
H. (8). Also listed in the household following these two children
were John Broadwater (25), and Edward W. Vann (46). Both husband and wife may
have been dead before 1870. 1.6.
Robert Ivey (c1827 – c1863) He is
the only child who does not appear in the Ivey-Garland family Bible. He is apparently
the male aged 10-15 in his father’s 1840 household. He married Virginia Brown
on 19 December 1848 in Barbour County and is in the 1850 and 1860 Russell County censuses with Virginia and no children. In 1860 he is listed as the owner of 22
slaves. Malachi Ivey stated (see reference above) that one of his brothers was
killed in Kentucky early in the Civil War, apparently referring to Robert Ivey.
His widow Virginia remarried in Barbour County to John Howard on 29 May 1866.
She may have been widowed again, for she was living in a hotel in Eufaula, Barbour County in 1870. 1.7.
Catherine Winifred Ivey (8
October 1829 - ?) She was Catherine Henry in her father’s will, and her birth date
and full name are from the Ivey-Garland Bible. According to a separate Bible
record, she married Dr. John Benson Henry on 4 February 1845.[27]
They are in the 1850 Barbour County census, John as a physician, with Catherine’s
age given as 20, with a one-year old son named John. In 1860 John B. Henry is
listed as a physician in Barbour County (with $75,000 in property), Catherine
W. was age 29, and the children included Benjamin J. (12), Mary L. (10), John
A. (6), Sarah T. (4), and Elizabeth F. (1). (The son John from 1850 was
evidently “Benjamin John”.) In 1870 John A. Henry was living with his aunt
Mary Garland, and the rest of the family was not located. 1.8.
James Washington Ivey (12 April
1831? – aft1892) Note that his biography (see below) gives the year of his
birth as 1832, but the Bible gives it as 1831 (both give the same day and month).
He is in his father’s household in 1850, listed as a 19-year old student. He
was living in Texas when his father wrote his will. A page inserted into the
Ivey-Garland Bible mentions the births of Augustus Edward Ivey on 9 June 1855 and
Tipton Barna Ivey on 2 October 1856 to “James and Charlotte”.[28]
The same source includes the notation “Charlotte Ivey wife of James Ivey
deceased 12th Jan. 1865.” He married Charlotte Bell, a
part-Cherokee, in Rusk County, Texas on 8 May 1854.[29]
He is enumerated in the 1860 Rusk County census with Charlotte, age 24, and the
two sons plus Robert L Ivey, age 1 month. In the 1870 Rusk census he is age
40, a schoolteacher, listed with only his son Augustus, both apparently borders
in the household of one Louisa Keeton. He was back in Russell County, Alabama
by 1880 where he appears in the 1880 census as a widower, next door to his
mother, with his uncle Malachi W. Davis in his household. According to the
item below, he moved to the Cherokee Nation, where he evidently died. 1.8.1.
Augustus Edward Ivey (9 June 1855
– aft1900) As mentioned above, his birth is recorded in the Ivey-Garland
Bible. He was living with his father in Rusk County in 1870, but apparently
did not accompany his father back to Alabama. He appears in the 1880 census of
the “U. S. Jail” in Ft. Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas as Gus Ivey, a
newspaper printer, and calling himself an Indian. (Bell family researchers
report that his mother Charlotte Bell was 5/16 Indian, thus her son was 5/32.) By
1885 he was apparently living in Vinita, Indian Territory.[31]
In 1900 he is enumerated in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. His wife
was shown as Julia A., married 15 years, and in the household was a daughter
Bertha B. (age 20). Both the wife and daughter were school teachers, while
Augustus E. Ivey was listed as a farmer. All three were enumerated as Indians. According
to the 1892 source above, he was at that time “editor and proprietor of the Tahlequah
Telephone.” [Tahlequah was the capital of the Indian Nation, and the Telephone
its larges newspaper, in present Cherokee County, Oklahoma.] The Ft.
Gibson Post issue of 14 July 1898 is posted on the internet, and includes
the item: “Attorney Augustus E Ivey, the irrepressible and invincible
Cherokee politician, of Washington D C, and Tahlequah, I.T., was in to see The
Post Tuesday, looking as fine and cheerful as ever. Some of the Cherokee
political leaders tried mighty hard to down Gus last year, but they couldn't
cut the mustard. On the contrary he went to Washington last fall and bombarded
his enemies with $400,000 steal shells until their guns were about silenced.
They can't down Gustavus.” I did not find him in the 1910 census. 1.8.2.
Tipton Barna Ivey (2 October 1856
– 1860s?) As mentioned above, his birth is recorded in the Ivey-Garland Bible.
He appears in the 1860 household but there is no sign of him in 1870 or later.
He apparently died as a youth, for the item above indicates only one son was
alive in 1892.. 1.8.3.
Robert L. Ivey (1860 – 1860s?) He
is not listed in the Bible, but was in James and Charlotte Ivey’s 1860 household,
age one month. He is not in the 1870 household, and likely died in infancy,
for the item above indicates only one son was alive in 1892.. 1.9.
Alcy Ann Ivey (23 March 1834 – by
1870) She married Abdon Alexander Holt on 8 February 1849 in Barbour County. They are in the 1850 Barbour County census with no children. I did not track
them further. However, Abdon Holt is in the 1870 Smith County, Texas census with several children and no wife. 1.10. Martha Josephine Frances Ivey (5 April 1836 – c1890)
She is in the 1850 household as Josephine, but her full name was given in the
Ivey-Garland Bible. (Her birthplace in 1850 is given as Georgia, while her
brother Barna’s is given as Alabama.) On 25 October 1853 she married Irby
Leroy (Lee) Holt, brother of the Holt who married her sister. They almost
immediately moved to Rusk County, Texas (along with her brother James Ivey)
where they appear in the 1860 and 1870 censuses with five children. They
were in the 1870 census of Rusk County, Texas. In 1880 they are enumerated in
Smith County. 1.11. Barna Franklin Ivey (2 August 1838 – bef1900) He
was still in his father’s household in 1850, but he married Julia Ann Calloway
in Macon County, Alabama on 15 September 1857, and is in the 1860 Macon County census
next door to his mother. He is listed as the owner of 11 slaves in 1860. He
served in the same company and unit as his nephew John Barna Ivey in the Civil
War (the 39th Alabama Infantry). He is in Dale County in 1870 (a merchant) and Pike County (a “Dr. Physic”) in 1880. In 1900, his widow
Julia Ivey is head of a household in Montgomery County containing six of her
children. She is listed as the mother of 12, 10 of whom were living. From
these censuses, the children appear to be the following. Note that whoever
supplied the ages and birth dates of the children in 1900 appears to have
understated all of them. His widow Julia died in Montgomery County on 2 March 1910, according to the Alabama death records index. 1.11.1. Alice Ivey (c1858 - ) She was age 2 in 1860,
listed as “A. W. E.”, age 12, in 1870, and age 21 in 1880. 1.11.2. Julia Claire Ivey (c1859 - ) She was listed in
1860 as age 1, in 1870 as age 10, and in 1880 as age 20. She was still single
in her mother’s 1900 household, her birth given as August 1860. 1.11.3. Barna P. Ivey (June 1861 – aft1920) He was age
8 in 1870 and age 18 in 1880. He is listed as a physician in his mother’s
household in 1900 with a wife named Eveline (married 6 years) and a daughter
Ruth, age 4. In 1920 he is enumerated in Cincinnati Ohio (Hamilton County) as a physician. His daughter Ruth’s name in 1920 is given as Evelyn R. 1.11.4. Mary E. Ivey (c1863 - ) She was age 6 in 1870, and
age 16 in 1880. 1.11.5. William R. Ivey (c1865 - ) He was age 4 in 1860,
and age 15 in 1880. 1.11.6. Ada R. Ivey
(c June 1868 - ) She was age 2 in 1870, and age 12 in 1880. She was still
single in 1900, when she was listed in her mother’s household, her birth date
understated as June 1874. 1.11.7. Birdie Ivey (c1870 - ) She was age 10 in 1880, apparently
born after June 1870. 1.11.8. Frank Langly Ivey (c1873 - ) He was age 7 in
1880. In 1900 he is in his mother’s household, listed as a railroad clerk, his
birth date given as an “unknown” month in 1877. 1.11.9. Charles R. Ivey (c1875) In 1900 he is in his
mother’s household, single and listed as a salesman. His birth is given as
January 1879. 1.11.10. J. R. Graves Ivey (February 1880 - ). The 1880
census shows him as age 4 months. In 1900 he is listed as a law student in his
mother’s household. His birth date is given as February 1882, thus it is
possible that he was the second child given that name. I did not find him in
the 1910 census. 1.12. Lois Emma Ivey (27 October 1839 – 7 January 1926)
She was “Lois”, a minor, in her father’s will. She appears as “Lois Emma” both
in the Bible and in her parents 1850 household, age 10, and was ”Lois E.” when
she married William W. Dubose in Macon County on 17 September 1857. In the
1860 census of Pike County, she is “Emma L.” In 1870, they are in Bullock County and she is “Eloise.” In 1880 they are back in Macon County and she is
again “Emma L.”. According to a descendant, she died in Lee County in 1926 but is buried in Macon County. The 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses identify eight
children: James W., William, Robert E.,
Barney M., Ivey,
Alice E., Edwin
E., and Mary Pearl Dubose. A
descendant reports a ninth child, Oscar,
was born after the 1880 census. The obituary of her oldest sister (see above)
notes that Emma was the last surviving child of Barna Ivey. 2.
Gatsey Ivey (1 January 1796? – 9
April 1858) She is buried in the Camp Creek cemetery as “Mrs. Gatsy Leeves”
with the date of death above and the notation “aged 62 years 3 months 9 days.”
Note that the implied birth date is inconsistent with that of her brother Barna
Ivey given in the Ivey-Garland Bible, being barely three months later. There
are no records I’m aware of that reconcile this inconsistency, but some
possibilities are obvious.[32]
She was apparently still in her father’s household in 1820 (the female aged
16-26), but had evidently married George Leeves by 1830 when he appeared
adjacent Robert Ivey in the 1830 Baldwin County census. Both Gatsey and George
Leeves are on the early list of Camp Creek Church members.[33]
George Leeves appears in the 1830 through 1850 census of Baldwin County. In 1850, Gatsey is age 54, and the household included children named William (age 28), Narcissa
(age 18), George D. (age 15), and Louis (age 12) George Leeves, age 55 and born in
England, is listed on the1850 slave schedule with 19 slaves. At least three
older daughters are suggested by the earlier censuses. Gatsy’s husband
apparently also died prior to 1860, and a will is indicated in Baldwin County records (which I did not read). By 1860, the only Leeves in Baldwin County was the son George D. Leeves, located next door to Furney Ivey. 3.
Nancy Ivey ? (c1797 – 1820s?) No
daughter named Nancy was mentioned in Robert Ivey’s will. However, he may have
had a daughter who died without issue before her father. A Nancy Ivey married
Matthew Clements in Baldwin County on 7 March 1819, the bride evidently being
of age. A marriage notice in the Georgia Journal calls her “Miss Nancy
Ivey”, eliminating the possibility that she was a widow. I did not find him
in the 1820 census, but Clements was living in Baldwin County when he drew land
in the 1820 Gwinnet County Lottery.[34]
He was in adjacent Jones County for the 1830 census, where he is shown with
three male and four female children and a wife aged 20-30.[35]
That wife is thought by descendants to be Jeales Nelson Douglas, whom he
married in 1822. Since Robert Ivey was the only Ivey known to have been in Baldwin County at the time of the marriage, Nancy may have been his daughter. It seems a
plausible theory that Nancy Ivey died shortly after her marriage leaving no
children to be mentioned in her father’s will. In support of this theory, I
note that Robert Ivey is shown in the 1800 and 1810 censuses with two females
born before 1800, though we can only account for one (Gatsey). Note that a
daughter born c1797 would have been of age by the marriage and would have fit
nicely between the births of Gatsey and Furnifold. 4.
Furnifold Ivey (28 January 1799 –
5 January 1881) Usually known as Furna Ivey, his name is variously recorded as
“Furna”, “Furnie”, “Furney”, and even “Furno” in the records. However, his
name appears to have been Furnifold. The court records of Jones and Lenoir counties
record his name as “Furnifold.”[36]
In a slave importation record it as “Furafold”.[37]
I suspect he was named after either Furnifold Green or one of the many other persons
named Furnifold in the Lenoir County area.[38]
He moved with his parents to Baldwin County, Georgia in 1817, where Furna
appears among the same early membership records of Camp Creek church. In 1820,
he was evidently still in his father’s household, the male aged 26-45 (sic). 4.1.
Alcy Ivey (c1823 - ?) George
Franks Ivey lists a daughter named “Elsie.” Indeed, an “Alsy Ivey” married
Hardy Hunter on 15 December 1839 in Baldwin County. Hardy Hunter was not found
in the 1840 census, but in 1850 (when she is “Ailsey”, age 27, born in Georgia) he is located only five households from George and Gatsey Leeves. By 1870 they
are in Taylor County with a son named Rufus
(age 13) and “Alsie” is age 48. Her apparent birth year about 1823 would seem
to make her the eldest daughter of Furna Ivey. As far as we know, only Barna
and Furna were married by 1823, and we know Barna had a daughter named Alcy
whom we can separately identify. That would seem to leave Furna as the only
candidate to be her father. 4.2.
John West Ivey (19 October 1824 –
12 June 1878) He is apparently the male in his father’s households aged under
5 in 1830 and 15-20 in 1840. He married Leah West in Baldwin County on 29 June 1848, and by 1850 they appear in the census with a son Cleopas. In the 1860
census of Baldwin County a daughter Elizabeth and son Richard had been added to
the family. The 1870 census shows the same three children. By 1880 Leah Ivey
was head of household in Baldwin County with her son William R. Ivey (who was
earlier “Richard” Ivey) in the household. From censuses, and Baldwin County gravestones, their children included 4.2.1.
Cleopas A. Ivey (2 May 1849-1916)
4.2.2.
Elizabeth Ivey (c1850) 4.2.3.
William Richard Ivey (2 August 1852
– 18 April 1924) 4.3.
Sarah Ivey (c1827 – late 1850s) A
Sarah Ivey married Caswell H. Brannan on 18 September 1845 in Baldwin County. In the 1850 Wilkinson census, Sarah is age 23 with two daughters:
Amartham[?], age 3 and Ann, age 1. She apparently died before 1860, when
Brannon appears with a new 19-year old wife named Gillie, and children
Amaretha[?] E. A. (13), Ann (11), Furney (5), James (1) and Sally Hogan (3). Gillie
was apparently the widow of Elijah Hogan and Sally was her child, meaning
Furney must have been the child of Sarah Ivey. The son Furney is still in
Brannan’s household in 1870. Also note that Cleopas L. Ivey evidently named a
son after Caswell Brannan. Her children were apparently Amaretha? Brannon (c1846), Ann Brannon (c1848), and Furney Brannon (c1854) 4.4.
Mary Ivey (c1831 - ?) She was in
the 1850 household, age 17, but not the 1860. She was apparently the widow of
a Smith, for she is in her father’s household in 1870 as Mary Smith, age 39, with
children Georgia Ann Smith (age 10) and Sallie Smith (age 6). In 1880, Georgia Ann Smith
and Sallie Smith are enumerated as sisters-in-law of Dawson Wilkinson and his
wife Josie (age 28). 4.5.
James Ivey (c1834? – 22 November
1872) There is a third male under 10 in Furna’s 1840 household who must have
been James Ivey. He does not appear in the 1850 household, but a James Ivey,
age 26, is in Furna’s 1860 household. In 1870, James Ivey, age 35, is in
Furna’s household with a wife named Elizabeth (age 23) and the notation that
they were married in May of that year. According to descendants, Elizabeth was Elizabeth Gibson, a younger sister of the Priscilla Gibson who married
Charles Ivey. This is evidently the James Ivey who enlisted as a corporal on
the same day and same company as his brother Cleopas Ivey in 1862.[47]
According to this same source, he died in Baldwin County on the above date. His
death in a Milledgeville wagon accident was reported in the Columbus
Enquirer in 1872. His wife remarried before the 1880 census to Daniel
Gooden, in whose household she appears as his wife with a stepson named Furney Ivey (age 9). 4.6.
Elizabeth Ivey (c1834 – aft1880)
She is in her parents’ 1850 household but not the 1860. Said to have married
Seaborn J. Stubbs, she is listed in his Wilkinson County 1860 household as
Elizabeth Stubbs, age 27, with a son named Benjamin Stubbs (age 8). In 1880,
she is listed in Wilkinson County as a widow with four sons: Furney B.
(c1862), Sidney (c1864), Robert Lee (c1866) and Ivey C. (c1869) 4.7.
Martha Ivey (c1836? - ?) She is
in the 1850 household, age 13, and the 1860 household age 20 (sic). According
to G. F. Ivey’s book she married a Dr. Hudson. That was evidently James T.
Hudson, whose 1880 Wilkinson County household includes wife Martha (c1836) and
children named Elbina, Lulu, Richard, Furney, Charles, Robert, and Fannie. 4.8.
Robert Dorsey Ivey (July 1838 – aft1900)
He is in his father’s 1850 household and listed (as a single man) separately in
1860, both as “Robert”, but is “Robert D. Ivey” in the 1864 military census and
later. In 1870 he is enumerated with a wife Emeline[48]
and three young children. In the Baldwin 1880 census, he is listed with a wife
named Emily and three additional children: Bettie
(c1864), Henry (c1866), Furney (1869), Charlie
(c1870), Emma (c1872), and Mattie J. (1877). In 1900 the same wife is
named “Emeline” and Furney and Mattie are still in the household (with their
birth dates as indicated above). His middle name is an assumption on my part.
4.9.
Cleopas L. Ivey (2 April 1840 –
14 March 1925) Given his birth date, he is likely enumerated in the 1840
household as one of the three males under 10. He appears in his parent’s 1850
household, age 9, but as age 22 in 1860. He served in a Wilkinson County CSA
unit with James Ivey and his cousin Gilbert Ivey.[49]
The 1880 Baldwin County census shows him with a wife Lamanda and five
children. The Camp Creek cemetery has gravestones for him, his wife Lamanda R.
Ivey, and all five of the children from the 1880 census: James Wilkie Ivey (23 March 1867 – 12 October
1908), Nannie Elizabeth Ivey (17
December 1868 – 25 June 1915), Caswell B. Ivey
(8 June 1871 – 13 March 1955), Mary M. Ivey
(20 June 1873 – 19 June 1962), and John N. Ivey
(19 January 1875 – 30 January 1887). The 1900 census indicates he and his wife
were married about 1863. 5.
Mary Ivey (14 August 1803 –
1870) She married William L. Curry in Baldwin County on 14 August 1823. In
the 1830 census, William L. Curry is listed adjacent to Barney Ivey, and in
1840 is within a few names of his in-laws.[50]
In the Baldwin County 1850 census he and Mary are listed with six children: Sarah
A. (20), James (15), Charles (13), Carolina (9), Barney (7), and Winifred
(2). According to Ruth Penton, a descendant, William and Mary Curry moved to
Titus County, Texas about 1853 with their four youngest children – apparently
following her sister Elizabeth Winifred Ivey Cook, who had located there in
1851.[51]
The 1860 Titus County census shows them with three children, Charles, Barney,
and a female “G. W. C.” The son James Curry was apparently also in Texas but was not located in the 1860 census. The Curry house in Daingerfield still stood
several years ago, with a historic marker on it. Both Mrs. Penton and George
Franks Ivey’s informant listed the children, with some variation in names, as: Robert (1820), Nancy
(1824), Delpha (1828), Sarah (1828), Samuel
(1833), James Augusta (1835-1871), Charles D. (1838), Elizabeth
Caroline (1840), Barna Ivey
(1846-1928), and Gatsey Winifred (1840).
Note that the birth year of Robert Curry predates his parents marriage by
three years, and that neither Robert nor Samuel appear in the 1850 household,
and that neither were found in either 1850 or 1860. The only marriage in Baldwin County which seems to apply to this family is the marriage of Delpha Curry to John
Martin on 16 November 1848. 6.
James Ivey (18 October 1808 – 3
July 1862) He was apparently still in his father’s household in 1830, and
seems to be missing entirely in 1840 (probably being in a non-Ivey household).
He married Mary Barbee on 7 January 1847 in Jasper County (though he license
was obtained in Baldwin County.) Although he was 38 years old at this
marriage, there is no indication that it was not his first. He is listed in
the 1850 census of Baldwin County as age 41, born in Georgia (sic) with wife
Mary (age 28), and two young daughters. In 1860, his wife is listed as
“Margaret M. A.”. James is buried in the Camp Creek cemetery in Baldwin County, with a gravestone marked with his birth and death dates. His widow, listed
as “Mary”, is in the Baldwin County 1870 census with three sons and her widowed
daughter Sarah Elizabeth Davis. By 1880 she was the wife of William Thomas (listed
as “Mary A.”) with both Thomas and Franklin Ivey still in the household and
listed as stepsons of William Thomas. 6.1.
Sarah Elizabeth Ivey (9 January1848
– 10 February 1887) first married J.M. Davis in 1864, according to a
descendant, but was evidently widowed and childless when she appears in her
mother’s household in 1870. She then married Joshua Minton Boone on 23 October
1873 at her mother’s house.[52]
Her children by Boone were Mamie Elizabeth, Edwin Mortimer, Gertrude, Alexander
Stephens, Addie May, and James Ivey. [53]
6.2.
Josephine Winifred Ivey (June
1850 – 29 April 1918) She appears in the 1850 and 1860 households, but was
Josephine Brown in the 1868 division of her father’s estate. She is buried in
Camp Creek cemetery as the wife of Samuel Jordan Brown, “aged 69 years.” Her
approximate birth date is from the 1900 census of Jefferson County, Georgia. According to a descendant, their children were Mordecai, Essie, Harry, Ivey, Samuel,
Thomas, Perry, Maisie, Ada, and Theresa.[54] 6.3.
James B. Ivey (December 1851 – aft1930)
As “James B.” he was age 8 in 1860, and as “James” was 18 in 1870. He was not
found in 1880, but is in the 1900 census of Bibb County with a wife named
Elizabeth L., a son Burnett S. (February
1896), a daughter Mytle Powell who was
probably a stepdaughter, and a cousin named Lula Stephens. In the 1930 Baldwin census, he was institutionalized. 6.4.
William R. Ivey (c1853 – aft1880)
He is age 6 in 1860, and 17 in 1870. In 1880 he was living in a hotel in Duval County , Texas and listed as a stage driver. He had sold his interest in his
father’s land to his sister Sarah Boone in 1879 as a resident of Robinson
County, Texas.[55]
The 1900 census has at least two William R. Ivey’s who might be the same
person. 6.5.
Thomas J. Ivey (c1855 – aft1910)
He was 5 in 1860, 15 in 1870 and 24 in 1880. His middle initial is given as
“J” in 1860. In 1910 he was a single man, age 54, in the household of his
brother Franklin in Houston County. 6.6.
Franklin Pierce Ivey (16 May 1857?
– 17 March 1922) He is buried in Camp Creek cemetery with his birth and death
dates on the marker. His birth year is given as 1860 on the marker, but is
more likely 1857, since he appears in the 1860 census as age 3, the 1870 as 13,
and in the 1880 census as age 23. He was enumerated in Bibb County in 1900 and in Houston County in 1910. In both cases his wife was Nancy E. (married
c1888) and four children were indicated: Mary
(Maggie in 1910), Graves, Bessie, and James.
The Georgia death index lists his death on the above date, but in Houston County. 7.
Robert Dorsey Ivey (c1809 – 1870s)
He must have been one of the males aged 10 or under in 1820, and the male aged
15-20 in 1830, although he consistently gives his own age slightly older in
later censuses. A birth date in late 1809 would fit nicely between his
siblings James and Elizabeth, and is consistent with his age as given in the
1850-70 censuses. He married Ann Miller on 3 September 1836 in Baldwin County, and appears in the 1840 (aged 20-30) and 1850 (age 40) censuses there. He
was trustee in Henry County for his sister Elizabeth Cook (see below). By 1860
he was in Baker County, where he appears in the 1860 census (age 49) with nine
children (the whole family identified only by initials), with substantial real
estate and numerous slaves. The 1870 census of Baker County shows him (age 61)
and his wife with five remaining children. By 1880 he had died and Ann was
head of household with five of the children.[56]
George Franks Ivey’s book lists his children as :”Darius, died unmarried;
Albina, died unmarried; Mary, died unmarried; Estelle, died unmarried; (Robert)
Dorsey, Jr.; Florselle, Charles, Ernest (living in Fla. in 1940.” In
addition to the children shown below, two children (Lillian and Luna) who died
as infants are buried in the Ivey cemetery in Baker County. Robert Ivey is
surely buried there as well. 7.1.
William D. Ivey (c1837 - ?) He
is in his father’s household in 1850 as William Ivey, age 12, and as “W” in
1860, age 21. He does not seem to be the “Darius” listed by George Franks
Ivey, for the 1870 census shows “Wm. D. Ivey” living six households from his
father, age 31, with a wife named Virginia and a son Dorsey (age 1). By 1880 he
had moved to Jefferson County, Texas where he appears as a bookkeeper with his
wife Virginia and five children: Robert Dorsey (11),
Annie I. (9), Wyat D. (7), Shelly?
(5), and Lynius? (3) . The son Robert
Dorsey Ivey is in the Washington, DC census in 1900 and 1910. 7.2.
Albina Elizabeth Ivey (c1841 - ?)
She appears in the 1850 through 1880 households, apparently unmarried. An
unread will for her is filed in Baker County. [57] 7.3.
Florzelle Ivey (c1843 - ?) He
appears in the 1850 census as “Florazella”, and as a male named “F” in the 1860
household. according to George Franks Ivey’ s book, he married Mollie Coxwell,
had three children (Annie P., Mamie, and Robert), and died at Shellman, Georgia. 7.4.
Marcellus Ivey (28 March 1842 – 24
November 1843) He is Marcellus in 1850, age 7, and apparently the male named
“M” in 1860, age 15. He is buried in the Ivey cemetery, with his year of birth
given as 1846. 7.5.
John M. Ivey (24 November 1846 – 11
March 1863) He is John M. in 1850, age 4, and simply “J” in 1860, age 13. He
is buried in the Ivey cemetery, as John M. D. Ivey. 7.6.
James W. Ivey (c1848 – 1
September 1871) He is James, age 1, in 1850 and “Jas.”, age 10, in 1860. The Columbus
Enquirer reported his death, shot by one Sam Long. 7.7.
Charles R. Ivey (October 1850 –
aft1900) He is “C” in 1860, apparently elsewhere in 1870 and 1880, and a
“brother” in Ernest Ivey’s household in 1900, still unmarried at age 50. 7.8.
Mary V. Ivey (March 1860 –
aft1900) She is in the 1860, 1870, and 1880 households, and in 1900 is still
unmarried and in her brother Ernest’s household. 7.9.
Inez Estelle Ivey (19 November
1859 – 26 October 1884) She is in her father’s household in 1870 as Estelle
and in her mother’s household in 1880 as “Inez E.” She is buried in the Ivey
cemetery. 7.10. Ernest Edward Ivey (January 1862 – aft1940) He
is in his father’s household in 1870 (as a female) and in his mother’s
household in 1880. The 1900 Baker County census shows him with a wife Annie,
son John (born November 1899), and brother Charlie R. and sister Mollie in his
household. A marriage record in Baker county shows he married Nancy Eugenia
Pounds on 21 September 1898. He may have been G. F. Ivey’s correspondent for
information on this family, living in Florida in 1940. 7.11. Robert D. Ivey (c1864 - ?) He is in the 1870 and
1880 households as “Robert D.” I assume he was “Robert Dorsey.” He does not
seem to appear in the 1900 census. 8.
Elizabeth Winifred Ivey (19
January 1811 - 1874) She married Asa Barrett Cook of Jones County, Georgia on 2 April 1829. Asa Cook, a lawyer, variously lived or owned land in Jones, Houston, Henry, Upson, Bibb, and Monroe counties between 1829 and 1849. In the 1830
census he was living in Houston County. The 1840 census record suggests that
he and his wife were living separately. He is listed as “A. B. Cook” in Upson
County with a household of one male 30-40 (himself), one male 10-15 (probably
his eldest son Jesse), one female 15-20, and one female 40-50. Clearly neither
female could be his wife Elizabeth, and none of the small children are in the
household. Elizabeth and the children were living elsewhere, but their
whereabouts are unclear. The separation must not have lasted, for their
seventh son was born the following year. On 26 July 1842, as a resident of Monroe County, Asa Cook transferred the 450 acres of Henry County land to his brother-in-law
Robert Dorsey Ivey “as trustee for the use of Elizabeth W. Cook, wife of Asa B.
Cook”.[58]
Although they had apparently separated a second time, their eighth child was born
in 1845. In 1845 Elizabeth sued for divorce, which was granted mensa et
thoro[59]
the following year by the Upson County Superior Court.[60]
Asa Cook and his eldest son moved to Red River County, Texas to buy land in
1848, Asa dying there the following year with his eldest son serving as his
administrator. Elizabeth and her other seven children were living in Baldwin
County in the 1850 census, but joined the eldest son in Titus County, Texas in
1851. Elizabeth remarried there to local physician and politician John C.
Chambers, and died in 1874. Asa and Elizabeth had eight children: Jesse
Mercer, John B. L., George E., Andrew Barney, Samuel A., Robert Ivey, Alfonso,
and Louisa Maria. (See the Cook papers for a more extensive treatment of the
Asa Barrett Cook biography, the children, and the divorce suit details.) 9.
Charles Ivey (c1816 - 1895) He
appears as a single man in the 1840 census, age 20-30. He married Priscilla
Gibson, daughter of James Gibson and Patience Jones, on 5 November 1841 in Wilkinson County.[61]
He was in the 1850 census of Baldwin County, with his mother Elizabeth Ivey and
nephew Samuel Curry in the household. He was still in Baldwin County in 1860, and appears in the 1864 military census there as well. In 1870 and 1880 he
appears in the census of adjacent Wilkinson County. His brother Furna Ivey was
in his 1880 household. It is thought that the town of Ivey in Wilkinson County is named for him, although a history of the county implies the town was
named for his brother James.[62]
Censuses list six children: 9.1.
Gilbert B. Ivey (15 November 1844
– 18 May 1865) His gravestone is in the Camp Creek Cemetery, but the year of
birth on the stone (1846) is surely incorrect. He was age 5 in 1850, and 15 in
1860, thus more likely born in 1844. He served in the same Wilkinson County
CSA company as his cousins James and Cleopas Ivey.[63]
He was apparently unmarried. 9.2.
Elizabeth Priscilla Ivey (10
November 1846 – 21 January 1914) She appears in her father’s household in
1850, age 3, and in 1860, age 13. She married Henry K. Byington on 26 March
1865 according to a History of Wilkinson County, which lists their children as Oolooloo P., Annie E.,
Charlie G., Willie
C., Henry A., James A., Eddie R.,
and Henry K.[64]
Both Henry and Elizabeth are buried in the Camp Creek Cemetery. Her stone is
marked “1846-1914” but the referenced history provides the precise dates. 9.3.
James Leland Ivey (December 1848
– 1930?) He is in his father’s household in 1850, 1860, and 1870, and is in
the Wilkinson County 1880 census (age 32) with a wife named Nannie J., and
three children: Charles (6), Leland (3), and Mary
(1). In 1900, he appears with wife Nancy K. and children Charles (June 1874),
Leland K. (November 1876), Mattie L.
(October 1881), and William H. (January
1884). He appears as “James L.” in most of these records. The middle name
“Leland” was provided by G. F. Ivey’s book, as was identification of his wife
as Nancy Keel and his death date. 9.4.
Anna Priscilla Ivey (c1852 - ?)
She is age 7 in 1860, not in the household in 1870. The census shows a middle
initial, and George Franks Ivey supplied the middle name. 9.5.
William S. Ivey (c1863 – ?) He
was age 7 in his father’s 1870 household, and age 18 in 1880. George Franks
Ivey’s book gives his full name as William Seymore Ivey. 9.6.
Sarah A. Ivey (c1865 – 1887) She
is “Sarah”, age 5, in 1870 and “Sallie A.”, age 13, in 1880. George Franks
Ivey’s book gives a death date of 1887. 10. William H. Ivey (c1820 – c1867) He is identified
in George Franks Ivey’s book as : “William, son of Robert and Elizabeth, was
a Primitive Baptist Minister, moved to Blue Springs, Suwannee Co., Florida, where he died.”[65]
Examination of Robert Ivey’s census records suggests that the son William was
probably born about 1820, as his later census records indicate.[66]
There is a William Ivey located near Robert Ivey in the Baldwin 1840 census
with a household of one male 15-20, one male 30-40, and a female 15-20.
Whether this is William H. Ivey or not is unclear but, if so, he would have
been the younger male. He apparently married just prior to 1840, though there
is no record of a marriage in Baldwin County. (George Franks Ivey’s book
implies that his wife was Ann Hunter.) In 1850 he is enumerated as William H.
Ivey in Houston County, age 28, with a wife named Ann, also age 28, and the
first five children below, aged 10 to 1. Also in the household was Mark
Smith, age 19. Note that the son Robert A. Ivey’s confederate pension
application states that he was born 12 April 1845 in Houston County.[67]
10.1. Mary Ivey (c1840 - 1870?) The eldest child
listed in 1850, she was age 10. She does not appear in the 1860 household .
George Franks Ivey’s book lists her as “Mary Elizabeth (1840-1870).” 10.2. Martha Winifred Ivey (c1852 – 1870s) She is age
9 in 1850 and 18 in the 1860. She married Oscar B. Lane on 20 December 1865 in
Suwannee County.[72]
They seem to be in Brooks County, Georgia in 1870 with no children, she listed
as “Mattie”, age 26. She must have died before 1880, when Oscar B. Lane is in
the census of Madison County, Florida with a different wife and two young
children. She appears in censuses with the middle initial W., and George
Franks Ivey’s book calls her Martha Winifred. It gives her a birth date of
1842, obviously ten years too early. 10.3. Robert A. Ivey (12 April 1845 – 23 November 1921)
By 1870 he was the head of a household consisting of his brothers Dorsey, Leonard,
Jesse, and Cornelius, and his sister Ella, located a few households from his
remarried mother. His application for a confederate pension states he was born
in Houston County, Georgia on the above date, had resided in Florida since
1861, and had enlisted in Florida in 1862 before being discharged in early 1863
“on account of being underage.”[73]
His marriage on 18 November 1875 as “Mr. R. A. Ivey
of Live Oak, Fla.” to Miss E. J. Williams of Brooks County, Georgia was reported in a newspaper.[74]
In 1880 he is enumerated with wife Jennie E., a daughter named Berta (2) and his mother-in-law Ellie Williams. The
1900 census of Suwannee County shows him with wife Elizabeth J. and children Carl (1890), Ralph
(1892), Earl (1894), Robert (1896), and Pauline
(1898). He is in the 1910 and 1920 censuses of Polk County, Florida. In 1910 he is a widower, listed as a father-in-law of John Rushing and his wife
Viola (apparently the Berta from 1880). In 1920 he and a wife Nancy M. are
listed with no children. He remarried in 1912 to a woman named Nancy who applied for a widow’s CSA pension, providing his date of death as above in Polk County.[75]
According to George Franks Ivey’s book, he married three times. Mr. Ivey adds
Lois (1887) and Perry (1900) as children. 10.4. Hardy Ivey (c1846 - ?) This son evidently died
in his youth, and his name is uncertain. He is “Hardy”, age 3, in 1850 and “Thomas”,
age 13, in 1860. He is not evident in 1870 or 1880. George Franks Ivey’s
book lists a son named “Hardy Cornelius Ivey”, who is apparently the same
person, with no birth or death dates. 10.5. John Dorsey Ivey (c1849 – c1890) His name is John
in 1850, Dorsey in 1860 and 1870, and John D. in 1880. He married Julia H.
Blaylock on 22 December 1870, and appears in the Suwannee County 1880 census
with children Dorsey L. (a female, age 7),
William (age 5), and Gordon R. (age 2). George Franks Ivey omits the
son Gordon, but adds a daughter named Olivia. 10.6. Lenora Victoria Ivey (c1852 – c1875) She is listed
as Lenora, age 8, in the1860 household, and age 18 in her brother’s 1870
household. She married Washington Lafayette Irvine on 20 November 1870 in Suwannee County as “Laura V. Ivey.”[76]
She must have died shortly thereafter, for Irvine is in the 1880 census with a
wife named Martha and a daughter named Lura V., age 7. George Franks Ivey’s
book lists her as “Lenora Victoria” with no birth or death dates. 10.7. Jesse Alfonsa Ivey (c1854 - ?) He was enumerated
as “Rayford”, age 6, in 1860, but as “Jesse”, age 16 in his brother’s 1870 household.
George Franks Ivey lists him as “Jesse A. Ivey.” He was apparently the
“Jesse Alfonsa Ivey”, who was a grantee in Suwannee County in 1888.[77]
A newspaper reported the marriage of J. A. Ivey of Suwannee County to “Miss C. P. –y” in Hamilton County on 29 December 1875.[78]
Whatever her name, she apparently died around 1890. Though not found in 1880,
he is in the 1900 census of Suwannee County as Jesse A. Ivey with a second wife
named Frankie E. (age 29) and three children: Edgar
J. (age 17), Jesse M. (age
19), and Annie W. (age 5). George
Franks Ivey lists the children as “Edgar, 1880 Maude, 1882, and Walton, 1895.”
10.8. William Edgar Ivey (c1857 – 1860s?) There is a male
named Edgar, age 3, in the 1860 household. He does not appear in his brother’s
household in 1870, nor elsewhere in Suwannee County. Nor does there seem to
be a sign of him anywhere in Georgia or Florida. George Franks Ivey lists him
as “William Edgar - no record.” 10.9. Furney Cornelius Ivey (June 1859 – 1939?) He is
Cornelius in both the 1860 (age 1) and 1870 censuses (age 12). He was not
located in 1880, but was enumerated as Furney C. Ivey in 1900. The 1900
Thomas County, Georgia census shows him with a wife Nannie and children Ernest D. (1887), Laurie
(1888), Julian D. (1890), Nora S. (1892), Isabelle
(1894), Furney C. (1896) and Nannie (1899). George Franks Ivey’s book gives
his death date as 1939, his wife’s name as Nannie Horn, and omits the daughter
Nora. The son Edgar D. Ivey, mentioned in the introduction to the book, was
apparently George Franks Ivey’s correspondent for the William H. Ivey family. 10.10. Ella P. Ivey (June 1861 – aft1900) She is in her brother’s 1870 household as Ella, age 8. She married Dr. Perry A. McIntosh in Suwannee County on 8 December 1878.[79] A brief biography of her husband, mentioned above, was published in an 1895 book.[80] At the time they were living in Thomasville, Georgia where they had moved about 1892. This biography lists two children: Paul F. McIntosh and Nellie C. McIntosh. By 1900 they were back in Luraville, Suwannee County, where they appear in the 1900 census with a third child, Rachel, in the household. This biography includes the statement: “Dr. McINtosh was married in Luraville, Fla. in 1876 to Miss Ella P., daughter of Rev. William Ivey who, during the war, fled middle Georgia to Luraville, where Mrs McIntosh was born and reared.” George Franks Ivey calls her “D. Ella Ivey” and lists eight children. [1] Memorial Record of Alabama (Brant & Fuller, Madison, Wisconsin, 1893), Vol. 1, p426 (a sketch of John B. Garland, son of Edward Garland and Mary Ivey. [2] Bible Records of Barbour County, Alabama, Vol. 2, Helen S. Foley, p66-68. [3] North Carolina Archives, a large collection of loose papers regarding the estate of Rachel Davis of Duplin County identifies “Elsie” Ivey as the daughter of Malachi Davis, and Barney Ivey as her husband. Their children Malachi and William Ivey are also mentioned in one of these papers. Perhaps other children are mentioned as well – I did not read the entire collection. [4] See The Long Tree and Others: Longs, Davises, Thompsons, Cratins and Slatons , Margaret Thompson Winkler (Uchee Publications,1995) for more on Barna Ivey and the Davis family. [5] Genealogical Abstracts from the Georgia Journal (Milledgeville) Newspaper, 1809-1823, Volume 2, Fred R. Hartz and Emilie K. Hartz (1992), p126. [6] 1820 census, Baldwin County p46: Barna Ivey 200100-10110. [7] 1830 census, Houston County, p262: Barney Ivy: 121111-11101001. Note that this household seems to exclude one daughter (who may have been born in 1830 rather than in 1829), and has three “extra” males. The elder female is likely his mother-in-law. [8] The biographical sketch of his son Malachi (references elsewhere) says Barney Ivey “lived in Houston and Troup Counties then removed to Alabama…” and the sketch of his son James Washington Ivey (likewise referenced elsewhere) says he was born in 1832 in Houston County. [9] 1840 census, p?: B. Ivy 1111101-120001 [10] Duplin County, NC Deed Book 16, p65. (This is a power of attorney to Windal Davis. Rachel Davis left a will in 1828 leaving her estate to several siblings, including the heirs of Malachi Davis. Duplin County, North Carolina court records identify Barney Ivey and his wife “Elsie” among the heirs. The POA is to the executor to collect what monies were due from the estate.) [11] Rachel Davis estate records (see above). [12] Macon County Deed Book 6, p384. [13] Barbour County Cemetery Survey, Marie H. Godfrey (1965), a manuscript in the Alabama State Archives. [14] The birth date on the stone is 22 September 1792, while the Bible gives the year as 1795. Since his parents were married in 1793, I’ve assumed the 1795 date is correct. [15] Memorial Record of Alabama (Brant & Fuller, Madison, Wisconsin, 1893), Vol. 1, p553-4, a sketch of Malachi Ivey. [16] Russell County Marriage Records. The 1893 biography gives the date only as 1859. [17] Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men, W. Brewer, (1872) p144. [18] Memorial Record of Alabama (Brant & Fuller, Madison, Wisconsin, 1893), p553-4, a sketch of Malachi Ivey. [19] Memorial Record of Alabama (Brant & Fuller, Madison, Wisconsin, 1893), p553-4. [20] Memorial Record of Alabama (Brant & Fuller, Madison, Wisconsin, 1893), p627-8., a sketch of Nimrod D. Denson, son of Augustus and Elizabeth. [21] Barbour County Cemetery Survey, Marie H. Godfrey (1965), a manuscript in the Alabama State Archives. [22] Northern Alabama Historical and Biographical (Smith & Deland, Birmingham, 1888), p357, a sketch of William Henry Denton, son of Elizabeth and Augustus. [23] Memorial Record of Alabama (Brant & Fuller, Madison, Wisconsin, 1893), p627-8., a sketch of Nimrod D. Denson, son of Augustus and Elizabeth. [24] Allie Abernathy's Scrapbooks 1893-1923: Marriages, Deaths and Other Items from Chambers County, Alabama Newspapers, Laura Alabama Floretta Abernathy, pp78-9. [25]Barbour County Cemetery Survey, Marie H. Godfrey (1965), a manuscript in the Alabama State Archives. [26] History of Eufaula, Alabama, Eugenia Persons Smart (1 |