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 1846 - 1920 (74 years)
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| Name |
Washington Ives |
| Birth |
30 Aug 1846 |
prob Waterford, Oakland, Michigan  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Farmer |
| Death |
30 Dec 1920 |
Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan [1] |
| Burial |
2 Jan 1921 |
Crystal Springs Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan |
| Notes |
- Washington and 'Betsy' are buried in plot B7 at Crystal Springs Cemetery. A Washington, an Alfred and a William Ives are listed in the 1870 MI census residing Victor, Clinton MI - pg 569 & 569R. Census image very difficult to read but does say Washington born in New York (Alfred and William also born NY, probably brothers of Washington). Though difficult to read the census also lists wife Betsy as b. NY. Ages difficult to make out, and names of two children impossible to read - though both male and b. MI. The same page of the 1870 census of Victor Township, Clinton MI lists John Morgan and wife Amy. John age 56 b. NY; Amy age 49 b. NJ (New Jersey). Given the close proximity to Washington and Betsy, this John probably Betsy's father. An 1864 plat map of Victor Township shows land owned by "J. Morgan" in section 30. Just to the south of that is listed "W. Ives", and to the NE "A. Ives' had land in section 19 (section 19 N of section 30).
1920 MI census Washington still residing at Victor MI, age 73, b. "MI" parents from NY. Census of sons William Mortimer (who went by Mortimer) and Edgar Herman (who went by Herman) say father b. "MI". Washington married to a Sarah A. age 77 b. MI, father from England, mother from NJ. Sarah was Sarah Ann (Pierson) Viges, widow of Philip Viges who died in Victor, Clinton MI in 1914. Information about Sarah, her 1st husband and their family is from an LDS Ancestral file of a descendant - so the information is probably correct and I have entered as such.
Washington's death record in Berrien Co, informant was his son "Lorenzo", names his parents as Amos and Marietta (Bronson) Ives. The name of his father as Amos is incorrect. His father was Warren Ives.
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An LDS transcription of Clinton Co births lists Lorenzo Ives b. 15 Dec 1869 at Victor, son of G.W. and Betsey Ives (batch #C031725 - "extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record"). As this is the same date Lowell Harvey Ives was born to Washington and Betsey, this leads to the question of whether Washington was his first name. Possible his first name was George? (this birth record confirmed by an image of the record online through the LDS website. G.W. Ives listed as a "fiddler"; Betsey's birthplace listed as Orange Co NY). Every record of him lists him as Washington but going by one's middle name was pretty popular in this Ives family - all three of his sons used their first and middle names interchangably; an uncle of Washington's, Erastus Darwin Ives, switched to Darwin after 1850; Washington's death record lists his father as Amos - could Amos have been Warren's middle name, or even first? Possible Washington's name was George Washington Ives - there were two others in the pretty immediate family by that name (two nephews). In all records, I've found, of Washington and Betsey's son Lowell Harvey he is listed as either Lowell or Harvey. It's not hard to imagine he was named as Lorenzo at birth (after an uncle in Lansing, Tompkins NY), but was never known or went by that name.
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| Person ID |
I3931 |
Ives-Leedom |
| Last Modified |
7 Jun 2017 |
| Father |
Warren Ives, b. 2 Apr 1803, New York (prob Milton (now Genoa), Cayuga, Cayuga, New York) d. 19 Oct 1869, Olive, Clinton, Michigan (Age 66 years) |
| Mother |
Marietta Brunson, b. 11 Jan 1806, New York (prob. Cayuga Co, New York) d. 20 Jun 1889, St. John's, Clinton, Michigan (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1830 |
prob Cayuga Co, New York |
| Family ID |
F2640 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Elizabeth Morgan, b. 15 Jun 1845, Orange Co, New York d. 9 Apr 1911, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Jul 1863 |
DeWitt, Clinton, Michigan [2] |
- DeWitt Methodist records
Washington's sister Mary Jane married William Webb the same day, 19 Jul 1863, at DeWitt, Clinton MI (DeWitt Methodist). Appears to have been a double wedding. Minister for both was Charles Chick. Washington may have mis-stated his age at time of marriage. His age is recorded as 21, and 'Betsey' 19 - though he was actually 16 (and 9mo) and Betsey 18 at the time. William Webb, who married Mary Jane Ives the same day, also has an 'incorrect' age given for him. He was 25 but is recorded as 21.
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| Children |
| | 1. William Mortimer Ives, b. 23 May 1864, Clinton Co, Michigan d. 7 Feb 1934, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan (Age 69 years) |
| | 2. Lowell Harvey Lorenzo Ives, b. 15 Dec 1869, Victor, Clinton, Michigan d. 26 Dec 1945, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan (Age 76 years) |
| | 3. Edgar Herman Ives, b. Abt 1871, Clinton Co, Michigan d. 14 Sep 1949, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan (Age ~ 78 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2638 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
19 Sep 2011 |
| Family 2 |
Sarah Ann Pearson, b. 31 May 1842, Milford, Oakland, Michigan d. 3 Nov 1920, Victor Twp, Clinton, Michigan (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Apr 1916 |
St Johns, Clinton, Michigan |
- Marriage record of Washington and Sarah lists it as second marriage for each. Washington son of Warren and Marritta (Brunson) Ives; Sarah daughter of George and Matilda (Robins) Pierson (spellings from record). Marriage performed by J.C. Flynn, Justice of the Peace, witnesses were Francis A. Hyatt and Warren Williams both of St. Johns.
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| Family ID |
F6103 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
18 Jun 2008 |
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 | Burial - 2 Jan 1921 - Crystal Springs Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan |
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| Sources |
- [S169] Berrien County Michigan Vital Records.
- [S17] Vital Records, Clinton Co. Marriage Records filmed by the LDS, 1891.
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