Sunday, November 22, 2009

Estate of Ashley Elisha Ives

Ashley Elisha Ives bought land in the northernmost townships in Henry County, Iowa in 1859. Ashley died in 1863. Here is the inventory of Ashley's estate:

To J.B. Drayer, County Judge. The following is all the personal property of Ashley Ives late of Hanry County Deceased that has come to my knowledge: 

  • one cooking stove
  • one set chairs
  • three beds & bedding
  • one two horse harrow
  • one double shovel plow
  • one log chain
  • one cow
  • one breakfast table
  • one safe
  • two three-year old steers

Given under one hand, June ?? 1864 
Administrator, J.C. Davis

On 31 Aug 1863, before Ashley died, he and his wife Harriet sold 40 acres to their son Robert for $700; and then Ashley sold to Harriet 40 acres for $700.

In 1866 the rest of Ashley's land was sold, grantors being Harriet N. Ives, Robert C. Ives, Emma E. Ives and Lucretia Ives. The probate file was closed 28 Sep 1866.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Ives Brothers

This photo was taken around 1910 at Ashley & Libbie Ives' place, before they purchased the Ives farm north of Stockton.




Front: starting with girl in V-neck dress; Mable Cooke, Estella Rose, Cora Ives, Goldie Ives in front of Cora, Nancy Ella Maddy, Flo Ives, Fae Ives, unknown neighbor, Fern Ives, unknown neighbor, Harold Ives
Back: Lula Raynor holding Mildred Dix, Elma Dix, Lum Raynor. Frank Ives, Bruce Ives, Mary Maddy, Ray Ives, Asa Ives, Ashley Ives, Libbie Ives, unknown woman, unknown man
NOTE: the unknown people are the hired hand and his family

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Main Street Christian Church, Stockton, KS

Main Street Christian Church
601 Main St
Stockton, Kansas
785-425-6387
The Christian Church in Stockton, a strong supporter of Cedar Bluff Christian Church Camp and Manhattan Christian College, played an important role in the lives of our family.
William H. Vallette, great-grandfather of Anita Fisher Miller, was a minister there from 1896 to 1898. One of the 3 stained-glass windows, the one to the left of the entry door, was placed in his memory by his children: Edward F. Vallette, Joseph P. Vallette and Iona Vallette Hederhorst.

July 24, 1910 was Dedication Day for the new building. At that time, Edward F. Vallette, grandfather of Anita Fisher Miller, was a deacon, trustee, and secretary of the building committee. He and his wife mortgaged their home to help build the church.

About 1911 Minnie Elizabeth (Libbie) Sloan Ives obeyed the gospel and united with the Christian Church at Stockton. For a number of years she was superintendent of the Junior department of the Bible school, and had a record of seven years perfect attendance. She shaped the lives of many of the children who attended there.
On August 19, 1947, four Stockton young men were ordained in Main Street Christian Church including A.J Ives, Donald Albright, Darold Zwink and Edward Bridwell. Elders who participated in the layong on of hands; L.W. Wells, G.F. Turnbull, E.E. Fisher (grandfather of A.J Ives), P.F. Hedorhorst, R.C. Harding, minister. About 300 people witnessed the ordination.


L.W. Wells, E.E. Fisher, A.J Ives, Don Albright, Rex Harmon, Darold Zwink, Bob Zwink, P.F. Hederhorst outside the church parsonage on the day of the ordination.
Family members who were ordained into the ministry:
  • A.J Ives
  • Darold Zwink
  • Bob Zwink

    Family members who were married at Main Street Christian Church:
  • Max Ives & LeVonne Pauley
  • Dean Ives & Earlyne Buss
  • Ruth Ives & Raleigh Fenton
  • Joyce Ives & Donald Keeten
  • Dixie Ives & Ronald Molzahn
  • Marcie Arends & Billy Joe Smith (aka Indian Joe)
  • Sandy Arends & Randy Welch
  • Maxine Vallette & Horace Huff
  • Kathy Fenton & James Glover
  • Willard Keeten & Lula Fisher
  • Phyllis Hrabe & William F. Hart, 21 Jun 1953
Any others?

NOTE: Duane Connell & Marie Munn were married in Oxford, Kansas where Duane's brother Bob Zwink was the minister. A.J Ives was the soloist.
Clarence Kenworthy and Flo Ives celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the church.
Elmer Fisher and Altha Loop celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the church 16 Aug 1949.

Family members whose funeral services were at the Main Street Christian Church:

  • Ashley J. Ives
  • Minnie Elizabeth (Libbie) Sloan Ives
  • Elmer E. Fisher
  • Altha Loop Fisher
  • Harold Ives
  • Hilma Fisher Ives
  • Ruby Fisher McCauley
  • Warren McCauley
  • Edna Adams Vallette
  • Edward Franklin Vallette
  • Earlyne Buss Ives
Any others?
Family members who were baptized at Main Street Christian Church:
  • Edward Vallette - 1900
  • Edna Adams Vallette - 1906
  • Minnie Elizabeth (Libbie) Sloan Ives - 1911
  • Marion Stanley Fisher
  • Esther Margaret Vallette
  • A.J Ives
  • Elaine Ives Yoxall
  • Max Ives
  • Norma Ives Moore
  • Dean Ives
  • Ruth Ives Fenton
  • Joyce Ives Keeten
  • Dixie Ives Rose
  • Bob Zwink
  • Darold Zwink
  • Duane Connell
  • Marcie Arends Blasko
  • Sandy Arends Hubbard
  • Pamela Jean Moore Geistlinger
  • Sue Ann Moore Rice
  • Kathy Fenton Glover
  • Kristie Fenton Johnston
  • Jeff Keeten
  • Greg Keeten
  • Tessie Ives
  • Tressa Cooper Ives
Family members who were musicians at the church:
  • Lee Robinson - choir director
  • Geneva Fisher Robinson - piano & organ
  • Lee & Geneva Robinson - sang duets
  • A.J Ives - mixed quartet, song leader, soloist
  • Norma Ives Moore - piano & organ
  • Ruth Ives Fenton - piano & organ
  • Joyce Ives Keeten - piano & organ
  • Sandy Arends Hubbard- piano & organ
  • Joy Hrabe - organ
  • Ken McCauley - choir director
  • J.P. Vallette -pianist
  • Edward Franklin Vallette -choir director. NOTE: There is a piano in the basement with a plaque on it with his name as the the choir director and Ruth Pauley the pianist.
  • Norma Ives Moore sang with a trio including Don Stewart's youngest daughter
  • Marcie Arends - soloist accompanied by her sister Sandy
  • Marcie and Sandy Arends - duet
  • Everyone sang in the choir!
NOTE: Ruth Pauley taught piano & organ to the girls at the church.
Family members who served as elders or deacons:

  • Elmer Fisher
  • Ed Vallette, emeritus
  • Kenneth McCauley
  • Harold Ives
  • Max Ives
  • Albert Yoxall
  • Lee Robinson, emeritus
  • Duane Connell
Family members who served on the board of directors:
  • Harold Ives
  • Max Ives
  • Lee Robinson - chairman of the board
  • Wilber Robinson
  • Lester Maddy
Family members who served as janitor at the church:
  • Asa Ives
  • Kenneth McCauley
Other positions served:
  • Ashley J. Ives - parsonage-building committee
  • A.J Ives - guest speaker
  • Lee Robinson - lay preacher, teacher of adult Sunday School class
  • Hilma Fisher Ives - president of Drocas (the ladies' group,) nominating committee, Supt. of Sunday School
  • Harold Ives - committee to bring membership books up to date
  • Edward F. Vallette - deacon, trustee, and secretary of the building committee.
  • Minnie Elizabeth (Libbie) Sloan Ives -superintendent of the Junior department of the Bible school
  • Warren McCauley - nominating committee
  • Kenneth McCauley - worship committee chmn
  • Kathy Fenton Glover - church office secretary
  • Kenneth McCauley, Geneva Fisher Robinson and Ruth Ives Fenton - committee to purchase a new organ
  • Norma Ives Moore - taught a Sunday school class and nursery; was head of the youth group
Family memebers who had perfect attendance:
  • Minnie Elizabeth (Libbie) Sloan Ives - seven years perfect attendance Sunday School
  • Lee and Wilber Robinson perfect board attendance from October '69 through June '70.
  • RubyFisher McCauley had several years of perfect attendance in Sunday School. Does anyone have any idea how many years? She was very upset when she was sick and had to miss.
  • Marcie Arends Blasko

Family contributions:
  • Hilma Fisher Ives and Ruby Fisher McCauley - elevator fund
  • Edward F. Vallette, Joseph P. Vallette and Iona Vallette Hederhorst contributed the stained-glass window to the left of the entry door, in honor of their father, William H. Vallette, minister at Main Street Christian Church from 1896 to 1898.
NOTES:
November 4, 1915 Ashley J. Ives was appointed to the parsonage-building committee.


January 24, 1924 Hilma Fisher Ives asked to be relieved as Supt. of Sunday School.


September 4, 1944 Harold Ives is appointed to a committee to bring membership books up to date.


March 14, 1946 Lee Robinson is elected choir director.


November 11, 1947, Asa Ives is recommended for janitor.


May 7, 1951, motion made by Bro. Hederhorst that Mr. Ed Vallette be put on the emeritus list.


November 1, 1954 Kenneth McCauley is recommended to fill Bro. E.E. Fisher's term as elder (after Elmer Fisher's death 30 Mar 1955.)


December 21, 1955 Joy Hrabe is listed a church organist. Evening organist is Geneva Robinson. Choir director is Ken McCauley.


June 6, 1956 Max Ives seconds a motion to order 1 gross of the scripture pencils.


April 18, 1960 church board passed a motion that Lee Robinson would fill the pulpit on June 26.


September 5, 1960 Lee Robinson and Albert Yoxall were Elders.


1956 - 1965 Max Ives is on the board of directors.


October 2, 1961 Hilma Ives is on the nominating committee along with Warren McCauley and others.


May 7, 1962 motion made by Max Ives to purchase a fence and TV antenna for the parsonage.


April 29, 1962 Lee Robinson is chairman of the board.


1963 Kenneth McCauley is janitor.


April 1, 1963 Lester Maddy and Max Ives give a $5 raise to Rev. Clifford Hauxwell.


April 21, 1974 Kenneth McCauley, Worship Committee Chmn, had a meeting with the elders to get youth groups better organized.


April 5, 1976 motion made by Harold Ives to pay one-half of enrollment fee at church camp on regular church attendance.


July 10, 1978 - July 2, 1979 Kathy Fenton was Church office secretary.


June 1979 Kenneth McCauley was an elder and Lee Robinson was Elder Emeritus.


December 7, 1964 the church discussed installing an elevator but it wasn't until March 7, 1983 the church voted to purchase an elevator. Key contributors to the elevator fund, at the urging of Dean Ives, were Hilma Fisher Ives and Ruby Fisher McCauley.


April 8, 1966 A.J Ives is speaker and music leader. Paid $180.


July 27, 1969 Clarence Kenworthy and Flo Ives celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at the church.


October 6, 1969 Lee and Wilber Robinson had perfect board attendance from October '69 through June '70.


February 1, 1971 Kenneth McCauley, Geneva Robinson and Ruth Fenton and others are on the committe to purchase a new organ.


May 1, 1972 Lee Robinson made a motion to have recognition of visitors at the close of the service.


July 23, 2000 Kenneth McCauley and Duane Connell are elders.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Homestead #10947 of Robert Campbell Ives

Homestead #10947
Description: SW4-23-6-17 (Woodston, Rooks, Kansas)
District: Kirwin, KS
No. of acres: 160
Date of Settlement: 23 May 1879
Date of Entry: 23 Mar 1882
Date of Residence: 24 May 1879
Date of Proof: 13 Jul 1888
Date Advertised: 13 Jul 1888
Date of Certificate: 13 Jul 1888
Officer taking proof: Register
Officer Advertised: R or R
No. of weeks advertised: 6
Improvements:

  • frame house 16x26
  • barn 14x20 frame
  • 85 acres cultivated
  • 40 acres fenced
  • outhouses
  • pens
  • sheds
Value of: $945.00
Acres broken: 85
Acres in crop: 80
No. of seasons: 8
Kind of crops: corn, wheat, rye
Residence claimed: 7 years
No. of absenses: one; Total duration: one week; Cause: away at work
Native born
Claimant's family: wife & 5 children
Remarks: Family continuously on the land since May 1879. Actual residence 9 years, 7 months, 19 days.

Examined Sept. 1888

Monday, February 16, 2009

Ashley Ives (1869-1924) mortally hurt


Ashley Ives 1898


Recovering from 2 broken jaws, a broken left clavicle












From the Rooks County Newspaper, January 7, 1898
Ashley Ives mortally hurt. Another terrible accident occurred Tuesday evening about dark which caused the mangling and bruising of Ashley Ives and may yet result in his death. Ashley went to work for Mr. Harn a few days ago in his store. On Tuesday afternoon he went with Mr. Harn to the latter's hog yards near the creamery building and assisted him in building new pens and dividing the hogs. Upon returning to Mr. Harn's house they saw John McNulty with his team and wagon and borrowed them to take a load of manure down to cover the hog sheds. Upon arriving at the top of the hill at the creamery building they decided to unhitch the horses and run the load down by hand, which was done. Mr. Harn had hold of the end of the tongue while Ives was holding on to the double-tree. When they got nearly to the fence Ives cried out to Harn to "let her go," and he responded "all right," and at the last moment stepped to one side and let the tongue run through the wire fence. Ives was not so fortunate in getting away, for the tongue, the double-tree and the wagon caught him next to the fence and crushed him against a post, the principal pressure coming against his jaws and the side of his head. Mr. Harn got him out with the greatest difficulty and Ives staggered to his feet, a thick steam of blood running out of his mouth. He said, "I am hurt bad, go for a doctor." Ernest Howell, who was passing by in the road in a buggy, came over and they put the wounded man in and took him to Coolbaugh's drug store. Harn rode one of the horses ahead and got Drs. Leigh and Callender at the store by the time the buggy got there. Ives was covered with blood, making a frightful spectacle.

An examination showed that the lower jaw bone was broken on both sides and his head was otherwise mangled and bruised. His left clavicle was also broken. He bled profusely from the ears and mouth, and it was thought he could not live through the night. The sufferer was carried on a stretcher to his home on east Main street.

Contrary to expectations the young man is improving, and feels confident that he will get well. He has to take nourishment through a tube and appears to be getting along all right.

From the Rooks County Newspaper, January, 1904
Ashley Ives went to Topeka Thursday to have his right eye, which as troubled him for the past 15 years and has been a great deal worse since Christmas, operated on by some specialist. We hope Ashley will fully recover the use of his eye.


NOTE: Ashley Ives lost his right eye to a tumor.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Estate of Elisha Ashley

Elisha Ashley, brother of Anna Ashley who married James Ives, died in 1875 with no children to inherit his vast estate. Therefore his estate was divided among his wife and his siblings or their heirs. Elisha's 59-page estate papers can be found in the Vermont Probate Files at:

http://pilot.familysearch.org/

  • Just enter the name Elisha Ashley and for the place put "Vermont, United States."
  • Choose the entry that reads "Vermont Probate Files, 1791 - 1919, residence 1875."
  • Click "view image" and go to to pages 24 & 25.

Elisha's wife Harriet received $16,952.54. The remaining $20, 588.50 was divided equally among Elisha's 10 siblings. Since Anna Ashley Ives had been dead about 50 years, her share of her brother's estate was further divided among her 4 living children, 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Scroll to the bottom of page 25, to the last 3 entries, "heirs of Ashley Ives." The three people who each received $98.04 are as follows: Robert Ives, our ancestor; Emma Dow, Robert's sister; and Lucy E. Ives, daughter of Erastus Ives (Robert's brother) -- granddaughter of Ashley Ives and great-granddaughter of Anna Ashley Ives.

In all, 49 people inherited from this estate!

NOTE: Anna Ashley Ives' brother and father were both named Elisha Ashley.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Are we royalty?

Check out this document I found online:

http://dennettfamily.com/genealogy/Royalty.pdf

Person #30, Thomas Ashley, is the grandfather of Anna Ashley who married James Ives.

Remember, just because you find something on the internet does not mean it is true. I'd like to see the sources for all this information myself. But it is interesting, isn't it?

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Ashley

Did you ever wonder why so many people in our family are named Ashley? Recent genealogy research has uncovered the Ashley branch of our family! In Aunt Fern's story (in the Ives Scrapbook) she stated that the first Ashley Ives (his full name was Ashley Elisha Ives) was named after his mother's maiden name. The book, Ashleys of the Old Colony by Robert E. Ashley confirms not only that, but he was named after his grandfather, Elisha Ashley!

Ashley Elisha Ives was the father of Robert C. Ives, our Civil War ancestor. Ashley Elisha Ives' father was James Ives who died in Portage County, Ohio 17 Oct 1820. We are still working on the Ives genealogy, but we think James' mother was named Sarah since she was mentioned in his estate papers.

Ashley Elisha Ives' mother was Anna Ashley. The Ashley ancestor tree is on the right.

Keep your fingers crossed that we can find James Ives' ancestors!