Ivey's Tid-Bits
This is a partial history of the Parents of Our
Grandfather JOHN WILLIAM IVEY, as he told Our Father LOUIS JOSEPH IVEY and Our
Uncle KING BENJAMIN IVEY.
John William “Bill” Ivey, a pioneer native cowman and farmer was born to Jason and Ann Ivey at Leesville, Gonzales County, Texas on January 11, 1859.
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John Williams’ grandparents migrated from North Carolina to Mississippi about 1820 where three sons were born: Jacob Ivey – 1821, Jason Ivey – 1823, and Tom Ivey – 1825.
Jason Ivey (Father of John William Ivey) married Ann Miller in Mississippi in 1845 and together with his two brothers moved to Gonzales County, Texas in 1846.
To Jason and Ann Ivey were born one daughter Ann – 1847, a son George – 1849, a son Benjamin – 1854 and a son John William – 1859.
Ann Ivey married Charles Reeves and together reared several children. Of which the following are known: Retta Reeves, Novella Reeves and Jason Reeves.
George W. Ivey raised a large family in Gonzales County; in fact he raised two families with ten children in each. Of the second family three of the children were known to have lived in Belton, Texas. They were Plaz Ivey, Ben Ivey and Phil Ivey.
Benjamin Ivey was born in Leesville, Texas but left Texas for Arizona or New Mexico about 1873
Jason Ivey died in 1865 and his wife Ann Ivey died in 1871.
John William Ivey became an orphan at the age of twelve years and had received only a few month of schooling. He lived for two years with his sister Mrs. Ann (Ivey) Reeves.
At the age of fourteen he got his first job, which was carrying mail, by horseback. The job required him to furnish his own horse and make three round trips weekly from Leesville to Gonzales. His salary was five dollars per month. He resigned this post in 1878 and moved to Travis County where he found work on roads near Bee Cave, just west of Austin, Texas. This job paid three dollars a week.
He was a young and lonely boy among strangers and wanted to make friends. One Sunday in his new location, he saddled his horse and rode five miles to church. There he noticed a very beautiful young girl and her brother. He wanted to meet them so when the service was over he hurried out side and met them. They were also horseback so he rode down the road about two miles with them. After that meeting he saw the girl in church often and even got up the courage to visit her at her home. About a year later on August 04, 1880 they were married. Her name was Rocksy Caldonia Kay and her brother’s name was James Wiley Kay. Their mother was Mary Ann (Heffington) Kay.
Rocksy Caldonia (Kay) Ivey was born in the town of Weatherford, Parker County, Texas on April 21, 1864. Her Mothers’ family “the Heffington” a large and very favorably known family had extensive land holdings in Parker and Travis Counties, Texas.
Grandmother, Rocksy Caldonia Ivey was indeed a good and wonderful woman. She was truly admired and loved by all who knew her. She gave birth to fourteen children, ten boys and four girls.
From 1880 to 1897 John William and Rocksy Ivey lived at Bee Cave, Texas where the happiest moments of their lives were spent. It was there that eleven of their fourteen children were born. Throughout their lives they eluded to the good people of Cedar Valley as “Gods chosen children” “The salt of the earth”
In 1897 they moved to McGregor, McClellan County, Texas where they farmed.
In 1900 they moved to a farm and cattle ranch in Erath County near Stephenville, Texas.
It was in Erath County where John William Ivey became prosperous and was highly respected as a cowman.
John William Ivey died September 28, 1946 in Gordon, Texas. Rocksy Ivey died July 05, 1927. They are buried side by side in the Davidson Cemetery in Erath County, Texas.
The children of John William and Rocksy Caldonia (Kay) Ivey were:
Thomas Franklin Ivey – Born in Bee Cave, Texas August 24, 1881.
Wiley Quitman Ivey – Born in Bee Cave, Texas January 10, 1883.
Louis Joseph Ivey – Born in Bee Cave, Texas January 30, 1884.
Lurana Jane Ivey (Hoover) – Born in Bee Cave, Texas November 21, 1885.
Jason Andrew Ivey – Born in Bee Cave, Texas July 24, 1888.
Robert Carol Ivey – Born in Bee Cave, Texas February 12, 1890.
King Benjamin Ivey – Born in Bee Cave, Texas December 27, 1891.
Edward Earl Ivey – Born in Bee Cave, Texas March 02, 1893.
Otto Clyde Ivey – Born in Bee Cave, Texas August 16, 1894.
Matt Vernon Ivey – Born in Bee Cave, Texas November 14, 1895.
Ieida May Ivey (Massey) – Born in Bee Cave, Texas July 23, 1897.
Annie Laura Ivey (Taylor) – Born in McGregor, Texas March 03, 1899.
William Price Ivey – Born in McGregor, Texas March 23, 1901.
Dora Bell Ivey (Roberson) – Born in Thurber, Texas April 18, 1904.
Wiley Quitman Ivey – Killed in action France 1917 or 1918.
Edward Earl Ivey – Died in Fabens, Texas March 12, 1931.
Otto Clyde Ivey – Died (Diphtheria) in Bee Cave, Texas August 16, 1896.
Matt Vernon Ivey – Died in O’Brien, Texas February 12, 1943.
William Price Ivey – Died in El Paso, Texas May 11, 1949.
Our AUNTS and UNCLES on the IVEY side of the family:
Thomas Franklin Ivey married Lennie Johnson, of Strawn, Texas on August 16, 1903. Lennie Ivey (Johnson) was born July 11, 1887 at Strawn, Texas and was the daughter of William Andrew Johnson, who came from Tennessee, and Hattie Elizabeth Bigham Johnson. They had two sons and three daughters.
Our First Cousins from this marriage:
Edna Cora Ivey (Pollard) – Born June 24, 1904 – Last address, Plains, Texas.
Charles Payne Ivey – Born August 16, 1906, Died October 06, 1949.
Andrew William Ivey – Born May 19, 1908 – Last address, Houston, Texas.
Lilly Gertrude Ivey (Gibson) – Born November 12, 1910 – Last address Hamlin, Texas.
Cleo Faye Ivey (Pierce) – Born September 12, 1913 – Last address Odem, Texas.
Wiley Quitman Ivey married Jessie Ott in Erath County on September 16 1903.
Our First Cousins from this Marriage:
Ruby Ivey – Born June 21, 1904 – Last address Long Beach, California.
Vera Ivey – Born in Thurber, Texas
Willard H. Ivey – Born in Thurber, Texas – Last address Long Beach, California.
Wiley and Jessie separated and Wiley moved to the Imperial Valley near Calexico, California. In 1909 he married Margarita Tatum. There were two children from this marriage.
Our First Cousins from this Marriage:
Victor Ivey – Born in 1913 – Last address Savannah, Georgia
Virginia Ivey – Born in 1914 – Last address California.
Louis Joseph Ivey married Catherine Mary O’Donnell of Fabens, Texas on December 26, 1934. Catherine Mary Ivey (O’Donnell) was born on November 29, 1904 in El Paso, Texas and was the daughter of Patrick O’Donnell and Johanna Readon both born in Ireland. They had two sons.
Louis Joseph Ivey, Jr. – Born October 04, 1936 in El Paso, Texas.
John Patrick William Ivey – Born July 08, 1939 in El Paso, Texas.
Lurana Jane Ivey married John Hoover in Thurber, Texas on August 05, 1902.
They lived in Dublin, Texas.
Our First Cousins from this Marriage:
William Kay Hoover – Born December 01, 1903 in Dublin, Texas.
Eura May Hoover (Howell) – Born November 30, 1905 in Dublin, Texas.
Grace Hoover – Born May 12, 1908 in Dublin, Texas – Died in 1909.
John Louis Hoover – Born May 11, 1910 in Dublin, Texas.
Herbert Clark Hoover – Born November 24, 1917 in Dublin, Texas.
Roxie Alice Hoover (Blain) – Born April 15, 1923 in Dublin, Texas.
Jason Andrew Ivey married Ruby Myers in Thurber, Texas.
They lived in Blythe, California.
Our First Cousins from this Marriage:
Camilla Ivey – Born August 07, 1916 in Thurber, Texas.
Lester Ivey – Born March 18, 1918 in Phoenix, Arizona – Killed in India April 09, 1945.
Annie Laura Ivey (Bliss) – Born August 18, 1922 in Desdemona, Texas.
Eva Jo Ivey (Mahoney) – Born
Mary Ruth Ivey (Duncan) – Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Robert Carol Ivey married Letha Gailey on October 15, 1914
Our First Cousins from this Marriage:
Carol William Ivey – Born July 15, 1915 in San Diego, California.
Frieda Cardelia Ivey (Hibler) – Born December 07, 1916 in Calexico, California.
Wanda May Ivey (Moore) – Born October 04, 1919 in Thurber, Texas.
Angie Ruth Ivey (Moore) – Born February 02, 1925 in Fabens, Texas.
King Benjamin Ivey married Marie Dolan on March 05, 1918 in El Centro, California.
Our First Cousins from this Marriage:
Benjamin Lee Ivey – Born July 27, 1920 in Desdemona, Texas.
John Patrick Ivey – Born November 29, 1921 in Desdemona, Texas.
Arthur Harold Ivey – Born June 09, 1923 in Fabens, Texas.
Paul Dolan Ivey – Born June 14, 1924 in Fabens, Texas.
William Eugene Ivey – Born October 08, 1926 in Fabens, Texas.
Charles Alfred Ivey – Born April 21, 1930 in Fabens, Texas.
James Louis Francis Ivey – Born August 10, 1931 in Fabens, Texas.
Edward Earl Ivey married Nona Bullock on December 08, 1919 in Thurber, Texas
They had no children.
Otto Clyde Ivey Died as a child August 16, 1896 in Bee Cave, Texas.
Matt Vernon Ivey married Lela May Howell on April 17, 1920 in Thurber, Texas.
Our First Cousins from this Marriage:
Virginia May Ivey (Gilchrist) – Born March 11, 1921 in Thurber, Texas.
Dora Josephine Ivey (Williams) – Born August 31, 1922 in Thurber, Texas.
Matt Vernon Ivey, Jr. – Born July 17, 1924.
Billy Wayne Ivey – Born September 27, 1926.
Dorothy Udell Ivey (McMillan) – Born May 23, 1928.
Leida May Ivey married Thurman Massey in Thurber, Texas.
Our First Cousins from this Marriage:
Ivey Dale Massey – Born February 26, 1927 in Vernon, Texas.
Betty Sue Ivey (Cook) – Born December 05, 1932 in Hobbs, New Mexico.
Annie Laura Ivey married Joe Wade Taylor in Thurber, Texas.
Our First Cousins from this Marriage:
Marietta Laura Taylor – Born November 03, 1921 in Thurber, Texas.
Henrietta Taylor – Born November 02, 1922 in Thurber, Texas.
Joe Wade Taylor – Born April 02, 1937 in Tucson, Arizona.
William Price Ivey married Pearl Howell on March 23, 1927.
Our First Cousins from this Marriage:
William Louis Ivey – Born January 18, 1928 in El Paso, Texas.
Robert Martin Ivey – Born June 06, 1929 in Fabens, Texas.
Betty Ruth Ivey (Orgel) – Born August 22, 1931 in Tucson, Arizona.
Dora Bell Ivey married Joe Roberson July 15, 1922 in Strawn, Texas.
Our First Cousins from this Marriage:
Ivey Jack Roberson – Born May 21, 1938 in Strawn, Texas (Adopted).
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Edna Cora Ivey (Pollard) – Last address, Plains, Texas.
Charles Payne Ivey – Born August 16, 1906, Died October 06, 1949.
Andrew William Ivey – Last address, Houston, Texas.
Lilly Gertrude Ivey (Gibson) – Last address Hamlin, Texas.
Cleo Faye Ivey (Pierce) – Last address Odem, Texas
Ruby Ivey – Last address Long Beach, California.
Vera Ivey – Last address
Willard H. Ivey – Last address Long Beach, California
Victor Ivey – Last address Savannah, Georgia
Virginia Ivey – Last address California
Louis Joseph Ivey, Jr. – Last address Fabens, Texas
John Patrick William Ivey – Last address Ft. Worth, Texas
William Kay Hoover – Last address Dublin, Texas.
Eura May Hoover (Howell) – Last address Dublin, Texas.
Grace Hoover – Last address Dublin, Texas – Died in 1909.
John Louis Hoover – Last address Dublin, Texas.
Herbert Clark Hoover – Last address Dublin, Texas.
Roxie Alice Hoover (Blain) – Last address Dublin, Texas
Camilla Ivey – Last address Blythe, California.
Lester Ivey – Born March 18, 1918 in Phoenix, Arizona – Killed in India April 09, 1945.
Annie Laura Ivey (Bliss) – Last address Blythe, California.
Eva Jo Ivey (Mahoney) – Born
Mary Ruth Ivey (Duncan) – Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Carol William Ivey – Last address Van Horn, Texas.
Frieda Cardelia Ivey (Hibler) – Last address McCamey, Texas
Donald Louis Benton – Last address El Paso, Texas
Wanda May Ivey (Moore) – Last address El Paso, Texas.
Angie Ruth Ivey (Moore) – Last address Houston, Texas
Benjamin Lee Ivey – Last address Ysleta, Texas.
John Patrick Ivey – Last address El Paso, Texas.
Arthur Harold Ivey – Last address George West, Texas.
Paul Dolan Ivey – Last address Pecos, Texas.
William Eugene Ivey – Last address Fabens, Texas.
Charles Alfred Ivey – Last address Tronillo, Texas.
James Louis Francis Ivey – Last address Clint, Texas
Virginia May Ivey (Gilchrist) – Last address Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Dora Josephine Ivey (Williams) – Born August 31, 1922 in Thurber, Texas.
Matt Vernon Ivey, Jr. – Born July 17, 1924.
Billy Wayne Ivey – Born September 27, 1926.
Dorothy Udell Ivey (McMillan) – Born May 23, 1928
Ivey Dale Massey – Last address Hobbs, New Mexico
Betty Sue Massey (Cook) – Last address Madill, Oklahoma
Marietta Laura Taylor – Last address Tucson, Arizona
Henrietta Taylor – Last address Tucson, Arizona.
Joe Wade Taylor – Last address Tucson, Arizona
William Louis Ivey – Born January 18, 1928 in El Paso, Texas.
Robert Martin Ivey – Born June 06, 1929 in Fabens, Texas.
Betty Ruth Ivey (Orgel) – Born August 22, 1931 in Tucson, Arizona
Ivey Jack Roberson – Last address Odessa, Texas (Adopted)
J. W. Kay – Born November 17, 1861 – Died June 10, 1927
The following was received from my brother John. He picked it up on his trips to the southeast part of the US. There must be a connection but this old cowboy can’t figure it out. …..Louis
Here’s something that will get your attention. One book I found says Iveys were French and another says we are English?
I have not found the tie to our great grandfather, Jason Ivey. In the book, “Oak Hill Cedar Valley Pioneers” it says John William Ivey’s grandparents (no names) migrated from North Carolina about 1820 to Mississippi where Jacob (1821), Jason (1823) and Tom (1825) were born. Jason married Ann Miller in Mississippi in 1845 and moved to Gonzales County, Texas in 1846 with his two brothers.
Jason Ivey had three sons and one daughter:
Ann 1847
George 1849
Benjamin 1854
John William 1859
There may be a tie to the Benjamin Ivey born in 1800 (see below). If Jason Ivey’s father migrated to Mississippi in 1820 and has children in 1821 to 1825 he was probably born around 1800. The Ivey Family notebook written by our cousin Ben l. starts with Jason W. Ivey born 1830 and died approximately 1865). Also the dates do not agree with the birthdates in Oak Hill Cedar Valley Pioneers.
In “My Memoirs” by J. B. Ivey he states:
Thomas Ivye (also spelled Ivie) lives in Glosuter, England about 1425. He was married to Elizabeth Tyell and had at least one son, Richard.
Richard married Isabel Canning and they had one son, Thomas.
Thomas married Elizabeth Keynes and they had one son, Ferdinando [they called him Ferdie and he was probably a lot like you]
Ferninado married a daughter of George Witry and they had two sons, George and William.
George married Lettice Culpepper, daughter of Martin Culpepper. They had six sons, one of whom was named Thomas.
Thomas, born in 1604, married Ann sergeant and emigrated to America in 1625. They had four sons and one daughter. One of these sons was named George.
George married Hannah _______ and settled in Norfolk County, Virginia. They had six sons, one of whom was named George.
George married Elizabeth Langley and had four sons and two daughters. One son was named Adam.
Adam married Mary ______ in 1762 and had four sons and five daughters. One son was named Benjamin.
Benjamin was born in 1800 and died in 1857. He married Mark Shanke, a daughter of George Shanke who served in the war of the Revolution. They had three sons and four daughters.
Elizabeth married Martin Carter of Mount Pleasant, NC.
Sarah married Rev. L.A Whitlock of Stanley County, NC.
Mary married A. Simpson of Salisbury, NC
Annie married Moses Dry of Cabarrus County, NC
Isaac Tyson Ivey was killed in the Civil War
John Reese Ivey raised a large family in Stanley County, NC
George Washington Ivey was born September 14, 1828, became a preacher in 1849 and died November 7, 1902.
George married Selina Rachel Neal on November 7, 1855 and had the following children:
William Parsons Ivey was born August 23, 1856, married Mamie Sherrill May 25, 1887and died June 29, 1912.
Clara Marinda Ivey was born August 24, 1858 and died May 7, 1890.
Thomas Neal Ivey was born May 22, 1860, married Nora Down August 7, 1883 and died May 15, 1923.
Mary Rebecca Ivey was born April 19, 1862 and died August 23, 1862
Joseph Benjamin (J. B.) Ivey was born June 8, 1864, married Emma M. Gantt February 2, 1893. Emma died March 13, 1917 and J. B. Ivey married Daisy Weatherby Smith October 8, 1919.
Harriet Moore Ivey was born May 7, 1866 and married James H. White October 15, 1890.
Emma Lou Ivey was born March 19, 1868, married George M. Foard September 18, 1887.
George Franks Ivey was born June 24, 1870, married Edith Blanche Sherrill June 14, 1899.
Lizzie Brown Ivey was born September 16, 1872 and died May 1874.
Eugene Claywell Ivey was born June 28, 1874 and married Annie Vasseur October 25, 1911. The marriage was performed by Rev. T. N. Ivey.
Joseph Benjamin (J. B.) Ivey had the following children and grandchildren:
George Melvin Ivey - married Lila Groves Cambell on October 10, 1922
Children:
George Melvin Ivey Jr. born October 19, 1923
Mary Clare Ivey was born May 16, 1928
Emma Virginia Ivey - married Clarence Rutledge Walker October 22, 1922
Children:
Virginia Ivey Walker born May 11, 1925
James Danforth Walker born July 9, 1936
Ella Marie Ivey – married Oliver Milton Litaker February 1, 1930
Children:
Robert Lee Litaker born June 3, 1934 (adopted)
Katherine Neal Ivey – Married Ervin Jackson September 11, 1924
Children:
Ervin Jackson Jr. born December 23, 1925
Ben Ivey Jackson born August 24, 1930
Cory Gantt Jackson born March 3, 1938
In the book, Elements of Highest Import, by Thomas Neal Ivey it states:
The Iveys can trace their ancestral name back to the Norman name, “St. Ivo,” in France They crossed into England with William the Conqueror and afterwards were known as Iveys, Ives, Iversons.
James Ivey was a member of the first board of Aldermen of Norfolk, Va in the early 1600’s. The majority of first Iveys settled in North and South Carolina. In the first census (1790) there are 55 families of Iveys mentioned there are 1 in MD, 1 PA, 13 VA, 28 in NC and 12 in SC.
Early land grants in North Carolina include:
December 1, 1774 – Thomas Ivey Craven County
November 17, 1774 – Henry Ivey Edgecombe County
Iveys from North Carolina that fought in the American Revolution:
Jacob Ivey
David Ivey
Ruben Ivey
Elisha Ivey
Henry Ivey
Curtis Ivey (promoted to Lieutenant February 1, 1779
In 1790 Benjamin Ivey had 8 children:
Kinchin
Rebecca
Benjamin
Isaac
Other names unknown
I found these books in the Charlotte, NC library.