1881 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Inter-State Publishing Company
Chicago, Illinois, 1881
Page 682
JOHN G. IVES, Secretary of the Board of Trade, has been a resident of Springfield since 1839. He was born in Oneida county, New York, in 1818; learned the jewler's and watch maker's trade in his native State, and worked at the bench there, and after coming to Springfield, until 1855. In that year he erected the Aetna mill and run it ten years. He sold it in 1865, and the two following years, 1866 and 1867, he filled the office of Treasurer of Sangamon county, being elected on the Republican ticket against a usual Democratic majority of several hundred. Since retiring from that office, Mr. Ives has been chiefly identified with the grain traffic. He was also twice elected to the Board of Supervisors. In 1843, he married Miss Abigal Watson, a native of Nashville, Tennessee. They have three sons and a daughter, the latter married and living in Denver, Colorado. One of the sons is there also, the other two reside in Springfield. Mr. Ives is a Master in the Masonic Order, was for many years an active member of I.O.O.F. and a number of years Treasurer of the Grand Lodge.
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Died, in this city at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lucy M. Williams, on Tuesday, March 29, 1898, at 9:30 a.m., of heart failure, after an illness of two weeks, John G. Ives, in the 81st year of his age. John G. Ives was born in Oswego, N. Y., on March 22, 1818. He served in apprenticeship in the jewelry business and came to Springfield in 1838 and opened a jewelry store, and some years later took in as a partner the late Gen. I. B. Curran, and the business was carried on under the firm name of Ives & Curran some twenty-five years and was well and favorably known all over the state of Illinois. After retiring from this business Mr. Ives was engaged for some years in the milling business and was operating the Aetna Flouring Mill in this city when it blew up and was not rebuilt. He was a republican in politics, and in his younger days took quite a lively interest in elections, but was not a seeker after office, but he was nominated by his party and elected county treasurer of Sangamon county in the year 1864. Mr. Ives has not been in active business for the past fifteen years, but has lived a quiet and retired life with his daughter, Mrs. Williams. He is survived by two children, Mrs. Lucy M. Williams, of this city, and Benjamin Ives, of Chicago. Funeral services will be held at the residence of his daughter, No. 1112 West High street, on Thursday, the 31st inst., at 2:30 p.m. Pub. in IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 3-30-1898
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Batavia (Illinois) Herald, 7 April 1898
John G. Ives, a pioneer merchant of Springfield, died at his residence there, aged 81. Mr. Ives established a jewelry business in Springfield in 1838 with Gen. Isaac Curran, the house being one of the oldest in central Illinois.
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An example of a Fiddle Spoon made by John G. Ives rests in the Illinois Museum of Natural History.
Inter-State Publishing Company
Chicago, Illinois, 1881
Page 682
JOHN G. IVES, Secretary of the Board of Trade, has been a resident of Springfield since 1839. He was born in Oneida county, New York, in 1818; learned the jewler's and watch maker's trade in his native State, and worked at the bench there, and after coming to Springfield, until 1855. In that year he erected the Aetna mill and run it ten years. He sold it in 1865, and the two following years, 1866 and 1867, he filled the office of Treasurer of Sangamon county, being elected on the Republican ticket against a usual Democratic majority of several hundred. Since retiring from that office, Mr. Ives has been chiefly identified with the grain traffic. He was also twice elected to the Board of Supervisors. In 1843, he married Miss Abigal Watson, a native of Nashville, Tennessee. They have three sons and a daughter, the latter married and living in Denver, Colorado. One of the sons is there also, the other two reside in Springfield. Mr. Ives is a Master in the Masonic Order, was for many years an active member of I.O.O.F. and a number of years Treasurer of the Grand Lodge.
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Died, in this city at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lucy M. Williams, on Tuesday, March 29, 1898, at 9:30 a.m., of heart failure, after an illness of two weeks, John G. Ives, in the 81st year of his age. John G. Ives was born in Oswego, N. Y., on March 22, 1818. He served in apprenticeship in the jewelry business and came to Springfield in 1838 and opened a jewelry store, and some years later took in as a partner the late Gen. I. B. Curran, and the business was carried on under the firm name of Ives & Curran some twenty-five years and was well and favorably known all over the state of Illinois. After retiring from this business Mr. Ives was engaged for some years in the milling business and was operating the Aetna Flouring Mill in this city when it blew up and was not rebuilt. He was a republican in politics, and in his younger days took quite a lively interest in elections, but was not a seeker after office, but he was nominated by his party and elected county treasurer of Sangamon county in the year 1864. Mr. Ives has not been in active business for the past fifteen years, but has lived a quiet and retired life with his daughter, Mrs. Williams. He is survived by two children, Mrs. Lucy M. Williams, of this city, and Benjamin Ives, of Chicago. Funeral services will be held at the residence of his daughter, No. 1112 West High street, on Thursday, the 31st inst., at 2:30 p.m. Pub. in IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 3-30-1898
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Batavia (Illinois) Herald, 7 April 1898
John G. Ives, a pioneer merchant of Springfield, died at his residence there, aged 81. Mr. Ives established a jewelry business in Springfield in 1838 with Gen. Isaac Curran, the house being one of the oldest in central Illinois.
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An example of a Fiddle Spoon made by John G. Ives rests in the Illinois Museum of Natural History.
1881 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Inter-State Publishing Company
Chicago, Illinois, 1881
Page 682
JOHN G. IVES, Secretary of the Board of Trade, has been a resident of Springfield since 1839. He was born in Oneida county, New York, in 1818; learned the jewler's and watch maker's trade in his native State, and worked at the bench there, and after coming to Springfield, until 1855. In that year he erected the Aetna mill and run it ten years. He sold it in 1865, and the two following years, 1866 and 1867, he filled the office of Treasurer of Sangamon county, being elected on the Republican ticket against a usual Democratic majority of several hundred. Since retiring from that office, Mr. Ives has been chiefly identified with the grain traffic. He was also twice elected to the Board of Supervisors. In 1843, he married Miss Abigal Watson, a native of Nashville, Tennessee. They have three sons and a daughter, the latter married and living in Denver, Colorado. One of the sons is there also, the other two reside in Springfield. Mr. Ives is a Master in the Masonic Order, was for many years an active member of I.O.O.F. and a number of years Treasurer of the Grand Lodge.
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Died, in this city at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lucy M. Williams, on Tuesday, March 29, 1898, at 9:30 a.m., of heart failure, after an illness of two weeks, John G. Ives, in the 81st year of his age. John G. Ives was born in Oswego, N. Y., on March 22, 1818. He served in apprenticeship in the jewelry business and came to Springfield in 1838 and opened a jewelry store, and some years later took in as a partner the late Gen. I. B. Curran, and the business was carried on under the firm name of Ives & Curran some twenty-five years and was well and favorably known all over the state of Illinois. After retiring from this business Mr. Ives was engaged for some years in the milling business and was operating the Aetna Flouring Mill in this city when it blew up and was not rebuilt. He was a republican in politics, and in his younger days took quite a lively interest in elections, but was not a seeker after office, but he was nominated by his party and elected county treasurer of Sangamon county in the year 1864. Mr. Ives has not been in active business for the past fifteen years, but has lived a quiet and retired life with his daughter, Mrs. Williams. He is survived by two children, Mrs. Lucy M. Williams, of this city, and Benjamin Ives, of Chicago. Funeral services will be held at the residence of his daughter, No. 1112 West High street, on Thursday, the 31st inst., at 2:30 p.m. Pub. in IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 3-30-1898
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Batavia (Illinois) Herald, 7 April 1898
John G. Ives, a pioneer merchant of Springfield, died at his residence there, aged 81. Mr. Ives established a jewelry business in Springfield in 1838 with Gen. Isaac Curran, the house being one of the oldest in central Illinois.
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An example of a Fiddle Spoon made by John G. Ives rests in the Illinois Museum of Natural History.
Inter-State Publishing Company
Chicago, Illinois, 1881
Page 682
JOHN G. IVES, Secretary of the Board of Trade, has been a resident of Springfield since 1839. He was born in Oneida county, New York, in 1818; learned the jewler's and watch maker's trade in his native State, and worked at the bench there, and after coming to Springfield, until 1855. In that year he erected the Aetna mill and run it ten years. He sold it in 1865, and the two following years, 1866 and 1867, he filled the office of Treasurer of Sangamon county, being elected on the Republican ticket against a usual Democratic majority of several hundred. Since retiring from that office, Mr. Ives has been chiefly identified with the grain traffic. He was also twice elected to the Board of Supervisors. In 1843, he married Miss Abigal Watson, a native of Nashville, Tennessee. They have three sons and a daughter, the latter married and living in Denver, Colorado. One of the sons is there also, the other two reside in Springfield. Mr. Ives is a Master in the Masonic Order, was for many years an active member of I.O.O.F. and a number of years Treasurer of the Grand Lodge.
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Died, in this city at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lucy M. Williams, on Tuesday, March 29, 1898, at 9:30 a.m., of heart failure, after an illness of two weeks, John G. Ives, in the 81st year of his age. John G. Ives was born in Oswego, N. Y., on March 22, 1818. He served in apprenticeship in the jewelry business and came to Springfield in 1838 and opened a jewelry store, and some years later took in as a partner the late Gen. I. B. Curran, and the business was carried on under the firm name of Ives & Curran some twenty-five years and was well and favorably known all over the state of Illinois. After retiring from this business Mr. Ives was engaged for some years in the milling business and was operating the Aetna Flouring Mill in this city when it blew up and was not rebuilt. He was a republican in politics, and in his younger days took quite a lively interest in elections, but was not a seeker after office, but he was nominated by his party and elected county treasurer of Sangamon county in the year 1864. Mr. Ives has not been in active business for the past fifteen years, but has lived a quiet and retired life with his daughter, Mrs. Williams. He is survived by two children, Mrs. Lucy M. Williams, of this city, and Benjamin Ives, of Chicago. Funeral services will be held at the residence of his daughter, No. 1112 West High street, on Thursday, the 31st inst., at 2:30 p.m. Pub. in IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 3-30-1898
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Batavia (Illinois) Herald, 7 April 1898
John G. Ives, a pioneer merchant of Springfield, died at his residence there, aged 81. Mr. Ives established a jewelry business in Springfield in 1838 with Gen. Isaac Curran, the house being one of the oldest in central Illinois.
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An example of a Fiddle Spoon made by John G. Ives rests in the Illinois Museum of Natural History.
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