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Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa
Chicago, W.S. Dunbar & Co., 1889.

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Unless noted, biographies submitted by Dick Barton.

JAMES IVEY, a native of Jo Daviess county, Illinois, was born February 27, 1842, and is a son of Richard and Sarah (Pasco) Ivey, natives of England. James is the oldest of a family of seven children, all of whom are living. When he was one year old his parents removed to Iowa County, Wisconsin, where the parents still reside. He was reared to a farmer's life in Wisconsin, and received but a limited education owing to the lack of school facilities. Being a close observer he has acquired a fund of information that enables him to attend to any business that may devolve upon him. Mr. Ivey was married September 3, 1865, to Miss Eliza Theobald, daughter of Frederick and Mary (Goldsmith) Theobald, natives of England. Mrs. Ivey was born on Prince Edward's Island, October 10, 1845, and at, the age of two years was taken by her parents to Iowa County, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Ivey are the parents of six children - Mary, wife of Edward Saunders; Alvin, Sadie L., James Roy, Lillian and Jennie B. In 1874 Mr. Ivey removed from Wisconsin to Shelby County, Iowa, and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Greeley Township; he has added to this until he owns 200 acres in one body, all being under the best cultivation. He has erected a good frame residence, and buildings for stock and grain. He has planted two acres of grove, and all the surroundings indicate the thrift and good management of the owner. Mr. Ivey takes a pride in the improvement of the grades of live-stock in which he deals quite extensively. His political faith is with the Republican party, and he has filled the position of supervisor and served on the board of education in his school district. The family are consistent members of the Evangelical church, and have always supported any measure that would tend to the elevation of morals and the welfare of the community.