JAMES IVEY, farmer; P. O. Platteville; was born April 20, 1816, in Camborne, Cornwall, England. His occupation in early life was that of tin dresser. He married, in his and her native parish, Mary Ann Eudey, by whom he has nine children - James A., Honor A. (Mrs. L. D. Culver), Jennie (Mrs. Alexander Thomas), Elizabeth (Mrs. John Carhart), Edward M., M. Julia, Benjamin F., Rosina and Nellie; the eldest was born in Camborne, and all the others in Grant Co. The parents came to America and located at Lancaster in 1845, Mr. Ivey working in the Pigeon and Rockville diggings; at the latter point he erected one of the very first framed houses, and for a time worked in the furnace of Squire Emery. In 1855, he bought a farm on Sec. 2, town of Harrison, having spent the preceding year in California. In 1872, he came to present location in Platteville; here he has in all 202 acres. At one time, while in Harrison, Mr. Ivey had nine children of "school age," i. e., from 4 to 20 years. His eldest son served under Gen. Thomas in his Tennessee campaign of 1864-65.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.