James Russell Ivie (1802 - 1866)

Born 30 Dec 1802 in Franklin Co, Georgia, USA

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Died 10 Jun 1866 at age 63 in Scipio, Millard, Utah, USA

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James Ivie was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

In 1822, James Russell Ivie signed a petition to dam the Duck River at Shelbyville in Bedford county. The petition of William Galbreath, was submitted to the General Assembly, State of Tennessee. He purchased a lot in Shelbyville, together with a wood carding machine for which he paid the sum of $2,500. The said machine was on the north side of Duck River in the town of Shelbyville. The sought a permit to build a dam across Duck River, it was signed by James R Ivie, and Thomas Allred among others.

On 28 January 1828, Anderson Ivie conveyed to James Ivie, both of Bedford county, for love and affection for my son James Ivie, 50 acres of land on West Fork of Rock Creek. Borders Wilson's Road, Wm Miller, Abednge Robertson of Sink Hole Spring. Wit. John A Ivie and Ezekiel Billington. Registered 3 November 1829. Sometime after the transfer of this property the Ivie and Allred families must have made a decision to move to Missouri, for Anderson Ivie, James R. Ivie and James and Isaac Allred all sold their property in Bedford county, to James L. Ewing during 1829-30.

James Russell Ivie purchased 80 acres of land as early as January 9, 1830. Various Anderson and James R. Ivie land holdings are located in Township 54 North 8 West, along the South Fork of Salt River, a few miles southwest of the village of Florida, near present day State Highway 154 and the junction of County Road E. According to Reddick N Allred, "George Hinkle and others stopped a few months and baptized the Allred families, Ivies and others and a large branch was organized in 1832 called the Salt River Branch." Reddick's brother William M Allred elaborates, "In 1832 George Hinkle, Daniel Cathcart and James Johnson came along and raised up a branch of the Church called the Salt River Branch. I was Baptized in Salt River on the 10th of September 1832. There were 19 Baptized that day including my Parents and one or two of my Sisters." James and Isaac Allred their wives, William M. Allred, and others were baptized on 10 September, and the next day James Russell Ivie and wife Eliza were also baptized in the Salt River.

In July 1833, strife between Mormons and non-Mormons in Jackson County, Missouri reaches the flash point when the office of the churches newspaper is burned by a mob. By November Mormons are forced to flee Jackson County, with most settling in Clay and Ray counties across the Missouri River. In 1836 they were forced to move again, to Caldwell Co. James R. Ivie received a land patent in Far West, Caldwell County, MO in 1836. There are records of James R Ivie, Isaac, James, William, William Hackly Allred, Ezekiel Billington, and Moses Martin Sanders families in Caldwell County by 1837.

James and Eliza crossed the plains with the second Brigham Young Company in 1848. After arriving at Salt Lake, they were sent to a place called Roads Valley, near the Provo River. In 1851 James R Ivie was elected a member of the first town council in Provo. In March 1851, James R Ivie was ordained a High Priest by Bringham Young, in Provo.

The family next moved to Mt. Pleasant, where James was the first presiding elder in 1859. In the spring of 1863 they moved to Round Valley, later called Scipio. The Indians became very hostile, stealing herds of cattle from the pioneers, and in 1866 James was killed by the Indians.

Sources

• Christensen, Randall Lloyd, Quietly Going About Their Business, The Family Histories Compiled by Ida Belle Gledhill Christensen Buchanan (Ridgecrest, CA, 1990. [FHL 929.273/B85lbi]).
• Milestones of Millard, A Century of History of Millard County, 1851-1951. (Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1951 FHL 979.245 H2d).
• 1850 Federal Census Utah Co, Utah.
• 1860 Federal Census Sanpete Co, Utah.
• Cemetery Records or Gravestone Transcriptions.
• Jensen, Andrew, Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FHL 289.3092 J4531).
• Day, Stella H, Builders of Early Millard, Biographies of Pioneers of Millard County, 1850 to 1875 (East Millard Company of Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Art City Pub. Co, 1979. FHL 979.245 D3d).