Individual Details

Erastus Ivory

(5 Sep 1821 - 25 Apr 1892)

1850 Mason
1864 Mother Lexey Page Ivory living with her son
1870 Stone worker
1880 Mason
Philetus IVORY who was listed as living in Lapeer, Lapeer Co, Michigan in the will of Erastus IVORY in Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio in 1888.

Source: County Court House Norwalk, Ohio and Fire Lands Pioneer of 1864.

According to the U.S. Census from at least 1850 until his death Erastus lived in Norwalk village, Huron County, Ohio. He was a stone mason.
1850 the house hold was Erastus, Clarissa, his wife, and her son from her first marriage, William Whiting, age 17, plus Clarissa's mother Persis Wells, age 56.

1860 the household was Erastus and Clarissa.
1870 Erastus lived with the Charles Sweet family who was his step-brother.
No Clarissa.

1880 U.S. Census, Norwalk Village, Huron County, Ohio
#692 Erastus Ivory age 59 mason b. Ohio father and mother b. NY
Carry M. Ivory age 68 wife b. Vermont father b. N.H. mother b. Ver.
Henry Whiting age 48 stepson carriage painter b. Ohio father born
Connecticut mother born Vermont.

A source states that Erastus and Maria married 9 May 1841 but another unknown source states the date was 15 Sept 1842.

Events

Birth5 Sep 1821Galion, Crawford County, Ohio
Census-shared1840(Electra "Lexey" Page) Ridgefield, Huron County, Ohio
Marriage5 Sep 1841Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio - Clarissa Maria Wells
Census (family)18 Jul 1850Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio - Clarissa Maria Wells
Census (family)2 Jun 1860Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio - Clarissa Maria Wells
Census (family)-shared3 Jun 1870(Charles R. Sweet and Joan J.) Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
Census (family)Jul 1880Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio - Clarissa Maria Wells
Death25 Apr 1892Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
BurialWoodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio

Families

SpouseClarissa Maria Wells (1812 - 1885)
FatherJabez Frothingham Ivory (1797 - 1879)
MotherElectra "Lexey" Page (1799 - 1865)
SiblingWalter R. Ivory (1818 - 1845)
SiblingAnn Maria Ivory (1819 - 1854)
SiblingAlonzo Ivory (1823 - )
SiblingHymenus Russell Ivory (1826 - 1900)
SiblingPhiletus Ivory (1826 - 1891)

Notes

Census-shared

Electa Ivory
Males 10-15: 2 [Hymenus & Philetus]
Males 15-20: 1 [Alonzo or Erastus]
Males 20-30: 1 [Walter R.]
Females 20-30: 1 [Ann Maria]
Females 40-50: 1 [Electra]

Census (family)

Erastus Ivory M28 Ohio - Mason
Clarissa M Ivory F27 Vermont
Wm Whitney M17 Ohio (William Henry Whiting?) - Baker
Persis Wells F56 Vermont

Charles Pamhimel M26 Ohio - Blacksmith
Susan Pamhimel F19 Ohio
John Pamhimel M5 Ohio
Jerome Pamhimel M3 Ohio
John R Pamhimel M60 New Jersey - Miller

Census (family)

Erastus Irving M 39 Ohio - Stone mason
Clarrisa M Irving F 47 New York
[illegible] [Alexa] Irving F 61 New York

Census (family)-shared

Charles Sweet M 38 New York - carpenter
Joanna Sweet F 33 Ireland - keeping house
Charles Sweet M 12 Michigan
George Sweet M 9 Ohio
Frank Sweet M 7 Ohio
Erastus Ivory M 48 Ohio - stone mason. (Where is his wife, Clarissa?)

Census (family)

Self Erastus Ivory M 59 Ohio - Mason
Wife Carry M. Ivory F 68 Vermont (Clarissa Maria?)
Son Henry Hebiating M 48 Ohio (William Henry Whiting?) - Carriage trimmer

Death

Occupation: Brick Mason
Age: 72
Cause: Kidney complaint

Burial

Plot: Section 3 East, Central Section, Row 2
Birth: Sep. 5, 1821 Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio
Death: Apr. 25, 1892 Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
2nd husband of Clarissa Marie WELLS

Endnotes

1. Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions (1997), Woolawn Cemetery, page 572.

2. "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHYV-PGX : accessed 31 Aug 2013), Electa Ivory, 1840..

3. "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZPG-8Y1 : accessed 19 Feb 2014), Erastus Ivory and Maria C Whiting, 05 Sep 1841; citing Huron, Ohio, United States, reference v 2 p 70; FHL microfilm 410258..

4. "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDNL-V2S : accessed 19 Feb 2014), Erastus Ivory and Maria C. Whiting, 05 Sep 1841..

5. "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXQ6-K5W : accessed 31 Aug 2013), Erastus Ivory, 1850..

6. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGF-RG9 : 30 December 2015), Erastus Irving, 1860..

7. "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M62P-CHQ : accessed 07 Jul 2014), Joanna Sweet, Ohio, United States; citing p. 11, family 94, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552724..

8. "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M89Z-DSL : accessed 18 Feb 2014), Erastus Ivory, Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 302A, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1035.

9. Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions (1997), Woolawn Cemetery, page 572.

10. "Ohio, Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6NM-BJK : accessed 18 Feb 2014), Erastus Ivory, 25 Apr 1892..

11. "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6NM-BJK : accessed 03 Nov 2014), Erastus Ivory, 25 Apr 1892; citing Death, Norwalk, Norwalk City, Huron, Ohio, United States, source ID v 1 p 181, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 410483..

12. Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions (1997), Woolawn Cemetery, page 572.

13. Find A Grave Memorial# 81668516.