Individual Details

History of San Joaquin County, California, Thompson and West, 1879. page 33
"1867 Charles [Ivory] is an alderman for the Third Ward" [Stockton]
Tinkham, page 294. Charles O. Ivory a Stockton blacksmith moved to Woodbridge in 1867 and opened a grocery store. This made the third grocery store in the town.

Tinkham, page 304-05. Lodi: In Oct 1870 Charles O. Ivory of Stockton put up a two-story building for his bride. By 1880 the population of Lodi was 800. Ivory and Greene who sold general merchandise was one of the businesses.

Tinkham, page ?. In 1853 Charles came to California and settled in Stockton where he remained until 1867 when he removed to Woodbridge and engaged in business with John M. Burt in 1868 he moved to Lodi where he built the first business block and was the first merchant. Later the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Ivory continued in business until 1886 when he sold out.

Source: History of San Joaquin Co. 1879 by Thompson and West, page 138-142. "Elkhorn township. Ivory, C. O. of Lodi, general merchandize, came from New York in 1853 and arrived in San Joaquin County that same year. He didn't own any acreage."

Source: 1880-81 McKenny's Pacific Coast Business Directory with Lockefort, Lodi and Stockton Businesses. "Ivory, Charles Oscar, general merchandize and agent for Wells Fargo and Co."

Cemetery records state Charles Oscar died at age 55.

Ivory, Charles O. d. 8-1889 Galt Weekly Gazette 8-10-1889.
C.O. Ivory Suicides. At about 11 o'clock last Tuesday night C.O. Ivory, the Lodi merchant, shot and killed himself with a revolver, placing the muzzle in his mouth. The suicide was committed in the loft of his barn just as his son and another young man in search of Mr. Ivory entered the lower floor. Wednesday an inquest was held on the body and the Coroner's jury found that the deceased came to his death by a pistol shot fired by himself, while laboring under a fit of temporary insanity.

Birth	8 Mar 1834	Smithville, Jefferson County, New York
Marriage	1 Nov 1870	Stockton, San Joaquin County, California - Rebecca Jane Tredway
Census (family)	14 Jun 1880	Elkhorn, San Joaquin County, California - Rebecca Jane Tredway
Voter Registration	1882	Lodi, San Joaquin County, California
Obituary	1889	San Joaquin County, California
Death	6 Aug 1889	Lodi, San Joaquin County, California
Burial		Stockton Rural Cemetery, San Joaquin County, California

Spouse	Rebecca Jane Tredway (1846 - 1926)
Child	Sylvester Horace Ivory (1871 - 1873)
Child	Carrie Belle Ivory (1873 - 1939)
Child	George Oscar Ivory (1874 - 1923)
Child	Edith King Ivory (1880 - 1964)
Child	Edna Lovisa Ivory (1884 - 1918)

Father	Horace Ivory (1806 - 1882)
Mother	Marilda F. Lamson (1809 - )
Sibling	George Lamson Ivory (1832 - 1906)
Sibling	Nancy Ann Ivory (1836 - 1841)
Sibling	Henry Ward Ivory (1838 - 1902)
Sibling	Horace Dempster Ivory (1842 - 1864)
Sibling	Sarah Louisa Ivory (1846 - 1911)
Sibling	Mary Jane Ivory (1848 - 1850)
Sibling	Ellen Frances Ivory (1851 - 1904)

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