Individual Details

DeForest Clinton Ivory

(13 May 1874 - 10 Jan 1940)

Watertown Herald Sat. Jan 9, 1897 Smithville - C. C. Ivory spent Sunday with his parents.

Watertown Herald, May 12, 1900. Smithville - C. J. Hill and C. D. Ivory have gone sailing with Captain C. C. Tousley this season.

Jefferson County Journal, Oct. 30 1900. "Clinton D. Ivory has returned from sailing."

In 1900 Blanch was a teacher, born in Jan 1878. Clinton was a commercial salesman.

Oswego Daily Times Mon. Dec. 29, 1902
Parish - At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 24, at the home of the bride, occured the marriage of Blanch Hartle to Mr. Clinton Ivory of Adams

1910 Clinton D. Ivory, his wife Blanch, and his mother-in-law, Mary E. Harter who owns their home, live on Railroad St., Parish, Oswego County NY.

1918 On his draft registration Clinton reports he is a self employed merchant on Main St. in Adams, NY. His residence is on Church Street.

Glorian's obituary states "[after 1936} the couple opened the Ivory Shoe Store in Adams."

Funeral home records are proported to state: DeForest Clinton Ivory, born 13 May 1874 in Smithville, NY. He died 10 Jan 1940 at Adams, NY at age 65. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Burial ED 1474. Wife Gloria Collins, Mother Lucy Hunter, father DeWitt Ivory.

Clinton was not even consistent on official documents about the order of his first and middle name. I wrote Clinton first but on other records it is DeForest.

Events

Birth13 May 1874Jefferson County, New York
Census (family)-shared1 Jun 1875(DeWitt Clinton Ivory and Lucy Hunter) Henderson, Jefferson County, New York
Census (family)-shared1 Jun 1900(DeWitt Clinton Ivory and Lucy Hunter) Adams, Jefferson County, New York
Marriage24 Dec 1902Parish, Oswego County, New York - Blanche E. Harter
Marriage25 Nov 1936Adams, Jefferson County, New York - Glorian Collins
Death10 Jan 1940Adams, Jefferson County, New York
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, Henderson, Jefferson County, New York

Families

SpouseGlorian Collins (1887 - 1978)
SpouseBlanche E. Harter (1878 - )
FatherDeWitt Clinton Ivory (1846 - 1928)
MotherLucy Hunter (1856 - 1907)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Dewit C IvoryM28
Lucy IvoryWifeF19
Clinton IvorySonM1

Census (family)-shared

Dewitt IvoryHeadM54New York
Lucy IvoryWifeF44New York
Clinton IvorySonM26New York

Marriage

In 1910 Blanch's mother, Mary E Harter has Clinton D. and Blanche living with her in Parish, Oswego County, New York.

Burial

Inscription: IVORY

D. CLINTON IVORY
1874 - 1940

GLORIAN C. IVORY
1887 - 1979

Endnotes

1. 1900 U.S. Census New York, Jefferson County, Adams, SD6 Ed1 SH 1A.

2. Clinton De Forest Ivory World War I draft registration.

3. "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT8L-WCD : accessed 9 November 2015), Dewit C Ivory, Henderson, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing p. 3, line 30, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 895,249..

4. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSFS-L28 : accessed 9 November 2015), Dewitt Ivory, Adams Township (excl. Adams vill.), Jefferson, New York, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,041..

5. Clinton [Deforest] Ivory/Blanche Hartle or Harter marriage 24 Dec. 1902 (Oswego Daily times), Mon. Dec. 29, 1902.

6. Deforest Clinton Ivory obituary, death date 10 January 1940..

7. Smithville Cemetery Records, Town of Henderson, Jefferson County, New York (Jefferson County Historical Society).

8. Clinton "DeForest" Ivory information from funeral home records.

9. Deforest Clinton Ivory obituary, death date 10 January 1940..

10. Smithville Cemetery Records, Town of Henderson, Jefferson County, New York (Jefferson County Historical Society).

11. Find A Grave Memorial# 142413616.