Individual Details

Charles Ivory Suicides.
Fires Two Bullets Into His Body After Kissing Wife and Children Good By.
After kissing his wife and children good by, Charles R. Ivory, a painter and paper hanger residing at 640 Harrison street, went to a secluded place on the bluff north of Fairview cemetery, and with the sunshine of Easter Sunday about him, killed himself by firing two bullets through his body near the heart.
Ill health and worry over business affairs are supposed to have prompted the deed.
Ivory’s body was discovered by John Sandel, a neighbor, about 5:30 Monday morning. Report was made to the police and the body removed to Cutler’s. As the case was evidently one of suicide, Coroner Treynor decided an inquest was unnecessary and the body was taken last evening to Tabor, Ia., for burial. Ivory’s mother resides in Tabor.
Ivory had lived in Council Bluffs for a number of years. A year or more ago he bought a home on Harrison street, and has since resided there with his wife and little son and daughter, now 4 and 2 years old. He recently sold his home, but afterward felt that he had parted with it too cheaply, and had been trying unsuccessfully to have the sale canceled. This seemed to prey on his mind and, together with ill health and other worries, is thought to account for his rash act.
He left his home about noon Sunday, telling his wife he was going over the hill to look at a place he contemplated purchasing. After going a short distance he turned back and kissed his wife and children affectionately, and bade them good by. He did not return, and Sunday evening Mrs. Ivory asked the police’s assistance in finding her husband.
Monday morning Mr. Sandel volunteered to make a search, and following the course taken by Ivory over the hill north of Fairview cemetery, he came upon the body of his unfortunate neighbor.
The spot chosen by Ivory as the scene of his suicide was near the head of a deep draw in the upper end of Rohrer’s pasture, on the western slope of the bluffs. He had evidently seated himself on the grass, and with his left hand in his pocket, with his right he held his revolver to his breast over the point where he supposed his heart would be, and fired two cartridges he had placed in the weapon. The bullets entered the body about four inches below, and an inch to the right of the left nipple, about an inch apart. They were of thirty-two caliber. Both lodged in the body, the position of which indicated that death must have ensued almost instantly. It lay back in a natural posture. The left leg was extended, and the right was drawn upward slightly. The left hand was still in the trouser’s pocket. The right arm was extended beside the body, with the revolver near the hand. The wounds were powder burned, showing that the revolver was pressed against the body when both shots were fired.
After the body had been removed to the undertaking rooms, a search showed that Ivory had $17.80 in cash, his wife’s watch and chain, and a number of trinkets. He was about 40 years old, and was a member of a fraternal order.
Mr. Ivory was a half brother of Theodore W. Ivory, a prominent figure in political and business circles of Mills county, and both he and his wife were well known to many residents of this city. Friends of the family state that Ivory and his wife have not lived happily for some time past, but whether their differences had anything to do with the husband’s act is not known.

Mills County Tribune
Glenwood, Iowa, Tuesday, April 17, 1906
Chas. Ivory Kills Self
Charles H. Ivory, aged 36 years and a half brother of Theo. W. Ivory of Glenwood, committed suicide Sunday near Fairview cemetery in Council Bluffs where he had lived the past four years. The body was taken to his former house at Tabor where the funeral was held this afternoon. He leaves a wife and two small children. A mother and three sisters reside at Tabor. He killed himself with a revolver and the body was not found till Monday morning.
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Charles Russell Ivory, born 29 Nov 1872, Tabor; died 15 Apr 1906, Tabor; married to Anna Demaris Asman 16 Jul 1902, Tabor.
Father: Hymeneus Russell Ivory, born 31 Mar 1826, Ridgefield, Ohio; died 3 Aug 1900, Tabor. 1st wife is listed as Ann Wilson no record of birth or death so no temple work has been done if you can find anything out about her. They were married 22 Nov 1849, no info on where.
Mother: Mary Smirl, born 3 Mar 1838, Ogdensburg, New York, died 3 Feb 1913 no info on where; married as 2nd wife 30 Nov 1869, no info on where.
Siblings all born in Tabor:
Nellie May Ivory, born 13 Jun 1871, died 4 Jan 1929 (no record where), married Alzono Baker (no info on him)
Cora Alice Ivory, born 21 Nov 1874, died 25 Feb 1926 (no record where), married Harry Hall (no info on him)
Anna Elvira Ivory, born 21 Sep 1876, died 19 Aug 1958 (no record where), no record of marriage.

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Birth	29 Nov 1872	Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa
Census (family)-shared	29 Jun 1880	(Hymenus Russell Ivory and Mary Smirl) Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa
Census (family)-shared	1895	(Hymenus Russell Ivory and Mary Smirl) Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa
Census (family)-shared	8 Jun 1900	(Hymenus Russell Ivory and Mary Smirl) Ross Township, Franklin County, Iowa
Marriage	16 Jul 1902	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa - Sarah Anna Demaris Asman
Death	15 Apr 1906	Suicide - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Burial		Tabor Cemetery, Mills County, Iowa

Spouse	Sarah Anna Demaris Asman (1876 - 1958)
Child	Louise Ivory (1902 - 1956)
Child	Clifford Russell Ivory (1904 - 2005)

Father	Hymenus Russell Ivory (1826 - 1900)
Mother	Mary Smirl (1838 - 1913)
Sibling	Nellie May Ivory (1871 - 1929)
Sibling	Cora Alice Ivory (1874 - 1926)
Sibling	Anna Elvira Ivory (1876 - 1958)

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