Edward H. Ives

Edward H. Ives (December 18, 1819  November 18, 1892) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and pioneer of Iowa and Wisconsin. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and State Assembly, representing Pierce County, and earlier was sheriff of Des Moines County, Iowa.

Edward H. Ives
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 28th district
In office
January 3, 1870  January 1, 1872
Preceded byWilliam J. Copp
Succeeded byHenry L. Eaton
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Pierce district
In office
January 4, 1869  January 3, 1870
Preceded byEleazor Holt
Succeeded byOliver S. Powell
Sheriff of Des Moines County, Iowa
In office
January 1851  January 1854
Preceded byAnthony W. Carpenter
Succeeded byWilliam Garrett
Personal details
Born(1819-12-18)December 18, 1819
Newton Falls, Ohio, U.S.
DiedNovember 18, 1892(1892-11-18) (aged 72)
Prescott, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placePine Glen Cemetery, Prescott, Wisconsin
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary J. Harris (died 1917)
Children
  • John H. Ives
  • (b. 1854; died 1902)
  • Elizabeth (Zollman)
  • (b. 1856; died 1918)
  • Helen Mary (Hickok)
  • (b. 1859; died 1939)
  • Edward Carpenter Ives
  • (b. 1872; died 1907)
Professionlawyer, newspaper publisher

Biography

Ives was born on December 18, 1819, in Newton Falls, Ohio.[1] He was elected sheriff of Des Moines County, Iowa, in 1850. He moved to Prescott, Wisconsin, in 1858.

In Pierce County, he was the publisher of the Prescott Plaindealer, a Democratic partisan newspaper.[2]

Ives was a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1868, representing all of Pierce County. The following year he was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Wisconsin's 28th State Senate district, which then comprised eight counties in the northwest of the state.[1]

He died at his home in Prescott on November 18, 1892.[2]

Personal life and family

Edward Ives was the second of nine children born to Eben Ives and his wife Elizabeth (née Hull). His grandfather, Asa Ives, fought in the American Revolutionary War. The Ives were descendants of William Ives, who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony from England in 1635.[3]

Edward Ives married Mary J. Harris. They had four children. Their eldest son, John, also became a lawyer and public officialhe was district attorney of Barron County, Wisconsin, and later served in the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate.

References

  1. "Official Directory". The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1871. p. 369. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  2. "Edward H. Ives". The Dunn County News. November 25, 2022. p. 5. Retrieved July 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Ives, Arthur Coon (1932). Genealogy of the Ives Family. The Hungerford-Holbrook Company. p. 149. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
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