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Ivory Ashton Libbey

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Ivory Ashton Libbey

Birth
Sanford, York County, Maine, USA
Death
2 Apr 1906 (aged 72)
Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Cresco, Howard County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.3788185, Longitude: -92.0907669
Plot
Sec 2 Lot xx/100
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Died at Orleans Township.

Ivory {Age 17} is recorded on the
1850 census at Sanford, York, Maine
dwelling with his siblings.

Occupations - Shoemaker; Farmer.

Ivory married

1] on 8 March 1858
at Winchester, Van Buren, Iowa
Beulah STEVENS.
They were the parents of;
Violet Isabel, Endora, Milton, Flora Etta,
Frank, Frederick, Ivory, Minnie, Walter Roy.
The family is recorded on the 1860 & 1870
& 1880 census at Orleans, Winneshiek, Iowa.

2] on 19 December 1891
at Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine
Mary Ellen LIBBY.
They are recorded on the 1895 & 1900
census at Orleans, Winneshiek, Iowa.

BIOGRAPHY - Leonard Sandvik:
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At the age of 18, Ivory went to New Hampshire where he lived for seven years. Then he moved to Winneshiek County in Iowa.
By 1880 he owned 1200 acres of land in Iowa.
He was a land investor and had some interests in South Dakota land.

OBITUARY
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RICH IOWAN DROPS DEAD
L A. Libbey of Cresco Was Returning
from a Funeral.
CRESCO, IOWA.—I. A. Libbey, an old resident and one of the wealthiest farmers in this vicinity, dropped dead yesterday afternoon in front of the Alliance store. His health has been poor for over a year. He had attended the funeral of Daniel Platt at the Congregational church, had walked downtown and dropped dead as he was starting for home. He owned about five hundred acres of the finest farming land in this locality, and six sons and daughters.
He leaves a wife and six sons and daughters.
Died at Orleans Township.

Ivory {Age 17} is recorded on the
1850 census at Sanford, York, Maine
dwelling with his siblings.

Occupations - Shoemaker; Farmer.

Ivory married

1] on 8 March 1858
at Winchester, Van Buren, Iowa
Beulah STEVENS.
They were the parents of;
Violet Isabel, Endora, Milton, Flora Etta,
Frank, Frederick, Ivory, Minnie, Walter Roy.
The family is recorded on the 1860 & 1870
& 1880 census at Orleans, Winneshiek, Iowa.

2] on 19 December 1891
at Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine
Mary Ellen LIBBY.
They are recorded on the 1895 & 1900
census at Orleans, Winneshiek, Iowa.

BIOGRAPHY - Leonard Sandvik:
**************************
At the age of 18, Ivory went to New Hampshire where he lived for seven years. Then he moved to Winneshiek County in Iowa.
By 1880 he owned 1200 acres of land in Iowa.
He was a land investor and had some interests in South Dakota land.

OBITUARY
**************************
RICH IOWAN DROPS DEAD
L A. Libbey of Cresco Was Returning
from a Funeral.
CRESCO, IOWA.—I. A. Libbey, an old resident and one of the wealthiest farmers in this vicinity, dropped dead yesterday afternoon in front of the Alliance store. His health has been poor for over a year. He had attended the funeral of Daniel Platt at the Congregational church, had walked downtown and dropped dead as he was starting for home. He owned about five hundred acres of the finest farming land in this locality, and six sons and daughters.
He leaves a wife and six sons and daughters.

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IVORY A LIBBEY
1833 - 1906



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