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Osmer Elroid Ivey, Sr (1883-1968)

Generation 6
Son of Matthew Harris Ivey & Drucilla Evans McCrary
Husband of Carrie Smith Greene




Osmer Elroid "Osmer Ivey" IVEY Sr was born on 29 Sep 1883 in Warrenton, Warren, Georgia as the sixth child of Matthew Harris Ivey and Drucilla Evans McCRARY. He had six siblings, namely: Minnie Anderson, Jasper Washington "Bud" Sr, Olivia Amelia L "Liv", Orlanda Mathew "Lan", Nevil Cohen "Ne", and Mary Eunice "Mae".




TIMELINE

30 Jun 1900


Osmer E IVEY lived in Militia Districts 157, 159, Elim, Barnett, Warren, Georgia in 1900. He was about 17 years old, living on a farm with his parents, Matthew H Ivey and Drucilla E Ivey, along with 3 of his siblings: Olivia A Ivey, Nevil C Ivey, and Mary E Ivey.

10 Apr 1909


When he was 25, he married Carrie Smith GREENE, daughter of Joseph Edward GREENE and Sarah Florence SMITH, on 10 Apr 1909 in Sparta, Hancock, Georgia.

3 Sep 1909


 One of my cousins found a newpaper article dated 3 Sep 1909 from the Milledgeville News. The title of the article is "Sanitarium Employees Write a Public Card of Thanks to Hon. Carl Vinson". Hon. Vinson made a promise to secure an increase of appropriation for the support and maintenance of the Georgia State Sanitarium, and was supportive of the defense of the reputation of the institution, and to "refute the slanders directed against them", the meagerly paid men who gave their lives for their work. O. E. Ivey is listed as one of the employees.


26 Apr 1910


Osmer Ivey lived in Militia District 101, Hancock, Georgia in 1910 with his wife Carry Ivey. No other household members are listed. He was 26 years old and listed as a "general farmer", but not working on his own. The column on the census record is filled in as "Emp", so that could be either employer or employee.
Almost all of the neighbors are large black families (all farmers or farm laborers). Other neighbors are Alonza & Vallie Butts.

12 Sep 1918


In 1918, Osmer Ellroyd Ivey is listed on his WWI Draft Card with a residence of Hardwick, Baldwin, Georgia with his wife, Mrs. Carrie Smith Ivey. His occupation is listed as "nurse" at the Georgia State Sanitorium in Hardwick. I asked my mother about it and she said she never knew he worked as a nurse at the State hospital. But his employment at the state hospital is corroborated by the newspaper article.

39 Sep 1919


A newspaper ad was found by one of my cousins, from 1919 in the Union-Recorder, advertising "sweet milk" from "fine Jersey cows". O.E. Ivey is listed as the manager, Lural Dairy.



2 Jan 1920


At the age of 35, Osmar Inez was counted in the census in 1920 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. Living with his wife, Carrie Inez, and 4 of his children: Julian Inez, Edna Inez, Malcom Inez, and William Inez. It also records he owned his own home, free of mortgage, and was a general farmer.
Surnames of neighbors: Nesbit, Richardson, Adams, Moore.

17 Apr 1930


Osm* Ivey was counted in the census in 1930 in Meriwether, Baldwin, Georgia. At 48 years old, married to Carrie S Ivey. Eleven of his children are living in his household (Julian, Edner, Malcom, William, James, Marry, O E, Drucilla, Robert, Joe, and "Living". He is recorded as a general farmer, and not a veteran of US Military or Naval forces.
Surnames of neighbors: Bowdoin, Halman, and Busby.

1935


Osmer Ivey (57 years old) and Carrie Ivey lived in the Militia District 318, Baldwin, Georgia as recorded in the 1940 census.

4 Apr 1940


Osmer, head of household, living as a farmer on Fraley Ferry Road, in Militia District 318, Baldwin, Georgia in 1940, with his wife, Carrie, 10 of his children (William, James, Mary, OE, Drusilla, Robert, Joe, Living, Living, and Malcom), a daughter-in-law, Julia Estelle Knowles Ivey (wife of Malcom), and a grandson, Eugene Ivey.

His oldest son, Julian, lived next door with his wife, Maude. Other neighbors are: Stanley and Kennedy. 



source:  findagrave member Jack Johnson, deceased


10 Sep 1968


He died on 10 Sep 1968 at the Baldwin County Hospital, in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. He was buried on 11 Sep 1968 in Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia.


OBITUARY


Service for Osmer E. Ivey, 84, who died Tuesday, will be held Wednesday [September 11, 1968] at 4 p.m. in the Northside Baptist Church.
The Rev. Luke Moncrief and the Rev. Joe A. Moore will officiate with burial in Memory Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Ivey was a native of Warren County.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Carrie Green Ivey of Milledgeville; seven sons, Julian E. Ivey, Malcom E.Ivey, William A. Ivey, James R. Ivey, Robert L. Ivey. and O.E. Ivey Jr., all of Milledgeville and Joseph W. Ivey of Bonaire; five daughters, Mrs. Edna Harris, Mrs. Druculla Weaver, Mrs. [Jake] Cofield, Mrs. [Payton] Towns, all of Milledgeville and Mrs. Mary Henry of Dublin; a sister, Mrs. C.L. Cason of Warrenton.
Moore's Funeral Home of Milledgeville is in charge.



NAME SPELLING VARIANTS


My grandfather's middle name is spelled different ways in a variety of records that I have found. I have seen Osmer E Ivey Sr, Osmer E Ivey Jr, and Julian E Ivey's middle name spelled different ways....  Elrod / Elroid / Elroyd.  It is spelled Elroyd on the Moore's funeral home information sheets, but the O.E. (Jr) grave marker says "Elrod". Osmer Sr's draft applications has "Ellroyd". I have asked several family members, and so far no one knows what the correct spelling is. I grew up thinking his middle named was spelled "Elroid", so for the most part, that is how I have spelled his name.


CHILDREN


Osmer Elroid IVEY Sr and Mrs. Carrie Smith GREENE had the following children:


  1. Julian Elroid IVEY was born on 12 May 1910 in Hancock, Georgia. He died on 30 Mar 1970 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia (Baldwin County Hospital). He married Maude Elaine TWILLEY on 03 Jan 1939 (recorded in one of Nanny's bibles).
  2. Roberta IVEY was born on 25 Sep 1911 in Baldwin, Georgia. She died on 05 Oct 1916 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia.
  3. Edna Mae IVEY was born on 13 Jan 1913 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. She died on 24 Feb 2005 in Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia (Medical Center of Houston County ). She married James Frank "Buddy" BLACKWELL on 24 Sep 1932 in Aiken, South Carolina. She married James Wesley HARRIS on 16 Jun 1938 in Aiken, South Carolina.
  4. Malcolm Eugene "Mack" IVEY Sr was born on 29 Jun 1915 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. He died on 02 Jul 1998 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. He married Julia "Estelle" KNOWLES on 19 Apr 1937 in Baldwin, Georgia.
  5. Pvt William Allison "Bill" IVEY Sr was born on 31 Jul 1917 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. He died on 06 Oct 1983 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia. He married Mary "Juanita" PROSSER on 13 Dec 1941 (recorded in one of Nanny's bibles).
  6. James Ralph "Tiny" IVEY was born on 28 Mar 1920 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. He died on 20 Mar 2004 in Macon, Georgia. He married Edith Iona CROWTHER on 13 Oct 1945 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
  7. Mary Evelyn IVEY was born on 02 Nov 1921 in Baldwin, Georgia. She died on 16 Nov 2016 in Georgia. She married Lawrence "Levon" HENRY Sr on 24 May 1945 in Jeffersonville, Georgia. She married Julian Nathaniel "Nat" BROOKS on 12 Nov 2005 in Milledgeviile, Baldwin, Georgia (Northside Baptist Church).
  8. Osmer Elrod "O.E." IVEY Jr was born on 20 Apr 1923 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. He died on 31 May 2003 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. He married Annelle BENSON on 25 Mar 1949.
  9. Sara "Drucilla" IVEY was born on 10 Dec 1924 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. She died on 01 Aug 2008 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. She married James "Wilson" WEAVER on 27 Nov 1944 in Baldwin, Georgia.
  10. Mr Robert Lee IVEY was born on 18 Oct 1926 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. He died on 01 Mar 2002 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. He married Living LEVERETTE on 28 Sep 1952 (Recorded in one of Nanny's bibles).
  11. Joseph Whitfield "Joe" IVEY was born on 01 May 1928 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia. He died on 16 May 1998 in Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia (Houston Medical Center). He married Ruby Myrtice TOWNS on 21 Jun 1953 in Georgia.
  12. Living IVEY was born in 1929 in Georgia. She married Payton Lamar TOWNS Sr on 10 Aug 1947.
  13. Living IVEY was born in 1932 in Georgia. She married PFC Owen Hass WOOD on 09 Oct 1947. She married Alvie Eugene "Jake" COFIELD Jr on 10 Aug 1957 (recorded in one of Nanny's bibles). She married Benjamin Clinton TANNER on 10 Feb 1991.



MILITARY


We have not been able to find any records of military service for our grandfather. Other than the WWI Draft Card and the notation on the 1930 census record that he was not a US military veteran.





HOME PLACE


 This is a photo of the Ivey family homeplace where Osmer & Carrie (Papa/Pop & Nanny) lived. All of the grandchildren have fond memories of visiting them there and swinging in the wooden bench swing on the front porch, hearing the screen door squeak when it opened and closed. The homeplace was torn down a long time ago, but it will never be forgotten.
source: photo taken by my cousin, d.kegley





CENSUS RECORDS


"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3VV-4FS : accessed 20 August 2018), Osmer E Ivey in household of Mathew H Ivey, Militia Districts 157, 159, Elim, Barnett Barnett town, Warren, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 81, sheet 19A, family 347, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,227.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML28-GNQ : accessed 20 August 2018), Osmer Ivey, Militia District 101, Hancock, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 7A, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 197; FHL microfilm 1,374,210.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ8Q-G4F : accessed 20 August 2018), Osmar Inez, Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia, United States; citing  ED 7, sheet 1B, line 54, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 233; FHL microfilm 1,820,233.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:39MS-3W2 : accessed 20 August 2018), Osm* Ivey, Meriwether, Baldwin, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 14B, line 62, family 259, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 336; FHL microfilm 2,340,071.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K72D-K5G : accessed 20 August 2018), Osmer Ivey, Militia District 318, Baldwin, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-3, sheet 2B, line 52, family 22, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627.  Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 637.

OTHER RECORDS


"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZQ-PZW : 13 March 2018), Osmer Ellroyd Ivey, 1917-1918; citing Baldwin County, Georgia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,556,958.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2XB-YJX : 19 May 2014), Osmer E Ivey, 15 Sep 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

"Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V43M-448 : 24 December 2014), Osmer E Ivey, 10 Sep 1968; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Baldwin, Georgia, certificate number 027887, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta. 

"Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QC-2FS4 : accessed 20 August 2018), O E Ivey in entry for Osmer Elrod Ivey, 1940-1942; citing Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FamilySearch digital folder 005422099.

"Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QC-2XW1 : accessed 20 August 2018), O E Ivey in entry for Robert Lee Ivey, 1940-1942; citing Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FamilySearch digital folder 005422099.

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKT4-3Y7J : accessed 20 August 2018), O E Ivey Sr in entry for Mr Robert L Ivey, Georgia, United States, 02 Mar 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Macon Telegraph, The, born-digital text.

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRC-RGYT : accessed 20 August 2018), Osmer E Ivey in entry for Mrs Edna Ivey Harris, Georgia, United States, 26 Feb 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Macon Telegraph, The, born-digital text.

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWV-Z88Q : accessed 20 August 2018), Osmer Elrod Ivey in entry for Mrs Sara Drucilla Ivey Weaver, Milledgeville, Georgia, United States, 01 Aug 2008; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Union-Recorder, The, born-digital text.

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007: Child: Osmer E Ivey (Parents: Drucilla E Ivey and Matthew H Ivey)
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007:  Children - Robert Lee Ivey, Edna Mae Harris, Malcom Eugene Ivey, James Ralph Ivey, O E Ivey Jr, Joseph Whitfield Ivey. Parents: Osmer E Ivey and Carrie Green





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Created: 20 August 2018
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