Osmer Ivey, my grandfather

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Osmer Ivey, my paternal grandfather, was born in 1883 in Warren County, Georgia, during a time when electricity was just being introduced to Atlanta (about 100 miles to the northwest) and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was under scrutiny by the Supreme Court. He was the youngest son, the sixth of seven children born to Matthew and Drucilla Ivey, and was raised as a farmer.

source: GeorgiaInfo

He married 16 year old Carrie Greene from Hancock County, and they had 13 children together (7 boys and 6 girls). They lived in Hancock County for almost 10 years, then moved to Baldwin County with their 4 oldest living children. Their second child, Roberta, died at age 5, in 1916. He worked at Georgia State Sanitorium for a time but mainly worked as a dairy farmer.

source: my cousin, jrocker

When he died in 1968 from cancer at age 84, almost all of his children lived nearby, all having homes, farms and families of their own. He outlived his brothers and sisters, except his youngest sister, Mae, who died 8 years later. His loving and faithful wife, Carrie, lived for another 15 years.

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