1901-Allen-Genealogy and history of the Shreve family from 1641

Genealogy and history of the Shreve family from 1641

by Luther Prentice Allen

Privately Printed, 1901. Greenfield, Illinois.

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27. VI. RACHEL RIDGWAY, the sixth child and third dau. of Caleb Ivins and Edith Ridgway, was b. March 7th, 1821, in Hornerstown, N. J.; m. Jedediah Morgan Grant in Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov., 1855. She resides in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Rachel Ridgway Ivins' father died when she was six years old; her mother when she was nine. After the death of her mother she lived with her cousin, Joshua Wright, at Trenton, New Jersey, until eighteen years of age. Afterwards lived at Hornerstown for two or three years with Richard Ridgway.

While living here was baptized and became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

In 1842 visited Nauvoo, Ill., with one of her cousins. Was at Nauvoo when Joseph Smith, the prophet, was martyred. After the death of the prophet returned to Hornerstown, New Jersey. Leaving there in 1853 she emigrated to Salt Lake Valley with her sister Anna and a number of members of the Church residing at Tom's River, New Jersey. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley on the 10th day of August, 1853, and has resided there continuously ever since. Was married as a plural wife to Jedediah M. Grant, in November, 1855.

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Jedediah Morgan Grant was the son of Joshua and Thalia Grant, born in Windsor, Broome County, New York, on the 21st day of February, 1816. He became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by baptism, March 21st, 1833. Filled a number of successful preaching missions, principally in the Southern States, and was associated with the "Mormon" people in Ohio, Missouri and Illinois. He filled a short mission to Philadelphia, in the spring of 1847, returning in June in time to cross the Plains with the first emigration that followed the pioneers to Salt Lake Valley. …

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He visited the Eastern States a number of times, after moving to Salt Lake Valley, on business and church matters. He was the first Mayor of Salt Lake City, which was incorporated in January, 1851. …

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69. i. THEODORE McKEAN, oldest child and only son of Margaret W. Ivins and Washington McKean, was b. in Allentown, N. J.. Oct. 26th, 1829; m. Mary Page Gulick in 1847 (She was the dau. of Capt. Stephen Gulick and Debora Holmes Page, and born at Toms River, N. J., Aug. 6th, 1825. The progenitors of Capt. Gulick were distinguished for their valor during the Revolutionary War, one being a Captain in the Continental Army and another lost an arm in the service of our country.) He also in 1875 m. Elizabeth A. Emery (dau. of Henry and Elizabeth B. Emery), who was b. in Salt Lake City, Mar. 1st, 1854. He d. in Salt Lake City, July 9th, 1897.

Theodore McKean was a prominent citizen of Salt Lake City. He came to Utah in the early days, after having received a careful education in his native State, New Jersey. He soon became prominent, and in the course of his career held many important ecclesiastical, political and other positions. He at one time was President of the Z. C. M. I., where he displayed much ability. Of late years he had engaged in stock raising and farming on a large scale, and owned considerable real estate. He served as a member of the territorial legislature and as Sheriff of Salt Lake County. He was a member of the high council of the Mormon Church, and Councellor to the Bishop of his ward. He was a very magnetic man, widely known and respected.

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162. iii. ANTHONY WOODWARD IVINS, the third child and eldest son of Israel Ivins and Anna Lowrie Ivins, was b. in Toms River, N. J., Sept. i6th, 1852; m. Elizabeth Ashby Snow in St. George, Utah. He resides in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Mr. A. W. Ivins' parents, in 1853, moved from New Jersey to Utah, residing in Salt Lake City and St. George, in which places he was reared and educated. His first public trust was the office of constable for the City of St. George, to which he was elected in 1877. From 1881 to 1888 he served as Prosecuting Attorney for Washington County. In 1884 he was elected City Attorney for the City of St. George, serving several years. From 1882 to 1886 served as City Counselor. In 1890 he was elected Mayor of the city and re-elected in 1892. From 1884 to 1890 was elected Assessor and Collector for Washington County. In 1893 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the Territorial Legislature, and in 1894 a member of the Constitutional Convention which drafted the Constitution under which Utah was admitted to Statehood. He has been Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Washington County and member of the Territorial Central Committee. In 1895 he accepted a position as Vice-President and General Manager of the Mexican Colonization and Agricultural Company, and is now engaged in the establishment of colonies in Mexico under concessions obtained from the Government.

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