WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
DR. ISRAEL IVINS
(first doctor and surveyor in St. George)
BIOGRAPHY
Israel Ivins and his family emigrated from New Jersey to Salt Lake City, arriving in August 1853 after a140-day journey.
Israel Ivins was living with his family in the Great Salt Lake City 14th Ward when at the October 1961 General
Conference of the LDS Church, he was called to take his family south to the Cotton Mission. He was part of
the first 309 families that settled in St. George.
Dr. Ivins was the first practicing physician in St. George. He also helped form the first city government and
provided surveying for the town. Dr. Ivins is the father of Apostle Anthony W. Ivins.
Anna died January 10, 1896 in St. George and is buried in Plot A_E_87_6_NH of the
St. George City Cemetery.
FAMILY
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Parents and Siblings:
Anthony Ivins Sarah Reeves Wallin Ivins Margaret Wallin Ivins Thomas Wallin Ivins Emeline Ivins Israel Ivins Anthony Ivins Anthony Ivins Edward Wallin Ivins |
(xx/xx/1781-xx/xx/1851) (married xx/xx/xxxx) (xx/xx/1788-xx/xx/1856) (xx/xx/1806-xx/xx/1886) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/1809-xx/xx/1877) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/1811-xx/xx/1855) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (5/19/1815-4/16/1897) (married Anna Lowrie Ivins and Julia Hill) (xx/xx/1817-xx/xx/1817) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/1818-xx/xx/1870) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/1821-xx/xx/1880) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) |
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First Wife and Children: Anna Lowrie Ivins Caroline Augusta Ivins Georgina Ivins Anthony Woodward Ivins |
(11/18/1816-1/10/1896) (married 3/19/1844) (4/22/1845-2/2/1884) (married Theodore McKean and John Ezra Pace) (11/6/1847-3/xx/1848) (9/16/1852-9/23/1934) (married Elizabeth Ashby Snow) |
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Second Wife and Children: Julia Hill Ivins Israel Hill Ivins Julia Ann Ivins Sarah Emeline Ivins Marian Emly Ivins William Howard Ivins Margaret McKean Ivins George Franklin Ivins Edith May Ivins |
(1/15/1833-2/14/1895) (married 2/12/1857) (12/22/1857-8/13/1858) (12/2/1859-1/17/1900) (married Aaron Johnson MacDonald and John Ezra Pace) (10/5/1861-10/16/1862) (10/5/1863-8/xx/1864) (12/18/1866-5/5/1937) (married Sarah Della Lancaster Redd) (3/31/1868-1/14/1928) (married Joseph Charles Bentley) (6/11/1871-11/19/1873) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (6/8/1873-7/18/1853) (married Walter Sparks Lamoreaux) |
PHOTOS
WCHS-01922 Dr. Israel Ivins
Photos on the web:
Photos of Israel & Anna
REFERENCES
Israel Ivinsby Kimball Stewart Erdman, great-grandson of Israel Ivins
October 7, 2013
Israel Ivins: A Biography
by Kimball Stewart Erdman
1969
Young "Tony" Ivins: Dixie Frontiersman
by Ronald W. Walker
17th Annual Juanita Brooks Lecture, March 15, 2000
Young "Tony" Ivins: Dixie Frontiersman
by Ronald W. Walker
BYU Studies, Volume 40, Number 1, 2001, pp. 105-131
Washington County Chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers,
" Under Dixie Sun".
1950 with 1978 Supplement.
Page 304.
Douglas D. Alder and Karl F. Brooks,
" A History of Washington County From Isolation to Destination".
Pages 38, 99, and 113.
BillionGraves entry for Israel Ivins
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FamilySearch entry for Julia Hill
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