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Ruth Baker Ivens

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
8 Feb 1893 (aged 60)
Illinois, USA
Burial
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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DECATUR DAILY REPUBLICAN 2/8/1893

THE MANY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF MRS. JOHN T. IVENS WILL BE GRIEVED TO LEARN OF HER DEATH WHICH OCCURED THIS MORNING AT 545 OCLOCK AT HER HOME AT 1005 N MAIN STREET AFER A BRIEF ILLNESS. SUNDAY EVENING THE DECEASED COMPLAINED OF A HEADACHE WHICH CONTINUED TO WORRY HER THE FOLLOWING DAY BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO TAKE SUPPER AS USUAL AND EAT UP UNTIL THE CUSTOMARY TIME OF RETIRING. TUESDAY SHE GREW WORSE AND DR. WM. CATTO, THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, REMAINED AT THE HOUSE THE GREATER PORTION OF THE DAY AND LAST NIGHT BUT HER CASE BAFFLED ALL MEDICAL SKILL AND AT 5:45 SHE PASSED AWAY. THE IMMEDICATE CAUSE OF HER DEATH WAS PARALYSIS.
THE DECEASED WAS BORN APRIL 26, 1832, IN WARREN COUNTY, OHIO. HER MAIDEN NAME WAS MISS RUTH BAKER. ON FEBRUARY 22, 1853 SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MR. JOHN T. IVENS IN CLARK COUNTY, OHIO. MR. AND MRS. IVENS MOVED TO ILINOIS DURING 1866 AND SETTLED ON A FARM THREE MILES NORTHWEST OF FORSYTH. THE FIRST OF MARCH 1880 THE FAMILY MOVED TO DECATUR WHERE THEY HAVE SINCE RESIDED. THE DECEASED LEAVES A HUSBAND AND FIVE CHILDREN TO MOURN HER LOSS. THE CHILDREN ARE MRS. WILL HINKLE OF FORSYTH, THEODORE IVENS, WILL RAYLEY IVENS, AARON V. IVENS AND IRA P. IVENS OF CISCO. TWO SONS, ANDERSON AND JOHN T ARE DEAD.
DECATUR DAILY REPUBLICAN 2/8/1893

THE MANY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES OF MRS. JOHN T. IVENS WILL BE GRIEVED TO LEARN OF HER DEATH WHICH OCCURED THIS MORNING AT 545 OCLOCK AT HER HOME AT 1005 N MAIN STREET AFER A BRIEF ILLNESS. SUNDAY EVENING THE DECEASED COMPLAINED OF A HEADACHE WHICH CONTINUED TO WORRY HER THE FOLLOWING DAY BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO TAKE SUPPER AS USUAL AND EAT UP UNTIL THE CUSTOMARY TIME OF RETIRING. TUESDAY SHE GREW WORSE AND DR. WM. CATTO, THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, REMAINED AT THE HOUSE THE GREATER PORTION OF THE DAY AND LAST NIGHT BUT HER CASE BAFFLED ALL MEDICAL SKILL AND AT 5:45 SHE PASSED AWAY. THE IMMEDICATE CAUSE OF HER DEATH WAS PARALYSIS.
THE DECEASED WAS BORN APRIL 26, 1832, IN WARREN COUNTY, OHIO. HER MAIDEN NAME WAS MISS RUTH BAKER. ON FEBRUARY 22, 1853 SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MR. JOHN T. IVENS IN CLARK COUNTY, OHIO. MR. AND MRS. IVENS MOVED TO ILINOIS DURING 1866 AND SETTLED ON A FARM THREE MILES NORTHWEST OF FORSYTH. THE FIRST OF MARCH 1880 THE FAMILY MOVED TO DECATUR WHERE THEY HAVE SINCE RESIDED. THE DECEASED LEAVES A HUSBAND AND FIVE CHILDREN TO MOURN HER LOSS. THE CHILDREN ARE MRS. WILL HINKLE OF FORSYTH, THEODORE IVENS, WILL RAYLEY IVENS, AARON V. IVENS AND IRA P. IVENS OF CISCO. TWO SONS, ANDERSON AND JOHN T ARE DEAD.

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w/o J.T. Ivens, age 60y 9m 12d



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  • Maintained by: janet donner
  • Originally Created by: kpet
  • Added: Feb 9, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47855517/ruth-ivens: accessed ), memorial page for Ruth Baker Ivens (26 Apr 1832–8 Feb 1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47855517, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by janet donner (contributor 46623112).