Died: after 1914
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Charles E. Ives is a prominent and successful attorney of Amboy, which city has remained his place of residence since December, 1854, or for almost six decades. Immediately after the close of the Civil war, in which he had participated as a loyal defender of the Union, he entered his father's law office and subsequently practiced in association with him for a period of twenty years, the firm being known as W. E. Ives & Son. Since 1908 he has practiced his profession independently and has been accorded a liberal and lucrative clientage. His birth occurred in Pavilion, Kendall county, Illinois, on the 14th of October, 1842, his parents being William E. and Susan (Ryan) Ives. The father remained an able and successful representative of the legal profession in Amboy from 1854 until his death more than a half century later. During that period he was honored by election to the position of state's attorney and also served as mayor of Amboy. His demise occurred in 1908, when he had attained the venerable age of eighty seven and a half years, while his wife was called to her final rest in 1883, at the age of sixty-two years. The remains of both were interred in Amboy. Representatives of the Ives family, which is of English origin, came to the United States at an early period in the history of this country. A Mr. Bingham, brother of the great grandmother of our subject, served under Colonel Ethan Allen in the Revolutionary struggle. In the acquirement of an education Charles E. Ives attended school at Mount Morris, Illinois, and later pursued his studies in the Chicago University, leaving that institution in 1862, however, in order to join the boys in blue in their defense of the Union. In June of that year he became a member of the Sixty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Regiment and in 1864 reenlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry, serving with the latter command until the cessation of hostilities. He proved a brave and valorous soldier and returned home with a creditable military record. Having determined upon the legal profession as a life work, he entered the law office of his father and eventually became his partner, practicing in association with him under the firm style of W. E. Ives & Son for a period of twenty years. Since 1908 he has practiced independently at Amboy. His success in a professional way affords the best evidence of his capabilities in this line. He is a strong advocate with the jury and concise in his appeals before the court. Much of the success which has attended him in his professional career is undoubtedly due to the fact that in no instance will he permit himself to go into court with a case unless he has absolute confidence in the justice of his client's cause. Basing his efforts on this principle, from which there are far too many lapses in professional ranks, it naturally follows that he seldom loses a case in whose support he is enlisted. On the 18th of March, 1874, at Fenton, Michigan, Mr. Ives was united in marriage to Miss Eva J. Lamb, a daughter of the Rev. Aroswal and Sophia Lamb, her father being a pastor at Hartland, Michigan. Our subject and his wife have three children, as follows: William E., who is an expert machinist in the employ of the Public Service Company; George S., a druggist of Franklin Grove, Illinois; and Eva F., who is the wife of F. J. Blocher, a clothing merchant of Franklin Grove, Illinois. Mr. Ives is a republican in his political views and has ably served in the capacity of justice of the peace since 1901. He has likewise acted as town clerk and has made a highly creditable record as a public official. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Baptist church, and he also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a dependable man under any condition and in any emergency His quietude of deportment, his easy dignity, his frankness and cordiality of address, with the total absence of anything sinister or anything to conceal, foretoken a man who is ready to meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, a right conception of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities.
SOURCE: "History of Lee County Illinois", 1914, Vol. 2, by Frank E. Stevens.
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US Civil War vet, Union:
- 69th Illinois Volunteer Regiment
- 146th Illinois Infantry (re-enlisted)
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Charles E. Ives is a prominent and successful attorney of Amboy, which city has remained his place of residence since December, 1854, or for almost six decades. Immediately after the close of the Civil war, in which he had participated as a loyal defender of the Union, he entered his father's law office and subsequently practiced in association with him for a period of twenty years, the firm being known as W. E. Ives & Son. Since 1908 he has practiced his profession independently and has been accorded a liberal and lucrative clientage. His birth occurred in Pavilion, Kendall county, Illinois, on the 14th of October, 1842, his parents being William E. and Susan (Ryan) Ives. The father remained an able and successful representative of the legal profession in Amboy from 1854 until his death more than a half century later. During that period he was honored by election to the position of state's attorney and also served as mayor of Amboy. His demise occurred in 1908, when he had attained the venerable age of eighty seven and a half years, while his wife was called to her final rest in 1883, at the age of sixty-two years. The remains of both were interred in Amboy. Representatives of the Ives family, which is of English origin, came to the United States at an early period in the history of this country. A Mr. Bingham, brother of the great grandmother of our subject, served under Colonel Ethan Allen in the Revolutionary struggle. In the acquirement of an education Charles E. Ives attended school at Mount Morris, Illinois, and later pursued his studies in the Chicago University, leaving that institution in 1862, however, in order to join the boys in blue in their defense of the Union. In June of that year he became a member of the Sixty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Regiment and in 1864 reenlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry, serving with the latter command until the cessation of hostilities. He proved a brave and valorous soldier and returned home with a creditable military record. Having determined upon the legal profession as a life work, he entered the law office of his father and eventually became his partner, practicing in association with him under the firm style of W. E. Ives & Son for a period of twenty years. Since 1908 he has practiced independently at Amboy. His success in a professional way affords the best evidence of his capabilities in this line. He is a strong advocate with the jury and concise in his appeals before the court. Much of the success which has attended him in his professional career is undoubtedly due to the fact that in no instance will he permit himself to go into court with a case unless he has absolute confidence in the justice of his client's cause. Basing his efforts on this principle, from which there are far too many lapses in professional ranks, it naturally follows that he seldom loses a case in whose support he is enlisted. On the 18th of March, 1874, at Fenton, Michigan, Mr. Ives was united in marriage to Miss Eva J. Lamb, a daughter of the Rev. Aroswal and Sophia Lamb, her father being a pastor at Hartland, Michigan. Our subject and his wife have three children, as follows: William E., who is an expert machinist in the employ of the Public Service Company; George S., a druggist of Franklin Grove, Illinois; and Eva F., who is the wife of F. J. Blocher, a clothing merchant of Franklin Grove, Illinois. Mr. Ives is a republican in his political views and has ably served in the capacity of justice of the peace since 1901. He has likewise acted as town clerk and has made a highly creditable record as a public official. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Baptist church, and he also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a dependable man under any condition and in any emergency His quietude of deportment, his easy dignity, his frankness and cordiality of address, with the total absence of anything sinister or anything to conceal, foretoken a man who is ready to meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, a right conception of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities.
SOURCE: "History of Lee County Illinois", 1914, Vol. 2, by Frank E. Stevens.
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US Civil War vet, Union:
- 69th Illinois Volunteer Regiment
- 146th Illinois Infantry (re-enlisted)
Died: after 1914
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Charles E. Ives is a prominent and successful attorney of Amboy, which city has remained his place of residence since December, 1854, or for almost six decades. Immediately after the close of the Civil war, in which he had participated as a loyal defender of the Union, he entered his father's law office and subsequently practiced in association with him for a period of twenty years, the firm being known as W. E. Ives & Son. Since 1908 he has practiced his profession independently and has been accorded a liberal and lucrative clientage. His birth occurred in Pavilion, Kendall county, Illinois, on the 14th of October, 1842, his parents being William E. and Susan (Ryan) Ives. The father remained an able and successful representative of the legal profession in Amboy from 1854 until his death more than a half century later. During that period he was honored by election to the position of state's attorney and also served as mayor of Amboy. His demise occurred in 1908, when he had attained the venerable age of eighty seven and a half years, while his wife was called to her final rest in 1883, at the age of sixty-two years. The remains of both were interred in Amboy. Representatives of the Ives family, which is of English origin, came to the United States at an early period in the history of this country. A Mr. Bingham, brother of the great grandmother of our subject, served under Colonel Ethan Allen in the Revolutionary struggle. In the acquirement of an education Charles E. Ives attended school at Mount Morris, Illinois, and later pursued his studies in the Chicago University, leaving that institution in 1862, however, in order to join the boys in blue in their defense of the Union. In June of that year he became a member of the Sixty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Regiment and in 1864 reenlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry, serving with the latter command until the cessation of hostilities. He proved a brave and valorous soldier and returned home with a creditable military record. Having determined upon the legal profession as a life work, he entered the law office of his father and eventually became his partner, practicing in association with him under the firm style of W. E. Ives & Son for a period of twenty years. Since 1908 he has practiced independently at Amboy. His success in a professional way affords the best evidence of his capabilities in this line. He is a strong advocate with the jury and concise in his appeals before the court. Much of the success which has attended him in his professional career is undoubtedly due to the fact that in no instance will he permit himself to go into court with a case unless he has absolute confidence in the justice of his client's cause. Basing his efforts on this principle, from which there are far too many lapses in professional ranks, it naturally follows that he seldom loses a case in whose support he is enlisted. On the 18th of March, 1874, at Fenton, Michigan, Mr. Ives was united in marriage to Miss Eva J. Lamb, a daughter of the Rev. Aroswal and Sophia Lamb, her father being a pastor at Hartland, Michigan. Our subject and his wife have three children, as follows: William E., who is an expert machinist in the employ of the Public Service Company; George S., a druggist of Franklin Grove, Illinois; and Eva F., who is the wife of F. J. Blocher, a clothing merchant of Franklin Grove, Illinois. Mr. Ives is a republican in his political views and has ably served in the capacity of justice of the peace since 1901. He has likewise acted as town clerk and has made a highly creditable record as a public official. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Baptist church, and he also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a dependable man under any condition and in any emergency His quietude of deportment, his easy dignity, his frankness and cordiality of address, with the total absence of anything sinister or anything to conceal, foretoken a man who is ready to meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, a right conception of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities.
SOURCE: "History of Lee County Illinois", 1914, Vol. 2, by Frank E. Stevens.
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US Civil War vet, Union:
- 69th Illinois Volunteer Regiment
- 146th Illinois Infantry (re-enlisted)
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Charles E. Ives is a prominent and successful attorney of Amboy, which city has remained his place of residence since December, 1854, or for almost six decades. Immediately after the close of the Civil war, in which he had participated as a loyal defender of the Union, he entered his father's law office and subsequently practiced in association with him for a period of twenty years, the firm being known as W. E. Ives & Son. Since 1908 he has practiced his profession independently and has been accorded a liberal and lucrative clientage. His birth occurred in Pavilion, Kendall county, Illinois, on the 14th of October, 1842, his parents being William E. and Susan (Ryan) Ives. The father remained an able and successful representative of the legal profession in Amboy from 1854 until his death more than a half century later. During that period he was honored by election to the position of state's attorney and also served as mayor of Amboy. His demise occurred in 1908, when he had attained the venerable age of eighty seven and a half years, while his wife was called to her final rest in 1883, at the age of sixty-two years. The remains of both were interred in Amboy. Representatives of the Ives family, which is of English origin, came to the United States at an early period in the history of this country. A Mr. Bingham, brother of the great grandmother of our subject, served under Colonel Ethan Allen in the Revolutionary struggle. In the acquirement of an education Charles E. Ives attended school at Mount Morris, Illinois, and later pursued his studies in the Chicago University, leaving that institution in 1862, however, in order to join the boys in blue in their defense of the Union. In June of that year he became a member of the Sixty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Regiment and in 1864 reenlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry, serving with the latter command until the cessation of hostilities. He proved a brave and valorous soldier and returned home with a creditable military record. Having determined upon the legal profession as a life work, he entered the law office of his father and eventually became his partner, practicing in association with him under the firm style of W. E. Ives & Son for a period of twenty years. Since 1908 he has practiced independently at Amboy. His success in a professional way affords the best evidence of his capabilities in this line. He is a strong advocate with the jury and concise in his appeals before the court. Much of the success which has attended him in his professional career is undoubtedly due to the fact that in no instance will he permit himself to go into court with a case unless he has absolute confidence in the justice of his client's cause. Basing his efforts on this principle, from which there are far too many lapses in professional ranks, it naturally follows that he seldom loses a case in whose support he is enlisted. On the 18th of March, 1874, at Fenton, Michigan, Mr. Ives was united in marriage to Miss Eva J. Lamb, a daughter of the Rev. Aroswal and Sophia Lamb, her father being a pastor at Hartland, Michigan. Our subject and his wife have three children, as follows: William E., who is an expert machinist in the employ of the Public Service Company; George S., a druggist of Franklin Grove, Illinois; and Eva F., who is the wife of F. J. Blocher, a clothing merchant of Franklin Grove, Illinois. Mr. Ives is a republican in his political views and has ably served in the capacity of justice of the peace since 1901. He has likewise acted as town clerk and has made a highly creditable record as a public official. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Baptist church, and he also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a dependable man under any condition and in any emergency His quietude of deportment, his easy dignity, his frankness and cordiality of address, with the total absence of anything sinister or anything to conceal, foretoken a man who is ready to meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, a right conception of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities.
SOURCE: "History of Lee County Illinois", 1914, Vol. 2, by Frank E. Stevens.
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US Civil War vet, Union:
- 69th Illinois Volunteer Regiment
- 146th Illinois Infantry (re-enlisted)
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