Silas Ivy and Catherine Daily

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Husband Silas IVY ¹

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         Born: 1810 - Georgia
         Died: Between 1860 and 1870 - Texas
       Buried: 

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       Father: Josiah IVEY (Between 1770-1842) 2
       Mother: Phoebe ??? (Abt 1780-      ) 2

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     Marriage: Abt 1831

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Events in his life were:

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• Residence, Monroe Co, Alabama, After 1830

• Census, Monroe Co, Alabama, 1840

• Residence, Titus Co, Texas, Jan 1847

• Census, Titus Co, Texas, 1850

• Census, Titus Co, Texas, 1860

• Property ², Daingerfield, Morris Co, Texas, Between 1867 and 1870

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Wife Catherine DAILY ¹

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         Born: 1814 - South Carolina
         Died: After 1881
       Buried: 

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       Father: John S DAILY (Abt 1781-Bef 1860)
       Mother: Sarah ??? (Abt 1786-      )

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Events in her life were:

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• Residence, Fairfield, Freestone Co, Texas, After 1870

• Census, Freestone Co, Texas, 1880

• Probate ², Freestone Co, Texas, 1881

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Children

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1 M Benjamin Franklin IVY ^{1 3 4}

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          AKA: Ben
         Born: 12 Nov 1842 - Monroe Co, Alabama 3 4
         Died: 9 Dec 1916 - Carrizo Springs, Dimmit Co, Texas
       Buried: Dec 1916 - MT Hope Cemetery, Carizzo Springs, Dimmit Co, Texas

       Spouse: Mary Margaret Emiline HESTER (1844-Abt 1877) 2
         Marr: Abt 1865

       Spouse: Sarah Catherine GIBBONS (1864-1896) 1 4
         Marr: 21 Sep 1879 - Fairfield, Freestone Co, Texas

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2 M William Franklin IVEY

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         Born: 1832 - Monroe Co, Alabama
         Died: Bef 1933 - Freestone Co, Texas 2
       Buried: 

       Spouse: Sarah ??? (Abt 1835-Bef 1936)

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3 F Julia Ann IVY

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         Born: Dec 1837 - Monroe Co, Alabama 3
         Died: After 1910
       Buried:  - MT Hope Cemetery, Carizzo Springs, Dimmit Co, Texas

       Spouse: James A HANCOCK (1830-After 1900) 3
         Marr: 1864 5

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4 M Josiah Cyrus IVY ⁶

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          AKA: Joe
         Born: 1840 - Monroe Co, Alabama 6
         Died: After 1880
       Buried: After 1880 - Liberty Co, Texas

       Spouse: Jane Adeline WOOTEN (1850-1923) 6
         Marr: 1869 - Liberty Co, Texas

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5 M James W IVY

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         Born: 1848 - Titus County, Texas
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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6 F Josephine IVY

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         Born: 1851 - Titus County, Texas
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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General Notes (Husband)

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1840 Monroe Co, AL Census
Page 239
Silas Ivey 1810/1820 1 female 1810/1820 (Catherine born 1814 in SC)
1 male 1830/1835 (William b. 1832 in Alabama)
1 male 1835/1840 (Benjamin b. 1843 in Alabama)
1 male 1835/1840 (Josiah b. 1839 in Alabama)
1 female 1835/1840 (Julia A. b. 1836 in Alabama)

There is a letter of recommendation from the Baptist Church of Christ in Monroe co Al to whomever is concerned for Silas Ivey and his wife Catherine Ivey to be accepted into membership when they reached their destination. This occurred on the Saturday before the Second Lords Day in December 1846 Our grandfather Benjamin Franklin Ivy would have been 2 years old. (Joy Moore)

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General Notes (Wife)

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possibly Cherokee

In 1867-1870 Silas and Catherine owned land in Dangerfield TX. On the 1880 census for Freestone TX Catherine is listed with a son James M (Morris) and a grandson William Franklin Ivy. In 1881 there is a record in the Judgment Record book in Freestone TX of Catherine against Washington Claypool.

Monroe County, Alabama, Order Book #4, p. 278, 279
Probate Court, Nov Term, 1860.
Administrator of estate - John DAILY.
Distribution of Negro slaves: Washington, Henry, Dick, Peter, Fed, Godfrey, Bill, Frank, Fillis, Mahala, Lucinda, Alsey, Frances & her children, Caroline, Lafayette, & Malinda, & Chany.
Heirs of estate: Sarah DAILY, the widow; John DAILY; Levi DAILY; L. O. DAILY; A. M. DAILY, wife of Jos L. DANIELS; all of full age and reside in Monroe County, Alabama. Catharine IVY, wife of Silas IVY, of full age & reside in Titus Co., Texas. Emily BOTTZ, wife of Michael BOTTZ of full age and reside in Wilcox County, Alabama & Calloway IVY of full age & resides in Leak County, Mississippi.
Distribution: Sarah DAILY, the widow, 1/5 and the rest 7 equal parts.
p. 279, Nov 1860

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1 McFarland, Evelyn Langley.

2 Moore, Joy.

3 1900 Bexar Co, TX Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), ED 118 S 10.

4 1880 Freestone Co, Texas Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), 465d.

5 1900 Bexar Co, TX Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/).

6 1880 Freestone Co, Texas Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), 462a.