Jackson County AlArchives Biographies.....Ivey, W. R. February 22 1865 - ? ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 27, 2004, 9:27 pm Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) REV. W. R. IVEY, late pastor of the Scottsboro Baptist church, was born in Dale county, Ala., on the. 22d day of February, 1865. He was kept in the schools of this county until about twelve years of age, at which time his father moved to Spring Hill, near Troy, Ala., where he attended the neighborhood school for about two years. His father then moved to Orion, in the same county, and his father being a physician, W. R. did his collecting until 1882, at which time his father retired from the practice, and moved near Tuskegee, in Macon county, settling on a farm, the management of which he turned over to his son, W. R. On February 1, 1886, the latter entered Howard college, in Marion, Ala., to prepare himself for his work as a minister of the gospel. In the fall of 1887, his father moved to Montgomery, where he now resides, and W. R. Ivey moved with the college from Marion to Birmingham, where he continued his work until February, 1889. He then traveled in Alabama, visiting the associations in the interest of missions and education. November 1, 1889, he was called to take charge of the Scottsboro Baptist church, where he remained as pastor until the 10th day of January, 1891, when he was asked to take charge of the Scottsboro college. An option in favor of the Baptists was granted him for five months, in which to raise $7,600 to meet the indebtedness on the property, and he succeeded in getting the amount in donations, just two days before his option expired. In order to build up a good school, he then took a lease of five years on the property, employed a strong faculty of ten teachers, bought a handsome laboratory and fitted up a school with six fine pianos, and furnished every department with maps and charts, at a considerable expense. The first year, under his management, the enrollment of students was 297. The demands upon him then forced him to build a large building, called "The College Home," at an expense of about $12,000, which is now occupied by the president of the school, J. M. Bledsoe, and a fine body of students. W. R. Ivey's father, mother, four brothers and five sisters are living. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1139-1140 Published by Brant & Fuller (1893) Madison, WI This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb