John W. Ivey Biography


	This biography appears on pages 636-637 in "History of Dakota 
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				JOHN W. IVEY. 

	John W. Ivey, proprietor of the largest exclusive hardware and 
harness store in Potter county, and a resident of Gettysburg, was born 
at Le Mars, Iowa, in 1888, a son of John and Jennie (Strong) Ivey. The 
mother's birth occurred in Shullsburg, Wisconsin, and the father was a 
native of Mineral Point, Iowa county, Wisconsin. He was a contractor 
and builder and is still active along that line, now making his home in 
Le Mars, Iowa. He has held various local offices and has been prominent 
in community affairs. He has reached the age of sixty-nine years, his 
birth having occurred in 1846, while his wife, who was born in 1853, is 
now sixty-two years of age. 

	John W. Ivey was the fourth in a family of six children and 
following the removal of the family to Iowa attended school at Le Mars. 
Later he pursued a course in Highland Park and in the Des Moines 
Pharmaceutical School. He was a youth of but sixteen when he started 
out to earn a living, after which his time was divided between the 
effort to provide for his own support and attendance at school. When 
compelled to put aside his textbooks he secured a clerkship in a drug 
store in Le Mars, Iowa, where he remained for six years. He afterward 
spent one year in the automobile business at Remsen, Iowa, with his 
father-in-law and still later went to Moville, Iowa, where he engaged 
in the hardware business in connection with his brother-in-law, 
conducting that store for a year. On the expiration of that period he 
removed to Gettysburg, South Dakota, and purchased the business of 
which he is now the head. He has since conducted the store and today 
has the largest exclusive hardware and harness store in the county, 
carrying an extensive line of shelf and heavy hardware, and devoting 
his undivided attention to the business, with the result that his 
efforts are bringing him a gratifying annual return. 

	On the 4th of June, 1912, Mr. Ivey was married to Miss Vera H. 
Scott, who was born in Forest City, Iowa, a daughter of T. P. and Dora 
(Keisby) Scott, both of whom were natives of Germany and came to the 
new world in early life. The father is now engaged in the real-estate 
and land business in Remsen, Iowa, being still active in that field of 
labor. 

	Fraternally Mr. Ivey is identified with the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, the Rebekahs and the Elks. In politics he is a progressive 
republican and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal 
church. He is justly accounted one of the valued citizens of his 
community, for it is well known that he stands for those things which 
are most worthwhile for the individual and the state. His business 
affairs have been wisely conducted and the methods which he has 
followed in the conduct of his trade are such as will bear the closest 
investigation and scrutiny.