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a capital stock o f $12,000, by local business men, under the name of the Iontour Knitting Mills. In March, 19 10, business w as discon­ tinued, and F. K. Dent was made receiver and trustee. A ll matters of the concern having been settled up the present stockholders oranizcd, in ^larch, t p t i, as the Catawissa Initting M ills Company, with a capital stock o f $8,000. The plant is located in a threestory building, equipped with all modem ma­ chinery fo r manufacturing ladies' hosiery, and the volume o f business shows a steady and healthy increase. T his is one of the Icadit^ industrial pUints o f Catawissa, and as it has Thom as E. H arder a s president, W. H. Lau ­ bach as secretary and manager, and C. P. P fah lcr as treasurer, its prosperity is assured.

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I V E Y. T he Ivey fam ily comes o f English origin, and has long been an important one in Columbia county, where its representatives have made their influence felt, chiefly along agricultural lines. William Ivcy, the founder of the name in the United States, w as bom in England in 18 18, and died on his farm in Hemlock town­ ship, Columbia county, Feb. 8 ,18 8 3, aged sixtyfour years, five months, twenty-three days. H e married Ann W illiam s, who w as bom in England in 1824, and p.issed aw ay February 12 ,18 9 7, aged seenty-three years, one month, eight <kys. Both were buried in Rosemont cemetery, at Bloomsburg, Pa. In 1852 W il­ liam Ivcy brought his fam ily to this country, locating at Buckhom. in Hemlock township, (^lum bia Co., Pa., where he found employ­ ment fo r a time at ore mining. A s soon as his means warranted he purchased the old Barton farm in Hemlock township, which he continued to operate until death claimed him, in 1883. A man o f courage and strong con­ victions, he lived up to what he bclicviM was his duty, and brought his children up to honor and respect him. H is children w ere: Rich­ a rd; F.hza Ann, who married W illiam G ul­ liver; M ary Jan e, who married John W aller; Elizabeth, who married George W ilson; Sarah, who married William P oolcy; W illiam, who is deceased; and Edw ard W. E d w a r d W. Ivb'. son o f William Ivey, a fam ier o f Hemlock township, w as bom in England Feb. 27, 1846, and w as only five years old when brought to this country by his par­ ents, so that he has been practically reared in Columbia county, where his mature years have been so profitably spm t. From the time he s-as old enough to give any material assist­ ance M r. Ivcy was kept busy working fo r his

father until the latter's death, when he suc­ ceeded to the homestead o f 100 acres o f very valuable land, well cultivated and fertile. B e ­ lieving in the dignity o f agricultural labor, and having proved in his life that it can be made to pay, he devotes all his attention to his farm , c a rm n g on general farming. F o r some years, until t ^, he operated a milk route, but a fte r having bem engaged in that iine fo r twentyone years abandoned it, much to the regret o f his many customers at Bloomsburg, who had grown to depend upon him fo r their milk supply. M odem in all his methods, M r. Iv e y 's premises are in excellent shape, and he takes a pride in them and his equipment. 1 lis build­ ings are well fitted fo r their several purposes, and he is one of the best types of the ad­ vanced agriculturist that Columbia county passc-sscs. Kdward V. Ivey married Elm ira Gelespic, a daughter o f W illiam Gelespie, o f Buckhom. Fa. Children as follow s have been bom to this m arriage: Charles F. is a merchant o f Ncscopeck, P a .; Hattie, who married Daniel Morion, is living in Bloomsbutg, P a .; W ash­ ington, who is a machinist by trade, is living at Fem vllle, Hemlock township; Bruce, who is a carpet weaver, lives at r e m v ille; E liz­ abeth, who married O. W. C raw ford, is living at Bloom.sburg, P a .; I^ the lives at home. Politically Mr. Ivcy is a Republican and has given his school district the benefit o f his zeal and experience as a director o f its board. R i c h a r d I v e y, son o f W illiam Ivey and brother o f Edw ard W. Ivcy, is a farm er o f Hemlock township. H e w as bom at Minersvillc, Schuylkill Co., Pa., and w as brought to Columbia county when a child. H is educa­ tional advantages were obtained in the excel­ lent schools o f Hemlock township, and by the time he w as old enough to be o f much assist­ ance to his father the latter had bought a farm upon which he reared his children amid healthful surroundings, early teaching them lessons o f industry and thrift. Richairt Ivey also worked hauling ore from the mines in Hemlock township, and grew up to useful manhood. I.atcr on he began farm ing in Cat­ awissa township, Columbia county, remaining there four years, when he returned to Hem ­ lock township, and continued his agricultural ojierations fo r several years more. F o r the next two years he w as at Bloomsburg. Pa., and in 1907 Ixiught his present farm in Hem­ lock townsliip, adjoining the old homestead of his father, now owned by his brother, F.dward W. Ivey. T his farm contains 202}^ acres of %'aluable land, upon which M r. Ivcy has made