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they had two children, Thomas Poynton and Hope Brown Ivos. Mr. Ives died at his country home, P^towoinut Neck. Warwick, R.I.. Aug. 7, 1857.

IVES, Robert Hale, merchant, was born in Providence. R.I.. Sept. 16, 1798; son of Thomas Poynton and Hope (Brown) Ives. He was grad- uated at Brown, A.B., 1816, A.M., 1819. He en- tered the counting-house of Brown & Ives ; and travelled in Europe, 18'24-26, with his cousin, John Carter Brown. He was married in 1827 to Harriet Bowen, daughter of Thomas Amory, of Boston, Mass. In 1832 lie became a partner in the firm of Brown & Ives, being the youngest member. He devoted himself to the development of the cotton industries and erected the Lonsdale mills, of which he was treasurer for many years. He was an original trustee of Butler Hospital for the Insane, in 1844, a patron of the institution, and secretary of the corporation, 1844-75 ; a founder of the Rliode Island hospital, established in 1863, contributing over $60,000 to its funds and serving as its first president. He was a trustee of Brown university, 1838-75, a liberal patron of the insti- tution, and treasurer of the corporation, 1857-66. He was a Whig in politics, and a delegate to the national convention at Baltimore, June 16, 1852. In the civil strife of 1842 he was a member of the " Law and Order " party, and in the civil war of 1861-65 he gave liberally of his means. He died in Providence, R.I., July 6, 1875.

IVES, Thomas Poynton, merchant, was born in Beverly, Masa., April 9, 1769. His parents died when he was a child, and relatives in Boston took him to that city, where he was educated in the pub- lic schools. In 1782 he was received as a clerk in the house of Nicholas Brown & Co., of Providence, R.I., and soon after the death of Mr. Nicholas Brown. May 29, 1791, he became a partner with Nicholas Brown, Jr., in the new firm of Brown & Ives. He was president of the Providence bank for twenty-four years ; of the Providence Insti- tution of Savings fifteen years, and a trustee of Brown university forty-three years. He married, in 1792, Hope, the only surviving daughter of Nicholas and Rhoda (Jenckes) Brown, and their son, Moses Brown Ives, succeeded to his fatlier's business. Mr. Ives ilied in Providence, May, 1835.

IVES, Thomas Poynton, naval officer, was born in Providence, R.I., Jan. 17, 1834 ; son of Moses Brown and Anne Allen (Dorr) Ives. He studied under Reuben A. Guild, 1847-50, and under James B, Angell, 1850-52, and was graduated at Brown university, Ph.D., in 1854. At the death of his father, in 1857, he became a member of the firm of Brown & Ives. At the outbreak of the civil war he oflfered his services to the government and presented his yacht Hope to the navy department, refusing any compen- sation for hia services as an oflacer in the navy.

He was commissioned a lieutenant in the revenue service in 1861, serving on blockade duty in Chesapeake bay. The .same year his offer to build a vessel at his own expense and present it to the government, providing he would be com- missioned its chief officer, was refused. He was commissioned assistant adjutant-general of the state of Rhode Island, with the rank of captain, in November, 1861, and resigned his commission in the revenue service to accept the command of General Burnside's flag-ship PjcAref, Jan. 11, 1862. He was engaged in the attacks on Forts Clark and Hatteras and at Roanoke Island, N.C. He was promoted acting master and stationed at Aquia Creek, Sept. 3, 1862 ; acting volunteer lieutenant for gallant conduct. May 26, 1868, and lieutenant- commander, Nov, 7, 1864. He was married, Oct. 19, 1865, to Elizabeth Cabot, daughter of John Lothrop Motley, U.S. minister to Austria. He bequeathed $50,000 to the Rhode Island hospital, $10,000 to the Providence Athenseum and $5000 to the Providence Dispensary. He died at Havre, France, Nov. 17, 1865.

IVISON, Henry, publisher, was born in Glas- gow, Scotland, Dec. 25, 1808. He immigrated to the United States with his father in 1820, and was apprenticed to William Williams, of Utica, N.Y., at that time the largest bookseller west of Albany. In 1830 he established a book- store in Auburn, N.Y., to meet the requirements of the professors and students of the Auburn Theological seminary. He removed to New York city in 1846 and became a partner of Mark H. Newman, a successful school-book publisher. The firm published a series of reading books adapted to children of different ages, which was the first series of graded school readers published in America. In 1814 the firm became Newman &Ivison, and on the death of Mr. Newman, Mr. Ivison bought out the entire interest of the con- cern and took into partnership H. F. Pliinney. The firm had a list of over 300 school-books. Upon the retirement of Mr. Phinney in 1866, the firm name was changed to Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. Mr. Ivison retired from business in 1880. He died in New York citj-, Nov. 26, 1884.

IZARD, George, governor of Arkansas Terri- tory, was born in London, England, Oct. 21, 1776 ; son of Ralph (q. v.) and Alice (DeLancey) Izard. He was brought to America by his parents in 1780, and was prepared for college in South Caro- lina. He was graduated at the College of Penn- sylvania in 1792 ; studied military science in England and on the continent, 1792-94 ; entered the U.S. army as lieutenant in the engineer corps, serving 1794-96 ; served as lieutenant in the en- gineer corps of the French army at Metz, as a student, 1796-97 ; was captain in the engineer corps, U.S.A., 1799-1802, and captain U.S. artil-