- I - IVES, Samuel Spencer, farmer and colonel C. S. Army, was born August 15, 1835, at Masonville, now Center Star, Lauderdale County; son of Amos Quincey and Mary (Jackson) Ives, the former a native of Vermont, who in early life came to Alabama, the latter a daughter of John Jackson and his wife, who were residents of west Tennessee. He was educated in the common schools of Lauderdale County; became a farmer; on the outbreak of hostilities in 1861 he became a lieutenant in Co. I, Ninth Alabama infantry regiment; went with his regiment to Virginia; in June, 1861, was ordered back to Alabama on recruiting service; later appointed captain of Co. A, 35th Alabama infantry regiment; promoted colonel; and was twice wounded at Baton Rouge and Franklin. After the war, resumed the life of a farmer: was sheriff of Lauderdale County, 1880-1884; U. S. marshall during Cleveland's first administration; and was in the civil service on Muscle Shoals canal for twenty-two years. He is a Methodist; a Mason, and a Knight of the Maccabees. Married: (1) in 1858. to Amanda Mitchell, who died in 1868; and (2) to Mary Lucile, the daughter of Enoch Reilly and Louisa (Chisholm) Kennedy, of Green Hill, the former a planter and Methodist minister; granddaughter of David Reilly and Mary ( Spinks) Kennedy; great-granddaughter of John Alexander and Mary (Tandy) Kennedy; great-great-granddaughter of Alexander Kennedy who emigrated to America from Scotland and settled near Philadelphia. Children: 1. Samuel; 2. Sallie, m. Charles W. Street, resides in Birmingham; 3. Martha Lou, m. Reuben A. Lewis, resides in Birmingham; 4. Mary Vernon, m. Lee E. Kerr, resides in Dallas, Tex.; 5. Emma Frances, m. Arthur W. Robinson, resides in Memphis, Tenn.; 6. William Kennedy,m. Louise Rails, resides in Gadsden; 7. John m. Eloise King of Eufaula, resides in Florence. Residence: Florence. Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama BiographyThoms McAdory Owen 1921