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Source: Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers

A collection of histories compiled by The National Society of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers.  Produced by The Sons of the Utah Pioneers. Includes names, dates, and other vital information about the lives of Mormon (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) pioneers who settled in Utah.

Original data: Florence C. Youngberg, ed. Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers. Vol. 2.

Courtesy of Mardene Dawson

Submitted by Blanche Bradshaw (pages 1217-1218) 

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Name: Mathew Hayes Ivory

Birth Date: 16 Jul 1809

Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Parents: Mathew Hayes and Ann McNulty Ivory

Death Date: 17 Oct 1885

Death Place: Beaver, Utah

Arrival: 24 Jul 1847, Brigham Young Co.

Spouse: Mary Susan Cox

Marriage Date: 16 Jul 1809

Marriage Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Spouse's Birth Date: 12 Jul 1812

Spouse's Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Married 2nd: Mary Judith Elizabeth Bemis/Bemus 

Date: 14 Dec 1854 , Illinois 

Born: 10 Sep 1832 , Lewiston, Fulton, Illinois 

Parents: Lynus and Martha Amelia Juell Bemus/Bemis 

Mathew was baptized in 1840 . His first wife was bitterly opposed to it. By the winter of 1846 , it became necessary for him to make a choice Susan told him to leave the Church or move out. He decided in favor of the church and left his home and family and went west with the Mormons. In the spring after his arrival in the Valley, he went back east to help the main body of the saints come west. While there, he met Mary , the woman who was to be his second wife, and he brought her west. He served a mission to New Jersey in 1879 . He was an expert mechanic and was killed after setting up a grist mill. 


Children of 1st wife: 
Susan Cox , b. 26 Aug 1831 . Md. 31 Dec 1831 , John Inskeep Lippinco . 
Ann Deacon , b. 17 Aug 1833 . Md. Longren . 
Margret Antron , b. 21 Sep 1836 . 
Richard Cox , b. 16 Jan 1838 . 
Mathew H. , b. 23 Nov 1839 . 
Mary Cox , b. 8 Mar 1842 . 
Elizabeth , b. 20 Nov 1844 . 


Children of 2nd wife: 
George Washington , b. 2 Oct 1855 , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Md. 2 Oct 1879 , Mercie Collard . D. 26 Mar 1961 . 
Ruben Noris , b. 5 Feb 1857 , Illinois . Md. Eliza (Lydia) Hansen . D. 17 Apr 1937 . 
Lynus Brigham , b. 21 Dec 1857/8 , Beaver, Utah . 
Isaac Eneas , b. 22 Dec 1860 , Beaver, Utah . Md. 13 Jul 1887 , Bertha Elizabeth O'Donnell . D. 5 Mar 1943 , Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming . 
Martha Amelia , b. 13 Oct 1862 , Monroe, Sevier, Utah . Md. Mar 1879 , Joseph Walter Hutchings . D. 31 Jan 1944 . 
Mary Ann , b. 1 Feb 1864 , Manti, Sanpete, Utah . Md. 26 Mar 1884 , John Thomas Field . D. 16 Mar 1941 , Lyman, Wyoming . 
Fredrick Olson , b. 1 Oct 1866 , Eagle Valley, Lincoln, Nevada . Md. 1 May 1896 , Mary Ann Pollard . D. 28 Nov 1947 .