Oral History Interviews with Olgie Ivey, Mary Louise Ivey Bardas, and Ben Ivey Jr., 1979 Page: 2
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Mary Louise:
Mrs. Ivey:
Mary Louise:
Mrs. Ivey:
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Mrs. Ivey:Jenkins:
because I believe Mr. Ivey had a sister. Ben, Sr.'s
father had a sister living in-this part of the country
married to Mr. May here in Denton. His health had been
so bad at that time, they thought that a dry country
would be good for him because of his lungs. So after
he got here he decided that it would be a place for
them to live. And so he goes back to Louisiana and
they moved to Denton.
There were four children; Walter and Ben, Abney and
Myrtle. Ben was born in Denton and I think Walter.
But Myrtle and Abney were born in Louisiana.
We were searching for an approximate date of their
coming to Texas.
It would be 1880's, wouldn't it?
Yes.
It would be the '80's.
Yes, about 1880.
Were they farming up around Benton, or what kind of work
did they do?
Well, Mr. Ivey was a bookkeeper. And, no they were not
ranchers or farmers, they were city folks, and he was
the bookkeeper, and after he came to Denton he was a
bookkeeper for the H. H. Hann Company, is that right?
The one the street's named after?
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Jenkins, Floyd; Ivey, Olgie; Bardas, Mary Louise Ivey & Ivey, Ben, Jr. Oral History Interviews with Olgie Ivey, Mary Louise Ivey Bardas, and Ben Ivey Jr., 1979, book, {1979-10-17,1979-11-14}; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529143/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.