from Keowee Courier Newspaper Records - still need to ID these folks: 4. Ivester, Alfred - md Flora Littleton in 1926 8. Ivester, Andrea Kelly - md Mitchell Ray Winchester Sept. 15, 1984 11. Ivester, Brenda Lucille - md Harold Kenneth Stone 12. Ivester, Brian Keith - md Constance Rogers 1988 13. Ivester, Cecil S. - md Karen M. Brroks 1983 16. Ivester, Claude Breedin 17. Ivester, Cortez - md Bessie McIntyre 1929 - QUESTION - could this be the Bessie listed above? 19. Ivester, Donna Denise - md David Bradley Norris 1990 20. Ivester, Dora Ann - Holbrooks - children Paul Eugene, Cleve Holbrooks, Inez Florence Holbrooks Dunson, Maude Holbrooks Stone - this is Dora Ivester, d/o thomas Bell Ivester - QUESTION - is there a Paul Eugene Cleve Holbrooks or a Paul Eugene Holbrooks and a Cleve Holbrooks??? 24. Ivester, Gregory Vonlehe - md Misti Michelle Morris 1990 26. Ivester, Hazel - md R. M. Smith 1934 31. Ivester, J. R. - md Oma Benfield 1931 33. Ivester, James E. - d. June 1969 - Note: This is possibly James D. Ivester, son of Albert W. Ivester & Meta Mulkey 45. Ivester, Larry Lamar - divorced judy Lane McJunkin 1989 47. Ivester, Lula - md Julius Crayton Whitmire; Jessie Whitmire Vaughn Summey 52. Ivester, Nancy - child Maggie Fryer Lee Marcengill 54. Ivester, Odella - md Novie Franklin Carter 66. Ivester, Wennie - md 1932 Howard Shirley .............................................................................. .. These are all Ivester folks listed on various world connect databases. Gerald Warren Ivester who married June Delight Thompson and had children Melinda Jean; Sandra Louis; Diane Arlene; Pamela Jane; Terry Warren; Daniel Vernon; Michale Lee Doris Ivester who married Ronnie Dale Whitmire Eileen June Ivester b. 16 Jan 1915 in Ma(?) and died 21 Dec 1997 in Chelmsford, Ma - md Harry Clyde van Norden Elizabeth Ivester - b. 8 Feb 1816 Pittsburg, PA - d. 19 July 1850 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio - md William Woodward Guthrie Elizabeth Ann Ivester whose mother was Rebecca Louise Haskett Evelyn Ivester who married Georgie Brown and had a son Bryan Edward Broen born in 1975 in Stoddard Co., Missouri. ....................................................... Florence Ivester who married Herbert Whitford and had son Donald Irving Whitford Gail Ivester who married Jim Daves and had children: Barbara; Nancy; Cindy; Loria. Ginger Ivester who married Joseph Smith and had children: Jenny; Katie; Patti. Mother was Patricia Ivester Grace Ivester who married Edward Neal and had daughter Eddie Sue Neal b. 6 Mar 1937 in Cherokee Co., SC ............................................................... Jerimiah Ivester who married Amy Elizabeth Dawn Roach and had Maliki Cecil Ivester. John Ivester who died in California and md Phoebe T. "Oda" Arivett. Phoebe was born 17 Feb 1887 in Missouri. This one looks familiar but... Kathryn Ivester who married Walter Lewis Brown Larry Ivester who married Judy Lynn McJunkin and had Rhonda Ivester. Note: Also on the Keowee Newspaper lists.. .............................................................................. ......... Need to ID this family! Could this be the family of James Ivester - son of Robert H. Ivester and Susannah Jane Dodd??????? 1920 - Tugaloo Twp, Oconee Co., SC - ED #144 - pg. 19A - image #37 Adams, Jessie M. - head - 63 - md - SC-SC-SC - farmer Amanda J. - wife - 60 - md - SC-SC-SC Rebecca B. - daug - 36 - md - SC-SC-SC Bertha - daug - 28 - s - SC-SC-SC Nora - dau - 21 - s - SC-SC-SC Codie - daug - 18 - s - SC-SC-SC Ivester, James - grandson - 9 - s - SC-SC-SC Ivester, Joseph - grandson - 7 - s - SC-SC-SC 1930 - Tugaloo Twp, Oconee Co., South Carolina - ED #13 - pg. 7B - image #14 123/130 Adams, Jessie M. - head - 73 - md - age 21 - SC-SC-SC - Farm Operator Manda J. - wife - 71 - md - age 19 - SC-SC-SC Hair, Mary - sister - 72 - wd - SC-SC-SC - Housekeeper pvt home Carter, Willie - grandson - 9 - s - SC-SC-SC 124/130 Ivister, Bessie - head - 40 - wd - SC-SC-SC - Farm Operator James - son - 19 - s - SC-Ga-SC - Farm laborer Jasper - son - 18 - s - Ga-SC-SC We have this information from the Keowee Courier Newspaper site: 10. Ivester, Bessie - child, James 32. Ivester, James - md Gladys Jones 1937 - s/o Bessie 23. Ivester, Gladys (Jones) - md James Ivester 1937 We have this information from a World Connect database: James Ivester Sr. who married Bessie Beatrice Adams. Bessie was born 30 Jan 1886. had son Jasper Ivester b. abt 1912 And this information from Oconee Co., Cemetery Records: Oconee Memorial Gardens in Oconee Co. James D. Ivester 1928-1969 - PFC SBC Co. 38 Inf Annie Mae D. Ivester 1925 - Bessie A. Ivester 30 Jan 1886 - 2 Sept 1976 Jim Ivester - 1910-24 Sept 1993 - parents Jim and Bessie Adams Ivester Gladys Jones Ivester 1911-1979 Edna has found additional information and it appears that we have this family: Bessie Adams md a James Ivester and they had: 1. James - b. abt 1910 2. Jasper/Joseph - b. abt 1912 Bessie Adams Ivester - actual name Rebecca Beatrice Adams Ivester b. 30 Jan. 1886 - d. 2 Sept 1976 - buried Unity Baptist Church Cemetery in Oconee Co., SC 1. James (Jim) Ivester - b. 1 June Oconee Co., SC - d. 25 Apr 1993 Walhalla, Oconee Co., SC md Ora Gladys Jones - b. 21 Aug 1911 - d. 10 Mar 1979 Westminster, Oconee Co., SC Double marker at Oconee Memorial Gardens in Seneca, Oconee Co., SC Marker lists his parents as Jim and Bessie Adams Ivester. 2. Jasper Ivester - md Alma Eva Swafford - d/o Lewis Swafford & Dorotha Cobb Alma - b. 21 Mar 1920 - d. 24 July 1987 - buried Long Creek Memorial Gardens in Long Creek, Oconee Co., SC. They were possibly divorced as she married 2nd a Jason Moore. Children of Jasper Ivester and Alma Eva Swafford Ivester Moore: 2.a - Christine Ivester - md ???? Long 2.b - Trenna D. Ivester - md ???? Ramey 2.c - Mabra F. Ivester - md ???? Smith 2.d - Gwendolyn J. Ivester - b. 26 Mar 1944 - d. 20 Feb 1998 - buried first at Thompkins Family Cemetery but since that cemetery is now under Lake Keowee all graves were moved to Wolf Stake Baptist Church in Oconee Co., SC - She md. W. B. Jones 2.e - Dorothy Victory Ivester - b. abt 1941 - d. 2 Dec 1999 - bu Heritage Memorial Gardens in Oconee Co., SC. - md ???? Murphy - see obit below: Obit - Dorothy Murphy, Long Creek Dorothy Victory Ivester Murphy, 58, of 173 Ivester Road, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999 at Oconee Memorial Hospital. Survivors: sons, Donnie Murphy of Walhalla and Sammy Murphy of Cowpens; daughters, Cathy Lowery of Walhalla, and Sherry Murphy of Spartanburg; sisters, Trenna D. Ramey and Mabra F. Smith; 11 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Predeceased: parents, Jasper and Eva Swafford Moore Ivester; and sisters Christine Long and Gwendolyn Jones. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Sandifer Funeral Home. Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel. Burial: Heritage Memorial Gardens James Ivester and Bessie Adams do not appear to have been married before the 1910 census because Emma found this: 1910 - Tugaloo, Oconee Co., SC - ED 132 - 16A - Heritage Quest Jessie M. Adams - head - 52 - md1 - 30 - SC-SC-SC - farmer Amanda - wife - 50 - md1 - 30 - 10/10 - SC-SC-SC Beatrice - daug - 24 - s - SC-SC-SC Rasco A. - son - 21 - s - SC-SC-SC Charles - son - 19 - s - SC-SC-SC Babe - son - 16 - s - SC-SC-SC Alice B. - daug - 14 - s - SC-SC-SC Nora - daug - s - 11 - s - SC-SC-SC Coda - daug - 7 - s - SC-SC-SC