, 1904-04-13

young man did his best TO MAKE heI
comfortable, seeing 10 her luggage anC
gi:ardlng her from embisassmentamons
st.snSs people. He conducted her tc
her mothers and that hour kindleC
the spark which has found full flame
In the fifty years Of married life. THAI
was In December Of 1853. On the 18TH
of April, 1854, the young couple were
married at Jersey City soon afterwards
overcoming the parental opposition
which had been aroused by their ex
IRENE youth.
The story of the fifty years since
that day is like a fairy tale in its alb.
sorbing interest. The Ivinsons soon
removed TO Evansville, Ind, later go,
ing to Memphis. Tenn. where Mr..
%Ivinson's business interests prospered
marvelously. but as his health was not
good, he determined I o go to California.
~Journeying with the Union Pacific,
the family came to Cheyenne. and Mrs.
Ivinson with her little daughter and
maid finally arrived at Laramie on the
10th OF May. 1858. and the first train
which came in on the new railroad.
So for nearly forty years Mr.. and Mrs.
lvinson have been among the most
highly respected and energetic citizens
of this thriving western community.
They have erected a stately mansion
here. one of the finest and most costly
in the state. have acquired vast proper
ty interests and have surrounded them
selves with hundreds of friends. large
numbers of whom were present to do
honor to the golden anniversary o!
that romantic marriage back in the
city of Jersey.
Mrs. Ivinson was Miss Jane Wood,
born at West Riding. Yorkshire, Eng.
land. Her father dying when she was
very small, and her mother remarrying
and coming to America. the child vas
left with her grandparents in England,
where she grew to young womanhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. lvinson have but one
child, a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Ell.
len Grow, of San Diego, Cal, widow OF
the late Galushia B. Grow, a t%inancier
and capitalist of that state and this.
Mr.. Grow was the nephew of Hon. Gal
ushia A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, the
father Of the house of representatives" :
being the eldest congressman in poin.
Of service IN that body. Mrs. Grow
has three daughters, Mrs. Jean Jewell,
wife of Lieutenant c. c. Jewell of the
United States gunbOat Petrol; Miss
Frances Abel Grow and Miss Mary
Elizabeth Grow, and one grandson.
Master William Galusha Jewell. Mr..
Fewell is now On his way to San Fran
cisco. expecting to reach that port on
the 18th, and will be joined there by
his wife and son He is under orders
of the navy department, and did not
know when he cabled his wife whether
he would be ordered to Alaska or to
the Philippines. to take station either
at Cavite or in one of the southern
provinces. Mrs. Fewell will accom-
pany him to Alaska, but will not go to
the Philippines if her husband be or
dered in that direction.
Mr.. Ivinson began business in this
city May 10. 1868. He came in Feb
l uuls VI 'hol yCoA1 SPShuih6 AHS "a
term in building a store and getting
in a stock of goods. Before coming to
Laramie he had been a contractor for
supplies for the caaps grading across
the mountain for the Union Pacific
railroad. He tells of an accident that
from Cheyenne. There were W car
loads in a wreck near Sherman hill,
and the whole outfit was ruined. One
was killed in the wreck and an
other lost a leg. The latter sued the
company for heavy damages. but when
the case came on for trial it was found
that the accident had occurred just a
hours before the road vas accept
ed from the contractors, and hence the
unfortunate young fellow received
nothing. This case deferred Mr.. Ivin-
son from suing the company, hence the
was total so far as it concerned
him.
When he disposed of the grocery
after a number of years he es,
tablished a private bank here, the
first in the city. Later he sold this
bank, and when the Wyoming National
was started he was one of the prime
movers in that and one of its officers.
The Wyoming National was absorbed
by the First National, Mr.. lvinson be-
ing a heavy stockholder therein. Two
years ago, upon the death of Daniel &.
Bacon, he became its president. whic..
position he now holds.
The Ivinsons spend much of their
time in California and in travelling.
One summer they were in Europe, that
being one Of the most memorable in
their lives. They visited many places
of interest. bringing home numerous
souvenirs of the trip, among the Others
a piece of lava from Vesuvius with an
Italian coin embedded therein. Their
house is filled with ~bric-a-brac from al
most every corner of the earth.
Mr.. ~Ivinson was an early member of
Laramie lodge No. 2. Odd Fellows, fill
ing all the positions in the lodge. Mrs.
Ivinson was instrumental in organizing
Laramie Rebekah degree. and tells
some interesting things about the early
days of that and kindred organizations
IL ,ottinu n fppfho1i and EaapiDp IL in