Benjamin Martin Ivie b, 15 September1846, Council Bluffs, Iowa. m, Martha Ann Memmott, 21 July 1864. d, 3 May, 1926

Martha Ann Memmott b. October 1848, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. d, 29 November 1924.

Benjamm Martin lvie

and family

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from Builders of Early Zion

Benjamin Martin Ivie was only two years old when he crossed the plains with his parents James Russell and Eliza McKee Fausette Ivie, in 1848, in the Bringham Young Company. He was born Sept. 15, 1846 in Pottawattami county, Iowa.

His boyhood was spent as most pioneer boys, being hungry and scantily clothed, but since his older brothers and father were good hunters, they generally managed to have wild game of some kind, which kept them from starving.

The family consisting of the father, mother and eleven children moved from Salt Lake to Prove, then on down to Mt Pleasant where they had some relatives by the name of Allred. Martin was baptized in 1854 by his mother's brother John Fausett, and confirmed by him.

In 1863, when Martin was seventeen years old the Ivie family moved to Round Valley but instead of settling where most of the settlers had gathered, at what was called Graball, they went further south at a place called the Gap, where the little stream that came down from a natural lake fed by springs, ran down into the valley at the point where the James Ivie family stopped. The stream took the name of the Ivie Creek and was called by that name for years.

The settlers at Grabal built a large log room which was used for every purpose, school, church, dances or funerals. When the young people gathered there for dancing in the evening, they often just had singing as the music for their dances, or some one who played the harmonica. Martin often found his way from the Ivie camp to the Graball recreation center where he met Martha Ann Memmott. They were married July 21, 1864, in Mt. Pleasant by Martin's brother-in-law. Cam Billingsley. They made their home in Round Valley later called Scipio. Martin, whose father had a saw mill, soon had a log house built for their home, as he had many brothers to help him do the building,

Since the Indians were on a rampage of stealing and killing, the women in the Ivie family spent many sleepless nights as the men had to stay in the mountains to get out logs for the saw mill. Sure enough, on June 10, 1866, James Russell Ivie, the father of all of the Ivie family, was killed as he went to the fields to get a cow with a new born calf. The settlers began building their houses close together in the shape of a fort, as protection against the Indians. The fort was finished by the fall of 1866.

Martin was a very kind and understanding husband and father. His wife Martha Ann was away from home a great deal caring for the sick and delivering babies to many homes in Scipio, and although she had eleven children other own, Martin always urged her to go where she was needed, while he would get meals for the family, sing to them, tell them stories, tuck them in bed, if Martha Ann were away.

In the spring of 1869 Martin and Martha Ann drove a team and wagon to Salt Lake in order to be sealed to their family in the Endowment House.

Later in their life the grandchildren vied with each other to see which of them could spend the night at Grandmother and Grandfather's home. Martin would pop corn for them and Martha Ann would make molasses candy; during the evening they would have a song fest as both grandparents and children had beautiful resonant singing voices. Everyone was always welcome at the Martin Ivie home, and someone was constantly visiting in that home.

Martha Ann passed away November 30, 1924, and Martin closed the home and went from one of his children's homes to another., until he passed away at the home of his youngest son, Jerome Ivie, in Lynndal, Utah, May 3, 1926, and is burned beside his beloved wife in the Scipio cemetery.

Martha Ann Memmott Ivie

by Darlene 1. Memmott

I was born of goodly parents, none were better, we had good upbringing. I was born Oct. 1848 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, the second child of John and Julia Wilson Memmott. I was christened Martha Ann, named for two aunts.

My father and mother were the first of their families to embrace the gospel. My father was apprenticed out to a Cutlery Manufacturer and learned the trade of making knives. Later he entered the Sheffield Post Office service. After joining the church he assisted the missionaries in their work because he was Branch President, also Choir and Band leader of that Branch of the church. My mother learned the dress-making trade. Later attended a Nursing School to become a nurse, her mother also was a nurse. I think my interest in caring for the sick was inherited from them.

I was seven years old when we left England for America. It was on April 22, 1855, which was on a Sunday that we set sail on the ship Samie Curling, brother Isreal Barlow was our director. We were on the water just one month and landed in New York City May 22. We made landing and then traveled by rail to Pittsburgh, then by steamboat to St Louis. As soon as preparations could be made we started for Utah. The trip was very difficult for mother. We had traveled only a short time when my brother John Alma who was 2 1/2 years old contracted cholera and died June 23rd and was buried at what was then called Mormon Grove. Then just 27 days later my baby sister, Anna Laura died of the same disease and was also burned at Mormon Grove. It was with heavy hearts that we left this place and continued our trek across the plains. My sister Sarah and I walked most of the way. Mother became so weak through sickness and the great sorrow at the deaths of her two babies that she and my brother Tom had to ride. Often we became very frightened, sometimes it was a herd of buffalo, other times it was the fear of Indians and often the chilling howl of the coyote at night. We reached Salt Lake City in the fall of 1855. We were anxious to go on to Cedar City as my father has an uncle living there. We passed through Round Valley on our way to Cedar City. On 0ctober 22, 1856 Mother gave birth to a baby boy, he was named James Ammon.

On October 16, 1856 1 was 9 years old and was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, in November of that year by Brother James Whitaker. Sometime later we moved to Beaver, Utah. I remember very well soon after

we arrived in Beaver we had very little to eat. One day a kind neighbor had just taken some salt rising bread out of the oven and she called Mother to bring the children over. We watched with great anticipation as she broke a loaf of the warm bread into pieces and spread it with butter and honey and handed it to us. As I think back of any luxury I may have enjoyed in my life, this was one of the outstanding treats.

While living in Beaver I worked for a family and here I learned to ride a horse and used to go to the fields and bring the cows home to be milked. I did housework and helped to milk the cows night and morning. It was at this time that the Mountain Meadow Massacre took place. My father, with others was helping to build a fort at Red Creek at this time.

In March 1861 my father's family with others left Beaver and came to Round Valley or Graball as it was called then. I was 12 years old when we moved to Graball. That spring a Branch of the church was organized by George A. Smith and Joseph Young. Elias Pearson was the presiding elder and he said this was to be known as the Robinsville Branch.

My Mother owned the only butter chum in Graball and it used to make the rounds in the different homes as the flat iron did which was owned by another lady in town.

In July 1863 the family of James Russell Ivie came to the valley. During the coming year I became acquainted with one of the sons, Martin Ivie and later that year we were married on July 21, 1864 at Mount Pleasant by Cam Billingsiy, Martin's brother-in-law.

During the spring and summer of 1864 most of the families moved from Graball to the new town site. Some moved into dug-outs while log rooms were erected. Among the first log rooms to be built was the log school house.

During 1865-6 we had some very trying times, the Indians were on the warpath, making raids on our cattle and horses. It was necessary for the men and boys to stand guard at night and sometimes during the day. On June 10, 1866 my husband's father, James Russell Ivie was killed by the Indians. He had gone to the field to bring home a cow and calf and his body was pierced by several arrows when he was found. This was a sad blow to the family. At this time we were forced to build a fort in the south part of town for our protection. On May 21, 1868, sorrow again visited our home, our baby son, William Martin died of whooping cough, he was 8 weeks old.

When our little daughter, Annie was nearly 4 years old we made a trip to Salt Lake City to go through the Endowment House to have our family sealed together for time and eternity. This was on October 24, 1864. We had 11 children come to bless our house, two boys died in infancy. The children were Martha Ann, William Martin, John Russell, Joseph Orson, James Ammon, Thomas Bert, Amos, Eugene, Sarah Elizabeth, Wilbert and Jerome.

I have never regretted for one moment leaving our comfortable home in the old world. I am happy my parents accepted the gospel and came to dwell with the main body of the saints.

In my life I have been in many homes where there was sickness and death. Many times I have gone into a home where there was sickness and didn't know exactly what should be done to help so I have knelt in prayer and asked my father in heaven to help me

and before I arose from my knees I felt inspired at what action I should take. Our remedies were simple, mostly herbs we grew in our garden.

The scriptures were read daily in our house by my good husband and we tried very hard to live our religion. I didn't receive much formal education, just the kind that most pioneer women learned by necessity, but it qualified me to become a help mate and mother for those difficult times. .

The rest of Granmas story is told by a granddaughter. Besides raising her own children and four more grandchildren when their mother passed away. She also made a home for her mother-in-law and her own mother when they needed her.

Grandmother loved beauty. She loved flowers and raised many of them along with her good husband who with her help planted and raised a beautiful vegetable garden. She canned many jars of fruits, vegetables, jams, jellies and pickles. Her famous recipe for Marthy Ivies pickles is still very popular among her family and friends. She loved to see her shelves packed full of fruits and vegetables for winter use. She was a wonderful nurse and mid-wife and it has been said that her loving and comforting spirit had perhaps as much to do with her patients recovery as her knowledge of nursing. She helped to bring many new babies into this world. In her later life she spent her time piecing quilts for her grandchildren and friends.

She had a firm testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel and was always full of faith and so thankful for all the blessings she received from her Father in heaven. Not so long before she died she said, "I never was blessed with a great deal of this world's goods but I always paid my tithing and donations and I bear testimony that I never missed one cent I paid for a good cause. I can't remember one time for a good many years when I didn't have a little money and it seems to me that what I had left went farther after I had given the Lord his share.

Grandmother passed away peacefully on November 29, 1924 at the age of 75 years.

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Scipio. Millard County - The Daughters of Utah Pioneers in Scipio secured through the generosity of Cloe and Albert Peterson a pioneer home. It was dedicated on December 20,1963.

The building was owned by Benjamin Martin Ivie, early pioneer and was built about 1868 on a ten-acre plot of ground in the north part of town. There were two front rooms; two smaller rooms of lumber were added in later years. It became the home of ten children. As time passed Mr. Ivie bought a larger home for his family and the old log and lumber house was sold to Thomas and Emma Memmott who had it torn down, log by log, moved and rebuilt on the lot of William Memmott, his father. It became the town post office and Thomas Memmott was postmaster.

Indian Pension - Benjamin M. Ivie - SA 14188 UT 2 July 1917, srv. 1867 Ut Cav.