Robert Hale Ives Sr. (1798-1875)

Robert Hale Ives Sr., Merchant, of Brown & Ives, Providence, Rhode Island

He was a partner in Brown & Ives at Providence and on his death his personal fortune was estimated to be in the region of $15 million. He married Harriet Amory and they had three children who survived to adulthood: (1) Elizabeth, married William Gammell, Professor of English Literature at Brown University, and as a wedding present her father gifted them the John Brown House (2) Harriet, died in early adulthood, unmarried (3) Lt. Robert Hale Ives Jr., was unmarried when he died from wounds following the Battle of Antietam. He and his wife retired to the Hales Ives House

Parents

Thomas Poynton Ives

Thomas P. Ives of Providence, Rhode Island

1769-1835

Hope (Brown) Ives

Mrs Hope (Brown) Ives

1773-1855

Spouse

Harriet (Amory) Ives

Mrs Harriet Bowen (Amory) Ives

1803-1868

Children

Elizabeth (Ives) Gammell

Mrs Elizabeth Amory (Ives) Gammell

1830-1897

Harriet Bowen Ives

Harriet Bowen Ives, died unmarried

1832-1860

Robert Hale Ives Jr.

Captain Robert Hale Ives, died unmarried

1837-1862

Associated Houses

John Brown House

Providence, Rhode Island

Hales Ives House

Providence, Rhode Island

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