MAHLON FOWLER IVINS SR. was a prominent businessman and Republican politician in Camden County in the 1880s and 1890s. He owned a successful sign and house painting business, and employed, among others, Amos R. Dease. His son, Mahlon F. Ivins Jr. was also involved in the civic life of Camden NJ. His first wife, Anna, passed away in January of 1891, leaving three children, Mary Emma, Lillie May, and Mahlon F. Ivins Jr. A fourth had died in infancy. Mahlon F. Ivins Sr. remarried in January of 1892 to Miss Cornelia C.W. Lewis of Camden. She became a charter member of the Woman's Club of Camden, N.J. in 1895. Mahlon F. Ivins Sr. was active with New Jersey Lodge No. 1, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Ivins Street, between Mt. Vernon and Chestnut, and Front and 2nd Streets, was named for him. A grandson, Paul Mathis, the son of his daughter Mary Emma, became famous as a professional dancer and dance instructor. |
Philadelphia Inquirer - January 16, 1888 |
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Maurice A. Rogers - D. Cooper Carman |
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 28, 1890 |
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Leighton Wescott - Cooper
B. Hatch - John Campbell James M. Lane - Mahlon F. Ivins Sr. - Dr. John D. Leckner Eugene B. Roberts - Joseph Starr - Charles H. Sharp John Furey |
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 28, 1890 |
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Mahlon F. Ivins Sr. |
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 19, 1896 |
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Mahlon F. Ivins Sr. - Central Trust Company |
Philadelphia Inquirer - April 8, 1897 |
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Mahlon F. Ivins Sr. - George Felton |
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George
G. Felton - Hugh
Boyle - Fithian Simmons - Mahlon
Ivins Sr. - John
Foster - Dr.
Paul N. Litchfied Charles H. Felton - John L. Westcott - Dr. Frank N. Robinson - Clarence Hires - Charles F. Eastlack Frank F. Michellon - Freedom C. Lippincott - Thomas M.K. Lee Post No. 5, G.A.R. Washington Street - George F. Kappel - Henry Longacre - Harry Miller |
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Wesley Sell - Frank
F. Patterson Jr. - E.V.D.
Joline E. Ambler Armstrong - Frank T. Lloyd - F. Morse Archer - Robert L. Barber William J. Bradley - William D. Brown - Thomas P. Curley - Charles F. Currie Isaac W. Coles - E.W. Delacroix - John J. Burleigh - John Cherry - William Graeff Theodore Gibbs - John S. Roberts - Henry J. West - George Pfeiffer Jr. Irving Buckle - Samuel Wood - Jonathan Watson - Maurice Redrow Richard R. Miller - Lwis H. Mohrman - David M. Anderson - G. WIlliam Harned Edward H. Chew - William Coffin - Dr. John B. Davis - Dr. Henry H. Davis Samuel S. Elfreth - Charles H. Ellis - Levi Farnham - John Blowe - J. Palmer Earl Samuel P. Jones - George W. Turner - Henry M. Snyder - Lewis Stehr Sr. Charles P. Sayrs - Henry J. Rumrille - William M. Palmer - Frank Peterson Martin J. O'Brien - J. WIllard Morgan - J. Alpheus McCracken - John R. McCabe A.G. McCausland - Joseph Kolb - John M. Kelly - E.E. Jefferies - Jacob S. Justice Robert Jaggard - Harry L. Jones - Upton S. Jefferys - William Kettler John D. Courter - Dr. William S. Jones - Mahlon F. Ivins Sr. Samuel G. Hufty - Ephraim T. Gill - Francis Fithian |
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Philadelphia Inquirer December 1, 1904 Herbert W. Johnson |
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Lyceum -
B.F. Archer |
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