From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
Publ. 1912 - Page 901-902
 
DR. CLINTON P. IVES.  It requires about as much painstaking effort to become a 
thorough veterinary surgeon as it does a general practitioner of medicine, and 
a proficient knowledge of the anatomy of the horse is by no means acquired by 
indolent methods; on the contrary, the man who becomes an expert in this line 
must needs spend years of painstaking effort, study and research, and be 
naturally endowed with the many qualifications of a successful veterinary, 
such as patience, sound judgment, steady nerve, keen observation and honesty 
of purpose.  Dr. Clinton P. IVES, of Sharon, Walworth county, seems to be the 
possessor of such attributes, and he has won a wide reputation in his 
particular field of endeavor, being frequently called to remote parts of the 
county and to adjoining counties in serious cases.
 
Mr. IVES was born on May 14, 1856, in Darien township, this county.  He is the 
son of Amos and Lydia (TIFT) IVES, the father born in Genesee county, New 
York, and the mother in Trumbull county, Ohio.  The father emigrated to 
Walworth county in 1841 when the country was new, and first settled in Darien 
township, where he farmed for about ten years, then bought a farm of sixty 
acres in Richmond township and there he spent the remainder of his life, dying 
on October 15, 1896, having farmed all his life.  His wife died in 1873.  Four 
children were born to them, named as follows: Clinton P. of this sketch; 
Leamon J. and John W., both live in Richmond township; A. R lives in Darien 
township.
 
Dr. Clinton P. IVES grew to manhood on the home farm and there made himself 
useful in his boyhood days, and received his education in the public schools 
of Ridge Prairie, Darien township.  Then he began farming and studying to be a 
veterinary surgeon, then went to a medical school, completing his course, and 
was admitted to practice, which he carried on in connection wtih farming until 
October 15, 1908, when he sold his farm of one hundred and nineteen acres in 
Delavan township, and moved to the town of Sharon, where he has since given 
all his time to his profession, which has been constantly growing for years, 
until today he is regarded as one of the leading veterinary surgeons in this 
art of the state.  He has kept well abreast of the times in all that pertains 
to his profession, and he is well equipped in every way for prompt and high-
grade service.
 
Doctor IVES is a Republican, and in church affairs is a Methodist and he 
belongs to the Mystic Workers.
 
The Doctor was married on June 19, 1878, to Helen E. WHALEY, daughter of 
Lysander and Mary A. (PEASE) WHALEY, the father a native of Canada and the 
mother of England.
 
Four children have been born to the subject and wife, namely: Mamie L., who 
married Fred HURDIS, is now deceased; Elanora P., who married F. M. WILLEY, 
lives in Sharon; Mabel married R. O. BARNHART, and lives in East Delavan; 
Florence, who married H. LARSEN, lives in Sharon.
 
Submitted by Carol