WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
ANTHONY W. IVINS
(rancher, mayor, church leader)
BIOGRAPHY
Anthony W. Ivins was one of the most influential men who ever came out of southern Utah. He was the son of St. George's first medical doctor, Dr. Isreal Ivins. The younger Ivins was an actor and later prominent cattleman, as well as a church and civic leader. He served twice in the presidency of the St. George Stake and was mayor of St. George from April 12, 1890 to January 1894. In 1894, the church called him to assist in its colonizing project in Mexico. In 1895, he was elected as a Washington County representative to the Utah Territorial Constitutional Convention. He spent the last part of his life as an apostle of the LDS church and as first counselor in the presidency under Heber J. Grant.PHOTOS
TBDREFERENCES
Wikipedia article about Anthony W. IvinsOnline Utah article about Anthony W. Ivins
Ronald W. Walker, " Young "Tony" Ivins: Dixie Frontiersman"
17th Annual Juanita Brooks Lecture