Francis Joseph Ives – Major, United States Army

Francis Joseph Ives of Massachusetts

Appointed from New York, Assistant Surgeon, 25 July 1885
Major, Brigade Surgeon of United States Volunteers, 4 June 1898
Major, Surgeon, United States Army, 3 February 1901

Frank J. Ives, brother of Eugene Semmes Ives, entered Georgetown University in September 1871. In 1874 he withdrew to accompany his mother on a religious pilgrimage in Europe. He continued his schooling at Stella Matutina’s College, Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria. From a clipping of his obituary that appeared in the Washington Times it is known that he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He saw service in the Geronimo campaign of 1886 and was stationed in the Philippines for two years retiring for physical disability in 1906. He lived in Toronto until his death in November 30, 1908, and was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia, Section 3, Grave 1456, next to his brother, Edward Bernard Ives.

IVES, FRANCIS J

• MAJOR SURGEON US ARMY RETIRED
• VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
• DATE OF DEATH: 11/27/1908
  DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
• BURIED AT: SECTION OFF S  SITE 1456
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

IVES, MILDRED E W/O FRANCIS

• DATE OF DEATH: 10/13/1923
• DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
• BURIED AT: SECTION S  SITE 1456
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
• WIFE OF FJ IVES, MAJ/SURGEON USA

Michael Robert Patterson

Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.

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