James P. MacIvor

 Gen. James P. MacIvor, connected with
the Bond Division of the Custom House,
died at his home, 699 East One Hundred
and Fortieth Street, yesterday of cancer of
the tongue. He had been ill but a short
time.
 Gen. MacIvor enlisted as a private in the
Sixty-ninth New York on the outbreak of
the civil war, and during his first month
was promoted to be a Captain. In 1862 he
was made a Lieutenant Colonel, and a year
later a full Colonel of the One Hundred
and Seventieth New York Volunteers. Be-
fore the end of the war he was brevetted
Brigadier General and Major General, com-
manding the Second Brigade, Second Di-
vision, Second Army Corps, at times being
in command of the division.
 After leaving the army Gen. MacIvor be-
came a teacher, and in 1880 entered the
customs service. He was a widower. He
leaves a son and a daughter.