Ira Merrick (1802 - 1891)

Born 18 Feb 1802 in Cazenovia, Madison, New York, United States

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Died 11 Apr 1891 at age 89 in Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States

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Ira was born in 1802. Ira Merrick ...

Obituary

Democrat and Chronicle 14 April 1891 Tue Page 8
Wayne
Death of Colonel Ira Mirick, a Wealthy Resident of Lyons
Colonel Ira Mirick, for over fifty years a resident of Lyons and at one time the most prominent businessman in Wayne County, died at his home in that village late Saturday evening in his 90th year, after an illness of twelve weeks. For several years he had been in feeble health and rarely left the house. Mr. Mirick was born at Cazenovia, Madison county, in 1802. He resided in that village with his parents until the age of 20 and received a common school education. In 1822 he went to Rose, this county, and engaged as a farmhand. Several months later his employer contracted to do a piece of canal work in Pennsylvania and took the young man along as foreman. Soon after proposals for another piece of canal work were solicited, and Mr. Mirick, at this employer's request, put in a bid for a portion of the work. His proposal, being the lowest, was accepted. He then entered into a partnership with his brother Hiram and completed the work. The two made a large amount of money out of the work, and in the spring of 1830 purchased 400 acres of farm land in Rose and divided it between them. shortly after they conducted a hotel and a general merchandise store in Rose, and the Glenmark flouring mills several miles north of that village. In 1838 Mr. Mirick bought the Kingman mill in Lyons situated where the Electric Light Company's station now stands, and removed to that village. This mill was run by them until 1855, when it was purchased by the Schuler Brothers. At the same time Mr. Mirick was interested in a dry goods store, which bore the firm name of Mirick, Caswell & Co. About three years later he sold his interest to Caswell and went into the malting business in which he continued for the remainder of his business life. When the Central-Hudson railroad was built he finished a contract for a portion of the work between Lyons and Newark. In 1827 he married Miss Martha Lamb, of North Rose, who died in 1883. the funeral will be held from the house tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. Amos Naylor, of the Baptist Church, officiating. One son, Hiram, and three daughters, Mrs. D.P. Foster, Mrs. Josephine Jameson and Mrs. W.H. Rogers, all of Lyons survive him. His estate is estimated at between $75,000.00 and $100,000.00.

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• 1840 United States Census- Name Ira Merick Event Type Census Event Date 1840 Event Place Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States Event Place (Original) Lyons, Wayne, New York, United State Page 39 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number M704 Affiliate Film Number 350 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB3-W7C
• 1860 United States Census - Name Ira Mirick Sex Male Age 58 Event Date 1860 Event Place Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States Event Type Census Birth Year (Estimated) 1802 Birthplace N Y Race White Page 369 Other People on This Record Martha Mirick F 56 N Y https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQH-G38
• 1870 United States Federal Census - Year: 1870; Census Place: Lyons, Wayne, New York; Page: 257A; Family History Library Film: 552611 In household: Ira 68 M; Martha 66 F, Albertine 24 F; Martha16 F Emma? 32 F Hattie 12 F; Isabela 8 F; Andrew 5 M; George G 2 M https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82S-86D
• New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956 - Name Ira Merick Death Date 11 Apr 1891 Death Place Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States Death Place (Original) Lyons, New York Event Type Death Entry Number 15051 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJ3-2Q3X
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