Silas Ireland Family Added
Information has been discovered linking Martha Alice Ireland as the daughter of Silas Ireland, once a Michigan state politician. Mr. Ireland was born 10 Nov 1818 in Concord, Ohio. He later married Matilda Michael on 3 Mar 1842 in Berrien County, Michigan. They had quite a large family. From what I can gather, The Ireland family consisted of 8 boys and 3 girls, while census records indicated 12 total children.
According to the Michigan Manual,
Silas Ireland,
Representative from the First District of Berrien county was born November 10th, 1818 in the own of Concord, Ross county, Ohio. He received his education mostly by his own exertions, and removed to Michigan in October, 1839. He married in May, 1842, and located on a farm five miles east of Berrien Springs, in Berriend County, where he now resides. He held the office of Supervisor in Berrien township five years, from 1850 to 1856. He was Superintendent of the Poor of Berrien county for twelve years, and acted as one of the committee to draft and make specifications for the county jail, sheriff’s dwelling, and poor-house; he also superintended the building of the county poor-house in 1869. His occupation is that of a farmer and surveyor. He has been engaged as guardian for minors and others, and settling the estates of deceased persons for the last twenty-six years. As Republican canididate he received 1,610 votes; S. R. Hughes, Democrat, 1,394.
