Rosaline Amanda ⁷ BIGELOW

Children of Ira and Rosaline (BIGELOW) MYRICK, the first 4 born Westport, NY:

16164.481      Ira Barnabas Myrick, b 20 Jan 1845; d 18 Sept 1850.

16164.482      Florence Imogene Myrick, b 12 June 1846; d __ ; m 04 Mar 1866 Joseph KIRBY at Elysian, MN.

16164.483      Sarah Lavinia Myrick, b 17 Jan 1848; d ___ ; m 02 Jan 1877 Stephen GOODALL at Elysian, MN.

16164.484      Sidell Myrick, b 19 Feb 1850; d ___ 1853.

16164.485      Rush Lynn Myrick, b 18 June 1853 La Crosse, WI; d ____ ; m 01 July 1883 Selah (Sarah?) Jane MEHLHORN.

16164.486      Abbie Louisa Myrick, b 24 Jan 1860 Elysian, Le Sueur, MN; d 26 Oct 1905; unmarried; buried with parents.

Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume II page 187
Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Families of MA, 1636 - 1902;
death and census records;
Correspondence with descendant and Bigelow Society.
Family Group Sheet Mrs. T. A. Franks

Note 2006 from Marilyn Funk   < davidmarilyn2@msn.com >

#159 Rossaline (Spelling) to Ira Myrick LaCrosse, WI
Find a Grave


Cedar City Cemetery; Elysian, Waseca County, MN
The Cedar Hill (not Hills) Cemetery, shown here in Le Seuer County, is actually in Waseca County, MN. Highway 60,
which runs through the southernmost part of Elysian, is the county line. The biggest part of the town IS in Le Sueur County.

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               Ira Myrick                                          Ira Myrick's family home in Elysian, Minnesota, undated. Various family members, too far away to be identified

1851: Ira, with his wife and 3 surviving children, migrated to Wisconsin. He erected the first frame building in La Crosse and remained there 3 years. He was elected Treasurer of La Crosse County in 1853, but resigned because he was moving to MN. He first built a sawmill near Le Sueur, but later moved it to Elysian, where he was in the lumber business. He was County Commisioner and Justice of the Peace.

1852: The village of Le Sueur was first surveyed and laid out. It was not actually incorporated until 9 March 1867. A social hall, called Strong's Hall was put up in 1852, possibly by Ira Myrick (though he was not supposed to have arrived until the following year). There people gathered for entertainment of all kinds; programs, spelling bees, dances, and so on. In 1853 this building became known as Myrick's Hotel. On the first floor was a boat landing, a warehouse and store. On the second floor was a tavern or hotel.

1853: Ira Myrick came to Le Sueur. He had a sawmill, and built and operated a combined freight warehouse, store and hotel at the lower landing of the river, NW of the present Green Giant plant. The building was later moved to George Tousley's property north of the house at 1329 N. Commerce. It became a barn with hardwood floors. It was the oldest building in town till it burned in 1922. K. K. Peck built the first hotel in Le Sueur, called Peck's Hotel. It stood on the SE corner of Commerce and Dakotah Streets.

1854: North of Peck's tavern, on the NE corner of Commerce and Dakotah, Ira built the second hotel/tavern, which was still operating in 1874.

The first Le Sueur County Courthouse was a frame building to the east of Myrick's. When it burned during those early years, Myrick's hall became the courtroom. It probably continued to function in that capacity until the courthouse was moved to the Smith building on the NW corner of Ferry & Main, which was built in 1868.

1862: Ira was a Charter member of Union Lodge #45 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, organized 20 May. The first meeting was in Myrick's Hall, north of Tousley Ferry, on the NW corner of Division and Commerce Streets.

1870: Ira moved from Le Sueur to Elysian, MN.

Jan 1884: Elysian village was incorporated. Ira Myrick was elected Justice of the Peace.

Elysian Enterprise, 2-28-1902:
The death of Mr. Ira Myrick occurred Tuesday evening at a few minutes before seven o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S. L. Goodall, with whom he had made his home since the death of his wife about three years ago. The immediate cause of death was heart failure, with which affliction he had been troubled for some time having been confined to his bed the greater part of the winter. Mr. Myrick was born at Westport, N. Y., December 2, 1820, being 81 years old at his death. He was one of the very early settlers of the village, having located in Elysian in the year 1870, and was a citizen who had taken an active interest in the up building of the village in its earlier history. Three children survive him, Mr. S. L. Goodall and Miss Abbie Myrick of this place, and Rush L. Myrick of Duluth. The funeral was held Thursday morning from the Episcopal church, the service being conducted by Rev. Krickmer.

Contributed by Sharon R. Allen #36907343

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