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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

ELIAS IRELAND, a wagon-maker at Winters, Yolo County, California, was born
January 16, 1833, in New Jersey, a son of James and Phoebe (English) Ireland.
His mother was of German descent. His father, of Scotch descent and a native of
New Jersey, moved to Ohio, and in 1836 to Missouri. He had been a sea captain.
In 1850 he came to California, and in 1853 returned to Missouri and died there
the same year. Of their four children, Elias is the only one now living. At the
age of fifteen years, he and five other boys —neighbors—rigged up a team of five
yoke of oxen and came overland to California, arriving at Sutterville September
4, 1850, thereby becoming pioneers. Until the fall of 1851 Mr. Ireland was
engaged in digging gold at Mokelumne Hill; then he worked at wagon-making in
Stockton for a short time; next he was employed for three years upon S. C.
Fugitt's stock ranch; then he worked at the carpenter's trade in Liberty seven
or eight years; next was employed in a general merchandise store, in which he
was head clerk and book-keeper four and a half years; but, his health becoming
impaired by confinement indoors, he resorted to his trade of carpenter again for
four or five years. Then for a year he was engaged in the butcher business, then
in carpentering again at Galt; was car-builder in the passenger car department
of the shops at Sacramento; in 1876 he continued his mechanical pursuits at
Winters until 1878, when he started a wagon and blacksmith shop there, which he
still conducts with signal success. He erected the third building at Winters. He
has eighteen acres of land, all in fruit.

  He was married May 13, 1862, to Miss Mattie Still, who was born in Missouri,
December 11, 1844, the daughter of Joseph F. and Mary B. (Turner) Still. Her
father was a native of Kentucky and her mother of Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Ireland
have two sons, namely: Charles D., who was born December 8, 1868, and Herbert,
born September 26, 1873.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.

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