Prominent Monroe attorney and state legislator. Parents: Ebenezer Oliver & Mary Ann (Livermore) Grosvenor, Sr. [Note: they are interred in Riverside Cemetery in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan]. Spouses: 1) Harriet Wood m. 9/13/1837, d. 1845; 2) her sister Sarah Alice Wood m. 5/22/1849, d. 1905. Ira came to Monroe from New York in 1835 as an accountant at the Monroe Land Office where he became its chief clerk. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar, which was his profession the remainder of his long life. Prior to the Civil War Ira served as both a Colonel and a Brigadier-general in the Michigan state militia. When the Civil War broke out, Ira was commissioned as Colonel of the 7th Michigan Regiment, which participated in the battles of Ball's Bluff (1861), McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, the Siege of Yorktown, Battles of West Point, Fair Oaks, and others. Upon his return, he continued to practice law, and for many years was president of the Monroe County Bar Association. In 1871 he was elected to the Michigan Lesiglature, and served as the manager of the impeachment trial of Captain Edmonds of the State Land Office. In 1881 Ira became a trustee at the Asylum at Kalamazoo, and was re-appointed in 1887. In 1884 he and his wife erected a magnificant home which they called the Fair Oaks Farm, reminding Ira of the Virginia battlefield landscape during the Civil War. Later in the 20th century the Monroe Golf and Country Club was built around his former home.
Prominent Monroe attorney and state legislator. Parents: Ebenezer Oliver & Mary Ann (Livermore) Grosvenor, Sr. [Note: they are interred in Riverside Cemetery in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan]. Spouses: 1) Harriet Wood m. 9/13/1837, d. 1845; 2) her sister Sarah Alice Wood m. 5/22/1849, d. 1905. Ira came to Monroe from New York in 1835 as an accountant at the Monroe Land Office where he became its chief clerk. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar, which was his profession the remainder of his long life. Prior to the Civil War Ira served as both a Colonel and a Brigadier-general in the Michigan state militia. When the Civil War broke out, Ira was commissioned as Colonel of the 7th Michigan Regiment, which participated in the battles of Ball's Bluff (1861), McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, the Siege of Yorktown, Battles of West Point, Fair Oaks, and others. Upon his return, he continued to practice law, and for many years was president of the Monroe County Bar Association. In 1871 he was elected to the Michigan Lesiglature, and served as the manager of the impeachment trial of Captain Edmonds of the State Land Office. In 1881 Ira became a trustee at the Asylum at Kalamazoo, and was re-appointed in 1887. In 1884 he and his wife erected a magnificant home which they called the Fair Oaks Farm, reminding Ira of the Virginia battlefield landscape during the Civil War. Later in the 20th century the Monroe Golf and Country Club was built around his former home.
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