Darius Mead (Michigan politician)

Darius Mead (January 27, 1798 – 1859) was an American politician who served one term in the Michigan House of Representatives.

Darius Mead
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the Lenawee County district
In office
November 2, 1835 – January 1, 1837
Personal details
Born(1798 -01-27)January 27, 1798
Lanesborough, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 1859 (aged 60–61)
Blissfield, Michigan
Political partyDemocratic

Biography

Darius Mead was born in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, on January 27, 1798, the son of Stephen and Druzilla Mead.[1][2][3] He settled in Michigan in 1833.[1]

Mead was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan House of Representatives as a representative from Lenawee County in 1835, where he also served as a justice and associate county judge.[1] In 1836, he was named a commissioner of the River Raisin and Lake Erie Railroad Company.[4]

He died in Blissfield, Michigan, in 1859.[1]

Family

Mead married Minerva B. Gardner. They had four children: John, Minerva, Helen M., and Daniel.[5]

Notes
  1. Bingham 1888, p. 456.
  2. Gardner & Gardner 1907, p. 240.
  3. Charles J. Palmer n.d., p. 95.
  4. State of Michigan 1836, p. 358.
  5. Gardner & Gardner 1907, pp. 240–241.

References
  • Bingham, Stephen D. (1888), Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators, Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey, retrieved 2018-12-11
  • Gardner, Lillian M. S.; Gardner, Charles M. (1907), Gardner History and Genealogy, Erie Printing Co., retrieved 2018-12-12
  • Knapp, John I.; Bonner, R. I. (1903), Illustrated History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Mich., Adrian, Michigan: Times Printing Co., retrieved 2018-12-11
  • Michigan Manual (1877–78 ed.), Lansing: W. S. George & Co., 1877, retrieved 2018-12-11
  • Palmer, Charles J., History of Town of Lanesborough, Massachusetts, 1741-1905, retrieved 2018-12-12
  • Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, Detroit: State of Michigan, 1836, retrieved 2018-12-11
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