Husband Dr. William Armstrong Irvine 1 2 3
Born: 28 Sep 1803 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 2 3
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Died: 7 Sep 1886 - near Irvine, Warren Co, PA 3
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Father: Callander Irvine (1774-1840) 2 4
Mother: Unknown ( - )
Marriage: 1834 or 1843 3 5
Wife [Unk] Duncan 2
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Father: Stephen Duncan ( - ) 3
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1 F [Unk] Irvine
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Spouse: Thomas Biddle ( - ) 3
2 F [Unk] Irvine
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Spouse: Thomas Newbold ( - ) 3
General Notes: Husband - Dr. William Armstrong Irvine
After receiving a liberal education, he studied medicine, and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. Immediately upon his graduation he removed to Irvine, Warren County, Pennsylvania, which was his home from that time until his death.
At Irvineton were the grist and saw-mill of Dr. William A. Irvine, which had been erected very early by his predecessor, under the direction, it is said, of his father. The mills were still in operation under the management of Dr. Irvine's estate in 1887. Dr. Irvine also erected and started a woolen-factory sometime about the 1850s, and a short time later set in operation a foundry which had been erected under his management. Both had been quiet for a number of years before 1887.
He took a prominent part in the building of the first turnpike road from Warren, Pennsylvania, to Franklin, the result of which was the opening of a stage road to Pittsburgh. To this end he devoted his influence, time and means unsparingly. He was also among the pioneers in the early efforts to procure the location of the Sunbury and Erie, later the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, through that part of the country, giving his personal efforts to the scheme. As a citizen he had an earnest interest in the local and general welfare of the country. Among the first improvements upon his place in Irvine were an iron foundry and a woolen-mill, built by himself.
His person was most imposing and graceful, and his manner refined without affectation. He was ever a student of nature and of books. His mind was richly stored with a vast fund of information, which he always turned to account whenever occasion demanded, for he was no less practical than learned. This made him exceedingly attractive to those who came in contact with him in social life.