John R. Irwin and Margaret "Maggie" Truby

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Husband John R. Irwin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Aug 1846 1
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           Died: 13 Aug 1895 3
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         Father: John Irwin (1813-      ) 2 4 5
         Mother: Catherine R. Banks (      -      ) 2 4 5

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Wife Margaret "Maggie" Truby ²

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         Father: William Truby (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Susan Murphy (      -Aft 1883) 6

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   Other Spouse: John Burns (      -1862) 2 - 29 Dec 1859 2

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Children

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1 M Edwin Burns Irwin ²

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         Status: Adopted

         Spouse: Jessie I. Ayers (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - John R. Irwin

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He was a soldier in the Civil War, enlisting in an infantry company re­cruited at Saltsburg, Indiana county, PA, which had the distinction of capturing Colonel Mosby. As superintendent of the western division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad he was regarded by railroad men as a genius in the line of construction work. His ambition led him to give up that connection to establish a company, the American Trans­portation Company, whose ore boats plied be­tween Duluth and Painesville, Ohio. Two of the most noted vessels of this concern, the “Alex Nimick” and “John Harper,” were in their day the largest ore boats afloat. He was at the head of the company, and his associates were Harry Oliver and George E. Tener, of Pittsburgh, who writes thus of their association:
“I first became acquainted with Mr. Irwin in May, 1886, when he was sent to Painesville, Ohio, by Mr. Thomas M. King, president of the Pittsburgh & Western Railroad, Mr. Solon Humphries and John T. Terry, of New York. He was given charge of the construction work on the narrow gauge road from Youngstown (Ohio) to Lake Erie, Fairport, Ohio, being the lake terminal. The work was done with remarkable rapidity and thoroughness and was turned over completed the middle of August, two weeks ahead of the most sanguine expec­tations of the promoters.
“During the winter of 1886-87 Mr. Irwin was sent out by the Baltimore & Ohio Com­pany to Newark, Ohio, and Chicago Junction, to raise a freight blockade, which he cleaned up in a most satisfactory manner, and in the following spring he took charge of the docks at Fairport Harbor for the various Pittsburgh interests represented there in the Consumers' Forwarding & Storage Company and the Pittsburgh & Northwestern Dock Company. This position he held until his death.
“During all these years I was most inti­mately associated with him and with his work on the railroad and dock management, and this association was most delightful in every re­spect. Never have I seen him faced up against a situation, no matter how hard and difficult, that he could not overcome, and through good and evil repute I always found him thoroughly business-like and reliable in every way, and with wonderful tact and ability in handling men and securing the best possible results, and always the same whole-souled, genial com­panion, no matter how hard or how strenuous the conditions might be.
“He was elected mayor of Painesville in 1894.”
Mr. Irwin's personal character was as remarkable as his intellect. He was a man of generous nature, and his friend, Dr. Jessop, of Kittanning, speaks of him as one of the noblest men who ever lived. He took an active in­terest in the welfare of Painesville through­out the period of his residence there, and served as mayor of that place with his custo­mary regard for his duty toward his fellow men. He was holding the office at the time of his death.
Mr. Irwin was a Scottish Rite Mason, mem­ber of the Knights Templars, a Shriner, and had attained the thirty-second degree, passing all the chairs. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. [HAC 1914, 958]

1 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 33.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 958.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 959.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 505.

5 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 31.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 815.