Husband William Ellis Irwin 1 2
Born: 23 Feb 1834 - Clearfield Co, PA 3
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Father: Ellis Irwin (1805-Aft 1898) 4 5
Mother: Hannah Iddings ( -1881) 2 4
Marriage: 15 Jun 1869 3
Wife Susannah H. Tussey 1 3
Born: 22 Jun 1842 - Canoe Valley, Huntingdon Co, PA 1
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Father: Robert Tussey (1816-Aft 1883) 1
Mother: Dorothy Harnish (1814- ) 1
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1 M Frank F. Irwin 3
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Spouse: Cora Minniam Row ( - ) 3
2 F Dorothy Harnish Irwin 3
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Spouse: C. B. Holly ( - ) 3
3 F H. Ruth Irwin 3
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General Notes: Husband - William Ellis Irwin
Until the age of fifteen he attended the academy in Clearfield borough, Pennsylvania, and then, finding employment at a sawmill, he began the serious work of gaining a livelihood. After a time he entered the Howard Iron Works, in Centre County, where his uncle was iron master, spending ten years in the employ of that firm.
The Civil war breaking out, Mr. Irwin responded to his country's need, on September 13, 1862, enlisting in Company L, 5th P. V. C., afterward reorganized as Company E. His regiment was, after three months' drilling at Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania, assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, later to the Army of the Tennessee, and Mr. Irwin took part in a number of important battles, including those of Antietam and Murfreesboro, or Stone River. He spent one year in the field, and was then detailed in the quartermaster's department, with which he was connected until May 1, 1866. While at Nashville, Tenn., in 1864, he voted for Abraham Lincoln.
On his return home Mr. Irwin engaged in a general mercantile business at Philipsburg, which he gave up in 1875 to enter the lumber trade. His connection with the fire insurance began in 1887, and he represented various well-established companies in fire, life, plate glass, and accident. He was a charter member of the Steam Heat Co., of the Electric Light Co., and of the "Philipsburg Water Co."
He took great interest in school affairs, and was a director for many years. His political allegiance was from the first given to the Republican party, and he was always an unwavering supporter of its principles. Socially, he was a Freemason beginning in 1868, affiliated with Moshannon Lodge No. 391, of Philipsburg, filled all the chairs as a Master Mason, and was secretary of the lodge sixteen years.