John Irwin and Unknown

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Husband John Irwin ¹

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           Born:  - County Down, Ireland
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           Died:  - Ross Co, OH
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Wife Unknown

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           Died:  - Highland Co, OH
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Children

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1 M William Irwin ¹

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           Died: 1853 - Highland Co, OH 1
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         Spouse: Margaret McCormick (      -1851) 1
           Marr: 1800 1

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2 M James Irwin ¹

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3 M John Irwin ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Irwin

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He was born in County Down, Ireland, and in 1801, together with his wife, their son William, and his wife, two other sons-James and John-and one daughter, all left their native land together for America, intending to come by the same ship. William, just before the vessel sailed, went back for something he had forgotten, and when he again reached the quay, or wharf, he found to his dismay that the good ship had set sail without him, taking all the rest of the family. He followed, however, by the next ship he could find sailing for the New World, and must have passed the other on the ocean, for his trip was only of five weeks' duration, while the other ship had a perilous passage of thirteen weeks, being very nearly swallowed up by a succession of storms.
After landing, the family located on Plum run, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. In the year 1802 they all moved to Kentucky except James, who remained in Washington County to learn a trade. In 1803 the family proceeded to Ross County, Ohio, where they bought land, and where he later died. His son William, with his wife, mother, brother and sister, moved to Highland County, Ohio, in 1804, and here he bought land, cleared off the timber and built his house, three corners of it resting on stumps, the fourth one on a stone. It was a typical old-fashioned log cabin, with clap-board roof weighted with poles, mother earth serving as a floor, while the primitive "furniture" consisted of a block of wood, three-legged stools, etc. Here the mother died at an extremely advanced age, and her son William and his wife both passed away in old age.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1428.