Henry Irwin and Margaret [Unk]

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Husband Henry Irwin ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Ireland
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       Marriage: 

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Wife Margaret [Unk] ²

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Children

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1 M John Irwin ^{1 3}

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           Born: Bef 1783 - Ireland
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         Spouse: Phoebe White (      -Bef 1898) 3

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2 F Mary Irwin ^{3 5}

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            AKA: Mary Irvin 4
           Born: 
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           Died: 1875 3
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         Spouse: Richard Shaw (1792-1876) 3 6
           Marr: 14 May 1816 7

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3 M Joseph Irwin ^{1 9}

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            AKA: Joseph Irvin 8
           Born:  - Clearfield Co, PA
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           Died: 1863 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 10
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         Spouse: Martha Ann Tate (      -      ) 11

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4 M Henry Irwin ^{1 12}

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           Born:  - Clearfield Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1898
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         Spouse: Mary Ogden (      -Bef 1898) 12

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5 M William Irwin ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1898 - Ohio
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         Spouse: [Unk] Williams (      -      ) 3

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6 F Margaret Irwin ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1898
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         Spouse: Zacheus Mead (      -      ) 1 3

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7 F Jane Ann Irwin ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1898
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         Spouse: John Spackman (1800-Bef 1898) 1 13

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8 F Nancy Irwin ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1898
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         Spouse: Asahel Swan (      -Bef 1898) 1 3

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9 M James Irwin ^{1 3}

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           Born: 1808 3
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           Died: 1887 - Clearfield, Clearfield Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Eliza Jane Jacobs (      -1866) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Irwin

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He was one of the first three settlers in the vicinity of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, the others being Matthew Ogden and Abram Hess. He came from Ireland, in 1783, with his wife Margaret and one child, and located first in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, but in 1786 removed to the site of the present city of Clearfield. At that time the locality was still covered with dense forests, and the Indians were plentiful, one settlement having their camps on Moose creek, opposite Clearfield. Wild animals of all kinds were numerous-bears, panthers and wolves, being unpleasantly close neighbors; while deer, elk and moose furnished an abundant supply of game. The rivers were well stocked with fresh-water salmon, shad, and other nice fish, and the small streams literally swarmed with brook trout, so the newcomers found Nature in a generous mood. As they cleared their land they began to raise wheat and other crops, but for a number of years their only way of making flour was by hollowing out a sort of mortar in a rock, and therein pounding the grains of wheat with a pestle. The nearest trading point was Lewistown, one hundred miles away, and any supplies brought from there had to be carried on horse-back through the woods by way of an Indian trail. The entire section was known as the Lewistown district, and the county lines were not run for some years after "Grandfather Irwin" (as he was called) located at Clearfield. In 1802 he secured a claim farther down the river, about three and one-half miles from Clearfield, on what is known as the Karthaus road, and this place he cleared and improved for a permanent home, a house and barn being built of hewed logs. As his family grew up, all joined in the work of improving the estate, and later the sons purchased land in the same locality, paying from a dollar to a dollar and a quarter an acre, and made homes for themselves. Grandfather Irwin and his wife lived to an advanced age, and were held in high esteem in the community which they had helped to establish. Nine children were reared by this worthy couple, and all attained honorable places in life.

The family moved to Clearfield County in a rudely constructed vehicle, something like a car, which was drawn by a steer over a road cut by Daniel Ogden. Henry Irwin became bondsman for a fellow-countryman named Connor, and as the latter did not appear when required, Irwin was compelled to sacrifice his property to meet the bond. He afterwards located about three miles down the river, near and below Wolf Run.

1 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 56.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 819.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 820.

4 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 345.

5 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 56, 686.

6 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 56, 345, 685.

7 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 686.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 853.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 647, 820.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 647.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 820, 853.

12 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 820, 870.

13 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 609, 820.