John A. Irwin and Margaret F. Calvin

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Husband John A. Irwin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Apr 1832 - Cadiz, Harrison Co, OH 1
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         Father: George Washington Irwin (1800-1878) 1 2
         Mother: Ozilla Hanna (      -1868) 1

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Wife Margaret F. Calvin ²

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            AKA: Margaret P. Colvin 1
           Born:  - Cambria Co, PA
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Children

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1 F Orzila Irwin ²

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         Spouse: Charles Shaver (      -      ) 2

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2 F Sarah I. Irwin ²

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         Spouse: Azure Reed (      -      ) 2

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3 M George Irwin ²

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4 M Robert Sterling Irwin ²

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           Born: 9 Sep 1874 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Ada Belle Jenkins (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 4 Jun 1895 4

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5 F Margaret F. Irwin ²

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6 M William Irwin ²

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General Notes: Husband - John A. Irwin

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He was reared in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He obtained a com­mon school education, learned the book-binder's trade, and embarked in business at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1852. He later went into the book-binding business at Memphis, Tennessee, where he remained until the breaking out of the Rebell­ion. Being a Union man, he came north to escape service in the Southern army, and became employed with Wells, Riddle & Company, of Pittsburgh, which posi­tion he filled from 1861 to 1867. In 1868 he established a book-binding house in Pittsburgh, which he then carried on successfully. His homestead in For­ward township, Butler County, was one of the richest oil properties in that part of the county, and was one of the best improved farms in the township. Politically, he was a Republican, and in religious faith, an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal church. For over forty years he was a member of the I. O. O. F., and was State manager of the Odd Fellows Endowment Association. He was also connected with the A. O. U. W. for more than twenty-one years, and was a member of the Heptosophs. [HBC 1895, 1126]

For many years he followed the business of book binding in various parts of the country. He was located at Memphis, TN, at the time Lincoln first ran for president, and cast one of the two votes recorded for him in that city, with the re­sult that his house and shop were stormed and his property destroyed, entailing a loss of some $7,000. He was left without a cent in the world, and immediately repaired to the north, locating at Pittsburg where he made a fresh start in life. He was a man of indomitable will power and unusual abil­ity, and soon had his affairs in a good healthy state. In 1878, he located in But­ler County, PA, and lived on the old home farm the remainder of his days. He was a stanch Republican in politics, and although frequently im­portuned to accept of public office, stead­fastly refused. [HBC 1909, 1221]

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret F. Calvin

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Her people at an early period were residents of Philadelphia, PA.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1126.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1221.

3 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 23.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1222.