Auburn Twp. -
I. H. IRWIN, blacksmith, Tiro; was born in
Chester Co., Penn., Jan. 18, 1835. He is a son of
Israel and Hannah (Millard) Irwin. The father and
mother were natives of Pennsylvania, the former being born in
1802, and the latter in 1800. They were married in Chester
Co., Penn., Apr. 1, 1823, and came to Auburn Township in 1835.
The father died July 19, 1837, and the mother July 22, 1877.
Mr. Irwin was a man beloved and esteemed by all who knew
him. He was a local minister in the M. E. Church, and
lived a life full of usefulness. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin
were the parents of the following family: Thomas M.,
Margaret A., Joseph, Sarah J., Caroline M., Elizabeth A., I. H.
and Jared a. Thomas, Margaret, Joseph and Jared
are dead. Sarah is the wife of George Byers;
Caroline is the widow of James Ovens, and
Elizabeth is the wife of Samuel Hilborn, whose
biography accompanies this work. All live in Auburn
Township, Crawford Co., Ohio. The subject of this
biography lived with his mother until she married Isaac
Hilborn, and then he lived with his step-father for about
ten years. He was apprenticed to a blacksmith when about
13, with whom he lived four years, serving out his
apprenticeship. Since that time he has been continually
engaged in that business in Mechanicsburg, excepting one year,
that being a year he farmed. He was married Dec. 20, 1854,
to Margaret L., daughter of Abner and Harriet (Thoman)
Crouse, and by her has one daughter - Almeda, born
July 14, 1856. Almeda is the wife of John D.
Michener, and by him has one daughter - Annie I.,
born Oct. 6, 1875. Mr. Irwin is a Republican in
politics, and a member of the Lutheran Church. He has held
various township offices and is well known and highly respected
throughout Auburn Township.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio,
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 868 |
