DR. JAMES S.
IRVINE* one of the early graduates of the Medical College at
Cincinnati, Ohio, was born in Huntington County, Penn., in June,
1800, and came to Millersburgh in 1824, locating, to practice
medicine, he and Dr. Enos being partners for many years.
At the formation of Holmes County, Dr. Irvine was made the
first clerk of the Supreme Court and of the Common Pleas Court of
the County. After several years Dr. Enos was made clerk
of the Common Pleas Court, which office he held for over twenty
years, our subject retaining the clerkship of the Supreme Court,
until that court was abolished by the constitution of 1851.
Dr. Irvine was a physician of great ability, and
wide and large practice throughout Holmes and adjoining counties.
He was a man of energy of character, and the warm advocate of all
improvements in his town and county. He was for many years a
leading Whig politician of the county, being frequently on the
ticket for office. He was nominated for the State Senate, and
was upon the electoral ticket for President of the United States.
For many years he was engaged in mercantile business, in partnership
with James Johnson, a very active and enterprising citizen of
Millersburgh, doing the leading business of the county. He
lived a bachelor until about 1833, when he was married to Miss
Louisa, daughter of John Armor, and sister of Dr. S.
G. Armor, who afterward studied medicine with him. The
Doctor reared a family of seven children, only two of whom are now
living.
In the midst of active practice, and at the bedside of
a patient, the Doctor was stricken with apoplexy, and died without
any consciousness on the 5th day of September, 1855. No man in
this part of the State had deservedly won so wide a popularity as a
citizen, and as a wise, careful and useful physician.
*Contributed by Judge Martin Welker |
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