James Irwin and Eliza Jane Jacobs

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Husband James Irwin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1808 2
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           Died: 1887 - Clearfield, Clearfield Co, PA 2
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         Father: Henry Irwin (      -      ) 1 3
         Mother: Margaret [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Eliza Jane Jacobs ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1866 2
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         Father: 
         Mother: [Unk] McCullough (      -      )

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Children

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1 M Alexander Irwin ²

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           Born: 1832 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Lizzie Leonard (      -1861) 2

         Spouse: Adaline Williamson (      -      ) 2

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2 F Sophie Irwin ⁴

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           Born: 1834 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 4
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           Died: 1886 4
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         Spouse: Alexander Livingston (      -      ) 4

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3 F Mary J. Irwin ⁴

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           Born: 1836 4
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           Died: 1888 4
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         Spouse: Brison Taylor (      -      ) 4

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4 F Margaret A. Irwin ⁴

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           Born: 1838 4
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           Died: Aft 1898
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         Spouse: William R. Dickinson (      -1897) 4

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5 M F. B. Irwin ³

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           Born: 1841 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Emma S. Rheem (1846-      ) 4

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6 F Helen E. Irwin ⁴

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           Born: 1844 - Lawrence, Clearfield Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Charles Dickinson (      -      ) 4

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7 F Henrietta Irwin ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died: when about twenty-three years old
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8 F Emma Irwin ⁴

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           Born:  - Clearfield, Clearfield Co, PA
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         Spouse: John Copenhafer (      -      ) 4

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9 M Lewis H. Irwin ⁴

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           Born: 1852 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Jane Byers (      -      ) 4

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10 F Bertha Irwin ⁴

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           Born: 1856 - Clearfield Co, PA 4
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           Died: while young
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General Notes: Husband - James Irwin

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He was born and reared to manhood at the old family homestead in Lawrence township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. After his marriage, he remained at the old farm, and for a number of years he and his brother Henry resided there together, being engaged in clearing the timber from the original tract. Finally, having cleared sufficient land for two large farms, they divided the property equally, Henry remaining on the older portion, where he and his sons put up new buildings. James Irwin settled on the newly-cleared tract, which he improved for a homestead. In 1871, he sold this homestead to his son, F. B. Irwin, and moved to Clearfield, where he purchased a home, later dying there. During his later years he was extensively engaged in lumbering in Girard township, Clearfield County, he and Thomas Fulton having purchased a large tract of timber land on the Susquehanna river, where they erected a sawmill. After Mr. Fulton's death, in 1854, Mr. Irwin bought his interest, and continued the business alone, manufacturing lumber and square timber, the latter being rafted down the river to the markets of Harrisburg and Marietta.

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General Notes: Wife - Eliza Jane Jacobs

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from Centre Co, PA

She was a woman of much force of character and mental ability, who was one of the first school teachers in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. When she was a child her mother died, and she was reared by her grandfather, Mr. McCullough.

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 820.

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

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 821.