John Irwin

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Husband John Irwin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 Jan 1768 - New London, Chester Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 23 Dec 1838 - Cherrytree, Venango Co, PA 2 3 4 5
         Buried:  - Cherrytree Presbyterian Cemetery, Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

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         Father: Richard Irwin (1740-1809) 4 6
         Mother: Ann Steele (1744-      ) 4 6

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General Notes: Husband - John Irwin

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John Irwin became county surveyor in about 1818, having had ample experience with Colonel Dale. He was a very correct man, and his work shows him to have been careful and painstaking. He trained his nephew Richard Irwin, who was county surveyor after him. [HVC 1890, 352]

He came to Venango County, PA, in the summer of 1800 as assistant to Samuel Dale, the first county surveyor. He was a bachelor, and made his home with his brother Samuel. It is not probable, therefore, that he was a resi­dent of Cherrytree until after the arrival of the latter. He was one of the first associate judges of the county and the incumbent of that office from 1805 to his death. Judge Jesse Moore is said to have regarded him as the most able lay judge on his extensive circuit. He was an accomplished and accurate sur­veyor, built the first mill in the township, and was a large land owner. [CAB, 347]
He died December 28. [Irwin Family, 11]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 352.

2 S. D. Irwin, The Irwin Family - Sketch of Richard Irwin of Chester County, PA, and His Descendents (Franklin, PA: The Evening News Print, 1893.), Pg 11.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 347.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 564.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 596.

6 S. D. Irwin, The Irwin Family - Sketch of Richard Irwin of Chester County, PA, and His Descendents (Franklin, PA: The Evening News Print, 1893.), Pg 6.