Need Help finding Info on John W. Irwin, of Allegheny Pennsylvania Born August 15 1800 to 1805.?

Question

I have been working on this 2 years and coming up empty. I have spoke to 4 cousins and they said they think his family came from Dublin Ireland. He married a Marah Elizabeth Billick in Livingston New York in 1829. They lived in New York, Illinois, Nebraska, and Kansas. They Past away in Bourbon County, Kansas at their daughters house. they are to be Buried in Mt Orum cemetery in Kansas. Can any one help me. I would really love to find something out because my cousin keeps telling me It is NONE Of My Business to leave it alone? that makes me even more determined to get answers to my many questions.

Answer 1

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John W. Irwin

Birth: 15 AUG 1800 in Pennsylvania

Death: 28 DEC 1893 in Bourbon Co., Kansas

Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetary Redfield, Kansas

(NOTES--Occupation: 1850 Farmer

Census: 1840 Census Livingston Co. New York

Census: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, & 1885-- Census Carroll Co. Illinois

           Married:

**Marah Elizabeth Billick

Birth: 15 FEB 1803 in Pennsylvania

Death: 06 AUG 1889 in Burbon Co., Kansas

Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetary Redfield, Kansas

      Their Children:

1. Nancy H. Irwin-- b: 10 OCT 1830 in New York; d. 21 SEP 1894; Married: 20 AUG 1846 in Carroll Co., Illinois to Everard Plough b: 05 MAR 1823 in Hesse-Darmstedt Germany;

THEIR CHILDREN:Children

1.Catherine Ann Plough --b: 1845

2.John McKay Plough --b: 1850

3.Mary Mariah Plough --b: 1852

4.Riena Plough --b: 1856

5.Albert Plough-- b: 1858

6.Westley H Plough --b: 1861

7.Lucinda Plough-- b: 1864

8.Ira B Plough-- b: 1866

9. Devina Plough --b: 1868

10 Frank E Plough --b: 1871

2.George Washington Irwin --b: 10 MAR 1836 in Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania; d. 17 MAY 1917 in Gallatin, Davies, Missouri ; Religion: Baptist ; Occupation: 1880 Farmer ; Censuses: 1850 Census Carroll Co. Illinois ,1860 --Whiteside Co. Illinois,  1870--Marion Co. Iowa (Real estate value $1200), 1880-- Whiteside Co. Illinois , 1900--Gregory Co. South Dakota  (Occupation--Stock raiser); Married: 18 JUL 1858 in Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois to  Frances Jane Foster b: 26 DEC 1834 in Oil City, Lambton, Ontario, Canada;THEIR CHILDREN--

1.Ellen Elizebeth Irwin-- b: 05 JUN 1859

2.Annie Molly Irwin-- b: 1860 in Illinois

3. Myron Milton Irwin-- b: 24 DEC 1861 in Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois

4.George Wade "Wade" Irwin-- b: 22 AUG 1865 in Illinois

5. Miles P Irwin-- b: 02 DEC 1868 in Iowa

6.Porter Irwin --b: 28 JUN 1871 in Marion County, Iowa

7.Emma C. Irwin-- b: 24 JUN 1874 in Marion County, Iowa

8.Joseph Irwin-- b: 16 OCT 1876

9.Clare Walter Irwin --b: MAR 1881 in Whiteside County, Illinois

3. Mary Irwin-- b: 1838 in Pennsylvania; Married: 14 NOV 1857 to  David Kenyon-- b: 1822 in New York; Children--

1. Cyous John Kenyon-- b: 1860

2. Perry Kenyon-- b: 1867



4.Caroline C Irwin-- b: 08 JUL 1845 in Carroll Co., Illinois; d. 10 DEC 1877 in Carroll Co., Illinois; Burial: Upper York Cemetary Carroll Co., Ill ; Occupation: 1860 Servant of the Phillips family; Married: 05 or 08 SEP 1860 in Whiteside Co., Illinois to  Henry Phillips b: 08 JUL 1839 in Warren, New York;

THEIR CHILDREN--1. Willis L Phillips-- b: 08 SEP 1862 in Carroll Co., Illinois

2.Frank G. Phillips-- b: 13 AUG 1864

3.Alonzo F Phillips-- b: 1866

4.Nellie E Phillips-- b: 18 SEP 1868

5.Charley W Phillips-- b: 09 MAY 1870

6.Walter F Phillips-- b: 13 AUG 1872

7.Orin B Phillips-- b: 15 AUG 1876

5. Giles P. Irwin --b: 1846 in Illinois; d. 1874; Married: 29 SEP 1865 in Stephenson Co., Illinois to  Susan C Swift b: 31 OCT 1848 in Illinois; SON--Sherman Irwin b: 1869

MARAH'S PARENTS:

Her Father: George Arnold Billig

b: 06 MAR 1778

Baptism: By Rev. Fried Miller at New Bethel Church in Albany Township., Berks, PA

Death: AFT 1852

        Married: ABT 1795 TO :

Mother: Magdalena "Lany" Lang

b: 15 JUL 1771

d. AFT 1852

    Their other children:

1. Lara Billig

2. Samuel Billig --b: 19 JUN 1796

3.William Anthony Billig-- b: 01 MAY 1802

**4. Marah

5. Charles Billick --b: 18 JUL 1814

6. George Billig-- b: 30 JUN 1815

Marah's paternal Grandparents:

Father: Emmanuel Billig b: 1750 ; d. 16 MAR 1790

Mother: Regina Resch--d. 12 MAY 1806 in Greenwich Twp., Berks, Pennsylvania

    Children

1.Susanna Billig --b: 04 SEP 1773; d. BEF 1830; Marriage to Johann George Hering Jr.

2. Michael Billig --b: ABT 1775; d.12 DEC 1852; Married to Regina ?

3.George Arnold Billig --b: 06 MAR 1778

4.Christian Billig --b: ABT 1780

5.Magdelena Billig-- b: ABT 1782

6.John Jacob Billig --b: ABT 1784; d. 11 FEB 1860; Married

Henrietta "Hetty" ?; CHILDREN--Amandus Billig

John Billig Jr.

7.Regina Billig-- b: 30 APR 1784; Married  Peter Merling

8.Anna Elizabeth Billig --b: 13 AUG 1789; Baptism: 29 NOV 1789; Married: 16 JUL 1807 to Daniel Wittner

Marah's paternal Great-Grandparents:

Father: Johann Arnoldt Billig-- b: ABT 1710 in Germany;  Emigration: 1733 From the Palatinates, the Saarbrucken area; d. MAY 1785 in Northhampton Co., Pennsylvania

       Married:

Mother: Sophia Kieser Kiefer?--d. BEF 1780

          THEIR CHILDREN:

1. Andreas Billig

2.Jacob Billig

3.Susanna Billig

4. Francis Billig --b: ABT 1735

5. Anthony Billig --b: ABT 1736

6.Frederick Billig --b: ABT 1738

7. Maria Magdalena Billig-- b: ABT 1740

8. Christina Billig --b: ABT 1742

9. Henrey Billig-- b: ABT 1748

10. Emmanuel Billig-- b: 1750

www.ancestry.com--Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (Note--spouse's name. Right John??)

Name--John W. Irwin

State Filed: Illinois

Widow: Mary E. Irwin  (instead of MARAH??)

Could this be John W's father?? He would have been 18 when John W was born in PA:

1850 United States Federal Census

Name: John Irwin

Age: 68

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1782

Birth Place: Ireland

Gender: Male

Home in 1850(City,County,State): Robeson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Household Members: Name-- Age

James Carothers-- 78  

John Irwin --68  (occupation--farmer)

Mary Jane Irwin-- 27  

Naney Irwin-- 67  

Ann Mill-- 5  

John Mill-- 6  



www.rootsweb.com--This man would have been 46 when John W. was born; and he died in Allegheny County, PA:

John IRWIN

Title: Colonel

Birth: 1754 in Ireland

Death: 1808 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA

His parents:

Father: John IRWIN b: ABT 1718 in Ireland

Mother: Agnes UNKNOWN b: 1721 in Ireland