Birth: 24 Jan 1767 in Lifford Parish, Donegal, Ireland
Death: 24 Mar 1828 in Lawrence, Clearfield, Pennsylvania
He married Jane Pinkerton of Taboyne Co. Donegal.
They Came to Philadelphia c1795 & Clearfield Co. c1800
Henry Irwin was one of the first 3 settlers in the vicinity of Clearfield, the others being Matthew Ogden and Abram Hess. Henry Irwin came from Ireland in 1783 with his wife Margaret and one child and located first in Lewistown, Penn but in 1786 removed to the site of the present city of Clearfield. At that time the locality was still covered with dense forests and the Indians were plentiful, one settlement having their camps on Moose creek opposite Clearfield. Wild animals of all kinds were numerous: bears panthers and wolves, being unpleasantly close neighbors, while deer, elk and moose furnished an abundant supply of game. The rivers were well stocked with fresh water salmon shad and other nice fish and the small streams literally swarmed with brook trout so the newcomers found Nature in a generous mood. As they cleared their land, they began to raise wheat and other crops, but for a number of years, their only way of making flour was by hollowing out a sort of mortar in a rock and therein pounding the grains of wheat with a pestle. The nearest trading point was Lewistown 100 miles away, and any supplies brought from there had to be carried on horseback through the woods by way of an Indian trail. The entire section was known as the Lewistown district and the county lines were not run for some years after. Grandfather Irwin as he was called located at Clearfield. In 1802 he secured a claim farther down the river about 3 1/2 miles from Clearfield on what is known as the Karthaus road, and this place he cleared and improved for a permanent home, a house and barn being built of hewed logs. As his family grew up, all joined in the work of improving the estate and later the sons purchased land in the same locality paying from a dollar to a dollar and a quarter an acre and made homes for themselves. Grandfather Irwin and his wife lived to an advanced age and were held in high esteem in the community which they had helped to establish. source: Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania ..., Volume 1. (added by Marguerite)
Death: 24 Mar 1828 in Lawrence, Clearfield, Pennsylvania
He married Jane Pinkerton of Taboyne Co. Donegal.
They Came to Philadelphia c1795 & Clearfield Co. c1800
Henry Irwin was one of the first 3 settlers in the vicinity of Clearfield, the others being Matthew Ogden and Abram Hess. Henry Irwin came from Ireland in 1783 with his wife Margaret and one child and located first in Lewistown, Penn but in 1786 removed to the site of the present city of Clearfield. At that time the locality was still covered with dense forests and the Indians were plentiful, one settlement having their camps on Moose creek opposite Clearfield. Wild animals of all kinds were numerous: bears panthers and wolves, being unpleasantly close neighbors, while deer, elk and moose furnished an abundant supply of game. The rivers were well stocked with fresh water salmon shad and other nice fish and the small streams literally swarmed with brook trout so the newcomers found Nature in a generous mood. As they cleared their land, they began to raise wheat and other crops, but for a number of years, their only way of making flour was by hollowing out a sort of mortar in a rock and therein pounding the grains of wheat with a pestle. The nearest trading point was Lewistown 100 miles away, and any supplies brought from there had to be carried on horseback through the woods by way of an Indian trail. The entire section was known as the Lewistown district and the county lines were not run for some years after. Grandfather Irwin as he was called located at Clearfield. In 1802 he secured a claim farther down the river about 3 1/2 miles from Clearfield on what is known as the Karthaus road, and this place he cleared and improved for a permanent home, a house and barn being built of hewed logs. As his family grew up, all joined in the work of improving the estate and later the sons purchased land in the same locality paying from a dollar to a dollar and a quarter an acre and made homes for themselves. Grandfather Irwin and his wife lived to an advanced age and were held in high esteem in the community which they had helped to establish. source: Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania ..., Volume 1. (added by Marguerite)
Birth: 24 Jan 1767 in Lifford Parish, Donegal, Ireland
Death: 24 Mar 1828 in Lawrence, Clearfield, Pennsylvania
He married Jane Pinkerton of Taboyne Co. Donegal.
They Came to Philadelphia c1795 & Clearfield Co. c1800
Henry Irwin was one of the first 3 settlers in the vicinity of Clearfield, the others being Matthew Ogden and Abram Hess. Henry Irwin came from Ireland in 1783 with his wife Margaret and one child and located first in Lewistown, Penn but in 1786 removed to the site of the present city of Clearfield. At that time the locality was still covered with dense forests and the Indians were plentiful, one settlement having their camps on Moose creek opposite Clearfield. Wild animals of all kinds were numerous: bears panthers and wolves, being unpleasantly close neighbors, while deer, elk and moose furnished an abundant supply of game. The rivers were well stocked with fresh water salmon shad and other nice fish and the small streams literally swarmed with brook trout so the newcomers found Nature in a generous mood. As they cleared their land, they began to raise wheat and other crops, but for a number of years, their only way of making flour was by hollowing out a sort of mortar in a rock and therein pounding the grains of wheat with a pestle. The nearest trading point was Lewistown 100 miles away, and any supplies brought from there had to be carried on horseback through the woods by way of an Indian trail. The entire section was known as the Lewistown district and the county lines were not run for some years after. Grandfather Irwin as he was called located at Clearfield. In 1802 he secured a claim farther down the river about 3 1/2 miles from Clearfield on what is known as the Karthaus road, and this place he cleared and improved for a permanent home, a house and barn being built of hewed logs. As his family grew up, all joined in the work of improving the estate and later the sons purchased land in the same locality paying from a dollar to a dollar and a quarter an acre and made homes for themselves. Grandfather Irwin and his wife lived to an advanced age and were held in high esteem in the community which they had helped to establish. source: Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania ..., Volume 1. (added by Marguerite)
Death: 24 Mar 1828 in Lawrence, Clearfield, Pennsylvania
He married Jane Pinkerton of Taboyne Co. Donegal.
They Came to Philadelphia c1795 & Clearfield Co. c1800
Henry Irwin was one of the first 3 settlers in the vicinity of Clearfield, the others being Matthew Ogden and Abram Hess. Henry Irwin came from Ireland in 1783 with his wife Margaret and one child and located first in Lewistown, Penn but in 1786 removed to the site of the present city of Clearfield. At that time the locality was still covered with dense forests and the Indians were plentiful, one settlement having their camps on Moose creek opposite Clearfield. Wild animals of all kinds were numerous: bears panthers and wolves, being unpleasantly close neighbors, while deer, elk and moose furnished an abundant supply of game. The rivers were well stocked with fresh water salmon shad and other nice fish and the small streams literally swarmed with brook trout so the newcomers found Nature in a generous mood. As they cleared their land, they began to raise wheat and other crops, but for a number of years, their only way of making flour was by hollowing out a sort of mortar in a rock and therein pounding the grains of wheat with a pestle. The nearest trading point was Lewistown 100 miles away, and any supplies brought from there had to be carried on horseback through the woods by way of an Indian trail. The entire section was known as the Lewistown district and the county lines were not run for some years after. Grandfather Irwin as he was called located at Clearfield. In 1802 he secured a claim farther down the river about 3 1/2 miles from Clearfield on what is known as the Karthaus road, and this place he cleared and improved for a permanent home, a house and barn being built of hewed logs. As his family grew up, all joined in the work of improving the estate and later the sons purchased land in the same locality paying from a dollar to a dollar and a quarter an acre and made homes for themselves. Grandfather Irwin and his wife lived to an advanced age and were held in high esteem in the community which they had helped to establish. source: Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania ..., Volume 1. (added by Marguerite)
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Henry Irwin is my 3rd Great Grandfather.
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