William Irvin was one of the leading white pin lumbermen of the Northwest. His father, John Irvine, senior, born in 1790 in Pennsylvania, was of Scotch-Irish descent, and served in the War of 1812. His mother was of New England ancestry and was born in New York. For a number of years prior to
1858, John Irvine, senior, operated a saw mill at Mount Carroll, which is ten miles east of Savanna, Ill., a Mississippi river port. He gave up the business when William was but seven years old and thereafter carried on a merchandise business in Mount Carroll. William Irvine attended attended school until he was sixteen years old, when he went to work for his brother-in-law, Captain George Winans, who was running a line of boats towing lumber and logs on the Mississippi river on the steamer Union.
William worked as watchman on this steamer and others engaged in towing lumber for the Chippewa Falls mill. He worked his way to being a clerk then a lumber salesman, then to manager. William Irvin, in addition to his management of the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company's affairs, was secretary of
the Northern Lumber Company, of Cloquet, Minnesota, and secretary and general manager of the Chippewa River & Menominee Railway Company.
1858, John Irvine, senior, operated a saw mill at Mount Carroll, which is ten miles east of Savanna, Ill., a Mississippi river port. He gave up the business when William was but seven years old and thereafter carried on a merchandise business in Mount Carroll. William Irvine attended attended school until he was sixteen years old, when he went to work for his brother-in-law, Captain George Winans, who was running a line of boats towing lumber and logs on the Mississippi river on the steamer Union.
William worked as watchman on this steamer and others engaged in towing lumber for the Chippewa Falls mill. He worked his way to being a clerk then a lumber salesman, then to manager. William Irvin, in addition to his management of the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company's affairs, was secretary of
the Northern Lumber Company, of Cloquet, Minnesota, and secretary and general manager of the Chippewa River & Menominee Railway Company.
William Irvin was one of the leading white pin lumbermen of the Northwest. His father, John Irvine, senior, born in 1790 in Pennsylvania, was of Scotch-Irish descent, and served in the War of 1812. His mother was of New England ancestry and was born in New York. For a number of years prior to
1858, John Irvine, senior, operated a saw mill at Mount Carroll, which is ten miles east of Savanna, Ill., a Mississippi river port. He gave up the business when William was but seven years old and thereafter carried on a merchandise business in Mount Carroll. William Irvine attended attended school until he was sixteen years old, when he went to work for his brother-in-law, Captain George Winans, who was running a line of boats towing lumber and logs on the Mississippi river on the steamer Union.
William worked as watchman on this steamer and others engaged in towing lumber for the Chippewa Falls mill. He worked his way to being a clerk then a lumber salesman, then to manager. William Irvin, in addition to his management of the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company's affairs, was secretary of
the Northern Lumber Company, of Cloquet, Minnesota, and secretary and general manager of the Chippewa River & Menominee Railway Company.
1858, John Irvine, senior, operated a saw mill at Mount Carroll, which is ten miles east of Savanna, Ill., a Mississippi river port. He gave up the business when William was but seven years old and thereafter carried on a merchandise business in Mount Carroll. William Irvine attended attended school until he was sixteen years old, when he went to work for his brother-in-law, Captain George Winans, who was running a line of boats towing lumber and logs on the Mississippi river on the steamer Union.
William worked as watchman on this steamer and others engaged in towing lumber for the Chippewa Falls mill. He worked his way to being a clerk then a lumber salesman, then to manager. William Irvin, in addition to his management of the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company's affairs, was secretary of
the Northern Lumber Company, of Cloquet, Minnesota, and secretary and general manager of the Chippewa River & Menominee Railway Company.
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