Biographies

* Source:
1803
History of Knox County, Ohio
It's Past and Present,
containing
A Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the North-
west; A complete History of Knox County; It's Townships, City, Towns, Villages,
Schools, Churches, Societies, Industries, Statistics, etc.; A Record of Its
Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of its early settlers and
Prominent men;  Views of Its Finest Buildings;
Miscellaneous Matter; Map of the
County; Biographies and Histories
of Pioneer Families, etc.
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr.
- Illustrated -
Mt. Vernon, Ohio:
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers
1881
 

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	CLARK IRVINE, Mt. Vernon, attorney at law, was born in Knox county, Ohio, Oct. 1, 1840.  His parents were both born in Ohio—his father in Trumbull county, and his mother in Knox county.  His mother's maiden name was Matilda Blair, daughter of James Blair, esq., and Hannah Waddle, both from the State of Maryland.  His father, Clark Irvine, was of Scotch-Irish extraction, and the son of Thomas Irvine, who was born near the old town of Enniskillen, Ireland, and Tabitha Meredith Clark, who was born in the State of Pennsylvania.  His father came to Knox county in 1811, was a lawyer by profession, and held the office of prosecuting attorney for one term, being elected in 1850.      The subject of this sketch studied law with his father, after whom he was named, and was admitted to practice in 1869.  He was nominated by the Democratic party for the office of prosecuting attorney, and elected, in 1874, and was reelected in 1876.  Mr. Irvine was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the lower house of the State legislature in 1879, but was defeated at the general election in the fall of that year.  He has represented Knox county as a delegate to the Democratic State conventions.  At the State convention held in Cleveland in 1880, Mr. Irvine was elected a member of the State central committee, representing the Ninth Congressional district on the committee, and also secretary of the Democratic State executive committee. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 703
	JAMES C. IRVINE, deceased. —Mr. Irvine was born in Tomika, western Pennsylvania, July 12, 1807, and died in the seventy-fourth year of his age.  He came to Mt. Vernon in 1810, where he has since resided.  He began life as a printer in the office of the Ohio Register, published here.  In the year 1835 he commenced business on Main street, continuing therein until 1861, when he responded to the first call for troops to suppress the late Rebellion, and to Mr. Irvine belongs the honor of organizing the first company of soldiers in Knox county.  As captain of company A, he went out with Colonel Lorin Andrews, in the Fourth Ohio volunteer infantry.  On account of his then somewhat advanced age, Mr. Irvine did not reenlist.  After the expiration of three months - the term designated in the first call—he resumed his business, in which occupation he continued until quite recently.      At the date of his death, Mr. Irvine represented his ward in the common council of this city, to which position he was elected in the spring of 1880, and which body took fitting cognizance of his demise.  An evidence of the high esteem in which deceased's sound judgment, integrity and thorough business capacity were held, may be found in the fact that he had been appointed almost innumerable times as a member of the city board of equalization.      Martha N. Irvine, his wife, was born on the twenty-second of February, 1803, at Salem, New York.  She came to Knox county at an early date with her father, Bartholomew Bartlett, and settled at Clinton, just north of this city.  She was married in Mt. Vernon to Mr. Irvine in 1829.  They had by this union six children, five of whom survive them—three daughters and two sons—Mrs. M. J. Becker, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Mrs. C. F. Baldwin, and Martha Irvine, of this city.  Mr. Clarke Irvine, of Oregon, Missouri, and Mr. Jefferson Irvine of this city.      Mr. Irvine died Friday evening, Jan. 28, 1880, after a very short illness.  He was to have been buried the following Tuesday, but on that day his wife, who had most sincerely mourned his loss, was also called home, and the burial of one became the burial of both, who had so long been united in life. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 703
	ROBERT L. IRVINE, farmer and dealer in stock, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Ireland in 1839.  His parents emigrated to America when he was an infant, and located in Knox county.  He was married in i860 to Lavina Nixon, who was born in 1837.  They have four children—Edith, William, George, and Jessie.      Mr. Irvine is engaged in buying, selling, and shipping stock, and is also one of the enterprising farmers of Morris township. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 704
	WILLIAM IRVINE, farmer, post office, Fredericktown; was born in Ireland in 1837, and emigrated to America with his parents in 1840.  They located in Knox county.  He was married in 1860 to Emeline Braddock, who was born in this county in 1840.  They have two sons— Ellsworth, born in 1862, and who is attending school at Ada; and John R., born in 1864.  Mr. Irvine is engaged in buying and selling stock, and is one of the enterprising farmers of this township. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 703
	IRWIN, GEORGE A., farmer, post office, Mt. Vernon, was born in this township in 1844, and was married in 1867 to Nettle Johnson, who was born in this township in 1849.  They have one son, Walter, who was born in 1868.      Mr. Irwin was a soldier in the late war, a member of company I, Twentieth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry.  He was in seventeen engagements, was taken prisoner in July, 1864, at Atlanta, Georgia, was at Andersonville, Florence, Millen, and Savannah, and was honorably discharged. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 704
	ISAAC IRWIN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 704
	PHILIP ISENBERG, farmer, Berlin township, post office, Shaler's Mills, was born in Mary land in 1803.  His parents moved to Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, in 1808  He came to Ohio in 1835, located in Knox county and was married in 1838, to Sarah Burkholder, who was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1814.  They had eight children: Jacob, born in 1840; Elizabeth, 1842; Catharine and George (twins), born 1845; Margaret, 1849; Leroy, and Lorain (twins), 1852. Mr. Isenberg settled on the farm where he now resides in 1841.   He cleared up and improved the most of his farm; has been a man of good habits, and is one of the pioneers.      His son, Jacob, was married to Louisa Murphy, and moved to Michigan, where he died in 1869. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 704
PORTRAITS 706a	SAMUEL ISRAEL, attorney, Mt. Vernon.  Mr. Israel was born in Bedford, Winchester county, New York, Oct. 8, 1810.  In 1814 h8si parents went to New York city, where he remained till 1830.  In the spring of that year Mr. Israel came to Mt. Vernon, which ahs been his home since.  During the next winter he was married to Elizabeth Harper, of Muskingum county.  They became the parents of seven children, six of whom are still living. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 704
	BROWN K. JACKSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 705
	EDWARD JACKSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 705
	MRS. HAMUTAL JACKSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 704
	I. M. V. B. JACKSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 704
	JOHN JACKSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 705
	OLIVER JACKSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 705
	ZIBA JACKSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 704
	ALONZO JACOBS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 705
	E. C. JAMES Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 705
	JACOB JENKINS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 705
	C. M. JENNINGS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 706
	HENRY W. JENNINGS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 706
	REUBEN JENNINGS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 708
	H. P. JOHNSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 708
	ISAAC JOHNSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 707
	ISAAC N. JOHNSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 707
	JAMES JOHNSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 707
	JOHN JOHNSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 707
	JOSEPH JOHNSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 707
	NATHANIEL JOHNSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 706
	NICHOLAS JOHNSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 706
	ORLIN B. JOHNSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 707
	WILLIAM JOHNSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 706
	WILLIAM O. JOHNSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 706
	SAMUEL K. JOHNSTON, deceased.  He was born in Morris township in 1820; was married to Susan A. White, who was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1825, and came to Ohio in 1825.  They had five children - Williard W., Mary E., Edwin F., Charles C. and Lee R.      Mr. Samuel K. was a soldier in the late Rebellion, being a member of company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry.  He is now a resident of Columbus, Ohio.      Peter Johnson, father of Samuel K., was a soldier in the War of 1812.      C. C. Johnson, is a practical printer engaged with the Free Press, and is an industrious and active young man. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 851
	ELIAS O. JONES Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 708
	G. A. JONES Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 708

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