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Marcus Fayette Irwin
b. Feb. 17, 1829
d. Dec. 20, 1910
Buried in the Irwin plot in New Hope Cemetery at Meeker,
OK
son of Presley Irwin and Susannah Oiler
married to Mary Elizabeth Hewitt Irwin
b. ?? ?? 1833 probably in PA
d. April 20 1919
Buried, in Sweet Home cemetery, Oregon
Marcus Fayette Irwin & Mary Elizabeth Hewitt Irwin
Photo Courtesy: Ken Irwin
Irwin Burials in
New Hope Cemetery, Lincoln County, Oklahoma
from http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/lincoln/meeker/meeker.htm
Added August 2003
The Irwin Heritage
by Lillie M. Fair
( from Information furnished by Lewis John and Richard L. Irwin)
The Irwin name is traced in Celtic Lore back to 407 A. D. in France and to practically the same time in Old
Scotland. Before Christianity spread to Europe, the Irwins were of the leading families of Southern Europe. In those days,
the leading families spelled their name with the sign Runic of their God before the family name. The leading God of
the people was THOR. so the name Irwin was anciently spelled or pronounced Thuir Wyne. After Christianity came
into Europe, the Irwins dropped the sign of the name of their ancient God. The name became Urwyne or Irwyne -
(Place of the wine press).
James Irwin came from north Ireland in 1730 and died in 1778. He was born of North Ireland - Scotch descent. He
came to this country with his wife, several children and two of his brothers. He first settled in lower end of the Cumberland Valley, in Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and blacksmith.
Archibald Irwin, third son of James Irwin, was born in northern (Old) Ireland. He emigrated from Scotland
1727-1730, due to bad economy in Scotland. He died in 1788, leaving a widow and nine children. He served in the
Continental Army as a Quarter Master Officer, an Ensign, and later Major.
Priestley Irwin, a grandson of Archibald Irwin, was born January 4, 1798. He first married Susan
Oiler, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. His second wife was Sarah, born in Germany and spoke only German. He had numerous
children.
Marcus Fayette Irwin was born February 17, 1829, the son of Priestly and Sarah Irwin. His wife was Mary
Elizabeth (Hewitt), the daughter of Nicholes and Elizabeth (Gerhart) Hewitt. Mary Elizabeth's parents lived in
Hagerstown, Maryland and moved to Runtington County, Pennsylvania.
Marcus F. and Mary E. Irwin's children were:
1 - John H. Irwin,
2 - Jennings Oldham Irwin,
3 - Marion Marcus Irwin,
4 - Martha Jane (Irwin) Fogle,
4- Fayette Irwin,
5- Sadie (Irwin) Hilliard,
and
6- Grant Chambers Irwin.
Marcus F. and Mary E. Irwin left Pennsylvania and moved to near Pueblo, Colorado. They left Colorado, came to
Meeker, and lived on son Grant's farm, in a small house. Marcus F. arose the morning of December 20, 1910 and built the fire. His wife went out to milk the cows, and
when she returned to the house Marcus F. had died peacefully. Marcus F. is buried in the Now Hope Cemetery,
Meeker, Oklahoma. Mary E. left Meeker after Marcus's death. She moved to Oregon to live with her daughter,
Martha Jane (Irwin) Fogle Mary E. died April 20, 1919, and is buried in Oregon.
Grant Chambers Irwin was born July 12, 1864, the son of Marcus Fayette and Mary Elizabeth (Hewitt) Irwin, in
Pennsylvania. He left Pennsylvania in about 1887. He arrived in Helena, Montana that fall, found work and spent
the winter there. The following spring he went to Vancouver Washington, where Sadie, and her husband, Jim Hilliard, lived. Grant
Chambers worked in Seattle, Washington, until 1893. The year of 1893, Grant attended the World Fair in Chicago.
After taking in the fair, he came to Oklahoma, near Meeker, to visit his sister, Martha Jane, and her husband,
Adam Fogle. He evidently came prepared to stay for a while, as he brought all his savings, along with his luggage.
John Wesley Augustine, born in Alumberry County, Ohio, and raised in Illinois, had migrated to near Yates Center,
Kansas, made the run in opening of Sac and Fox territory. He homesteaded on the Southeast Quarter 13-12-4,
four miles east of Meeker. The Augustines had a 16-year-old adopted daughter, Einora Cecile, born in 1877, in
Yates Center, Kansas. Her parents had died during the flu epidemic of 1880. In March 18, 1894, Elnora Cecile married Grant Chambers Irwin, in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, by Reverend Ayers,
United Brethren Minister. He bought the 160 acre farm, east of the Augustines, and they made their first home.
Grant and Cecile had eleven children:
1- Arlie Augustine Irwin, born May 17, 1895, died 1961,
married Nellie Lane,
had one daughter, Mabel Lowmaster, born December 28, 1916;
2- Hilliard Grant Irwin, born March 9, 1897,
served with the 88th Company 162 Dep. Battalion, World War 1, and
died of influenza November 1, 1918, at Camp Pike,
Little Rock, Arkansas;
3- Gladys Elnora, born October 10, 1899, died June 5, 1972,
married Arthur W. Miller, had three children, Helen, Lloyd and Charlotte;
4- Glen Marcus was born October 20, 1902, died 1970,
married Geraldine Wassack, and had one son, Glen Dale Irwin;
5- George Washington Irwin, born February 22, 1906, died 1960,
married Hazel Downen, and had four children,
Virginia Mae, George W., Jr., Dorothy, and Judith;
6- Lewis John was born March 13, 1908 and
married Eunice M. Buttram, September 21, 1934.
They had three children:
Billie Jeanne, born December 4, 1938,
John Lewis, born 1940 and
Bobbie Joe, born 1942;
7- Marion Franklin Irwin, born July 7, 1910,
married Gladys Marie Buttram and had one daughter, Marian Marie;
8- Ernest Leslie, born July 17, 1912, died 1984, and
married Bertie Evelyn Neer, September 1, 1934.
They had four children
Herbert Grant,
born September 30, 1936,
Richard L., born January 15, 1941,
H. Susan, born July 15, 1952, and
Stephen Pat, born
July 2, 1947;
9- Bessie Elizabeth, born July 21, 1914,
married Harold Marsh
and had three children Michael E.,
Nancy
10- Woodrow Irwin born August 30, 1917 and died as an infant,
September 26, 1917; and
11- Dorothy Evelyn, born December 17, 1920,
and married Charley Helms.
They had two children - Linda Kay and Gordon.
Grant owned and operated cotton gins in Meeker. Grant lost his arm in a cotton gin accident. The Irwins were not
farmers. They were of the business world - electricians, owners of industries and construction companies. They
were good managers in their businesses. They were always ready to help those less fortunate.
Grant Chambers Irwin died May 9, 1934 and Elnora Cecile (Augustine) Irwin died February 27, 1952. Both were
buried in New Hope Cemetery, Meeker, Oklahoma.
The only living children of Grant and Cecile are Bessie Marsh of Dallas, Texas and Dorothy Helms of California.
They have several grandchildren living in the Meeker area.
Added 21 March 2003
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Marcus F. IRWIN Self M Male W 51 PA
Carpenter & Farmer PA PA
Mary E. IRWIN Wife M Female W 47 PA
Housekeeper PA PA
Wm. P. IRWIN Son S Male W 28 IN
Laborer PA PA
Jennings O. IRWIN Son S Male W 19 PA
Laborer PA PA
Martha J. IRWIN Dau S Female W 18 PA
Housekeeper PA PA
Chamber Grant IRWIN Son S Male W 15 PA
Laborer PA PA
Marion IRWIN Son S Male W 10 PA
Laborer PA PA
Source Information:
Census Place Dale, Chesterfield, Virginia
Family History Library Film 1255361
NA Film Number T9-1361 Page Number 73D
Together they had six children:
A. John H. Irwin
born 1854
died 1944
B. Jennings Oldham Irwin
born June 9,1860
died Feb. 22,1932 Ken's grandfather
C. Marion Marcus Irwin
born March 6,1869
died Oct.7,1895
D. Jane May Irwin
no other dates at this time
E. Fayette Irwin
died of diphtheria as a child.
F. Grant Chambers Irwin
b. July 12, 1864, in Butler county, PA
d. May 9, 1934, in Lincoln county, OK
...................
A. John H. Irwin
Spouse: unknown at present time.
They had four children
Ernest Leslie Irwin no other dates at this time
Charles Linwood Irwin no other dates at this time
Ivan Irwin no other dates at this time
Florence Irwin no other dates at this time
B. Jennings Oldham Irwin
Spouse: Josephine Harriet McGee
born Sept,22,1864
died May,7,1925
They had eight children:
Some of the Kids
from the right side,
Lenora Kathrine Irwin Chambers,
[5b.]
Jennings Fayette Irwin, [7b.]
Judith Virginia Irwin Rock, [4b.]
Henry Willard Irwin [6b.]
Oscar Grant Irwin, [8b.]
Mary Farmer
Photo Courtesy: Ken Irwin
1b. Mary Alma Irwin
born Oct.3,1888
died Feb.1927
married Covert Beaver
Child:
Robert
Beaver
Left to Right
Alma Irwin, her husband Covert Beaver
and Josephine Harriet McGee Irwin
(mother)
Photo Courtesy: Ken Irwin
2b. Marion Howard Irwin
b. Mar. 4 1890, probably at Chesterfield county
VA
d. June 13 1961, at Meeker OK
married R. V. Piatt
b. Feb. 13 1893
| New
24 April 2003
d. Dec. 06 1969 | New
24 April 2003
Children:
1. Russel Lee Irwin,
b. 20 Mar.1921
d. 13 July 1996
Never married
2. Mary Inez Irwin,
b. 19 April 1922
d. 15 Aug 1997
3. Fay Howard Irwin,
b. 10 Aug.1925 |New 24
April 2003
d.
28 Feb 1969 |New 24
April 2003
4. Frances Marion Irwin,
5. Audrey Mae Irwin,
6. Lenora Cathrine Irwin,
7. Alvin Berlyn Irwin,
b. 2 Aug.1938
d. May 1991
Never married
3b. Sarah Francis Irwin
b.
May 18 1892, at Chesterfield VA
d. Dec. 2 1918, at Depew
OK
mar: Dan Cathadill
Capshaw,
Dec. 26 1917, in Creek County OK
b. Aug. 25 1890 at Norman OK
d. Oct. 22 1957 at Watsonvill CA
Child:
1. Josephine Capshaw
4b. Judith Virginia Irwin
born Dec. 3,1894
Mar.21,1992
married William A. Rock
Children: 2 sets of Twins
1. Hellen Virginia Rock,
2. Ruth Rock,
3. Billy Rock,
Killed in an auto when he was a teenager
4. Betty Rock
5b. Lenora Kathrine Irwin
born Sept.7,1897
died Aug. 1978
married Joe Chambers
Children:
1.
Oldham J. Chambers,
2. Lydia Chambers,
3. Vivian Chambers,
4. Franklin M. Chambers
6b. Henry Willard Irwin
born June 29,1901
Twin of Jennings Fayette Irwin
died Aug. 21,1973
married Velma Simpson
born July 14, 1905
died Dec.14, 1988
Children:
1. Eula Jane Irwin
b. Sept. 30, 1924
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d. Feb. 23, 1998
Sparks NV |
04 May 2003
2. Norma Jean Irwin,
b. 7.Jan. 1928
d 15 .Jan. 1997
3. Alma Lois Irwin,
These are
Ken's parents.
7b. Jennings Fayette Irwin
born June 29, 1901
died May 26,1983
married Dovie Renfro
born Feb.6,1905
died Sept.22,1981
Family of John Henry Renfro
Added 03 May 2003
Photos Added 11 May 2003
Children: (4)
1. Dora Dean Irwin Dobson
daughter of Jennings and Dovie
Irwin
married Carl M Dobson
Aug.30,1946
born Nov.3,1924 and
died Aug.14,
2000.
They had three children.
1. Ronald Dean Dobson living
2. Jerry Ray Dobson living
3. Carl Eugene Dobson living
Family of Dora Dean (Irwin) & Carl
Dobson
2. Kenneth Lee Irwin,
Son of Jennings and Dovie Irwin
Spouse: Audrey lou Centers,
Centers
Family Added
15 May 2003
They have 5 children:
A. Shirley Lou Irwin,
B. Michael Lee Irwin,
C. Cynthia Lynn Irwin,
D. Karen Denise Irwin,
E. Mary Alice Irwin,
Family of Kenneth & Audrey (Centers) Irwin
3- Launa Faye Irwin,
daughter of Jennings and Dovie Irwin
Spouse : Jimmy Sebastian,
b: 30 August 1933
d: 26 February 1968,
Burial in Little cemetery at Shawnee OK
Married 05 December 1955
Children:
1. Tonie Lynn Sebastian
2. Danny Ray Sebastian
Married: Gayle
Lynn Wright
Children:
1- Christopher Sebastian
2- Courtney Raelynn Sebastian
Spouse 2: William Dallas Holladay JR.
Married : 15 May 1970
Father : William Dallas Holladay
Mother: Laura Holladay
William's children by a previous Marriage
1- Kelly Gayle Holladay
2- Randy Dale Holladay
4 Francis Aline Irwin,
daughter of Jennings and Dovie Irwin
Spouse: Bill MaComb
Father: Jesse Macomb
b: 20 January 1900
d: 15 July 1974
Mother: Lula Macomb
b: 3 July 1905
d: May 1981
They have 2 children
1- Gray Macomb
Marriage: Cindy Wider
Divorced
Marriage: # 2 Kerri Marley
she has 2 children by a previous marriage
1- Allen W. Jones
Marriage ; Betty Mayberry
Children
1- Brenalynne Jones
2- Tessa Jones
Marriage ; Robert L Hill
Child:
1- Lynn Gail Hill
2- Rhonda Macomb
Marriage: William Boyd McCollum
Father : William Boyd McCollum Sr
Mother: Veda Yvonne Berry
Children:
1- Kasha Dawn McCollum
2- Kyle McCollum
8b. Oscar Grant Irwin
born Aug.17,1907
died Dec.13,1982
married Flossie E Buttram
born July 26,1911
died Oct. 4,1988
Child:
1. Celia Rose Irwin
.................
C. Marion Marcus Irwin
born Mar. 3, 1869
died Oct. 7, 1895
spouse: Ella Berry
They had two children
1. Robert Irwin
born March 30,1894
died May 26,1972
married Bertha Christy
no dates at this time.
2. May Irwin
born Dec.18,1895
died Feb. 11,1976
married Ben McAlester
no other dates at this time.
D. Jane May Irwin
married Adam Fogle
no other dates at this time
They had six children:
1. Lula Jane Fogle
Born Sept. 13,1883
died May 12,1972
married William Mcguffe
no other dates.
2. Harry C Fogle
Born 25 Dec 1894
Died Dec 1979, OK
Buried: in the Bristow Cemetery, Bristow
OK
Marriage: Olief Stella Matlock
| Added 03 June 2003
B:
D: 4 Jan. 1989
| Added 03 June 2003
January 4, 1989 Sapulpa Herald Creek Co. OK
BRISTOW - Services for Mrs. Olief Stella (Matlock) Fogle, 93, of Wagoner, Okla., will be 10 am Thursday at the
Hutchins-Maples funeral Chapel, 119 N. Chestnut, with the Rev. Carol Cook officiating.
Burial will be in Bristow City Cemetery
Creek County, OK
Mrs. Fogle died Sunday at Wagoner Community Hospital. She was a member of Oilton Methodist Church for 50 years and was past worthy matron of the Drumright Eastern
Star Chapter. She married Harry C. Fogle on Oct 23, 1912, in Newby, Okla. He preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons Kennith of Loveland, Colo., and Olind of Wagoner; one granddaughter; two grandsons; one
great-granddaughter; and three great-grandsons. [Source]
Children
1- Kennith R. Fogle,
| Added 03 June 2003
B: 27 April 1920
D: 17 May 1990
2- Olind Fogle
| Added 03 June 2003
3. Dewey Fogle
no other information at this time
4. Tom Fogle
no other information at this time
5. Lonney Fogle
no other information at this time
6. Mary Fogle
no other information at this time
F. Grant Chambers Irwin
b. July 12, 1864, in Butler county, PA
d. May 9, 1934, in Lincoln county, OK
| Added 24 May 2003
Buried in the Irwin plot in Hope Cemetery at Meeker,
OK
Married, Elnora Cecile Augustine, on Mar. 18, 1894
Elnora Cecile Augustine, (Nee Nora E. Garwood
adopted as a small child by the Augustine's)
b. 8 June 1877 |
Added 24 May 2003
d. 27 Feb 1952 |
Added 24 May 2003
Buried, in the Irwin plot in Hope Cemetery at Meeker,
OK
Added 15 June
2003
The Grant Chambers Irwin Story
By Lewis John Irwin
Grant Chambers Irwin, sister Martha Jane (Aunt Jenny), Adam Fogle, his son, Newton Fogle, by a former marriage,
and their three children, Jennings, Lula Jane and George, left Pennsylvania in two of those "covered Conestoga
wagons." Their destination was Vancouver, Washington, a distance of nearly 3000 miles.
Exact date of departure, I can only presume, was about the first day of May, 1887. 1 say this because a fourth
baby was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, a girl named Rosy Mabel, on May 28, 1887.
They made it to Helena, Montana and the men found work in timber with the horses, renting a house for the winter.
The following spring they went on to Vancouver, Washington, where Grant and Jane's sister, Sadie, lived with her
husband, Jim Hilliard.
It seems almost impossible to believe, but the Ozark Trail, which they followed, came across present Lincoln
County, by the farm which Grant later bought in 1894. The trail came through north side of present site of
Meeker, Old Clifton and on through present Oklahoma City, where tall prairie grass grew before.
The Fogles were blessed with another baby, Jenny Fogle, born April 28, 1889, in Seattle, Washington. She died
while a young child after they returned to Lincoln County, near Belmont, and was buried in Gable Cemetery.
In a narration, Lula Jane (Fogle) McGuffey wrote, she said her father had a sawmill near Yakima, Washington. It
caught fire and was damaged. He sold the remains and headed back to Oklahoma. They stopped to visit her
grandparents, Marcus Fayette and Mary Elizabeth Irwin, on a ranch near Pueblo, Colorado. I do not know when
they had moved from Pennsylvania.
Adam Fogle was a sooner, among sooners. On his way from Oklahoma City to Belmont, he chose the site for his
future homestead, four miles east and one mile south of the present site of Meeker.
They stayed near Belmont until the day of Opening, September 22, 1891.
Grant Irwin and Newt Fogle continued to work in Seattle, Washington for a while. Newt later came to Oklahoma in
time for Sac and Fox run in September of 1891. Newt also homesteaded in Lincoln County, near his father.
Grant Irwin pulled stakes and took off for World Fair in Chicago, in 1893. After taking in the fair, he headed for
Oklahoma to visit Adam and sister, Jenny, and family. He evidently came prepared to stay for a while, for other than his luggage, he had all his savings in gold coins in a
money belt.
J. W. Augustine, born and raised in Illinois, had migrated to near Yates Center, Kansas, made the run in opening of
Sac and Fox territory, and homesteaded on the Southeast Quarter of. 13-12-4, four miles east of Meeker, and
just one mile north of the Fogles. They became acquainted and visited quite often. The Augustines had a
16-year-old daughter. The time was 1893. The following spring, in 1894, she was married to Grant Irwin. He bought
the 160 acre farm across the section line, east of Augustines where they made their first home there.
In the mean time another brother, Marion Marcus Irwin, had made the trip from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma, settled
in the same neighborhood and had married Ella Berry, the daughter of another couple who homesteaded just east
of the Fogles.
Grant Irwin had acquired a sawmill and sawed much of the lumber for houses and barns in the neighborhood.
Adam Fogle owned a cotton gin and a gristmill. Neither he nor Grant Irwin cared too much for farming. They
were more interested in machinery and the processing of the products of the other farmers.
Grant and Marion Irwin worked on Rock Island Railroad, being built from Oklahoma City to Shawnee. The
Irwins, Grant, Cecille and six weeks old son, Arlie, made the trip to Shawnee to see the first train come into Shawnee on
the Fourth of July, 1895.
Marion Marcus Irwin died just two years later in 1897, of typhoid fever, and is buried in Gable Cemetery.
Grant Irwin's first gin was destroyed by fire. He built another on the Charley White farm, and operated it there
until 1903. When the Santa Fe Railroad was built, the gin was removed along with the sawmill to present site of
Meeker. At that time, wood was still being used to generate steam, to operate both gin and sawmill.
Grant had moved to the Frazier farm three miles east of Meeker some time before, and his parents moved to live
on his farm. Grant walked the three miles to Meeker for three seasons during cotton-ginning time. He worked about 12 hours
per day and then walked home. He arrived early in time for firing the boiler to have steam pressure when crew
arrived to start ginning by 7:00 a.m.
In 1906, he built a two room house near the gin in Meeker, and moved into it about Thanksgiving.
I, Lewis John, was the first of their children born in Meeker, on March 13, 1908, the first five having been born on
farm four miles east.
In 1909, Oklahoma Natural Gas Company piped natural gas to Meeker. The two rooms were too small and a
contractor from Shawnee was hired to move the two rooms to present site 118 South Scott Street. To these two
rooms, the present house was constructed. Natural gas changed many things that year. The present house was
piped for gas and gas lights were installed. A new gas heating stove was placed in the living room, but a large
wood heater was placed in the dining room, in the center of house. We depended on the wood heater for main
heating of house in cold weather, as they had in the past. Cooking changed from wood to gas.
That year, 1909, a new and larger gin was built and Will Amis was taken in as a partner. I imagine more capital
was needed, for a 150 horsepower natural gas engine was bought to power the new larger gin. In fact, the two
gins, old and new, were placed under same roof and for two or three years during rush season, both sets of gins
stands were pulled by new 150 horsepower gas engine.
Amis and Irwin Gin Company prospered until about 1921 when the price of lint cotton
dropped from around forty cents per pound to five cents per pound.
During rush season, the gin was kept operating until 11:00 to 12:00 P.M. Kerosene lanterns were the only means
of light. The globes had to be cleaned daily and lanterns refilled with kerosene. At that time, we called it coal oil,
made from coal until oil was discovered. Wicks had to be trimmed and replaced
often. Lanterns were also a fire hazard near cotton.
About 1918, a small direct current generator was bought and installed and the gin was wired for electric lights. A
great improvement over the old kerosene Lanterns. much more light and less danger of fire.
In 1918, so many men had been drafted into service during first world war, Father could not find men to operate
gin. I was ten years old at that time. He came to school house one morning and told the principal he was going to
take me out of school to help at the gin.
I was surprised, but happy to get a vacation from school. It certainly helped my ego to be considered capable of
doing the work formerly performed by an older person. I also felt I was doing a small bit toward wining a war.
Those electric lights and the generator that produced the electricity fascinated me, and I had to learn more about
it. I enroll in a correspondent course in electricity from Cooke Electric Correspondence School, in
Chicago. From then on, I was the electrician for the gin. The only thing ever needing attention was a dirty commutator or worn
brushes on generator and burned out lamp globes.
Our older brother, Hilliard G. was drafted into service, and sent to Little Rock, Arkansas, for basic
training. He became ill with influenza, which was raging throughout the country, at that time, First of October, 1918 within 30
days, he was dead. Thousands died that year of the epidemic. Just ten days after Hilliard's death, Armistice was
signed and the war ended November 11, 1918
In the year 1925, the residents of Meeker voted bonds to build 13,000 volt line to connect to line
running from Harrah general station to Chandler. An electrician by the name of Slaymaker came to Meeker. He was looking for a
helper to do wiring to get homes and businesses ready for coming electricity. He and I made a deal, and I stayed
out of school 1925-1926 term, and together we wired some 50 homes and business buildings for electricity.
In spring of 1926, the line was completed and the town of Meeker began receiving electricity, generated at
Oklahoma Gas and Electric plant at Harrah. I went back to school in the fall of 1926, and finished a year later than
my classmates, in spring 1927.
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Grant, along with his sister Jane and her husband, Adam Fogle, migrated from Pennsylvania to Oregon via
Conestoga wagon in the early 1880s. They left Pennsylvania early in the spring and had made it to
the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains when the snow came. They spent the winter there, resumed their
journey the following spring and reached Oregon the next fall. There are still a number of relatives
living in Oregon, as well as Washington and California.
Hilliard was also born at Grandpa's old farm four miles east of Meeker. George and all of
the other younger kids were all born at the old house in town (it was not built until after Meeker was
established in 1903). He first built the gin and then the house. Also Hilliard died of the flue in the
flue epidemic in World War I at Camp Pike, Arkansas.
I don't remember the exact date, but I know the war was just about over, so I think he died about October,
or perhaps early November, 1918. [Glen Irwin]
Grant and Elnora Irwin had eleven children:
1. Arlie A Irwin
born 17 May 1895
died 22 June 1961
married Nellie Lane
b: 12 Mar. 1895 |
Added 24 May 2003
d: 25 Sept. 1970 |
Added 24 May 2003
Buried in Hope Cemetery, Meeker Ok
2. Gladys Elnora Irwin
born Oct.1899
died June 5,1972
married Arthur W. Miller
3. Hilliard G Irwin
born 9 Mar 1897
| Added 24 May 2003
died 1
Nov 1918 |
Added 24 May 2003
88th Co. 162nd Dep Bn. |
Added 24 May 2003
Buried in Hope Cemetery, Meeker OK
4. Glen Marcus Irwin
b. Oct, 20,1902, four miles east of Meeker
OK
d. Sept, 2, 1970, at Meeker, Ok.
Buried, in the Irwin plot in Hope Cemetery at Meeker,
OK
Married: Geraldine Virginia Wadsack, in 1924
separated in 1935, divorced in 1936
Geraldine
b. Aug 20,1905, at Spencer, OK
d. June 23, 1983, in Lawton, OK
Glen Marcus Irwin remarried two more times
Child of Glen M Irwin and Geraldine V Wadsack:
1- Glen Dale Irwin
He served in the Armed forces from 1948 to 1976
in Korea, Alaska, Europe, Vietnam and the Canal Zone.
b. Seminole OK
Married: Clara Elizabeth Guinn, in Wichita Kansas
Children:
i. Janice Elizabeth Irwin
b. Aug 7, 1953, at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
d. Aug 30, 2002, in Alva Ok. of a heart attack
ii. Jeanine Kay Irwin
Married, James D. Johnson
iii. John William Irwin
5. George W Irwin
born 1906
died 1960
married Hazel Downen
6. Lewis John Irwin
born 13 Mar. 1908
| Added 24 May 2003
d: 18 April 1995
| Added 24 May 2003
Buried in Hope Cemetery, Meeker
OK
married Eunice W Buttram
7. Marion Franklin Irwin
Born July7,1910
d: 30 Mar. 1991
| Added 24 May 2003
Buried in Hope Cemetery, Meeker OK
married Gladys Marie Buttram
b: 14 Nov. 1909 |
Added 24 May 2003
d: 6 June 1990
| Added 24 May 2003
Buried in Hope Cemetery, Meeker OK
8. Ernest Leslie Irwin
b: July 17,1912
d: 4 Aug. 1984
| Added 24 May 2003
Buried in Hope Cemetery, Meeker
OK
married Bertie Evelyn Neer
b: 5 Oct. 1913 |
Added 24 May 2003
d: 21 Feb. 1984 |
Added 24 May 2003
Buried in Hope Cemetery, Meeker Ok.
9. Bessie E Irwin
born July 21,1914
no death date given
married Harold Marsh
10. Woodrow Irwin
born Aug.30,1917
d: 26 Sept. 1917
| Added 24 May 2003
Buried in Hope Cemetery, Meeker
OK
11. Dorothy Evelyn Irwin
born Dec.17,1920
married Charley Helms
Related Pages: Descendants
of Archibald Irwin
Descendants of Susannah Erwin/Irwin
Descendants of Florence A Rock
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