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Howard (1907), Vol. 2 biographies
b. 9 Apr. 1830, Lancaster Co., Pa., youngest of ten children and the only one living, son of George Irvin (Irish, Scotch-Irish descent; d. when Israel was fourteen) (Part 77, pp. 1028–1029). Orphaned young; learned carpenter/joiner trades in Elkhart County; dealt in stock for forty years, conducted a meat market, sold surplus meats to the Chicago market, South Bend, and the county (Part 77). In 1865 Mr. and Mrs. Irvin took up their abode in North Liberty (Part 77). “He was the first village treasurer of North Liberty” — as printed, no year given (Part 77). A Republican since Lincoln; German Baptist church, an active worker who contributed to erecting the church in North Liberty (Part 77). M. Susan Leer (b. 11 Apr. 1832, Elkhart Co., Ind., daughter of Abraham and Hester (Miller) Leer; d. 5 June 1907, aged 75-1-24, interred in the Liberty cemetery, after fifty-five-plus years of marriage); six children named — incl. Jane, wife of Hiram Dreibelbis of North Liberty; George B., in the butchering/stock business in North Liberty; Dora, wife of C. Keck, the postmaster of North Liberty (at pointer here) (Part 77). The entry adds that Irvin and the Studebaker Brothers were schoolmates in Ohio (Part 77) — printed as his entry’s claim, at that strength. [PROFILE] Carrying fact: the first village treasurer — the single earliest town-office fact Howard Vol.