Individual Details

Married Mary. J. Knowles.

1900 Census. Buena Vista Twp, Schuyler Co IL, Hh 361
John R. Irwin, b. Apr 1859, age 41, married 23 years, b. IL, father b. Ohio, mother b. PA, Farmer
Mary J., wife, b. Jul 1861, age 38, 11 children - 9 are living, b. IL, father b. NC, mother b. IL
Druzilla, dau, b. Feb. 1884, age 16, b. MO.
Lucy, dau, b. Mar 1885, age 15, b. MO.
Laura, dau, b. Mar. 1886, age 14, b. MO.
Sarah, dau, b. Sep 1888, age 11, b. IL.
Harry, son, b. Mar 1890, age 10, b. IL.
Henry, son, b. Jun 1892, age 7, b. IL.
George, son, b. Jul 1894, age 5, b. IL.

1910 Census. Browning, Schuyler, IL, HH 122 (next door to daughter Lucy & her husband)
John R. Erwin, 54, married once for 33 years, family all born IL, Farmer
Mary J., wife, 49, 14 children - 1 are living
Geo T., son, 14
Mellia P., dau, 8
Mary F., dau, 6
Marriah R., mother, 73, widow, 1 child, b. Pennsylvania

Prairie Farmer's Directory of Brown and Schuyler Counties Illinois 1918
Irwin, John R. (Mary Jane Knowles) Ch Melvina, Mary, *Laura, *Sarah, *Harry, *George, *Hulda , *Cora, *Druzilla, *Lucy; Rushville R7 Woodstock Farm Hand Calvin Clayton (1856)
The year in parenthesis is the year he became a resident of the county.

1930 Census. Cass, Fulton Co, IL, Hh 114
John Bankes, 49, married at age 21, b. IL
Druzzila M., wife, 46, married at 18, b. MO
Clarene F., dau, 17
Lenard c., son, 15
Louise I., dau, 9
John R. Irwin, father-in-law, 74, widowed, b. IL

Buried Hughes Cemetery, Erwin, Schuyler Co IL. His birth date of 3 Apr 1856, as found on his grave marker, may be incorrect. If he was born that year, he was born two months before his parents married. I very much suspect he was born April of 1857. He was age 3 in the 1860 census, age 13 in 1870.

Birth	3 Apr 1857	Schuyler County, Illinois
Marriage	12 Feb 1877	Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois - Mary Jane Knowles
Death	19 May 1935	Peoria County, Illinois

Spouse	Mary Jane Knowles (1861 - 1928)
Child	Hulda Elizabeth Irwin (1878 - 1938)
Child	Cora Altona Irwin (1881 - 1955)
Child	Druzilla Irwin (1884 - )
Child	Lucy A. Irwin (1885 - 1928)
Child	Laura Margaret Irwin (1886 - 1964)
Child	Sarah Jane Irwin (1889 - 1937)
Child	John Harrison "Harry" Irwin (1891 - 1957)
Child	Henry Irwin (1892 - )
Child	George T. Irwin (1894 - )
Child	Melvina P. "Millie" Irwin (1901 - 1979)
Child	Mary F. Irwin (1894 - )

Father	Harrison IRWIN (1835 - 1904)
Mother	Mariah R. Phillips (1836 - 1915)
Sibling	Levi IRWIN (1859 - 1914)
Sibling	Francis Marion IRWIN (1861 - 1934)
Sibling	Freeman IRWIN (1862 - 1929)
Sibling	Otis IRWIN (1864 - 1909)
Sibling	Laura Agnes IRWIN (1868 - 1959)
Sibling	Lotta IRWIN (1870 - 1870)
Sibling	Mary "Molly" IRWIN (1871 - 1922)
Sibling	George Washington IRWIN (1873 - 1949)
Sibling	Ida May Irwin (1875 - 1951)
Sibling	Herman E. IRWIN (1878 - 1934)