Joseph Irvin

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Irvin was born on 7 July 1791, in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, his father, William Irwin, was 34 and his mother, Agnes Coriell, was 30. He married Theodosia Welles in 1812, in New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hamilton Township, Lee, Illinois, United States in 1830. He died on 13 October 1857, in Hamilton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Campground Cemetery, Raleigh Township, Saline, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Irvin
1791–1857
Theodosia Welles
1796–1873
Marriage: 1812
Sarah Elizabeth Irvin
1818–1899
Henry William Irvin
1821–1847
Benjamin Franklin Irvin
1822–1889
Oscar Fitzgerald Irvin
1826–1860
John B. Irvin
1832–1900

Sources (3)

  • Joseph Irving, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Joseph Irvin, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Joseph Irvin, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1804

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies with intense personal differences for quite some time. Burr accused Hamilton of publicly disparaging his character during the elections of 1800 and 1804. On the morning of July 11, the two politicians went to Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve the disputes with an official duel. Both men were armed with a pistol. Hamilton missed, but Burr's shot fatally wounded Hamilton, who would die by the following day. The duel custom had been outlawed in New York by 1804, resulting in Burr fleeing the state due to an arrest warrant. He would later be accused of treason, but ultimately be acquitted.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

Scottish: variant of Irvine .

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEireamhóin ‘descendant of Eireamhón’, a personal name attested as a figure of legend (an early settler of Ireland). There has also been some confusion with Irvine .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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