Francis "Frank" J. Irwin

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1823-07-16

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1901-04-05

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White

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"Francis "Frank" J. Irwin" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00012126, (accessed January 14, 2025).

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Union County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier. Tennessee, native. Married to Elizabeth Baker Irwin in Anderson County, Tennessee, on April 11, 1846. Father of Reuben Irwin, Rolen Irwin, Calvin Irwin, John Irwin, Henry Irwin, Susan Irwin, Nancy Irwin, Lucy Irwin, and Francis Irwin. Served in the 5th Tennessee Infantry Regiment as a private in the U.S.-Mexican War, from November 15, 1847, to July 20, 1848. Farmer in Union County in 1860. Employed Alexander Ridenour as a day laborer in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Union County, District 8, p. 470.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules,Tennessee, Union County, District 8, p. 267A-B.
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the Mexican War, complied 1899-1927, documenting the period 1846-1848, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M638, Roll# 0013.
"Francis ‘Frank’ Irwin (1823-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial #15778572, accessed September 27, 2021,https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15778572/.
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Anderson County, 1838 Sep-1858 Sep: Marriages 3, p. 61-62.

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