IRWIN, L. E.

IRWIN, WAUGH, DAVENPORT, PAULUS, HIBBS

Posted By: Nettie Mae
Date: 1/18/2003 at 21:03:57

SOURCE: "Biographical history of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa" Lewis Pub. Co., Chicago, 1893

L. E. IRWIN, a well-known citizen of Clinton township, resides on a farm of 280 acres in
the vicinity of Wall Lake, Sac county, Iowa.
Mr. Irwin dates his birth in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1857. His
father, W. H. Irwin, was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, of English
ancestry, and the son of a Revolutionary soldier. The maiden name of our subject's
mother was Mary Waugh, she being a native of Ireland. In 1867 W. H. Irwin and his
family came to Iowa, and located in Clinton county, near Maquoketa. There the father
engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is still a resident of Clinton county. L. E., C.
W., W. D., W. H., and Jennie, wife of L. Davenport, are five of their children.
L. E. Irwin was reared to farm life, and was educated in the district schools. In
1877 he came to Clinton township, Sac county, and bought eight acres of wild land, which
he has improved, and to which he has since added until he now has 360 acres. Among the
improvements on this place we note the following: frame residence, story and a half,
14x24 feet, with an L, 14x20 feet; barn, 44x656 feet; second barn, 38x44 feet; windmill,
and fine grove and orchard. He devotes considerable attention to stock, keeping a good
grade of cattle and Poland-China and Berkshire hogs.
Mr. Irwin was married March 16, 1881, in Clinton county, Iowa, to Lois E. Paulus,
who received her birth and education in that county, and who is the daughter of Peter and
Maggie (Hibbs) Paulus, natives of Pennsylvania and Indiana, respectively. Her parents
came to Sac county, Iowa, in 1888, and are now residents of Lake View. They reared four
children: Frank, Lois, Kate and Etta. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin have had five children, three of
whom are living: Lawrence William, Orrie F. and Flossie E. Josie Emma died at the age
of fourteen months, she being the second born; and Ruby Z., the fourth child, died at the
age of seven months.

He affiliates with the Republican party, and has served the public as a member of
the School Board, and has also been a Justice of the Peace three years. Mrs. Irwin is a
member of the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church.