Source: From The Sabbath Recorder, the newspaper of the Seventh Day Baptist Church
 
 
 

Joseph Herman Irish, son of Oliver Babcock and Sarah Anthony Irish, was born
at Westerly, RI, March 4, 1857, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Aster Key, in Peoria, IL  September 10, 1947.

He came to Farina, IL when a lad and with the exception of 10 years spent in
his daughter's home, he lived in and about Farina.  He served as assistant cashier
in the National Bank at Vandalia and in the State Bank of Farina. He taught school
at Farina and in Centralia, IL  He joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Farina in the year 1870, and was a charter member of the I.O.O.F. at Farina.

He was untied in marriage to Miss Ethel Davis September 7, 1892.  Six children
were born to them, and five of them with the mother survive him.

Funeral services were held in Peoria, IL, at the Wilton Mortuary Chapel, conducted by Rev. C.L. Hill of Farina, and burial was made in Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL.

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