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THOS. J. IRVIN DEAD
Passed Away at 7 O'clock Sunday Evening
Thomas J. Irvin died at his
home in East Metz at 7 o'clock Sunday evening. He had been ill a
few days, but the infirmities incident to old age was chiefly the cause
of his death.
Funeral services were held
at the M. E. church, South, Tuesday at 10 o'clock a.m., conducted by
Rev. W. B. Bull. The remains were buried at Fair View cemetery.
Thomas J. Irvin was born in
Ashland county, Ohio, December 22, 1823, and at his death was aged 89
years, 4 months and 5 days. He was married three times. His
first marriage was to Elizabeth Hash. To this union was born four
sons, three of whom are living. By his second marriage one
daughter was born. She died two years ago. The third
marriage was to Mary Isabella Swan on September 8, 1895. She
survives him. He is survived by three sisters--Miss Margaret Irvin
of Rich Hill (who is two years his senior); Sarah Morris of Oklahoma,
and Esther Ernsberger of Ashland county, Ohio.
Uncle Tom had been a
resident of Vernon and Bates counties about twenty years, and has lived
in Metz the past seven years. During the war of the Rebellion he
served in Company B, 54th Ill. Inf. and was discharged October 17, 1865,
after serving almost five years. He was a member of Mt. McGregor
Post No. 252, G. A. R.
The Metz Times, Metz, Missouri.
Friday, May 31, 1912. |
