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Mary Irwin (Ramsey)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 10, 1813 (31)
Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Major James Ramsey, Jr. and Elizabeth 'Betsey' Ramsey (Porter)
Wife of Archibald Irwin, II
Mother of Capt James Ramsey R. Irwin; Jane Findlay Whiteman; Archibald Irwin and Elizabeth Ramsey Harrison
Sister of Sarah Speer; Colonel John Ramsey; Nellie Ramsey; Nancy Ramsey; Alice Ramsey and 4 others

Managed by: James Hutchison
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About Mary Irwin

Sources

  1. Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, VOLUME 1. Page 91

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Maternal grandmother of President Benjamin Harrison

Daughter of James Ramsey and Wife, Elizabeth Porter Ramsey

Married Archibald Irwin on 11 Oct 1798 at Presbyterian Church of Upper West Conogogheaue in Franklin County PA

They were the parents of at least 4 children: James Ramsey Irwin Jane Irwin Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin (Mother of President Benjamin Harrison) Archibald Irwin Jr

Soon after Mary's death in 1813, her husband remarried to Sidney Grubb with whom he had at least 3 children: Mary Jane Irwin Sarah Ellen Irwin Nancy Belle Irwin

Mary and Archibald are buried at Church Hill Cemetery in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Archibald's second wife, Sidney Grubb Irwin, is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 3 2018, 0:13:00 UTC

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Mary Irwin's Timeline

1781
March 30, 1781
Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
1800
1800
Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
1804
July 23, 1804
Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
1807
May 22, 1807
Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
1810
July 18, 1810
Mercersburg, Mercerburg, Franklin , Pennsylvania, United States
1813
February 10, 1813
Age 31
Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Church Hill Graveyard, Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States