Mrs. Irvin

Mrs. Irvin was of Irish descent. She was an early settler on Sulphur Creek. Irvin could neither read nor write but was anxious to acquire property. One vendor took advantage and gave her an option instead of a bill of sale. She sued the vendor, and the case was heard before Judge Macaulay. Her common-law husband, Sam Irvin, was a bad drunk. He used the money she made washing and cooking to buy claims which did not go to her on his death but to a niece. When she died, she left her claims to the Sisters of St. Ann who had cared for her in her old age.¹⁾