Person

James Brewster Irvin (Mercer County, KY, Farmer)

b. 1802-07-02 d. 1889-04-01

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Lucretia Starnes Irvin in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1829. Father of James F. Irvin, Sarah Irvin, Decy A. Irvin, Samuel W. Irvin, and Benjamin B. Irvin. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 646.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 43B.

"James B. Irvin (1802-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial #58178488, accessed October 9, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58178488.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191851, p. 51.

Citation

Irvin, James Brewster. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202396 (November 12, 2026).

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