Ransom IRISH and others mentioned at Pine Island are in "Descendants of
John IRISH," by Willis L. & Stella B. P. IRISH: Ransom IRISH (23
Jan. 1809, Chesterfield, Essex, NY - 2 Nov. 1891, of Pardon, Jesse 5,4,
Jonathan 3, John 2,1 IRISH) m. 19 Aug. 1832, {NY}, Lodema CHASE (3 Mar.
1815, Salem, MA - 5 Je. 1887). First child b. Boston, NY, others in Colden,
Erie Co., NY.
Melinda (6 Aug. 1833 - 21 Mar. 1860) m. 15 Je. 1851, Joseph STREETER. They
had one dau. Amelia. When Amelia's mother Melinda died, grandmother Lodema
raised Amelia, whose father went to work one day and was never seen again.
Joab (24 D 1834 - 19 F 1899) m. 13 Apr. 1865, Martha Orvilla BISHOP (15 July
1844 - 29 Jan. 1887). Joab went to Pine Island, MN, remarried & had two
more sons.
Clarinda (27 May 1837 - 26 Apr. 1913) m. 8 Je. 1856, Milo MORSE.
Mary (10 D 1838 - 24 July 1841).
Harrison Arthur (16 D 1840 - 27 Mar. 1913, Yakima, WA) m1. 20 S 1865, Dorcas
C. BOWEN (9 Aug. 1840 - 21 D 1867); m2. 1 Jan. 1871, Lottie E. SMITH (12 F
1855 - 28 D 1879 [bu. with daus. Edna & Lottie?]); m3. 4 Jan. 1886,
Kath. Eliz. (CLARK) BOOTH, S. St. Marie, MI.
Mary M. (3 Apr. 1843 - 22 Oct. 1877) m. 1 Jan. 1861, Wm. CROSS.
Martha (21 F 1845 - 27 N 1892) m1. 25 D 1859, Solomon SWEET; m2. 2 Je. 1867,
Bill STORY.
Harriet (11 July 1847 - 30 Jan. 1916) m. 17 Oct. 1871, John IRISH (13 D
1848, Waupaca, WI - 12 N 1921, Kellogg, MI). John had a brother Samuel
Gordon IRISH. [husband of Flory?]
Sophronia (12 Aug. 1849 - 17 Mar. 1876) m. 5 Jan. 1868, _.
Ellen, b. 15 D 1851, m. 20 Jan. 1872, John LYKE.
Ransom.
Charles, b. 17 May 1855, handicapped.
Wm. Nelson (18 Jan. 1857 - 16 Mar. 1931) m. 19 Mar. 1881, Caroline Villette
VREELAND (19 Aug. 1861 - 12 N 1947). [They must have been parents of Anna
(1882-3)& Vreeland (1897-1898)].
Joseph IRISH (book says ca. 1796, Peru, NY - 1873? Pine Island, MN, [could
TS say aged 76?]) m. 181_, Sally, b. ca. 179[6, sic, had child in 1842], VT.
In 1820, they were of McKean T., Erie Co., PA. They had
[earlier children?]
Samuel (182_ - 1895, Sedgwick, Alberta, Canada) was of Wabasha, MN; m.
Priscilla, who d. Kellogg, MI.
Nathaniel, b. 182_, m. Margaret, went to Chehalis, WA.
Joseph L. (8 Jan. 1828 - 1900) m. 185_, Eveline NEWTON, Erie Co., PA.
Alonzo W. (1832 - 1900, Oregon City, OR) m. Sophia BAKER of Colden, NY, who
d. 1909, Vancouver, WA; li. Red River Valley, MN.
James W. (17 Oct. 1834, Erie Co., NY - 15 Mar. 1923, Neillville, WI) m. 26
Jan. 1855, Betsey FORBES (6 N 1840, Manchester, VT - 29 N 1894, Rochester,
MN).
Ruth, m. Hank DEITER.
Galucia Pardon (1842 - 1926, Bemidji, MN) m. Alice "Lettie" FISH
(23 May 1845 - Aug. 1927), of Red R. Valley, MN.
Loomis F. IRISH (15 Jan. 1856, NY - 1937, s/o J. L., above, & Evaline)
m. 1877, Lura S. HAWKINS, d/o Mahalia PHELPS & J. F. HAWKINS. [1865 to
MN; Pres., State Bank of Pine Isl., 1907), had Blanche, b. 1879, m. 2 Mar.
1894, Verne PARKER of Pine Isl., MN; son Caryl, dy; & Ruth, m. FURLOW.
J. L. & Evaline also had son Rush, d. May 1873, and another son Rush W.
IRISH (12 Apr. 1873, {sic, before the first Rush died?} Dodge Co., MN - 19 F
1959, Canon City, CO) m1. 1 D 1895, Pine Isl., MN, Georgiana McCARTHY (15 F
1877 - 20 F 1924), d/o Helen WYMAN & J. B. McCARTHY. Rush W. IRISH m2. 8
Je. 1926, Margaret ROSS.
Sources: US Census, 1850, Erie Co., NY. Mrs. Frances M. LILLIE, Ripley, NY.
Geo. W. NICHOLS, Philadelphia. Rush W. IRISH, Canon City, CO. Wm. Henry
IRISH & Mrs. Mabel BLANCK, Colden, NY. Earl B. SANDERS, Lanc., CA. Mrs.
Blanche PARKER, Pine Isl., MN. Mrs. Lattie VanDUSEN, Yakima, WA. History of
Yakima Valley, & TS Inscriptions Tahoma Cem., Yakima. History of Dakota
& Goodhue Cos., MN. Bible of David IRISH, Seattle.
Ervin IRISH, St. Paul, MN. Mrs. Ethel KUHN, Neillsville, WI. Mrs. Patsy
HAYMAKER, Denver. Irene IRISH BARRY, Longview, WA, et al.