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Excerpt from History of Pittsburgh and Environs James and Virginia (cameron) Irwin were the parents of five children: 5. C. Irwin, an architect of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. A. M. Bowman, who resides at the Irwin homestead in Bellevue; James L. Irwin, president of the Florida Produce and Fruit Company, Jacksonville, Fla; Paul W. Irwin, an architect of Pittsburgh; and Lee S. Irwin. Of further mention. Lee S. Irwin was born in Bellevue, Allegheny county. Pa., April 22, 1877. After public school years were ended, he became interested with his father in the sheet metal business, and when James Irwin died. After forty-e years of successful business, Lee S. Irwin succeded him in the management, and for six years has been the capable head of the James Irwin Com pany. Lately closing its first half century of existence, 1870-1990. The business heretofore conducted on a retail basis was changed in 1914, and is now strictly a manufacturing and jabbing business in wholesale quan tities only. The plant, which is a busy, prosperous one, employs at the height of its busiest season forty hands. Mr. Irwin is a Republican in politics. And a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Irwin married Charlotte Davidson, and they are the parents of a daughter, Jane, born in 1909. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.