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INMAN - A St. Paul painter in 1849 doing business as Burrill & Inman. [WM246]

IRON SWORD - A M'dawakontonwan Sioux, also known as "Ma-za-sa-gia", he was the husband of Old Bets. He died in Mendota a few years after they were married. [WM252]
IRVINE, BENJAMIN F. - A resident in St. Paul in 1850. He was married on Sunday 17 June 1849, to Theresa J. Presley (1830 MO). Apparently this marriage did not last as Benjamin ran a notice in the newspaper of 17 Jan 1850 forbidding all persons from harboring or trusting her on his account. It appears that he left the state before September of 1850 when the census was taken. [WM268, MPv1#9, MPv1#40]
IRVINE, JOHN R. - Born in Dansville, NY, in 1812, he worked as a lad in blacksmithing, but at about 17 removed to Carlisle, PA, and took up the trade of plastering. In 1831, he married Nancy Galbraith, and returned to blacksmithing in Danville. In 1837, he emigrated west, spending three years in Green Bay, then settling in Prairie du Chien in 1840 where he went into the grocery trade.

While living in Buffalo, NY, he had become acquainted with Henry Jackson, and indeed they had come to Green Bay together. In 1843, Jackson stopped by Prairie du Chien on a business trip, and encountered his old friend, who was in business with Ansel Coy and C. C. Blanchard. Jackson urged them to come to St. Paul, as it was a far better place for trade. Irvine came, and was impressed. He purchased the balance of the old Edward Phelan claim from Joseph Rondo, which included a very good log dwelling located on the northwest corner of Third and Franklin Streets. The property extended about 300 acres back to the marsh on Lake Como Road.

Irvine then returned to Prairie to move his family and business. Coming by boat, he landed in a wooded inlet between the upper levee and the main land, and carved a property out of what was then one of the densest forests in the area. In 1845, he purchased the Richard Mortimer property, had it surveyed, and registered it, deeding part of it to Henry Rice, and it became "Rice & Irvine's Addition. His real estate holdings were valued at $5,000 in 1850. Irvine was married to Nancy (1815 PA), and had one son, John, who died as a child of TB, and seven daughters: Melvina Amanda (1833 NY), Mary Ann Elizabeth (1836 NY), Cythera Angeline (1840 WI), Cleopatra Arabella (1842 WI), Harriet Augusta (Jan 1850 MN), Vesta Viola, and Carry Belle. [WM126-29, MN49, MN50]

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