14963. IRISH, Columbus Gates7, (Samuel Gates6, Stephen5, Jesse4, Jonathan3, John2, John1)
b. in 1839 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio; d. 5-8-1885 in Mound City, Kansas.
A farmer, and a carpenter. Buried in National Cemetery.
14964. m. 5-31-1857, Francis A. Hurd, b. 9-19-1836 in Claremont, New Hampshire;
d. 6-15-1917 in Auburn, California.
The family lived at times in Byron, Minnesota, Bon Homme and
Yankton, S. Dakota. They came from Dodge County, Minnesota in
1859 and he was a 1st. Lieut. in Co. C. and stationed in the Territory
of Dakota during the Civil and Indian Wars of 1861-1866. They
returned to Yankton in 1866-7 and built a small hotel on Cedar
Street, and later moved to Onawa, Monona County, Iowa about
1879.
Children:
14994. Burt Frank, b. 2-1-1858 in Twin Springs, Kansas; d. 12-12-1935 at
Wapato, Yakima County, Washington.
14995. m. 5-9-1885, Amy Utilla Hawes, b. 7-17-1865; d. 4-16-1942. Dau. of
Adolphus and Ellen (Rich) Hawes. A school teacher.
He was a newspaper pressman in Fergus Falls, Minn. for 25 years
and in 1910 they moved to Wapato, Washington and bought a fruit orchard.
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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN IRISH
Child:
15001. Nina Ellen, b. 5-20-1887. A school teacher.
15002. m. 9-3-1919, Charles DeWitt Williams, b. 7-18-1887 in Galloway,
Ohio. They lived on their fruit orchard on Rt. #2 Wapato,
Yakima County, Washington
Children born in Yakima, Washington:
15008. Charles Dale Williams, b, 9-11-1920. A chemical engineer.
15009. m. 6-2-1946, Tirza Ann Smith, b. 3-1-1923 in Spokane, Wash.
She was a chemist.
Child:
15019. Charles Donald Williams, b. 4-10-1947 in Oakland, Cal.
15010. Barbara Irish Williams, b. 6-13-1923. A school teacher.
15011. m. 6-27-1944, Arthur Burton Carson, b. 10-27-1922 in
Centralia, Wash. He was an architect in Kennewick, Wash.
Children born in Seattle, Washington:
15020. Arnold Bruce Carson, b. 1-20-1948
15021. Chris William Carson, b. 12-18-1951
14996. Emma DeEtta Hurd, b. 3-11-1860 in Byron, Minnesota; d. 1-15-1943,
Colfax, California.
14997. m. 5-31-1878, Edgar DeLacy Miner, b. 6-14-1851 of Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin; d. 2-3-1926 at Colfax, Cal. They owned a fruit
farm at Colfax, and later another one at Wapato, Washington,
Child:
15003. Frank E. Miner, b. 6-21-1885 in Pine Island, Minnesota; d. 3-21-1961.
15004. m. 4-22-1908, Anna Romona Miller, b. 10-23-1886
Child:
15012. Earl William Miner, b. 6-12-1910
15013. m. (1) 8-30-1936, Florence H. Ridolfi, b. 7-25-1918.
Divorced 1950.
Children:
15022. Marsha Ann Miner, b. 4-30-1938 in Auburn, Cal.
15023. m. 4-1-1955, Edward Keaton, b. in 1936 in Okla.
Child:
15028. Sheri Lynn Keaton, b. 9-1-1957 in Sacramento,
California
15024. Lynda May Miner, b. 1-2-1944 in Auburn, Cal.
15014. m. (2) 4-1-l955, Geneva M. Olmstead, b. 8-3-1917 in Wash.
14998. Asa Hubbard, b. 7-15-1861 in Bon Homme, South Dakota; d. 7-31-1935
in Wapato, Yakima County, Washington. He was a creamery
expert and invented the “Irish Butter Moisture Test”, still in
use.
14999. m. (1) 9-4-1888, Georgia Morehouse, b. 8-18-1869; d. 12-11-1918.
No issue. Res. St. Paul, Minnesota.
15000. m. (2) 1-20-1920, Mrs. Edith Jewel Townsend, b. 8-21-1869;
d. 7-27-1942.
He adopted her children:
15005. Evelyn Townsend, b. 3-15-1896 in Pine Island, Minn., unm.
15006. Marion Jewel Townsend, b. 5-15-1899. A fruit rancher.
15007. m. 12-15-1920, Merie Karlen, b. 8-13-1898 in Germany
Children:
15015. Mildred Lorraine Townsend, b. 9-10-1921 in Yakima,
Washington. She is a Cum Lauda graduate
of U. of Washington and a musician.
15016. m, 5-13-1951, Zack Curtis, b. 12-14-1923 in Sedalia,
Missouri. Employed by an oil company in Ecuador.
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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN IRISH
Children:
15025. Charles Ross Curtis, b. 5-23-1952 in Caracus,
Venezuela
15026. Karlen Ann Curtis, b. 7-12-1955 in Yakima, Wash.
15017. Maurice Karlen Tomnsend, b. 2-9-1926. Res. N. Y. C.
15018. m. 9-8-1957, Lucile Schoolcraft, b. 2-5-1930
Both are graduates of University of Chicago
Child:
15027. Leslie Ann Townsend, b. 1-17-1959 in S. Carolina
References:
P. 1447, Hudson and Mohawk Valleys
P. 430. Vol. 10, South Dakota Historical Collections
Notes of Mrs. Iva Perley Hauff, 711 4th Street, Brookings, S. Dakota
Notes of Mrs. Lucile Hanson, 785 North Hill Avenue. Pasadena, California
Notes of Mrs. Nina E. (Irish) Williams. Rt. #2, Box 236, Wapato, Washington