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| | History of Delaware County - Ashmead, Ch. XXXVI, (Page 445) |
 | | James Irving, the subject of this biographical sketch, was born in 1817 in New York, where his parents, John and Jeannie B. Irving, emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland, and settled in the year 1811. |
 | | James Irving the year previous removed to Delaware County and established woolen-mills at Irvington, under the firm-name of J. and D. Irving, which continued until the death of David Irving, in 1862, when James Irving and Son succeeded to the business. |
 | | James Irving, in May, 1839, was married to Christiann, daughter of John Berry, of Chester County, Pa. Their children are Jeannie M. (wife of Hugh Lloyd, of Darby, Pa.), E. Matilda (wife of William H. Starbuck, of New York), William A., and D. Edwin. |
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