Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Irvin, Ed 1873 - living in 1917
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Author: B. F. Bowen

ED IRVIN.

    One of the chief industries of Blue Rapids, Marshall county, is the making
of cement from the gypsum mines of that section of the county. The industry
furnishes employment to a large number of people and brings a large amount of
money to the city and surrounding country. One of the large industrial plants of
the place is the American Cement Plaster Company, a strong and substantial
business concern and one that has had much to do with the prosperity and growth
of Blue Rapids. One of the men who are prominently connected with the business
is Ed Irvin, the mill superintendent, who was born at Redfield, Iowa, on
February 22, 1873, the son of Mathias and Isaphana (Bass) Irvin.

    Mathias Irvin was long interested in woolen mills and the wool industry in
Iowa, where he lived for many years. In 1889 he moved to Nebraska, where he
engaged in general farming in Harlan county, near Alma. After a number of years
he retired and moved to McCook, Nebraska, where he later died.

    Ed Irvin received his education in the common schools of Iowa, where he
lived until he was sixteen years of age, when he moved to Nebraska with his
father. There he engaged in general farming, until 1898, when he entered the
employ of the cement mill and learned the work thoroughly, both in the mill and
in the mines. He gave his best services to the company, and took the greatest
interest in the success of the business. He became proficient in all the
departments and his efforts were rewarded in 1904 by being made superintendent.
He now has over fifty men in his charge and is recognized as a capable
executive. His pleasing personality has won for him the confidence of the
officers of the company and the highest respect of the men under his
supervision. During his connection with the mill he has increased the output and
has raised the standard of excellence in the work.

    In 1894 Ed Irvin was united in marriage to Louisa J. Maher, a native of
Nebraska, and to this union three children have been born, John, Fay and Roy.
John is an employee of the mill, where he began work at the age of twenty years;
the other two children are now in school. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin are among the
worthy people of Blue Rapids and are held in the highest regard. They take much
interest in the social life of the town, and have long been interested in the
social, moral and educational growth of the community. Mr. Irvin is recognized
as one of the influential men of the city.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)

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