Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 4 November 2005

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EDWARD P. KIRVAN, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Ireland about 1805; is a son of William and Mary Kirvan, natives of Ireland, and lived and died in their own native country. The grandfather was William Kirvan, and his ancestors came from Germany. One Jeremiah Kirvan, a native of Germany and a man of prominence, had so won the favor of Lord Klon Reichard, of Ireland, that that Noble induced him to leave his native land and come to Ireland in 1492, where he settled and lived till his death, enjoying the special favor of Lord Reichard, and became a very noted General of his army. From this great General descended the grandfather William. William and Mary had seven sons and three daughters, of whom Edward, the subject of this sketch, was the eldest; he emigrated to America in 1837, and landed in New York on the 4th of July; thence he went to Dutchess Co., N. Y., and obtained work with a farmer by name of Flagler, where he remained about sixteen years, and became the principal manager of his farms. In 1852, he came to Ohio, and remained from May till August at Columbus; thence to Clark Co., and resided three years; thence to Warren Co., and bought, and located upon the place where he now lives and has since resided a period of twenty-four years. Mr. Kirvan had six brothers and sisters who followed him to America, who are all deceased but one sister, Delia, now residing in New York City. Mr. Kirvan was married May 12, 1852, to Mrs. Martha May, daughter of James and Jane May, natives of Lancaster Co., England, who lived and died in their native land. Martha was born May 3. 1823, and, when about 19 years of age, or in 1842, she with her brother John emigrated to America, and located in Dutchess Co., N. Y., and there Mr. Kirvan made her acquaintance which culminated in their marriage. They were married in Albany, N. Y., and then went to Ohio where they settled as above stated. By this marriage they have one daughter, Margaret S., born in Clark Co., Ohio, March 16, 1854. Mr. Kirvan has a good farm, upon which he has erected a good house and other buildings, and now has everything comfortable about him, constituting a pleasant home and residence.