IRVIN, Robert H., KY., then St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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ROBERT HUGHES IRVIN, ST. MARTINVILLE.--Mr. Irvin is a native of Kentucky, born
October 19, 1869.  His father, Col. Wm. J. Irvin, was a native of Ireland,
though reared and educated in the United States.  He was a gallant soldier in
the Civil War, and was a colonel in the Sixth Indiana Regiment.  He was
severely wounded during service, from the effects of which he subsequently
died, December 3, 1875.  R. H. Irvin's mother, Eliza O'Neil, was of Scotch
parentage.  She was reared in Louisville, Ky., where she married the subject's
father in 1853.  To them were born three sons and five daughters, of whom our
subject is the third.  He was reared and educated in Louisiana.  He completed
his education at St. John's College.  After leaving school he took a course of
civil engineering in Cincinnati, serving as an apprentice for five years.  On
the completion of his apprenticeship he became engineer for the F. O. & I. M.
Railroad, where he was engaged for the period of one year.  Since that time he
has been engaged on different roads, until recently, when he became identified
with the timber business of this parish.

Mr. Irvin is an ardent Democrat, and has figured prominently in the local
politics of the parish.  He was appointed census enumerator for the second
ward, in St. Martin parish, 1890.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 336. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.