Person:Boyle Irwin (1)

Boyle Irwin began studies at Dublin College in the classics but was attracted to the US before he graduated. He moved to Pittsburgh and established a commission business in the building located "on the Diamond". He was commissioned to build the rigging for Commodore Perry's fleet but his shop was struck by lightning, set fire, and entirely destroyed. He bored the first salt well opened west of the Allegheny Mts. in 1824, located on 9 Mile Run and continued his property until his death. He served on the Pittsburgh City Council, and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh.

Boyle came to Am 1798

1810 Pittsburgh, PA p112: Boyle Irwin 1011/311011

He was a director of the Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Directory 1815)

1850 Pittsburgh, Ward 4, Allegheny Co, PA p244B, 6 Aug 1850, h/h 402/466

Irwin, Boyle 78 IR $150,000 Eliza 70 PA Steele, James 42 PA bookkeeper Jane 32 PA Hays, Caroline 28 PA $30,000 William 3 PA Eliza 6 PA Lydia 1 PA Murray, Annie 26 PA Fara, Mary 19 Germ servant Weevil, Hannah 22 Germ servant

1860 Peebles, Allegheny Co, PA, PO Wilkins, p517, 5 July 1860, h/h 332/337

Irwin, Boyle 87 IR gentleman $70,000-150,000 Eliza 72 PA James A 37 PA salt manufacturer $1,000 Steele, Jane 45 PA Schriner, Charles 21 Germ laborer Agan, Mary 40 IR servant McShane, Margaret IR servant