Rachel DeWeese Irvin
BIRTH
16 Mar 1789
Caswell County, North Carolina, USA
DEATH
15 Feb 1873 (aged 83)
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
BURIAL
Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
Rachel DeWeese was the first of fourteen children born to Isaiah DeWeese (1767-1844) and his wife Rebecca Barnett (1773-1847). Their family came from Caswell (now Person) Co. to Cabarrus around 1800. Isaiah settled in Cabarrus, and his older brother Hezekiah DeWeese (1760-1839), settled just over the county line in Mecklenburg, and sections of both counties were later called DeWeese in memory of these two men.
Rachel married George W. Irvin (1785-1863) on 6 Oct. 1808, and they had six children: Lucinda Irvin (c.1809-1873, never married), James M. Irvin (c 1811-1873, m. Aseneth Bell, 2nd m. Elizabeth Newell), Sarah H. Irvin (1814-1896, never married), Isaiah DeWeese Irvin (1820-1896,. m Jane Alexander), Benjamin Barnett Irvin (1824-1864, m. Margaret Sophia Morrison, CSA soldier died in the War), and Ephraim G. Irvin (1829-1900, m. Louisa M. Morrison).
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