Dr. James S. Irvine
Dr. James S. Irvine, one of the early graduates of the Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, was born in Huntingdon County, Penn., in June, 1800, and came to Millersburgh in 1824, locating, to practice medicine, he and Dr. Enos being partners for many years. At the formation of Holmes County Dr. Irvine was made the first clerk of the Supreme Court and of the Common Pleas Court of the County. After several years Dr. Enos was made clerk of the Common Pleas Court, which office he held for over twenty years, our subject retaining the clerkship of the Supreme Court, until that court was abolished by the constitution of 1851.
Dr. Irvine was a physician of great ability, and wide and large practice throughout Holmes and adjoining counties. He was a man of energy of character, and the warm advocate of all improvements in his town and county. He was for many years a leading Whig politician of the county, being frequently on the ticket for office. He was nominated for the State Senate, and was upon the electoral ticket for President of the United States. For many years he was engaged in mercantile business, in partnership with James Johnson, a very active and enterprising citizen of Millersburgh, doing the leading business of the county. He lived a bachelor until about 1833, when he was married to Miss Louisa, daughter of John Armor, and sister of Dr. S.G. Armor, who afterward studied medicine with him. The Doctor reared a family of seven children, only two of whom are now living.
In the midst of active practice, and at the bedside of a patient, the Doctor was stricken with apoplexy, and died without any consciousness on the 5th day of September, 1855. No man in this part of the State had deservedly won so wide a popularity as a citizen, and as a wise, careful and useful physician.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889