Irvin, Samuel A.
Born: 1824-XX-XX Pennsylvania
Died: 1874-10-11 Cook County, Illinois
Flourished: Oregon, Illinois
Samuel A. Irvin was a lawyer and postmaster. From May 1849 to October 1851, he served as postmaster of Oregon, Illinois. In October 1849, Irvin married Matilda M. Motter. In 1850, he owned real property valued at $50. Irvin and his wife moved to Chicago, Illinois, sometime in the 1850s. In 1860, Samuel was practicing law in South Chicago and owned real property valued at $5,000 and a personal estate of $200. He was a partner in the firm of Irvin & Snowhook along with William B. Snowhook. Also known as S. Addison Irvin.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls, Records of the Post Office Department, RG 28, 1845-1855, 18:146, National Archives Building, Washington, DC; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1849 (Washington, DC: Gideon, 1849), 484*; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1851 (Washington, DC: Gideon, 1851), 543*; Gravestone, Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Ogle County, 30 October 1849, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Oregon, Ogle County, IL, 28; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), South Chicago, Cook County, IL, 252; T. M. Halpin, comp., Halpin & Bailey's Chicago City Directory, for the Year 1861-62 (Chicago: Halpin & Bailey, 1861), 183.