Photos from the Linn County Historical Society Collection donated by Ivan Irwin (1922 - 1998).

Thanks to Margretta Harris for identifying these people.

Bessie Shields Marple and Ivan Irwin

Ivan Samuel Irwin

Emma Deliza Irwin

Elizabeth Taylor Irwin & Emma D. Irwin Shields

Deliza M. Lumbard Irwin (Mrs. James Irwin)
Ivan Samuel Irwin (left) and Albert A. Irwin, sons of Sam Irwin

Gus and Bessie Shields Marple. 50th anniversary, Bartlesville, OK

Samuel Simonton Irwin (Son of James and Deliza)

Albert A. Irwin

Ivan and Albert Irwin

Probably Samuel and Elizabeth Taylor Irwin

Steps to Creede, Colorado

Amethyst Boarding House in Creede, Colorado. 1892. Roland Shields worked in the mines in Creede.
They drove horse-drawn wagons. He organized the first Teamsters Union there.