John D. Irons    

JOHN D. IRONS, sheriff, Beaver, was born in Hopewell township, this county, Feb. 21, 1840, and is a son of William and Hannah (Dickson) Irons, natives of Lowellville, Ohio, and of Scotch-Irish descent. The father was born in 1814, is a farmer, and resides in Hopewell township. The grandfather, Solomon Irons, came to Beaver county in 1807, and settled in Hopewell township. He was also a tiller of the soil. John D., the second in the family, was reared on the farm, received his education in the district school, and chose agriculture as his occupation. Aug. 17, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving as commissary sergeant and sergeant-major for several months; was in the battle of Gettysburg, and served until the close of the war. On his return home he resumed farming, which he continued until 1884, when he was elected sheriff of Beaver county, which office he still holds. He was married, in 1861, to Josephine H., daughter of George and Eliza Ann (Harper) Nevin, who are of Scotch-Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Irons have four children: Eva., Georgia M., William H. and Samuel C. The family are members of the United Presbyterian church. Mr. Irons is a comrade in the G.A.R.; in politics he is a Republican.

History of Beaver County, including its early settlement; its erection into a separate county; its subsequent growth and development; sketches of its boroughs, villages and townships; portraits of some of its prominent men; biographies of many of its representative citizens; statistics, etc. by J. F. Richard; A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888. More Beaver County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com