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Irishtown
is a small village southeast of Pardoe, near the line separating Findley
and Wolf Creek Townships. It was named Irishtown because the first
settlers were Irish, the suggestion being made by John
Galbreath. These settlers came to this region in 1803. Some of
the near neighbors then were John Todd, John
Patterson, Thomas Graham, John Richie, John Burnside, James Alexander,
Matthew Alexander, John Hoge, James Bell, Thomas Paxton, Sr., |
Thomas
Paxton, Jr., Joseph Scott, Hugh Evans, James Evans, James Long, James
Craig, Peter Wilson, William Montgomery, James Montgomery, Samuel
McChesney, Robert Allen, John Montgomery, John Allen, Thomas Barnes, John
Barnes and others.
History
of Mercer County,
1888, page 528
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