Born in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William (Irvine) Irwin M.D.
and Ann (Callender) Irvine
Sister of
Callender Irvine, William McNeill Irvine and Rebecca Armstrong de Rosenthal (Irvine) Fayssoux
Wife of
Charles William Lewis
— married
4 Oct 1805 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
William Irvine Lewis, Thomas Alexander Lewis, Ann Callender (Lewis) de Bonneville, Agnes Elizabeth Dunant (Lewis) Stiles, Mary Balfour (Lewis) Leiper, Armstrong J. Lewis and Callender Irvine Lewis
Died
at about age 59
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jan 2015
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Biography
Mary Bullen Irvine was born on February 26, 1788 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.[1] She was the daughter of Dr. William Irvine[2] and Ann Callender. -
At the age of 17, Mary married Charles William Lewis on October 4, 1805, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when he was about 25.[3][4][5] They had seven children - William Irvine (died in 1836 at the Alamo), Thomas Alexander, Ann Callender, Agnes Elizabeth Dunant, Mary Balfour, Armstrong J., and Callender Irvine.[6][7]
Mary was distraught by the death of her oldest son William, who died defending the Alamo. On October 21, 1840, a letter she wrote was printed in the Telegraph and Texas Review, begging for some memento of her son. A letter was sent in response to Mary's request (allegedly by Texan General Sam Houston), reporting that nothing of the possessions of the defenders were preserved. A piece of the Alamo ruins was given to Mary in which the name of her son was engraved on a small carved monument.[8]
Mary died on January 31, 1847, in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.[9][10][1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IrvineClan.com Link
- ↑ William Irvine served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army and represented Pennsylvania in both the Continental Congress (1787–88) and the United States House of Representatives (1793–1795). Link
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Link
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Link
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Compiled Marriage Records, 1700-1821 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Link
- ↑ Frazier, Irvin; Cowell, Mark W. Jr.; and Fisher, Lewis F. (1985). The Family of John Lewis, Pioneer. Fisher Publications, Inc., San Antonio, TX (1985). Pages 200-02.
- ↑ Peyton, J. Lewis. (1882). History of Augusta County, Virginia. Samuel M. Yost & Son, Staunton, Virginia. 1882 Pages 291-92. Link or Link
- ↑ Reminiscences of the Alamo. Telegraph and Texas Register. Vol. 5, No. 49. Pg. 1. October 21 1840. Link
- ↑ Mary Irvine Lewis - Obituary - Carlisle Weekly Herald - Feb 7 1849 - Page 2. Link
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2535 #1664245
- DAR Lineage - Eleanor Reed Butler. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 025 : 1898 Link
- DAR Lineage - Alice Lewis Castillo. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 067 Link
- DAR Patriot Index https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A060604 accessed 22 July 2020.
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