Born about in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Amanda (Ford) Irving
— married
about 1858 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 71
in Burlingame, Osage, Kansas, United States
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Biography
Wash (Fulbright) Irving is a part of US Black heritage.
George was born a slave about 1831 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA. His mother Mariah was owned by a Mr. Fulbright of Springfield.
He had 2 brothers Jackson Fulbright and Elias Fulbright who were separated from him during the war when their mistress took them to Texas, where they both raised families of their own.
He married Amanda Ford about 1858.
1870 CENSUS - Burlingame, Osage, Kansas [1]
- George Irvin 40 Missouri Black
- Amanda Irvin 36 Tennessee Black
- Maria Irvin 11 Missouri Black
- Clara Irvin 9 Missouri Black
- George Irvin 7 Kansas Black
1875 KANSAS STATE CENSUS - Osage Township, Bourbon, Kansas [2]
- G W Irving M 45 Tennessee Black
- Amanda Irving F 40 Tennessee Black
- Mariah Irving F 17 Missouri Black
- Clara Irving F 14 Missouri Black
- Ellen Irving F 16 Missouri Black (niece Ellen Fulbright aka Irving)
- G W Irving M 8 Kansas Black
- Katie Irving F 7 Kansas Black
- A L Irving M 4 Kansas Black
- Minnie Irving F 1 Kansas Black
1880 CENSUS - Burlingame, Osage, Kansas [3]
- G. W. Irving 47 Head Tennessee Black
- Manda Irving 37 Wife Tennessee Black
- Geo. Irving 15 Son Missouri Black
- Katie Irving 13 Dau Kansas Black
- Leonard Irving 9 Son Kansas Black
- Minney Irving 6 Dau Kansas Black
Widowed in 1883, Uncle Wash died at about age 80 on April 24, 1902 in Burlingame, Osage, Kansas and was buried there in Burlingam City Cemetery amongst the thousand graves he had dug over the course of his lifetime as a grave there.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1870 Census: Place: Burlingame, Osage, Kansas; Roll: M593_440; Page: 280A
- ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1875", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6X-2W3Y : Fri Oct 06 15:53:20 UTC 2023), Entry for G W Irving and Amanda Irving, 1875.
- ↑ 1880 Census: Place: Burlingame, Osage, Kansas; Roll: 391; Page: 38A; Enumeration District: 028
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18996121
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