Emeline Irwin

of Darrtown, Ohio and Lafayette, Indiana

Morton Irwin and his third wife, Caroline Pelley, were the parents of one daughter, Emeline. She was born in 1859, when her father was 76 years old. She was his sixteenth child. Emeline was well cared for in Morton's estate. Her guardian was Ebenezer Morton, who was a neighbor and possible relative of her father. She married Augustus Buschman on March 12, 1876. Gus and Emeline were the parents of three daughters, Grace, Mayme, and Bertha.

left clockwise, Bertha Irwin Buschman Dinsmore, Caroline Pelley Irwin Hall, Emeline Irwin Buschman, baby Dorothy Irwin Dinsmore.

ca. 1910, Anderson, Indiana. Caroline Hall with Bertha, her granddaughter and Bertha's children, Dorothy (r) and Margaret (l). Lady on the left is Maude Hicks, a friend.

Back Row: Emeline Irwin Buschman, Robert B. Wallace, (husband of Mayme Buschman); Bertha Irwin Buschman Dinsmore.

Front Row: Grace Buschman Murdock, Mayme Buschman Wallace.

Photo taken in Indianapolis.
Emeline Irwin Buschman, ca. 1915.

Emeline on left, Bertha, Hugh Hall Jr. (Emeline's Half brother), and Wm James Dinsmore. March, 1915, Indianapolis.

Augustus Buschman (Aug.1917) with grandchildren, Wm. James Dinsmore, born 1911; Margaret Dinsmore, born 1907; Dorothy Irwin Dinsmore, born 1904; Elizabeth Dinsmore, born 1917.

Obituary of Caroline Pelley Irwin Hall

Caroline Hall was born in Butler Co., Darrtown,Ohio, April 28, 1832. She was married in 1860 to Morton Irwin, a pioneer settler of Ohio. After the birth of a daughter (Mrs. Buschman) her husband died and a few years later she was again married to Hugh Hall. From this union,one son was born who now survives her and is living in Pueblo, Col. Before her first marriage, she was baptized with 80 other people in the Ohio River, later uniting with the Baptist Church. Most of her life was spent in Ohio tho of late years she lived in Indiana and Colorado, previous to her death. The deceased is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Emma Buschman; one son, Hugh Hall, of Pueblo Col.; and three granddaughters, Mrs. C. M. Dinsmore, of Anderson; and Mrs. Wm. A. Murdock and Mrs. Robert B. Wallace of Lafayette.

Written by Bertha Irwin Buschman Dinsmore

 

Above is the obituary for Caroline Pelley Irwin Hall. It is from the Lafayette Daily Courier. Thursday, June 30, 1914, page 11.

Lafayette is in Tippecanoe County, Indiana

To the left is the obituary for Emeline Irwin Buschman. It is from the Lafayette Journal and Courier, May 4, 1935, page 12.

 

Below is the same newspaper, Tuesday evening, May 7, 1935.

 

Photos and obituaries on this page are compliments of Bonnie Dinsmore Riordan, a great granddaughter of Emeline. Please contact Bonnie if you have additional information on Emeline or the Buschman family.

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