Laura Irwin was born at Nashville.

The evidence

• “McKinney delivered to the United States Government Post at Nashville 56,000 cords of wood io the brief space of twenty-one months. He married Laura Irwin in Ja,nuary, 1864 ; she was born at Nashville in 1843 ; they have three children — Harry, Maude Irwin and Laura Theresa, aged 14, 12 and 10 years. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/17-bios-janesville.md, PDF p. 710 / book p. 714

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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