Clinton F. Irwin

Clinton F. Irwin (January 1, 1854 – November 4, 1923), an Illinois lawyer of Irish descent, was a justice of the Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court from 1899 to 1907.

Early life Clinton F. Irwin was born in Franklin Grove, Lee County, Illinois to Henry Irwin Jr. and his wife, Ann Elizabeth McNeal, on January 1, 1854. Henry Irwin Jr. was a native of County Antrim, Ireland who had immigrated first to Canada, as a small child with his parents then came to Franklin Grove in 1836, when he was 12 years old, and where he married Ann Elizabeth. Clinton Irwin's paternal grandfather, Henry Irwin Sr., a farmer, had settled in Franklin Grove, where he died in 1853. In 1859, the Irwin family moved to Maple Park in Kane County, Illinois. There, Henry got into the hotel business and also ran a meat market. Henry and Ann had three sons and six daughters. Henry Jr. died in 1880. Ann died in February, 1894.

Ann Elizabeth's father, Thomas McNeal, was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania of Scots-Irish descent. He also moved to Kane County, Illinois at an early age, where he was a farmer. He settled near Dixon, Illinois remained there until he died. He and his wife had three sons and one daughter. One son was killed at the Battle of Perryville, Ohio in the Civil War.

When the Territory was divided into seven Judicial Districts on June 4, 1902, Judge Irwin was assigned responsibility for District 2. This district included the counties of: Canadian, Kingfisher, Cleveland, Washita and Custer.