I’m unsure who built this house, but it was purchased in 1851 by Isaiah Tucker Irvin, a member of the State House of Representatives. He died in 1860 off the coast of Galveston, Texas, when a ship he was traveling on exploded. The Wilkes Guard, which he commanded, changed its name to the Irvin Guards in his memory. The home was purchased by Oliver S. Dyson, founder of Wilkes Telephone Company, in 1934, and has been associated with the family for many years.
East Robert Toombs Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Not Isaiah Tucker Irvin Sr. (1783 – 1856)
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Irvin Sr. was my 4th great uncle by marriage. His wife a Bankston was the sister my 4th great grandmother Martha Bankston Sappington.
Isaiah Tucker Irvin II
Commander Wilkes Guards
Speaker of the Georgia
House of Representatives,
drowned 1860 in steam
boat explosion in New Orleans