Sketches of an American Family, Showing Descent from Thomas Arvin to Robert Joseph ArvinGateway Press, 1982 - 75 pages Arvin families were among the Irish and Scotish immigrants who came to America as early as 1634. Thomas Arvin was a tobacco planter in Maryland between 1750-60. He and his sons were Revolutionary War veterans. One son, Elias (d. 1875) fought in the War of 1812. He and Catherine Tinsh were married and migrated to Kentucky in 1816. Descendants lived in Illinois, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. |
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