Philip J. Irby and Alice Arvilla Birch were married Jan. 2, 1899, Elizabethtown, Illinois. Alice was born July 26, 1877 Hardin Co., IL and died June 3, 1938 Stone Church Hardin Co., IL. Philip died Feb. 12, 1930. Both are buried Fluorine Cem., Rosiclare, Il. They produced five children. First child was my father.