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Col Josephus Irvine

Birth
Logan County, Kentucky, USA
Death
23 Oct 1830 (aged 44)
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
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Col. Josephus Irvine was stricken with yellow fever when the family reached Alexandria, Louisiana, and there died. His widow and sons subsequently continued on their journey to San Augustine, Texas. Col. Josephus Irvine was of Scotch blood, while his wife, Jane Patton, was of Irish descent. They were the parents of a large family, as follows:

Mary South Irvine, mother of Judge Perkins.

Robert Boyd, who became a major in the army of the Texas Republic and died in 1837.

Josephus, who became a major in the Confederate army and died in Newton County, Texas.

Rev. James T. P., who was a prominent Methodist minister and died at Terrell, Texas.

Judge William D., who was a farmer in Kaufman County, Texas, where he served as county judge, and died in 1906; and

Peter, who died a young man in Kaufman Co, TX.

All of the sons fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. The mother of these children died in Kaufman County, Texas, in 1866, when seventy-eight (78) years of age.
(boards.ancestry.com)

The BATTLE of SAN JACINTO, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes.
(wikipedia.org)
Col. Josephus Irvine was stricken with yellow fever when the family reached Alexandria, Louisiana, and there died. His widow and sons subsequently continued on their journey to San Augustine, Texas. Col. Josephus Irvine was of Scotch blood, while his wife, Jane Patton, was of Irish descent. They were the parents of a large family, as follows:

Mary South Irvine, mother of Judge Perkins.

Robert Boyd, who became a major in the army of the Texas Republic and died in 1837.

Josephus, who became a major in the Confederate army and died in Newton County, Texas.

Rev. James T. P., who was a prominent Methodist minister and died at Terrell, Texas.

Judge William D., who was a farmer in Kaufman County, Texas, where he served as county judge, and died in 1906; and

Peter, who died a young man in Kaufman Co, TX.

All of the sons fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. The mother of these children died in Kaufman County, Texas, in 1866, when seventy-eight (78) years of age.
(boards.ancestry.com)

The BATTLE of SAN JACINTO, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes.
(wikipedia.org)


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