A PHOTO of W. D. Irvine can be found in the Civil War Photo Section of this website.

Born: 16 Sep 1821 Lawrence Co TN
Died: 23 Mar 1906 Kaufman Co TX
Buried: Terrell Pioneer Cemetery Kaufman Co TX

Married #1 19 Nov 1840 San Augustine Co TX
Caroline LOVE - daughter of John G. LOVE & Rebecca AXUM
Born: 1822 TN Died: 1844 TX
CHILD:

1.   John Love IRVINE
      Born: 1844 San Augustine Co TX
      Died: 1863 - During Civil War
        John Love Irvine was in Co. G, 12 Texas Cavalry, Private in Capt. H.W. Kyser's Company (Kaufman Guards, No 1).  He was 18 years of age on Company Muster-in Roll dated Camp Hebert near Hempstead, Oct. 28, 1861.  Joined for duty and enrolled on Oct. 28, 1861 at Camp Hebert by H.W. Kyser for a period of Twelve months.  This is the only muster roll for him.
      His father's obituary stated that John died upon the battlefield, location unknown.

MARRIED #2: 1 Jun 1851
Sarah Matilda HURST
Born: 11 OCT 1830 IN Died: 15 SEP 1865 Kaufman Co TX

CHILDREN:

2. William Peter Irvine, MD Born: 1851 Died: 1889
   Married: Alice E CLARK
3. Robert B A Irivine Born: 1852 Died: Young
4. Jane C Irvine Born: 1854 Died: Young
5. Lydia Ann Irivne Born: 1856 Died before 1880?
   Married: Rufus King Anderson BROOCKE
6. Mary South "Molly" Irvine Born: circa 1856 Died: UNK
   Married: J A HORNBACK
7. Minerva E Irvine Born: 1858 Died: after 1880
   Married: S V BARTON
8. Josephus S Irvine Born: 1859 Died: 1882
9. Sarah Matiulda Irvine
   **SEE WEDDING PORTRAIT BELOW

MARRIED #3: 18 Nov 1866
Sarah Ann LaROE
Born: 1822 NJ Died: 1906 Daughter of James LAROE & Matilda Ann KOUGH

CHILDREN:

10. Samuel J Irvine, DDS Born: 1867 Died: 1889
11. Emily Terrell Irvine Born: 1869 Died: 1892
    MARRIED Wesley Allen FRENCH

MARRIED #4: 12 Nov 1871
Mary Adeline BARR (A widow - Maiden Name UNKNOWN)

CHILDREN:

12. Gertrude Irvine Born: 1872 Died: 1904

W. D. Irvine served in the Texas Republic Army and with the CSA-Co G 12th TX Cavalry from October 1861-Jan 1862.  He was elected Kaufman County Judge in 1862 and was known as "Judge" Irvine the remainder of his life.

Obituary - Terrell Daily Transcript, March 24, 1906:

  Judge William Duncan Irvine died last evening of uremic poisoning.  Born September 16, 1821, Tennessee…he came to Texas…in 1830, settling at San Augustine.  Married in 1840 to a daughter of Judge Love, who lived but a little over a year after marriage. One child was born, a boy.  He died on the battlefield during the Civil War.  Irvine then moved to Nacogdoches County in 1845, then to Kaufman County where his present home is.  In 1846 he married Miss Matilda Hearst [sic].  Seven children were born, five of whom are living.  Dr W P Irvine of Mabank is the only one living in Kaufman County.  Two years following the death of his second wife in 1886, he married Mrs. Sarah Chisholm, widow of Joe Chisholm, both of whom are now dead.  In 1872 he married Mrs. Adeline Barr, who survives him.  He served in the war for Texas independence attached to General Rusk's command.  He served in the Civil War a short while, contracting typhoid fever.  He was a private in Capt. H W Kyser's company.  He is to be buried in the Pioneer Cemetery where his children lie.

WEDDING PORTRAIT
Married Kaufman Co TX ~ 31 Jan 1883

Sarah Matilda Irvine & Albert St. Clair McKinney

Daughter of W. D. Irvine & Sarah Matilda Hurst.  Born 29 Mar 1864 in Kaufman Co TX, she died 6 Dec 1948 in Cochise Co AZ.  He was the son of Joseph & Anna McKinney, born in WI in 1856, he died 1 Dec 1948 in AZ.

Matilda & Clair lived briefly in Kaufman County after their marriage, then moved back to Wisconsin.  They then came back to Texas and lived on the Quarter Circle Heart Ranch near Clarendon, TX, where he was a foreman.  In 1892 they moved to Cheyenne, Indian Territory, then to San Simon, AZ in 1913, where they lived until their deaths.

• The Kaufman County, TX Wall of Honor page
• Kaufman County, TX Reflections