Historical Marker
Dr. Robert Anderson Irion
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County · Texas
Erected 1929
Robert Anderson Irion earned his medical degree at Transylvania University in 1826 and practiced in Vicksburg before moving to Texas in the 1830s. In 1835 he received a ten-league Mexican land grant for enlisting as a soldier; the Republic later canceled it with other such grants. He served on the Nacogdoches Committee of Safety and Vigilance in September 1835 and became commandant of the municipality in April 1836. He married Anna Raguet in 1840 and they had five children. He died at Nacogdoches on March 2, 1861, and is buried at Oak Grove.
What the plaque says
Dr. Robert Anderson Irion IRION Dr. Robert Anderson Irion Born in Paris Tenn., July 7, 1806 Died at Nacogdoches Tex., Mar. 2, 1861 Married Ann Raquet Mar. 20, 1810 Born in Philadelphia Pa. Jan. 25, 1819 Died at Overton Tex. Nov. 7, 1883 Senator in the First Congress of the Republic 1836-1837 Secretary of State 1837-1838 Erected by the State of Texas 1929
Where it stands
31.60267, -94.64996 · Directions
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