John Lewis Irion

b. 28 August 1828, d. 31 December 1904
  • John Lewis Irion was born on 28 August 1828 in Alabama.
  • McKinney F. Irion appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included John Lewis Irion. Other children in the household were Elizabeth, McKinney, Cornelia, James and Eliza, not yet recorded.
  • He was a doctor, according to the 1850 census.
  • He married Martha Ann Elizabeth Griggs, daughter of Henry Griggs and Ann G. Sturdivant, on 16 January 1856 in Grimes County, Texas.
  • On Sunday, 19 December 1858, Green Wood recorded in his plantation daily account book: "Returned yesterday from Galveston. Mrs. E. A. Wood got her arm Broke yesterday by a fall from Mr. Gafford's Piaza. The rail of the Piaza gave way and she fell backwards. Rode home after geting it set by Dr. Irons, 16 miles."
         It is interesting to note that Anna Griggs Irion's father's sister Linnah Griggs was the wife of Evelina's father's brother Lewis Bryant Barnes.
  • John Lewis Irion and Martha Ann Elizabeth Griggs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included A. Lucy Irion.
  • He was a physician, according to the 1860 census.
  • He served as assistant surgeon, 20th Texas Infantry Regiment, CSA.
  • John Lewis Irion and Martha Ann Elizabeth Griggs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Montgomery Precinct, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included A. Lucy Irion and J. Walk Irion.
  • He was a physician, according to the 1870 census.
  • John Lewis Irion and Martha Ann Elizabeth Griggs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included James W. Morris, A. Lucy Irion and Lucy Morris. Also in the household were two domestic servants.
  • He was a physician, according to the 1880 census.
  • John Lewis Irion appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included James W. Morris, A. Lucy Irion and Gray Irion Morris. Also in the household were two domestic servants.
  • He was a physician, according to the 1900 census.
  • John Lewis Irion died on 31 December 1904 at age 76.
  • He was interred at Montgomery New Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 19 May 2013

Family: Martha Ann Elizabeth Griggs b. circa 1839