Irion, Robert A. (Robert Anderson), 1804-1861
Robert Anderson Irion (1804-1861) was a physician, surveyor and Republic of Texas Secretary of State.
Irion was born in Tennessee, attended school in Kentucky abd practiced medicine in Mississippi before moving to Texas in 1832. He settled first in San Augustine and then in Nacogdoches, where he was elected senator to the First Congress of the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1837. In 1837, Sam Houston appointed him secretary of state. He served until 1838, when he was replaced by Mirabeau Lamar's appointee. Irion married Anna W. Raguet in 1840, had five children with her and practiced medicine in Nacogdoches until his death in 1861.
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