San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-16
EX-GOVERNOR IRELAND DIES.
Close of a Brilliant Judicial and Rep
resentative Career.

resentative Career.
Another name was added to the
long roll of the illustrious dead in
Texas yesterday morning, at IL 100
| o'clock, when Ex-Governor Ireland,
of Seguin, passed away quietly
and suddenly, in his room in the
Maverick hotel, this city, after an
illness of two weeks from neural
gia of the heart. Mrs. E. S. Car
penter, his daughter, and Mr.. j.
! w. Graves, son-in-law, were pres
emit when he died, but his wife was
in Seguin, where she is stricken
with illness.
Gov. Ireland was II years o. age.
He was born January l, 1927, in
Hart county, Kentucky, his par
ents being in humble circum-
stances. He received a common
school education, and at the age of
16 went to Munfordsville, where he
became deputy sheriff. Afterward
he studied law, was admitted to
the bar, and in 1858 he came to
Texas, stopping in Galveston lit
tie while, then moving directly to
San Antonio. He soon after moved
to Seguin, which has since been his
home, and where he has made
his statewide reputation and carved
out his political career.
In 1857 he was elected mayor of
Seguin, and In 1861 he was sent as
delegate from Guadalupe county
to the Southern States Secession
convention. After this convention
he enlisted as a private soldier in
the Confederate army and after
ward rose to the rank of lieutenant
colonel. In 1866 he represented
the counties of Travis, Williamson,
Burnett, Blanco, Hays, Guadalupe,
Caldwell and Bastrop in the Recon-
struction convention, which formed
a new state constitution.
His judicial career soon after be-
gun by his election as judge Of his
district. In 1873 he was a member
of the house of the XIII. legisla-.
ture, and the following year served
as state senator; in 1875 he was
appointed associate justice Of the
Supreme court; in 1878 he was
joint candidate for congress on the
democratic ticket with Hon. Gus
tav Schleicher, and was defeat
ed; during the democratic
convention of 1880, when
Gen. Hancock was nominated for
the presidency, Gov. Ireland was
delegate-at.large from this state.
In 1882 and 1884 Gov. Ireland was
elected as governor of this state.
Since his last term as governor he
has been in practical retirement,
devoting his remaining days to his
private law practice.
Deceased was twice married, his
first wife being Mrs. Faircloth.
Mrs. E. S. Carpenter is the daugh-
ter of this marriage. His second
wife was Miss Anna M. Penn, OF
Virginia. His four children by
this marriage are now deceased.
The remains were taken charge
of by his fraters of San Antonio
commandery, Knights Templar,
during yesterday. The interment
will be in Austin, in the state GEM
etery.
Funeral services will be held in
the Maverick hotel parlors at $3.50
p. m. today. The remains will be
shipped over the International to
Austin tonight.
The pail bearers will be Messrs.
A. w. Houston, S. G. Newton, w.
w. King, Thos. II. Franklin, r. B.
Green, Il. M. Paschal, P. j. Lewis
and w. S. Fly: The honorary pail
bearers will be General H. p. Bee,
Colonel G.. w. Breckenridge, Col
onel Ford, Major j. A. Green, DR..
Amos Graves, ST., and DIR. f.
| Herff.
Interment will be in the State
cemetery at Austin, at the in
stance of Gov. 1reland's friends,
with consent of Mrs. Ireland and
the family; not from the wish Of
| Mrs. Ireland.