William Irvine

       THE LATE GEN. WILLIAM IRVINE.
    From the San Francisco Bulletin, Nov. 13.
 Gen. William Irvine, the attorney, died very
suddenly last night at 10 o'clock. His death is at-
tributed to heart disease, as he had not been com-
plaining of feeling ill, and had spent yesterday
hunting in the tules above Antioch. On his return
late he felt very fatigued and lay down, but
arose almost immediately, gasping for breath. As-
sistance was summoned, but he died shortly after-
ward. Gen. Irvine was born at Whitney's Point,
near Binghamton, N.Y., in 1820. He removed
early in life to Corning, where he practiced law
for a number of years. At the breaking out of the
war he enlisted in the Union Army, and served
with distinction in many engagements, be-
ing finally taken prisoner at the battle of
Beverly Ford, where he commanded, as Col-
onel, the Tenth New-York Cavalry. He was 
taken to Libby Prison and incarcerated there for
a long time. By most of his friends it was thought
that the germs of his ailments--a predisposition to
pneumonia and pleurisy--were contracted in that
unwholesome place. After the war he settled in
Elmira, and represented that district in Congress
for two terms. In 1871 the firm of Patterson, Wal-
lace & Stow, then enjoying probably the largest
pracyice in this city, extended him an invitation to
settle here and associate himself with them in their
law practice. He remained with them until Judge
Wallace was elected to the Supreme bench and Mr.
Stow withdrew from practice. He then became
associated with W.H. Patterson, and in the Fall
of 1877 formed a partnership with A.J. Le Breton,
with whom he was associated at the time of his
death. He was much esteemed, and ranked as one
of the best lawyers in the State. He leaves a wife
and daughter in this city and a married son in El-
mira, N.Y.