Hi Charla,
Is that Rebecca Hunt Irion, b. 18 Feb 1833? I am descended from her sister, Mary Ann Irion, b. 23 Feb 1834. They were children of Nancy Gay Irion Cartwright and William Hunt Irion. Mary Ann m. William C. Hooker, and their daughter Maud m. Judson Berry Dacus, and their daughter Lizzie Erla Dacus m. William C. Whitehead and their daughter Anita married George H. Roper and their son William m. Sally Cockrell and I am their eldest daughter. I think you have also corresponded with my brother Bill.
Btw, I just found in the Texas muster rolls that William Irion joined the Navy as Ship's Steward aboard S. S. Zavala in 3 July 1840. I suspect that this accounts for his disappearance from the family. He was declared dead in 1841 and reappeared later but his wife had remarried. The muster rolls begin at 1838. Perhaps he went AWOL from the San Jacinto battle and jumped a ship at LaPorte in 1836 and returned from a voyage to enlist on the Zavala in 1840. See the record at:
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=...Best wishes,
Pamela Roper Wagner