W. J. IRVINE

 

W. J. IRVINE, the popular proprietor of the Pacific Stables, Sacramento, is a native of the County Down, Ireland, born near the city of Belfast, April 1, 1850, his parents being John and Mary Jane (Gardner) Irvine.  His boyhood's days were spent at his native place, and there he received his education.  In 1868 he came to the United States, and in the September of the following year he located at Sacramento.  He obtained employment at the Pacific Stables, and has ever since been identified with them.  In 1881 he leased the stables, succeeding McGee Bros.  Since he has been in charge he has built up a very extensive business, and his place is splendidly equipped.  He runs thirty head of good traveling livery horses, besides having a boarding and sale department, and in the line of vehicles he has a stock which in number and variety is astonishing.  There are over eighty rigs, including everything that could possibly be called for at a livery stable, and they are good ones too.  Mr. Irvine was married in San Jose, October 1, 1883, to Miss Mary Abernathy, also a native of County Down.  They had two children, viz:  Willie Gardner, and Robert Warren.  Mr. Irvine is a member of Concord Lodge, No. 117, A. F. & A. M., and of Sacramento R. A. Chapter, No. 3.  He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Irvine is one of the most active business men in Sacramento to-day, and by his strict attention to business, as well as his uniform courtesy of manner, is rapidly achieving the success which such methods always produce.