**V. K. IRION, D. D. S., OPELOUSAS.--The Irion family is quite a distinguished one. Dr. Irion's father, Judge A. B Irion, Eola, Louisiana, has acted an important part in the political affairs of his section of the State. He is by profession a lawyer--a graduate of the University of North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in Louisiana and has at different times practised [sic] his profession; served as Circuit Judge, and has represented his district in
congress. He is a gentleman of considerable literary ability and some of his writings are well known.
Dr. Irion was reared in Avoyelles parish. He is a young man, having been born July 31, 1862. He prepared for college in the private schools of Avoyelles parish, and subsequently, in 1885, graduated from the State University at Baton Rouge. After completing his education he went to Switzerland, where he pursued a course of study under the renowned dental surgeon Edward P. Doremus, with whom he remained two years. In 1886 he returned to the United States and
entered the dental school of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, remaining one year. After completing his dental studies, he practised in Marksville, Louisiana, one year, when he removed to Opelousas, and has here since practised his profession.
The doctor married, September, 1888, Helen Lastrapes, daughter of L. F. and Mary (King) Lastrapes, both natives of St. Landry parish.
(Published by: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.51-53. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.)
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**V. K. IRION, D. D. S., OPELOUSAS.--The Irion family is quite a distinguished one. Dr. Irion's father, Judge A. B Irion, Eola, Louisiana, has acted an important part in the political affairs of his section of the State. He is by profession a lawyer--a graduate of the University of North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in Louisiana and has at different times practised [sic] his profession; served as Circuit Judge, and has represented his district in
congress. He is a gentleman of considerable literary ability and some of his writings are well known.
Dr. Irion was reared in Avoyelles parish. He is a young man, having been born July 31, 1862. He prepared for college in the private schools of Avoyelles parish, and subsequently, in 1885, graduated from the State University at Baton Rouge. After completing his education he went to Switzerland, where he pursued a course of study under the renowned dental surgeon Edward P. Doremus, with whom he remained two years. In 1886 he returned to the United States and
entered the dental school of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, remaining one year. After completing his dental studies, he practised in Marksville, Louisiana, one year, when he removed to Opelousas, and has here since practised his profession.
The doctor married, September, 1888, Helen Lastrapes, daughter of L. F. and Mary (King) Lastrapes, both natives of St. Landry parish.
(Published by: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.51-53. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.)
**Bio Information Provided Courtesy of FAG Contributor Blue-eyed girl (#47890172)
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