IRION, V. K., D. D. S.; Avoyelles then St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller



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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 [sic] in
Marksville, Louisiana, one year, when he removed to Opelousas, and has here
since practised his profession.  His efficiency as a dental surgeon is
demonstrated in the lucrative practice which he has built up.  His superior
advantages eminently fit him for the profession he has chosen, and his
abundant success is assured.

The doctor married, September, 1888, Helen Lastrapes, daughter of L. F. and
Mary (King) Lastrapes, both natives of St. Landry parish.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
51-53.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.