Bio: Dr. C. H. Irion, Bossier , Rapides & Avoyelles Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890

Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker




**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************
 *
  

DR. C. H. IRION.  Among the people of Bossier, as well as the surrounding
parishes, the name of Dr. Irion is almost a household word, for he has been an
active practitioner of this section since 1884, and during his career as
a practitioner of the healing art he has won an enviable reputation.  He
was born in Avoyelles Parish, La., in 1861, to Hon. A. B. and Caroline
(King) Irion, both of whom were born in this State, the former in 1833 and
the latter in 1836.  The former was a graduate of the University of North
Carolina, in the class of 1853 or 1854, and after leaving college began
practicing law at Marksville, La., a calling he followed until the breaking
out of the late war, when he espoused the Confederate cause and served
until near the close, when he was elected to the State Legislature and
returned home to enter upon his duties.  After the cessation of hostilities
he resumed the practice of his profession, and in 1880 was elected, by the
Legislature, as circuit judge of the district, of which Rapides, Avoyelles,
Saint Landry and Calcasieu Parishes compose a part, and served four years.
Immediately upon the expiration of his term he was elected to Congress from
the Sixth District, serving faithfully and efficiently one term.  He was
married in 1859, his wife being a member of a prominent Louisiana family.
His father, Robert R. Irion, was born in Virginia in 1808, and with his
parents removed to Louisiana about 1825, his father being George Irion, a
major in the Revolutionary  War.  Dr. C. H. Irion was educated at home by
private tutors, but his knowledge of medicine was acquired in Tulane
University, Louisiana.  He is now one of the leading physicians in this
parish, and gives every promise of becoming eminent in his profession, for
he not only gives each case a thorough diagnosis but studies each with
interest and intelligence.   He was married in 1887 to Miss Kate Stafford,
by whom he has two children-a son and a daughter.   He is a member of the
K. of P., and in his political views is a Democrat, being a member of the
Democratic Executive Committee of Bossier Parish.  His wife is a daughter
of Gen. Leroy A. and Catherine (Wright) Stafford, natives of Louisiana.
The former was killed on May 9, 1864, at Chancellorsville, the same field
on which Gen. Jackson was killed.  His widow survives him, and is a
resident of Rapides Parish.