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             Hiram Henry Darr is the son of George Darr and Kitty Darr, native Americans. He was born near Caldwell, Texas, April 4, 1853; received a good English education in the common schools of Texas, supplemented by a course of private study. Selecting the profession of medicine, he begun a systematic course of reading under the able instruction of Dr. J. P. Oliver, in his native town, in 1870, at the early age of seventeen; attended medical lectures at the Louisville Medical College, two courses, 1873-4 and 1875; one course at the Kentucky School of Medicine, 1875; one course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1879 and 1880. He graduated with the first honor at the Louisville Medical College February 25, 1875, taking the prize, a gold medal, for general proficiency, and the prize in surgery.

             Locating first near Hearne, Texas, in 1875, he practiced until 1880, when he removed to Caldwell, where he has since continuously resided.

             He is a member of the American Medical, the American Public Health, and the Texas State Medical Associations; of the latter he was Second Vice President in 1884.

             He has not been a voluminous writer, but has contributed some valuable articles to the medical literature of the day, among them a report of a case of typhlitis, in the Columbus Medical Journal, November, 1889, and a paper on dysentery, in the same journal, in 1883.

            We omitted to state that Dr. Darr took an ad cundcan degree in the Kentucky School of Medicine in June, 1875.            
             He was married October 25, 1881, to Miss Lula Childs. They have two children.

             Dr. Darr is surgeon to the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, and is a member of the Board of Medical Examiners of the Thirty-second Judicial District of Texas.

             Dr. Darr's father was one of the pioneers of Texas, and was at the battle ot San Jacinto, and in all the battles for Texas independence. His mother's maiden name was Kitty A. Wooten, daughter of Dr. T. J. Wooten, one of the early settlers of Texas.

             Dr. Darr was a representative from Texas in the Ninth International Medical Congress, which met in Washington in June, 1886; has been President of the Burleson County Medical Society; is the medical examiner at Caldwell for several prominent life insurance companies, and for the Knights of Honor.