F. H. Hurd, M.D., of Eureka Springs, was born December 8, 1850, being a son of Eli and Elizabeth (Hopkins) Hurd. The father was a native of New England, and was of English extraction. The mother was of Irish descent. The father died in Ohio, and the mother is living with the family of our subject. Dr. Hurd was reared on a farm, and at the age of eighteen began the study of medicine, reading under private instruction. He received his academic education at Zanesville, Ohio and was graduated from the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in the class of 1872. He had been practicing medicine a short time before finishing his course of lectures, and after graduating he located at Dexter City, Ohio, where he was engaged in his profession for ten years. Selling out there, he spent a year at Philadelphia in the hospitals, and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in 1885. He then removed to Newton, Kas., and enjoyed a lucrative pracetice there until ill health induced him to seek the virtues of the waters of Eureka Springs, where he located in the spring of 1888. In the practice of his profession he has devoted his attention particularly to surgery, in which he has performed several capital operations. On January 1, 1874, he married Flora Wilson, of Morgan County, Ohio, and his married life has been blessed in the birth of three children, whose names are Harry C., Lois P. and Edgar W. Mrs. Hurd is a member of the Christian Church. Dr. Hurd is a member of the I.O.O.F. Although he has been in Eureka Springs but a short time, he is rapidly gaining a deserving reputation, and with it a first-class practice.