Bio: Dr. H. C. Coty, DeSoto & Caddo Parish La Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890 Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker sueshoe@hotmail.com ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Dr. H. C. Coty, physician and surgeon, Shreveport, La. This young but very successful physician and surgeon owes his nativity to this parish, his birth occurring in Shreveport in July, 1859, and is the son of Thomas D. and Mary (McDonald) Coty, the father a native of the Old Dominion, and the mother of Louisiana. The parents came to Louisiana in 1859, settled in Shreveport, but later moved to De Soto Parish, where the father held a number of local offices. later they returned to Shreveport, and are now residing on their plantation near that city. Their family consisted of four children: Mrs. George Dickson, Richard, Thomas D., Jr., and our subject. Dr. H. C. Coty, the eldest of this family, was reared at Shreveport and Mansfield, and educated at Keatchie, La. When seventeen years of age he went to Shreveport Charity Hospital, and studied medicine. In 1880 he graduated at the University of Louisville, medical department, and immediately began practicing at Shreveport, where he has since continued. He is vice-president of Shreveport Medical Society, and has served two terms as a member of the board of health; also served his second term as coroner and parish physician. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the A. O. U. W. The Doctor was married in 1880, to Miss Emma Worthy, a native of Clinton, La., and one child is the result of this union, Mabel. Mrs. Coty is a member of the Baptist Church. The Doctor is fast extending his reputation, and has a liberal share of public favor, the best proof of his skill and care.