Fort, Abbott K. (DDS); Mobile Cty., AL; now Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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Fort, Dr. Abbott K., D. D. S., Lake Charles, La., was born in Mobile 
County, Ala., Aug. 5, 1875; son of Almanza and Jane (Tippin) Fort, the 
former of whom was born in Alabama and the latter in Mississippi.  In 
early life the father was interested in timber transactions, but later 
became a planter, to which vocation he is at this time devoting his 
abilities, living at Grand Bay, Ala.  His wife died in 1906.  The 
ancestors of the Fort family in Louisiana came originally from North 
Carolina.  Abbott K. Fort was the last of 4 children born to his parents, 
these being, in order of their birth, as follows:  L. L., merchant;  
M. A., physician;  Dora, wife of J. P. Sellers of Macon, Ga., president 
of Mercer university of that place;  Abbott K. Fort, the subject of 
this sketch.  The 2 first named reside at Grand Bay, Ala. The  last-named 
attended the public schools of the locality in which he was born, 
following which he entered Mississippi college, Clinton, Miss., from 
which in due time he graduated.  Later he entered Atlanta (Ga.) Dental 
college, from which he graduated with the degree of D. D. S. in the 
class of 1895.  Following the completion of his education he passed 
3 or 4 years as a teacher in the college, after which he practiced 
1 year in Mississippi.  In 1901 he located at Lake Charles and has 
been engaged in dental practice in that city since that time.  Dr. 
Fort is a member of the Louisiana State Dental and the National 
Dental societies, the Southern Dental and the International Dental 
Associations, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Baptist 
Church at Lake Charles.  Dr. Fort is not married at this time.

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, 
Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic 
Form (volume 3), pp. 165-166.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. 
Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.