TUTEN, Joseph D., M.D., Florida, then Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 442-443.  Edited
by Alc‚e Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.

Tuten, Joseph D., M. D., successful practicing physician of Lake Charles,
La., was born in the state of Florida, Oct. 17, 1877; son of Joseph D. and
Julia (Bryan) Tuten, both natives of the locality in which the son was
born, where the father devoted his energies to mercantile business
throughout life.  His death occurred in the year 1899.  His wife survives
him and resides in Florida at this time.  To their union 5 children were
born, of whom Joseph D., the subject of this sketch, was the second.  He
passed his childhood and attended the public schools in the locality of his
birth.  After having graduated from high school, he entered the medical
department of Vanderbilt university, Nashville, Tenn., from which he
graduated with the degree of M. D. in the class of 1900.  Shortly
thereafter he located in Vernon parish, La., and there began the practice
of medicine.  After a few years, however, he removed his offices to New
Orleans, where he engaged in practice during a period of 4 years, following
which he located at Lake Charles, where he has since been engaged in
practice with gratifying success.  The doctor is a member of the Calcasieu
parish and the Louisiana State Medical societies, being secretary of the
former; also, he is a member of the American Medical association, the
Masonic fraternity-Royal Arch, Council and Commandery-and the Order of the
Mystic Shrine.  In Jan., 1904, Dr. Tuten was married to Miss Lela Adams, of
Ruston, La., daughter of James A. and Martha (Houston) Adams, both of whom
were born in Tennessee, the former of Virginia ancestry, and the latter a
descendant of the Houston family of Tennessee.  During the active portion
of his life, Mrs. Tuten's father devoted his energies to the vocation of a
stave manufacturer at Ruston, but is now living in retirement at Seattle,
Wash.  His wife died in 1905.  Dr. and Mrs. Tuten have 1 child,  Martha.