1914 Biography - J. Allen Caruthers

Caruthers, Dr. J. Allen, M. D., specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, Baton Rouge, La., was born in Hill county, Texas, Nov. 4, 1874; son of Samuel and Lula (Cox) Caruthers, the former of whom was a native of Texas and the latter of the state of Virginia. The father died at the age of 74 years and the mother at 55. J. Allen Caruthers was the sixth of 12 children born to his parents. Of these 12 children, 9 survive at this time. J. Allen received his earlier education in the locality in which he was born. Later he became a student in the medical department of the University of Texas, from which he graduated with the degree of M. D., in the class of 1899. During the Spanish-American war he served as steward of the 1st United States volunteer infantry. In December, 1900, he located at Baton Rouge, and began practice as a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, of which he had made a special study in hospitals at New Orleans. The doctor is a member of the American Medical association and the Southern Medical society, the Louisiana State Medical society, and the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, being a past district deputy in the latter organization. In the year 1900 Dr. Caruthers was married to Miss Lula Heidingsfelder, a native of New Orleans and a daughter of Moses Heidingsfelder, of that city. Dr. and Mrs. Caruthers have no children. The doctor enjoys a wide general acquaintance and much popularity, and has substantially built up an extensive and gratifying successful practice, but he does not allow his professional duties to debar him from taking an active interest and part, as a citizen, in all matters of a public nature that seem to afford opportunity for improving conditions surrounding the daily lives of his fellow-citizens and himself - that is to say, he is a wide-awake, progressive and public-spirited member of the community in which he lives, as well as a successful physician and specialist. Both as a doctor and as a citizen, Dr. Caruthers occupies a secure position among the people of Baton Rouge.

Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Louisiana: Comprising Sketches, edited by Alcee Fortier, published in 1914, volume 3, pages 91-92.