Absalom B Tuten

Absalom B Tuten was born 19 April 1844 in Durham Creek, Beaufort County, North Carolina. He was the son of Thomas Atkins Tuten and Theresa 'Resa' Jones. During the year 1864, Absalom enlisted in Company A, 67th Regiment North Carolina Troops, to serve in the armies of the Confederacy during the War Between the States. He married Julia Elizabeth Rowe, daughter of Absalom Tuten Rowe and Mary Susan 'Jane' Peed, 22 December 1867 in Durham Creek, Beaufort County, North Carolina. Their names were recorded as "Abraham Tuten and Julia E. Roe." He died 26 May 1910 in Durham Creek, Beaufort County, North Carolina, at age 66. Absalom B Tuten was buried in the Tuten Cemetery in Durham Creek.