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Charles Tinker
  CHARLES TINKER, Manufacturer.  This branch of the Tinker family of which Charles Tinker is a member, was founded in Ohio by Chauncey Tinker, who was born in Massachusetts, and who settled in Kingsville township, Ashtabula county, Ohio.  Here Charles Tinker was born Sept. 7, 1821, growing to manhood on his father's farm, and attending the log schoolhouse of the district.  As a young man of twenty-two years he established in independent business, founding a lumber manufacturing business by the erection of a saw mill on Conneaut creek.  In the following year, 1844, he built an oil ill, the first of his kind in that part of the county.  He was a young man of initiative and enterprise, and when the gold excitement of 1849 was at its height, he made the journey over land to California by ox team, the trip covering four months.  Upon his return from the Pacific coast he located in Mantua, Portage county, Ohio, and for four years engaged in farming.  At the end of this time, in 1854, he built a foundry and machine shop, and for six years manufactured plows and threshing, wood sawing and mowing machines.  In 1864 he moved to Garrettsville, on Silver creek Portage county, and there he continued the manufacture of machinery for four years.  A partnership was formed in 1868 with N. S. Caswell, of Geneva, and they made their line of operation the manufacture of forks and other farm implements, the wooden parts made in Geneva, and the metal in the Garrettsville foundry.  This enterprise attained large proportions in the comparatively short time, and it became advisable to form a stock company for its continuance, Mr. Tinker becoming president of the resulting organization and Mr. Caswell superintendent.  Under the new form of management with Mr. Tinker at its head the project reached new heights of prosperity and usefulness, and its products came into use over a wide extent of territory, the company one of the leading enterprises of the county.  In 1870 the old shop on the south ridge was destroyed by fire and a new plant of increased dimensions and adequate to supply the heavy demands for their implements was built.  Mr. Tinker continued in the direction of the company for the remainder of his active life, and during this long period its career was one of steady success.  Mr. Tinker was also a large stockholder in the Phoenix Iron Works of Ashtabula, of which he became president, having associated with him his son, Charles Otis Tinker, and his son-in-law, Frank Gregory, the former as secretary of the company.  In the industrial history of Ashtabula county the name of Charles Tinker stands forth among the largest contributors to its prestige, and his progressiveness and resourcefulness brought benefit to large numbers of his fellow-citizens.  Mr. Tinker was founder of the American Fork and Hoe Company.  When he came to Ashtabula he was president of the company. 
     Charles Tinker married, Sept. 25, 1842, in Kingsville, Ohio, Mary Webster, born in Monroe township, Ashtabula county, July 15, 1820, daughter of George and Mary Webster.  They were the parents of five children:  1. George L., born June 19, 1843, married in September, 1874, Emma Sharp, and they resided at New Philadelphia, Ohio.  2. Marie A., born Dec. 19, 1844, died Nov. 28, 1869; married A. D. Myers, of Geneva.  3. Henrietta Lydia, born Sept. 21, 1846; married Frank Gregory.  4. Emma J., born Feb. 9, 1849; married, Sept. 24, 1867, Otis B. Clark.  5. Charles Otis, born May 9, 1852, for many years head of the Phoenix Iron Foundry of Ashtabula, where he now resides, retired from active business.
Source:  American Biography - A New Cyclopedia - Illustrated - Vol. XI - Publ. The American Historical Society, Inc., New York - 1922 - Page 96

 

CHARLES TUTTLE, a substantial farmer and worthy citizen of Saybrook township, Ashtabula county, is of that good old Connecticut stock which makes thrifty farmers and useful men and women, and whose representatives were always welcomed by any community struggling into life between Lake Erie and the Ohio river.  He is a son of Charles and Celina (Bishop) Tuttle, his father being born in the Green Mountain state in 1797; until the death of the elder Mr. Tuttle in 1876, Charles Tuttle, of this sketch, subscribed himself Jr.  The latter was the third child, the other members of the family being Harriet, Almina, Louisa, Lorinda, Levi, William, Nathan and Celina.
     Mr. Tuttle
was born on his present farm Apr. 8, 1833, his parents being married in Ashtabula county.  He was in delicate health until he was fifteen years of age, and worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-one.  He then was variously employed until he took charge of the home place, working in the coal mines of Southern Ohio for a year and laboring for some time in the Wisconsin pineries.  The burning of his father's barn and the occurrence of other circumstances which brought the family finances to rather low ebb made it necessary for the young man to return home and take active management of the farm.
     As manager and proprietor of the home farm, Mr. Tuttle has successfully conducted various enterprises upon it.  He has raised Durham cattle with profit and at one time dealt quite extensively in horses and at one time dealt quite extensively in horses, raising some fine specimens of the Hambletonian breed.  For about four years he devoted himself to the raising of sheep, and poultry, especially the Brown Leghorn variety, occupied him for a time.  He also operated quite an extensive dairy, one summer's output of cheese being valued at $1,300.  In the midst of all these activities, which called for thorough farming and business management, he was also influential in township and church affairs.  He was long an active member and a director of the Saybrook Methodist church, in which his wife was president of the Ladies' Aid Society and otherwise a leader.  Mr. Tuttle is an old Republican; has served as road supervisor for several years and was formerly identified with the Masonic order.
     The year 1908 was the golden anniversary of his marriage to Miss Ursula Conner, to whom he was wedded Dec. 30, 1858.  Mrs. Tuttle is a daughter of Ward and Lura Conner and the mother of Eddie, Ida, Dora, Addie, Earl, Herbert, Susie and Charles.
Source: History of the Western Reserve, Vol. 3 - 1910 - Page 1436
  DR. VINE HALL TUTTLE is a respected and well-known physician and surgeon of Orwell township, Ashtabula county, who was born in Geneva, Ohio, on the 3rd of December, 1869.  His parents were Daniel and Adeline (Bowers) Tuttle and he was the only child of their marriage.  The father, who at different times was proprietor of a bus line and of a small dairy farm, is a man of practical and honest character, but of modest ambition, who has played his good part in the world and now resides in Geneva, Ohio.
     It was in the schools of that place the Vine H. received his early education, but his ambition looked far beyond the possibilities of the small home farm.  By determination and careful management he was able to attend the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis, from which he graduated in 1894 with his professional degree.  The succeeding year was spent in a dispensary of that city, after which he located in Orwell township as the professional associate of Dr. C. T. Grover.  Both in that connection and as an independent practitioner he has won a substantial reputation for professional skill, and as a citizen is a strong influence for good.
     On June 25, 1900, Dr. Tuttle married Miss Bessie Brown, of Dorset, Ohio, and they have one child, Mildred, born Jan. 6, 1904, who is at home attending school.
Source: History of the Western Reserve, Vol. 3 - 1910 - Page 1492
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