|
OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
A Part of Genealogy
Express
|
Welcome to
Clark County, Ohio
History & Genealogy |
BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
20th CENTURY HISTORY
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co.
Geo. Richmond, Pres C. R. Arnold,
Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, Illinois
1908
< CLICK HERE TO RETURN
TO 1908 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX >
< CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO
LIST OF BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES >
|
|
A. H. THOMAS,
who has been a resident of Springfield, Ohio, for some
twenty years, is president of the Gearless Gas Engine
Company and an inventor of prominence, holding patents to a
number of important inventions which have proved a success
on the market.
Mr. Thomas was born at Versailles, Ohio, in
1870, and was a small boy when his parents moved to Miami
County, Ohio, where he was reared, attending the common
schools. Early in life he began learning the trade of
a pattern-maker at Piqua, and when eighteen years of age
came to Springfield and completed his apprenticeship to that
trade, as well as to that of a machinist. He was with
the Mast-Foos Company three years, then entered the employ
of the Rogers Fence Company, having charge of the lawn.
mower department for three years. At the end of that
time he went to Troy, Ohio, where he was connected with the
Adams Machine Shop for seven years, subsequently returning
to Springfield. He was with the Springfield Gas Engine
Company five years, and two years with the Foos Gas
Engine Company, but in the meantime was spending his time
working out some inventions that his practical eye saw were
much needed. Having completed a gearless gas engine,
the only one invented, and applied for a patent, in 1904 the
Gearless Gas Engine Company was incorporated with a capital
stock of $20,000 and the following officers: A. H. Thomas,
president; C. W. Foster, vice president; and W. L.
Yates, secretary. The gearless gas engine is
without a rival in the market, and being a wonderful
invention for which there was an immediate demand, the
success of the company was assured from the first. In
addition, Mr. Thomas holds patents on an adjustable
cuff holder and a lawn-mower, both practical inventions
which have been a success.
In 1888 Mr. Thomas was joined in marriage with
Miss Katie Foster, by whom he has five children,
Earl F., Katherine, John, Isabelle,
and Naomi. Religiously, he and his wife are
members of the Church of Christ. Fraternally, he is a
member of Springfield Lodge, I. O. O. F.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 662 |
|
|
HON. JOHN H. THOMAS.
The death of John H. Thomas, which took place at his
home on East High Street, Springfield, Jan. 23, 1901,
removed from this city a man whose business success, public
spirit and sterling character, identified him for all time
with the agencies which contributed largely to the
upbuilding of this section. Mr. Thomas was born
Oct. 4, 1826, at Middletown, Maryland, a son of Jacob and
Sophia (Bowlus) Thomas.
After satisfactorily completing the public school
course, Mr. Thomas entered Marshall College,
at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, where he was graduated with
the class of 1849. He then turned his attention to the
study of law, entering the office of Hon. S. W. Andrews,
at Columbus, Ohio, and, in 1851, that of William White,
then the leading attorney at Springfield. For two
years after admission to the bar, he continued to practice
law at Springfield, and was then chosen county recorder, a
rather unusual token of appreciation, as Mr.
Thomas had so recently become a resident of Clark
County. In the meanwhile this section was just
awakening to the possibilities afforded in the direction of
manufacturing, and Mr. Thomas was one of the
first to take advantage of the situation. He entered
into partnership with P. P. Mast and they founded the
well known agricultural implement firm of Thomas and Mast,
and upon so sound a foundation, that it weathered the storms
of financial depression in 1857, continued to grow in
importance, and within a few years ranked with the largest
in the state. Mr. Thomas remained a
member of this firm until 1872.
In 1874, after two years of rest, Mr. Thomas
re-entered the manufacturing field in partnership with his
two sons, Wilham S. and Findlay B. They
erected the large plant which stands on South Limestone
Street and there The Thomas Manufacturing Company
began, which still continues the extensive manufacture of
all kinds of agricultural implements, having established a
reputation second to none in the specialties of hay
machinery, harrows and grain drills. William S.
Thomas is president of the above mentioned company, as
well as its treasurer, and Findlay B. is also
associated in the business of manufacturing farm implements.
For very many years, the late John H. Thomas
stood as one of Springfield's most public-spirited citizens.
He settled on the City Council with marked usefulness and
was chosen a member of various civic boards, at the time of
his death being a member of the Snyder Park Board. He
was a stanch member of the Democratic party and was held in
such esteem by its leaders that in 1868 he was nominated for
Congress and still later was made the Democratic
standard-bearer for the United States Senate against Hon.
Calvin S. Brice. The duties of every office he
held were performed with the ability and capacity which
marked the management of his private affairs.
In 1854, Mr. Thomas was married to
Mary Bonser, who was the youngest daughter of
Hon. Jacob Bonser, of Chillicothe, Ohio, and they had
four children, namely: William S., who is president
of the Mad River National Bank of Springfield and of The
Thomas Manufacturing Company; Findlay B., who is
prominent also in the business life of Springfield;
Nellie, who is the wife of Judge A. N. Summers;
and Mabel, who is the wife of L. P. Matthews.
Mr. Thomas was a member of the Presbyterian Church
and was always a liberal supporter of its many charitable
enterprises. His private philanthropies were numerous
and one of these, a notable one, may be mentioned - the
Mitchell-Thomas Hospital, which was a joint gift to the city
for the benefit of its sick and afflicted, from Ross
Mitchell and John H. Thomas.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 549 |
|
|
THOMAS P. THOMAS
- See WILLIAM THOMAS
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 860 |
|
|
WILLIAM THOMAS,
proprietor and owner of the Indian Mound Frout Farm, in Pike
Township, comes of one of the old pioneer families of Clark
County. He was born in German Township, this county,
Mar. 6, 1831, and is a son of Thomas P. and Phoebe
(Kiser) Thomas, and grandson of Leonard Thomas.
Leonard Thomas was born in Pennsylvania, whither
his father had come from England in the days of William
Penn, and he lived to the remarkable age of 100 years.
Leonard Thomas resided in his native state until
1815, when he came west and located in German Township,
Clark County, Ohio, at a time when it was largely a
wilderness. He subsequently moved to Preble County,
where he died at the advanced age of ninety-four years,
longevity being a marked characteristic of this family.
THOMAS P. THOMAS was born in
Pennsylvania and was about sixteen years old when he
accompanied his parents west to Clark County. He had,
prior to that time, worked in a factory, but upon coming
here turned his attention to farming, assisting in clearing
the home farm. After his marriage he and his wife were
give a farm of 160 acres by her father, and they moved upon
it, this being the farm on which their son William
now lives. He cleared the land, assisted by his eldest
son, and continued to reside here until his death in 1891.
He held large landed interests in the far west, which at his
death were valued at $35,000.00. He was joined in
marriage with Phoebe Kiser who was born in Shenandoah
County, Virginia, and was very young when in 1811 she
accompanied her parents to Clark County, Ohio, where her
father, David Kiser became the first county recorder.
Her maternal grandfather, Thomas Norman, was a member
of the historical “Boston Tea Party,” and was also a pioneer
citizen of Clark County, Ohio. The latter came in 1812
on horseback from Virginia and carried in his saddlebags
seed for one of the first orchards grown in this vicinity.
Thomas P. and Phoebe Thomas reared five children:
William; David K., of Iowa; Susan, widow
of John Holzhauer; Simeon A., of Iowa; and
Mary, wife of George Brooks, deceased.
William Thomas was born in a log cabin on
his grandfather’s farm and was about four years old when his
parents moved to Pike Township, where he grew to maturity.
He well remembers the trip, first the visit at Dayton and a
few months later the coming to his present place. He
attended the old log schoolhouse and later the high schools
at New Carlisle and Springfield. He engaged in
teaching school for a period of nine years and met with
success as an instructor. As a young man he assisted
his father in clearing the home farm and lived there until
he was married. He then farmed for himself a short
time in Pike Township, after which he spent four years at
St. Paris, at the end of which time he located at
Millerstown. He remained there two years during the
Civil War, then moved to Auglaize County, where he still
owns a farm of eighty acres. About 1894 he returned to
his present farm, known as the Indian Mound Fruit Farm.
Here he first set out some 200 trees and has added thereto
from time to time until he now has the finest orchard in
Clark County, consisting of apples, cherries, plums and
peaches. in addition to berries and small fruits of all
kinds. He conducts his business along modern and
approved plans, and is frequently called upon to read a
paper before the Horticultural Society, of which he is a
member.
Mr. Thomas was married Sept. 18, 1856, to Martha
Moore, a daughter of John and Rachel (Tannehill)
Moore. Her father was a soldier in the War of
1812, and upon one occasion killed a hostile Indian in the
woods. Six children were born to bless this union, as
follows: Clinton, who died young; John
Charles, of Auglaize County, married Hulda
Jane Swartz; Phoebe Jane, deceased, wife
of John Hiderman; Laura, wife of
Ellsworth Birt; Ida, wife of William
Henning; and William, who married Harriet
Lipp. Mr. Thomas has been a member
of the Masonic fraternity for more than forty years.
In politics he is a stalwart Republican, but has never
aspired to political honors.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 860 |
|
|
HON. WILLIAM S. THOMAS,
president of the Mad River National Bank, at Springfield,
and president and treasurer of The Thomas
Manufacturing Company, has been identified with important
business interests in Clark County during the whole period
of his active life. Mr. Thomas was born in
Springfield, Ohio, Apr. 22, 1857, and is a son of Hon.
John H. and Mary (Bonser) Thomas.
William S. Thomas received
his early education in both public and private schools, and
was fourteen years old when he entered Wooster University,
where he was graduated with honors in 1875, being at that
time and for years afterward the youngest graduate of that
institution. His father, the late John H. Thomas,
had been engaged in the manufacturing of agricultural
instruments prior to this time, and he subsequently
organized, with his two sons, William S. and
Findlay B., The Thomas Manufacturing Company, which has
long ranked with the leading industrial firms of the state,
and of which William S. Thomas became treasurer in
1886, and also president in 1901. The name of Thomas
appearing on agricultural implements is a guarantee of
excellence the world over, and the products of this company
include every kind of useful agricultural implement, with a
few manufactured only by this concern. Mr. Thomas
has other business interests, being a leading financier of
this section, and he is also a very large property owner,
both in the city of Springfield and throughout Clark County.
On Dec. 8, 1887, Mr. Thomas was married
to Fannie Senteny, who was born at Louisville,
Kentucky. They have had three children, namely:
John Henry, Wallace Senteny, and
Lucretia. The eldest son died June 26, 1906.
The family home, at No. 345 East High Street, Springfield,
is one of taste and elegance.
Mr. Thomas is an
earnest Democrat, and since 1895 he has been continuously a
member of the Democratic State Central Committee, and for
years has never failed to attend all important Democratic
conventions as a delegate. He has ably and unselfishly
filled many of the important civic offices and in every way
he is well qualified for any honor in the gift of his party.
He was the president of and most zealous worker in that
well-known organization, the Jefferson Club, from 1880 until
1890. In the various organizations of a benevolent,
educational, religious and business character pertaining to
Springfield, Mr. Thomas has been more than
ready to acknowledge every manly obligation, and has been
generous in the contribution of time, advice and money.
For many years he served as president of the Board of
Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, while the Young
Men's Christian Association has continually been an object
of his beneficence. He is a member of the Springfield
Commercial Club, and recently has been chosen president of
the Ohio Shippers' Association.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 896 |
|
|
JAMES TODD - See
WILLIAM B.
TODD Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 759 |
|
|
SAMUEL A. TODD - See
WILLIAM B.
TODD Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 759 |
|
|
WILLIAM B. TODD,
one of Springfield Township's representative citizens and
excellent agriculturists, residing on the I. Ward Frey
farm of 365 acres, located about two miles east of
Springfield, was born in Green Township, Clark County, Ohio,
Jan. 7, 1859, and is a son of Samuel A. and Marietta
(Wood) Todd.
JAMES TODD,
the grandfather, came to Morrowtown, Ohio, from Pennsylvania
and was the first of the name to settle at Todd's Forks.
Later he came to Green Township and settled on what became
known as the Todd Farm, where he died. He was
of Irish extraction. He married a lady at Hagerstown,
Maryland, who was of German descent.
SAMUEL A. TODD was born on the
old Todd farm and prior to enlisting for service in
the Civil War taught a term of school in Harmony Township.
He was commissioned a lieutenant by Governor David Todd
and served three years in the army. After he returned
he worked a short time as a blacksmith and also conducted a
small grocery business and then traveled for some years as a
representative of a business house. He became very
prominent politically and for nine years served as county
recorder on the Republican ticket. After retiring from
office he made his residence at Springfield, and for a time
carried on a clothing business at No. 31 West Main Street.
He was a man of excellent business faculty and had a wide
circle of friends. His death took place Dec. 19, 1899.
His widow still survives and lives at Springfield.
William B. Todd attended school in Springfield
and when eighteen years of age began to farm, and, with the
exception of two years spent in the grocery business, at
Springfield, he has given his attention ever since
exclusively to agriculture. In 1884 Mr. Todd
was married to Armenia Nave, who is a daughter of
John G. Nave, and they have had eight children, namely:
Daisy E., Samuel LeRoy, Bessie, Warren, Edwin Augustus,
Eula, Frances and Florence. Daisy E. died
at the age of eleven years and Samuel LeRoy at that
of six. Mr. Todd has an interesting family and
is giving them many advantages. Politically he is a
prominent Republican, and fraternally he belongs to the
Knights of Pythias, the Junior Order of American Mechanics
and to the Eagles.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 758 |
Caleb Tuttle |
CALEB TUTTLE was long one
of Clark County's leading citizens. He was born in
Virginia, in 1799, and was a son of Sylvanus Tuttle,
who was the pioneer of the family in Ohio, coming as early
as 1806. Sylvanus Tuttle settled in Moorefield
Township, near the line of Springfield Township, and there
both he and wife died.
Caleb Tuttle was seven years old when his
parents brought him to Clark County, where he continued to
live during the remainder of his life. He carried on
agricultural pursuits on an extensive scale and invested his
capital in land until he owned 1,000 acres, the larger part
of which has more than trebled in value since then. He
was a man of fine business intelligence and he also was
useful to his community in furthering public improvements
and encouraging education and religion. Caleb
Tuttle married Mary Prickett, who was born in
Clermont County and was brought to Lagonda by her father,
who settled first in Clermont and later in Clark County.
Nicholas Prickett operated the first flour mill at
Lagonda and settlers came many miles to this mill in early
days. Caleb Tuttle and wife had the following
children born to them: Catherine, who married
Herbert Byrd; Eliza Jane, who married John Monahan;
Margaret, who married Silas V. Byrd; Elizabeth B.,
who married Joseph Wallingsford; Rachel, who is the
widow of Jacob L. McClellan; Sylvanus, who died aged
two years; Isaiah, now deceased, who never married;
William H., who died in the spring of 1885, leaving a
family; Thomas, who died in infancy; David,
who died aged sixteen years; and Laura M. The
only survivors of the above family are Mrs. McClellan
and Miss Laura M. Tuttle.
Miss Tuttle was reared and educated in the locality
in which she was born. She is well known and most
highly esteemed. Miss Tuttle owns the old
Caleb Tuttle home place, containing 163 acres, which is
situated directly opposite the Sinking Creek Church.
Another very valuable piece of property is here, this being
four acres on the corner of Burnett and Main Streets,
Springfield. This land has a productive orchard on it
and a very fine dwelling, which is now occupied by Dr.
Cromer, a well-known physician of Springfield.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 864 |
| |
GEORGE TUTTLE -
See William E. Tuttle
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 831 |
George W. Tuttle |
GEORGE W. TUTTLE,
formerly a substantial citizen and prominent farmer of
Springfield Township, where he died in March, 1893, was born
in Clark County, Ohio, July 22, 1823. His parents were
John and Margaret Tuttle and his grandfather was
Sylvanus Tuttle, who was an early pioneer of
Clark County.
When George W. Tuttle was seven years old his
parents settled on what was known as the old Tuttle
home place, which is now owned by Judge
Kunkle. George W. Tuttle had twin
brothers, David and Jacob Tuttle, and
the three brothers married daughters of James Todd,
who was a prominent farmer of Green Township. George
W. Tuttle married Catherine A. Todd and they had
five children, namely: Mrs. Ellen Hoffman;
John, who died aged nineteen years; James, who
is superintendent of schools at Washington Court House,
Ohio; William Eugene, who resides at Springfield, and
Elma K., who married William G. Otstot.
Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle were married Feb. 23, 1847,
and in the March following they moved to the present farm of
Mrs. Ellen Hoffman, a tract containing
over 152 acres, on which stood an old log house, which is
now used as a stable. In 1865 Mr. Tuttle
greatly improved the property by erecting the present
commodious brick house, and in 1885 he erected a comfortable
frame one, which is now occupied by a son of Mrs.
Hoffman. Mr. Tuttle was an excellent
business man and was a successful farmer until his health
failed, but until the close of his life he continued to
manage his affairs, although not able for some time to take
any active part in the work. He survived his wife for
some seven years.
Mrs. Ellen Hoffman was reared on the farm on
which she has always lived, with the exception of one year,
1872-3, when she accompanied her husband to Kansas, just
after her marriage, which took place Feb. 22, 1872, to
Martin C. Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman was born in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1843, and died July 4,
1884. He was a son of Jacob Hoffman, who
came of an old family of Lancaster County. Martin
C. Hoffman came to Clark County at the age of nineteen
years. He served almost three years in the Civil War
as a member of the Ninety-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was with the army under General
Sherman on the famous march to the sea. Mr. and
Mrs. Hoffman had five children, namely: John, who
resides with his mother; Harland and Howard,
twins, now deceased; Wilfred, who married Lillie
M. McDonald, and has two children— Wilfred
Carl and Louis Martin; and Ada
Celia, who resides at home.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 767 |
| |
HARVEY TUTTLE,
pastor of Sinking Creek Baptist Church, Springfield
Township, also one of the leading farmers of Clark County,
is a scion of one of the most prominent families of this
section of the state. He was born Sept. 20, 1842, his
parents being John and
Margaret (Prickett) Tuttle, and he is a
grandson of Sylvanus Tuttle,
one of the notable pioneers of the county.
The history of this pioneer ancestor of the Tuttles
is so typically representative of that of the best class of
early settlers in this section that a sketch of it may be
here given, condensed slightly from an historical article
written by the subject of this notice, Mr. Harvey H.
Tuttle.
"Soon after the glad ending of
the long struggle for liberty in America, a stalwart young
man decided to try his fortune in the new west. He had
seen service as a New Jersey 'minute man' at the battle of
Monmouth, and no doubt at other places. It was his
duty as a 'minute man' to be ready to respond to any call
the cause of liberty might make on him within the limits of
New Jersey colony. He had three older brothers, two of
whom, at least, were with the patriot army under General
Washington. One lost his life while crossing
the Hudson River above the city of New York while in the
service. The other served in the army seven years and
received a pension of $60 per annum during life.
"But the subject of our sketch, a rugged young man, six
feet in height, thought of the western country. He
loved a comely maiden named Mary Brown.
She was of medium height, with dark eyes and hair, and rosy
cheeks, the very picture of endurance and hardihood.
She too was inclined to tempt fortune in the wilds of the
west. So Sylvanus Tuttle and Mary Brown were
united in marriage about the year 1784.
"They soon started for the west, having as their
objective point southwestern Pennsylvania. Starting from
Morris town, New Jersey, they would cross the upper Delaware
River, and most likely go to Harrisburg, at which point they
would intersect the great wagon road from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg. This route was a veritable thoroughfare for
the multitude of emigrants to the West. Probably the
young wife rode the single horse they owned, the same horse
carrying a few articles of clothing and some cooking
utensils. They may possible have had a second animal
which served to carry the young husband. However this
may be, we may be quite sure that only the veriest
necessities would be carried with them, since neither of
these young people had much of worldly goods. We can
be sure of but one article, viz: the rifle which young
Sylvanus carried at the battle of Monmouth. This
heirloom has been kept in the family, and is now in the
possession of James T. Tuttle, a great grandson.
At what point in western Pennsylvania the first home was
built we do not know now, nor do we know the exact period of
time spent here. But while here Thomas Tuttle,
the father, visited them, and remained with them until they
decided to go down into Virginia, when he returned to
Morristown, New Jersey.
"The new location was in the vicinity of Clarksburg,
Virginia, now West Virginia. Here they remained for
fifteen or sixteen years. Here most of their children
were born. Here the older children received
their education, for all of them could read and write, and
the boys, at least, were very apt and skillful in
arithmetic. But here also they were
trained in industry and frugality, in hardihood and
self-reliance, acquirements that became exceedingly useful
in after life. Here also in some quiet fertile valley,
the family gradually accumulated something of this world's
goods. In those times the clothing and food were all
prepared in the home, the clothing from the wool of a little
flock of sheep and from flax which they grew. The men
would shear the sheep, then the mother and girls would
manufacture the wool into clothing, often displaying much
skill and ingenuity in the colors and patterns of the
flannel cloth. In like manner, after the flax was pulled and
broken and skutched to remove the outer bark, it would be
turned over to the women for manufacture. Thus we can
easily understand how the oldest, a girl named Eunice,
became exceedingly skilful at the spinning-wheel and loom,
not only in duplicating a pattern of cloth she might chance
to see, but even in inventing new ones.
"But here in their quiet home in Virginia, the rumors
of the rich valleys and fertile lands of the Ohio country
reached them. Perhaps some adventurer who had been
there would tell of its beauty and fertility in such glowing
terms as to awaken a desire to find a home there. Most
probably they were renters of a farm from some large
land-holder in Virginia. Then in the ordinance of
Congress, passed in 1787, by which all the country northwest
of the Ohio was admitted to the Union, ample provision was
made for free public schools in setting apart section 16 in
every township for school purposes. These advantages,
with the growing needs of their now large family, induced
Sylvanus Tuttle and his wife to again try the
fortunes of the Ohio country where the government was
selling such beautiful and fertile lands at a merely nominal
price and on most advantageous terms.
"Dec. 22, 1803, the eldest daughter, Eunice, was
married to a man named Morris Reece.
When grandfather and grandmother decided to emigrate to
Ohio, Mr. Reece and his young wife decided to
be of the company. So the preparations for the journey
went forward. * * * Grandmother did not forget that
they were going to a new wild country, so she took with her
all kinds of garden seeds, apple seeds, and peach seeds to
plant at the new home. The trees in the old orchard,
now quite gone, were grown from the apple seeds brought from
Virginia. There were, besides the Tuttle and
Reece families, two other families, by name
Robey, who made the journey together.
"There were in the Tuttle families the father and
mother, six boys, two girls, besides Mr. and Mrs. Reece.
They brought a flock of eighteen or twenty sheep and two or
three cows. The sheep were in the charge of the seven
year-old boy Caleb. * * Their course would bring them
through Marietta, Ohio, a distance from Clarksburg of eighty
or ninety miles. The road would be over rough mountain
trails called roads. The roads were so steep that
often it would be necessary to chain saplings or small trees
to the rear axle of the wagons to hold them back so the
teams could guide the wagons down the steep inclines.
All the way they camped out along the roadside. At
Marietta one of the older boys, Thomas, took sick
with a malignant fever, and the journey was delayed two
weeks, the families encamping and the sick boy and his nurse
finding accommodation with some hospitable settler. It
was necessary for the little seven-year-old Caleb to
go a few miles in advance to find accommodation for his
flock. Here he stayed with the sheep until the journey
was resumed. After a sickness of two weeks Thomas
died and was buried among strangers in some lonely spot not
far from Marietta. Then with sad hearts the parents,
brothers and sisters resumed their journey. The next
town of any importance would be Athens, the seat of Ohio
University, and the next place would be Chillicothe, then
the capital of the new state. Then from Chillicothe to
the vicinity of Springfield, over the old Chillicothe road,
now the South Charleston pike. When they reached the
vicinity of Springfield, they encamped the first night on
the spring branch in front of the old Reid
homestead, not far from Reid's schoolhouse.
"The arrival in what is now Clark County was probably
about the last of October, 1806. They finally located
along Buck Creek, about six miles east of New Moorefield,
and near Catawba Station on the Delaware branch of the C. C.
C. & St. Louis Railway. The Tuttle and Reece
families located near each other on lands belonging to
Mr. Van Meter, a large land owner in
this region. Here they spent about a year and a half.
The first winter would be the hardest. They had no
wheat and only what corn and other provisions they could
buy, and we may be sure that money was a scarce article with
these new settlers and must be carefully husbanded to secure
land from the government on which to build up the new home.
But they would not lack for meat. Morris Reece was a
marksman of wide repute in his old Virginia home, and as
game was quite plentiful, he .was able easily to provide
both families with abundance of meat. It was an
understanding between the two families that whenever
Morris Reece's ritle was heard to crack there would be
meat to be had, generally bear meat or venison.
Grandfather and the two older boys would possibly find some
employment with the rich Van Meter, in
flailing out his crop of wheat getting their wages, it may
be, in corn or sometimes wheat.
"To get the meal or flour they would probably have to
go to the little grist mill of Simon Kenton,
at what is now the Lagonda suburb of Springfield. This
mill probably passed into the hands of Nicholas Prickett
a year or two later.
"Mrs. Van Meter was a kindly
disposed woman, and would bring her coffee grounds to
grandmother that she might get a mild sort of coffee from
them for her family. Grandmother would quietly take
them, but her pride of independence would not suffer her to
use them when there was not special need or benefit to be
derived. So when Mrs. Van Meter was gone she
would throw out the grounds. They contented themselves
with mush and milk, corn pone, bear meat, and venison, and
towards spring they could have a refreshing drink from the
tea of the fragrant spice bush, and the sassafras root.
As the spring drew on they would be busy making a little
sugar from the sugar tree, for they lost no opportunity to
provide the necessaries and as many of the luxuries of life
as their own labor could secure.
"The spring would find all busy Grandfather and the
boys getting in a crop of corn and flax from which to
manufacture tow and linen garments. The potato crop,
too, would not be forgotten. We can readily imagine
that as soon as possible a garden would be planted under the
care of the women and younger boys. Then as soon as
the sheep were shorn would come a busy time for grandmother
and the girls. The wool must be scoured, carded into
rolls, spun into yarn, dyed and woven into cloth to make
garments for the family. The previous winter may have
been long and tedious, but the summer was busy and fleeting.
"However busy they were, grandfather did not forget the
one object they had in view in coming to the wilds of Ohio,
viz., to secure a home. He selected a quarter section
of land on the Sinking Creek, about one and a half miles
above its mouth. Here was water for the home and for
cattle, and yet only a small part of the land was crossed by
the stream. Here, too, was a fine sugar bush, so fine
as to attract the attention of some wandering tribes, who
came every spring in February and March to make sugar,
encamping along the creek.
"Others, however, looked with longing eye on this
fertile quarter section, and grandfather and grandmother
soon decided that if they secured the land they would have
to use strategy. Grandfather and the older boys were
busy at home. Who then should make the journey to
Cincinnati, where the nearest government land office was
located, and enter the land"? The lot fell upon Caleb,
the eight-year-old boy who had shown himself so efficient
and self-reliant the previous year in caring for the sheep
throughout the long journey from Clarksburg. Secretly
he was equipped for the journey. Plain and explicit
instructions were given him as to the number of range,
section, etc. Fifty dollars in gold were securely
fastened to his sturdy little body. Thus equipped he
set out on one of the old horses for Cincinnati. In a
few weeks he returned, having correctly entered the land,
and bringing a receipt for the first payment, which also
described the land. It is not difficult to imagine
that our grandparents were exceedingly relieved of anxiety
and much gratified at the result of their scheming.
Another winter was passed in the Van Meter
cabin. Then, when the winter began to wane, the
two older boys were sent to the future home to cut the
timber for the log cabin, and to clear some land for the
next season's crops. They built a sort of tent or hut
for a temporary shelter, and for weeks spent their entire
time at the work of chopping, burning brush, etc., returning
home Saturday evening to spend Sabbath with the family.
Soon the Indians came for their usual spring sugar-making.
Sometimes the boys would go down to the Indian camp in the
sugar bottom to while away an evening with the Indians and
engaging in their pastimes.
"When the early spring came, the logs for the cabin
were all ready and at an appointed day the neighbors came
from far and near, and by sun-down the cabin was up and
under roof and chinked, ready for a mud plaster on the
cracks between the logs. Then a capacious but rude
chimney was built, the lower part of nigger-heads or
boulders laid in clay mortar, the upper part of clay and
sticks.
"In a year or two a new house was built. This one
is hewn of logs, and two stories high, with two large rooms
on the ground floor. This house, when completed was a
palace compared with the cabins in which they had found
shelter hitherto. Here were celebrated weddings and
infairs—as receptions were then called—and here the young
people gathered for merry-making, such as husking-bees, etc.
"In 1812, October 30, the eldest son was married to a
Miss Ellsworth; one of a family in the
settlement; and on December 31st of the same year the second
daughter married Aquilla Ellsworth of the same
family. Oct. 7th, 1813, the remaining daughter married
Charles Botkin, and settled a few miles east
of the homestead. In the meanwhile the eldest
daughter, Eunice Reece, had buried her husband, and
with her two children, found a home with her parents.
During the War of 1812 with England, the two oldest boys
were in the service for a short time, guarding a supply
train which brought provisions for the army under General
Hull."
February 23, 1815, John Tuttle married Margaret
Prickett, a daughter of Nicholas Prickett,
who some years before had brought his family from Clermont
County and settled at Lagonda. He purchased the
grist-mill of Simon Kenton, which he improved
and ran as long as he lived.
In the year 1822, March 21st, Caleb Tuttle
married another daughter of this Miller's family,
Mary Prickett.
In the spring of 1816 a Baptist Church was organized in
the community, one mile south of the Tuttle
homestead. Nicholas Prickett was one of the
founders. From the records we learn that Sylvanus
Tuttle was received into membership in this church in
October, 1816, and in November Mary Tuttle
became a member. They could have preaching service but
once each month, and at these services, which were held both
Saturday and Sunday, one or more were received into the
little church. A few years later Sylvanus
Tuttle was elected to the office of deacon in this
church, in which capacity he served until his death.
In the year 1821 the present brick dwelling-house was
built. The bricks were made and all the material for
the house was gotten from the farm, except the hardware and
lime for the mortar. As the years went on, one by one
the children, as children will, formed homes elsewhere.
Then came grandchildren to live with and help the
grandparents in their old age. In these early years
all the wheat or rather the flour must be hauled all the way
to Cincinnati for market. To get a little money was
very difficult and money was very scarce. The people
lived in a plain, simple manner. Salt was one of the
most difficult articles to obtain, and had to be hauled from
Cincinnati or Sandusky. There were no roads at that
time worthy of the name, and bands of hostile Indians were
ready to shoot any white man who might unwarily fall in
their way.
Sylvanus Tuttle died on Jan. 1, 1843, at
the good old age of eighty-one years, seven months, and
nineteen days; and Mary Tuttle, his wife, died
May 26, 1848, aged eighty years, eleven months, and nine
days.
JOHN TUTTLE, son of Sylvanus
and Mary Tuttle, was born in Virginia, and accompanied
his parents in their journey to Ohio, as above recorded.
He shared in the pioneer hardships experienced by the rest
of the family, and on one occasion, in company with some
neighbors, made the long and dangerous journey to
Cincinnati, for salt. His marriage to Margaret
Prickett, on February 23d, 1815, has been already
recorded, as likewise the birth of their son Harvey H.,
whose name begins this article.
The latter was reared in Springfield Township,
attending the school known as Congress Hall.
Afterwards he was graduated from Wittenberg College,
Springfield, in the class of 1867, and three years later was
graduated, in the class of 1870, from the Theological
Seminary at Upland, Pennsylvania. Previous to that, on
Sept. 2, 1861, at the age of nineteen, he had enlisted in
Company F, Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a
corporal, and served with that company seventeen months.
When a baby, about twenty months old, he had met with an
accident by which he had lost two fingers; and in the war he
had another finger on the same hand shot off, while on
picket duty near Georgetown, Kentucky. He was
discharged for that reason Dec. 27, 1862. He then
re-enlisted in the 100-day service as second lieutenant in
Company D, One hundred and forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, with which he served until Sept. 7, 1864, when he
received an honorable discharge. He then returned to
Wittenberg College, which he had left to enter the army.
His mental equipment was completed at Crozer Seminary, on
leaving which, he was married June 14, 1870, to Laura J.
Luse, daughter of John Luse. He then
took the pastorate of two churches—one at Bradford Junction
and one at Covington, both in Miami County, Ohio. He
remained thus occupied for about two years, when his health
failed and he quit pastoral work, and took up his residence
on his present farm, which was then owned by his
father-in-law, his advent here being in January, 1874. In
the spring of 1888 Mr. Tuttle went to
Granville, Ohio, where he lived for sixteen years, returning
to his farm in Clark County in 1904. For a
number of years he was librarian for the Dennison University
at Granville. On the reorganization of the Sinking
Creek Church in 1883 he became the pastor, which position he
still holds. While a resident of Granville he
frequently returned to officiate as pastor of this church.
The family of Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle numbers nine
children, all of whom are married but two. They have
twelve grandchildren. Their children are as follows:
Laura May, wife of Professor Price,
principal of the Pillsbury Academy, Owantonna, Minnesota;
John Luse, who married Lotta Gower;
Martha Byrd, wife of Professor E. J. Owen,
also of Pillsbury Academy; A. J. Tuttle, who married
Frances Davidson, a missionary in Assam, India;
Margaret Ann, wife of Edward H. Jesson, Y. M. C.
A. secretary at Berwick, Pennsylvania; Harvey Wallace,
single, who is now preparing for evangelistic work;
George Clyde, who married Catharine
Evans, and is a reporter on the Columbus "Citizen;"
Mary Catharine, a music teacher in an academy at
Toulon, Illinois; Alice, wife of Oscar
Laybourne, who resides at home with her parents.
Mr. Tuttle is a member of the Grand Army
of the Republic. He is a man of much force of
character, an able and faithful minister of the Gospel,
having much persuasive force in the pulpit, and is also a
ready and capable writer. His two hundred and
forty-five acre farm is one of the most valuable in Clark
County, and is kept by him in fine condition. As a
grandson of one of the most conspicuous among the pioneers
of this section, he is especially well-informed in regard to
local history in which he takes an intelligent and patriotic
interest. He and his family are as highly esteemed as
they are well known in every part of the county.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 707 |
| |
ISAAC TUTTLE,
one of the representative agriculturists of Green Township,
owner of a fine farm of one hundred acres located just
southeast of Pitchin, was born Jan. 15, 1840, in Springfield
Township, Clark County, Ohio, on the farm now owned by
Judge Kunkle, and is a son of John and
Margaret (Prickett) Tuttle.
John Tuttle was born in Virginia and when
a lad came to Ohio with his parents, Sylvanus
Tuttle, also a native of Virginia, and his wife, who was
a Miss Brown. They located in Clark
County, where John became a farmer and owner of the
Judge Kunkle farm in Springfield Township.
There his death occurred when the subject of this sketch was
quite young. He married Margaret Prickett,
who was then a resident of Clark County and they became the
parents of fifteen children, of whom but two are living:
Harvey, now a resident of Springfield Township, and
Isaac, with whose history we are more directly
concerned.
Isaac Tuttle obtained his early education
in the schools of Springfield Township and remained at home
until his father's death. He then purchased a farm in
Noble County, Indiana, where he remained for one year.
He then returned to Clark County and bought his present farm
of one hundred acres in Green Township, and has since
resided here. He married Fannie E. Eichelbarger,
a daughter of Michael Eichelbarger. Mr. and
Mrs. Tuttle have four children, namely: Ermina B.,
Effie A., Harry E., and J. Elton. Ermina B.
is the wife of Perry Herbert Stewart,
of Green Township. Effie A. is the wife of
Oliver E. Allen, Principal of the Jefferson school,
Springfield. Harry E. married Mary
Belle McCullough and resides in Green Township.
J. Elton married Annie E. Walters and resides
in Green Township. Mr. Tuttle served in
the Civil War a short time, enlisting in 1864. He has
always taken a keen interest in political affairs, but has
never cared to hold office, although he served as a school
director for some time and votes independently.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 742 |
| |
JACOB TUTTLE,
who was once a well known farmer and respected citizen of
Springfield Township, was born Nov. 12, 1836, on the old
Tuttle homestead, in Springfield Township, Clark County,
Ohio, and died in Clay County, Texas, July 15, 1898.
His parents were John and Margaret (Prickett) Tuttle.
Jacob Tuttle was one of a family of eleven sons and
five daughters and together they were reared on the old home
farm and attended the neighborhood schools. The boys
were all taught to be good farmers and one of the brothers,
H. H. Tuttle, became a minister.
When Jacob Tuttle reached manhood he
married Nancy Todd, the ceremony taking place
Aug. 27, 1857. She is a daughter of James and
Elizabeth (Garlough) Todd. James Todd
was born in Pennsylvania and came to Green Township, Clark
County, when a young lad. His wife was born in
Maryland and was a daughter of John Garlough
and she was seven years old when her parents came to Clark
County. James Todd and wife were married
in Green Township, where Mrs. Tuttle was born,
being one of a family of nine children, five of whom still
live. After marriage Jacob Tuttle and
wife settled on the present farm in Springfield Township,
which is located about one mile from Mrs. Tuttle
's old home. When they came to this farm no improving
had yet been done, but building was soon commenced and the
present fine, large house was erected, together with barns
and the other farm buildings. At first Jacob
Tuttle owned the place with his brother David,
but later bought the latter 's interest. He carried on
general farming and also raised stock, particularly hogs.
In 1891 Mr. Tuttle 's health failed and he
decided to move to Texas, hoping the change of climate would
benefit him. He secured 320 acres of land in Clay
County and lived there for seven years, but his health was
never entirely restored and his death occurred in Clay
County, where his burial took place. After Mr.
Tuttle 's death Mrs. Tuttle and two of
her sons purchased 320 more acres of land adjoining the
other tract and this was managed during the fourteen years
that she continued in Texas by her two sons, Louis
and Ralph Tuttle. In October, 1904, Mrs.
Tuttle and her son Louis returned to the old
home in Springfield Township, this farm having been under
the management, in the meanwhile, of her son Fred Tuttle.
In January 1907, the Tuttles sold their Texas land,
it having been a good investment.
Jacob and Nancy Tuttle became parents of eight
children, the survivors being: Lelia, who married
John Larkins, resides in Greene County, Ohio;
Fred, residing at Springfield, a rural route mail
carrier, married Elizabeth Hinkle and they
have two children, Hazel and Russell;
Clifford, residing in Texas, married Jessie E. Irvine,
and they have one child, Ida; Lewis,
unmarried, operates the home farm; and Ralph, who
resides at Wichita Falls, Texas, married Nora
Ramsey. Nina, Etta and Ada,
twins, all died within three weeks of each other from
scarlet fever, aged, respectively, five, and two years of
age.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 770 |
| |
JAMES O. TUTTLE, general farmer
and stock-raiser in Harmony Township, where he owns ninety
seven and one-half acres of valuable land, was born in Clark
County, Ohio, Oct. 26, 1847, and is a son of Sylvanus and
Jane D. (Gerlough) Tuttle.
The Tuttle family belonged to New Jersey prior
to settling in Clark County, Ohio. In 1806, the
great-grandfather of James O. Tuttle brought his
family from that State and settled in Springfield Township
and spent the remainder of his life here. His son,
John Tuttle, was born in New Jersey and married in Ohio,
in 1815. His wife was Margaret Prickett who was
a daughter of Nicholas Prickett, and to them were
born fourteen children.
SYLVANUS TUTTLE, of the above
family, was born in Clark County in 1820, and in early
manhood he married Jane D. Garlough. They had
six children, namely: Margaret, John,
James, Marion, Tabitha and George H.
Margaret is deceased. Her husband, Charles
Holland, died in Hardin County, Ohio. They had
the following children: Robert, William,
Charles, Harry, George and an infant
daughter. John died in infancy. Marion
resides in Clark County. Tabitha is the widow
of John Blee. George probably
resides in Arizona.
James O. Tuttle attended the district schools
during his boyhood and grew to manhood on the home farm.
When his father died the property was left to five heirs and
subsequently James O., together with his brother
Marion, purchased the interests of the three others.
He carries on general farming successfully raising the usual
grains of this section, and gives considerable attention to
producing fine stock, his land being well adapted to both
industries.
On Nov. 6, 1870, Mr. Tuttle was married
in Green Township, Clark County, to Catherine Todd,
who was born Aug. 4, 1848, in Madison County. Ohio,
and is a daughter of Samuel and Salome Todd,
both deceased, who had eight children, namely: Margaret,
Elizabeth, Thomas, Sarah B.,
Catherine, Samuel, Nancy J. and Jacob.
Margaret Todd, deceased, married
Thomas Baker and they had four children: Elma,
who is the widow of Wesley Clark, has three
sons, Ernest, Clay and Wesley A. Orval,
who married (first) Lottie Blackburn and
(second) an Eastern lady, is a professor in a college in the
State of New York. Leonard, who lives at
Dayton, has three children. Louise died young.
These were the children of Margaret. Elizabeth
Todd, deceased, married William Billby and
left one son, Charles. Thomas Todd
served through three enlistments in the Civil War from
Indiana. He has married twice (first) Anna
Graham, who left two children, Minnie and
Harley, and (second) Anna Stillwell.
Sarah B. Todd, now the wife of Alfred
Stanton and residing in Kansas, was married first to
Theodore Brawley. Samuel Todd
married (first) Nettie Billby, who left one
child, Oliver, and (second) Cynthia Shurett.
They have one daughter, Sarah E., who married
Albert Welder and they have two children, Waldo
and Kenneth. Nancy J. and Jacob Todd
both died when small.
Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle have had two daughters,
Leona, who was born July 2, 1876, died aged twenty-eight
days; and Mabel, who was born Jan. 3, 1879. In
1900, she married William Nave and they live
in Pleasant Township. Mrs. Tuttle is a
valued member of the M. P. Church at Harmony. Mr.
Tuttle is identified with the Grange.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 630 |
| |
JOHN TUTTLE -
See Harvey Tuttle
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 712 |
| |
JOHN TUTTLE -
See Isaac Tuttle
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 742 |
| |
SYLVANUS TUTTLE
- See James O. Tuttle
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 630 |
| |
SYLVANUS TUTTLE
- See Harvey Tuttle
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 707 |
| |
W. F. TUTTLE, secretary,
treasurer and manager of The W. F. Tuttle Hardware
Company, has been a resident of Springfield for the past
twenty-six years and was born in Springfield Township, Clark
County, Ohio, in 1863. His father, John J. Tuttle,
was a leading farmer in the township. At the age of
seventeen years, W. F. Tuttle came from his country
home to Springfield, where he became a clerk in the hardware
store of W. W. Diehl, with whom he remained about
four years, later going to the firm of Elder &
Tuttle. With the exception of four years, during
which he was engaged in a grain business, Mr.
Tuttle has continuously devoted himself to the interests
of the hardware trade. In 1904 his present enterprise,
the W. F. Tuttle Hardware Company, was organized, and
a large and constantly expanding business has followed.
In 1887, Mr. Tuttle was married to
Florence Otstot, who is a daughter of William Otstot,
a member of an old pioneer family of this section. Mr.
and Mrs. Tuttle have one son, Carl.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 633 |
| |
WILLIAM E. TUTTLE,
senior member of the W. E. Tuttle & Company, dealers
in all kinds of grain and seeds, has been a resident of
Springfield for the past sixteen years and is a native of
Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio. He was born
in 1856, a son of
GEORGE TUTTLE, now deceased, who was
born in 1821 within the corporation of Springfield, and who
died in 1891. He was always engaged in agricultural
pursuits and was one of the leading and public spirited
citizens of the county. John Tuttle,
grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a native of
Pennsylvania and came to Clark County, Ohio, in October,
1806, with his father, Sylvanus
Tuttle who died and was buried in Clark County, as were
also the grandfather and father of our subject.
William E. Tuttle was reared on his father's
farm in Springfield Township and received his education in
the public schools of the township. He was then
engaged in farming and stock-raising with much success for a
great many years. About 1882 he began shipping clover
seed, which enterprise so expanded in his hands that he was
finally shipping more clover seed than any other man in the
county. This resulted in his gradually drifting into
the general grain business, in which he is now engaged,
shipping his grain from Locust Grove.
In 1893 William E. and W. F. Tuttle
bought out Brooks & Green, grain dealers, of
Springfield, and established a grain business in
Springfield, operating under the firm name of Tuttle &
Tuttle. Two years later, in 1895, they built a
grain elevator which was the first grain elevator in
operation in Springfield, and which is still successfully
operated by Mr. Tuttle. During the year
1899 Mr. Tuttle handled twenty-four cars of
clover seed, shipping 1,600 bushels direct to Germany.
In 1899 W. F. Tuttle retired from the firm and the
subject of this sketch continued alone in the business for
about one and a half years. In September. 1900,
Thomas A. Paine became a member of the firm, which
has since been known as W. E. Tuttle and Company.
In addition to regular grain shipping they make a specialty
of seeds, handling great quantities of timothy seed which
they obtain in car lots, jobbing it mostly to retail
dealers. Mr. Tuttle is also interested
in other business enterprises of Springfield, being vice
president of the Reed Bros.
Manufacturing Company, and a member of the firm of F. O.
Jones & Company.
In 1880 Mr. Tuttle was joined in marriage
with Clara Otstot, who was born in Clark
County and died in April, 1900, leaving five children,
namely: Florence, Grace, Amy, Pearl,
and Roger. Politically Mr. Tuttle
is an adherent of the Republican party and has served as a
member of the Republican Central Committee.
Religiously, he is a member of the First Baptist Church and
has been president of its board of trustees for the past two
years.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 831 |
| |
WILLIAM H. TUTTLE,
for many years one of Springfield Township's most highly
respected citizens, was born on the old Tuttle home farm,
opposite the Sinking Creek Church, in Clark County, Ohio,
Aug. 2, 1838, and died Mar. 8, 1885, in his forty-seventy
year. His parents were Caleb and Mary (Prickett)
Tuttle.
Caleb Tuttle was born in Virginia, in 1799, and was
seven years of age when he came to Clark County, Ohio, with
his father, Sylvanus Tuttle, in 1806. He
married Mary Prickett, who was born east of
the Allegheny Mountains, but who came to Clark County from
Claremont County, Ohio. Caleb Tuttle 's
father-in-law, Nicholas Prickett, operated the
first flour-mill at Lagonda. Of Caleb's eleven
children nine reached maturity and two are now living,
namely: Rachel, who is the widow of Jacob Leslie
McClellan, and Miss Laura Tuttle.
William H. Tuttle spent his boyhood on his
father's farm and attended the Sinking Creek School.
He secured 100 acres from his father and to this he added by
purchase until he owned 300 acres of excellent land.
Farming was his main business through life, combined with
dealing in stock in his earlier years. Like all
members of his family, he was a man of many sterling
virtues.
On Oct. 26, 1871, Mr. Tuttle was married
to Mary Catherine Luce, who is a
daughter of John and Martha Ann (Bird) Luce, and they
had three children, namely: Frances A., Carrie and
Clarence I. Frances A. graduated from the Springfield
High School and later took a select course at Shepardson
College, Granville, Ohio. Miss Carrie
Tuttle graduated from the Springfield High School, the
Wittenberg College and took the Library Course of the
University of Chicago. She taught school for one year
near her home and for four years in city schools of
Springfield, after which she became librarian at the Manuel
Training and State Normal School at Ellendale, North Dakota,
where she is still located. Clarence I. Tuttle
graduated from the academy connected with Wittenberg
College, attended the college proper for one year and later
took a commercial course at the Nelson Business College.
Mrs. Tuttle continues to
reside at her country residence with her son and daughter.
They occupy a beautiful brick mansion which Mr. Tuttle
completed so that it was ready for the family's Thanksgiving
dinner in November, 1877.
Source:
20th Century History of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - 1908 - Page 877 |
|
CLICK HERE to RETURN to
CLARK COUNTY, OHIO |
CLICK
HERE
to RETURN to
OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS |
FREE GENEALOGY RESEARCH is My MISSION
GENEALOGY EXPRESS
This Webpage has been created by Sharon Wick exclusively for Genealogy
Express ©2008
Submitters retain all copyrights |
.
|
