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CHARLES
WESLEY TALLING, well known building contractor of
Conneaut was born at Ontario, Canada, December 10, 1876, and is the
son of Charles and Ruth (Parsons) Talling.
Charles Talling was a native of England and a
pioneer settler of Canada, where he engaged in general farming many
years. Mr. and Mrs. Talling, now deceased, were the
parents of ten children, as follows: Mary Jane, married
Christopher Roberts, lives at Alberta, Canada; Anna
and Katie, deceased; Joseph, lives at Erie, Pa.; Laura,
married John Vaughn, lives at Alberta, Canada;
Charles Wesley, the subject of this sketch; Lizzie,
married Harrison Curtis, lives in Canada; Edith,
married M. Leachman, lives in Canada; Jessie, and
Fred, also live in Canada.
Charles Wesley Tailing was reared and educated
in Canada and when a young man learned the carpenter trade, which he
has followed successfully for many years. He has been in business for
himself in Conneaut since 1917, and during that time has erected many
public buildings in Ashtabula county, as well as a large number of
homes. The Talling residence is located at 520 Broad street.
Mr. Talling was married first
to Miss Edith Mathews, a native of Conneaut, who died February
13, 1899, leaving the following children: Ruth, married
Harry Foster, lives at Conneaut, and Ardis, who
lives with her grandmother. On June 13, 1913, Mr. Talling
was married to Miss Bertha Blistine, a native of New York, and
to this union one child was born, Alma.
Mr. Talling is a republican, a member of
the First Baptist church and belongs to the Knights of Pythias. He is
an enterprising and substantial citizen of Ashtabula county and is
widely known.
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CHARLES
TATGENHORST, foreman of the car department at the
Nickel Plate shops, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Germany, February
25, 1848, and brought with him to this country the thrift and energy
so characteristic of the people of his native land.
His parents, Frederick and Sophia (Hunterman)
Tatgenhorst, born natives of Germany, landed in America about
1869, two years after the arrival of their son in this country.
Frederick Tatgenhorst did an extensive business as a
shoemaker in Germany, and after coming to the United States and
settling in Steubenville, Ohio, opened a shop for the same business,
which he followed up to the time of his death, April 25, 1891, at
the age of seventy-four years. His wife died Jan. 16, 1881, at
the age of sixty-two. Both were members of the Lutheran
Church. In their family were four sons and two daughters,
namely: Charles, the subject of this sketch; Didrich,
who died in Steubenville, Ohio, at the age of thirty-one years;
Christopher, a resident of East Liverpool, Ohio; Harmon
of Wichita, Kansas; Kate, wife of Henry Cook, of East
Liverpool; and Kazena, who died at the age of twelve years.
Charles Tatgenhorst received his education in
his native land. He learned the carpenters' trade there, and
worked at it from the time he was fourteen until he was nineteen, at
which age he came to America. He set sail from Bremen, April
16, and after a pleasant voyage landed in New York on the 28th of
the same month, 1867. Three days after landing in that city he
was met by his uncle, William Tatgenhorst, of Albany, New
York, to which place they went. After working on the farm with
his uncle one month, and feeling the need of learning our language,
he obtained employment with eight other men, none of whom could
speak German, and he soon learned the English tongue. Next, we
find him in Steubenville, Ohio, where he had German acquaintances,
and where he worked at his trade fourteen years, his parents in the
meantime having settled there. In 1871 he spent five months in
Kansas City, Missouri, at the end of which time he returned to
Steubenville, and from there went to Dennison, Ohio, where he was
employed in the Pan-Handle shops three years and a half. After
that he spent five months in East Liverpool, building houses.
Then he went to Bridgeport, Ohio, and built twenty houses for the
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad Company, after which he was
employed in the same company's shops at Lorain one year. In
1882 he entered the service of the Nickel-Plate Road. In their
employ he traveled through the West, going from LaFayette to
Chicago, then to Lima, and from there to Conneaut. Sine 1882
he has been foreman of the car department of the Nickel Plate shops
at Conneaut. Mr. Tatgenhorst made his own start in the
world, and by his honest toil and careful economy has won his way to
success. He owns four beautiful houses nicely located on
Liberty street.
Mr. Tatgenhorst was married, January
16, 1868, at Steubenville, Ohio, to Augusta Ohm, daughter of
Christian and Hannah Ohm, of Germany. Four of the nine
Ohm children grew to maturity, Augusta being the only who
ever came to America. He and his wife have three children:
Sophia, Kate and Minnie. Sophia is the wife of
William Attwood, a native of Sheffield, England, who has been in
this country seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Attwood have one
child, Charley. Mr. Tatgenhorst and his wife and
daughters are members of the Congregational Church. He is a
Mason and an Odd Fellow, and in politics is a Republican.
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MILO A. TAYLOR,
the well known city auditor of Ashtabula, is a native of
Ohio. He was born in
Clinton
County, near Wilmington, and is the son of
Seth and Martha (Gallaher) Taylor.
Seth Taylor was a native of
Ohio, as was also his wife. He followed general farming and met
with success, and in later life engaged in carpenter work.
Mr. Taylor died in 1908 and his wife died in 1888.
They were the parents of eight children, of whom five are now living.
Milo A. Taylor
removed to Logan County
with his parents when a young boy and received his education in the district
schools of that county. IN 1889 he
located at LaRue, in Marion County, Ohio, where he was connected with the LaRue
Bank as assistant cashier for 13 years.
He then removed to Ashtabula,
and became associated with the Ideal Hoop Company as assistant manager until
1916, at which time he was made manager of the Ashtabula Hoop Company. On Mar. 1, 1919, Mr. Taylor resigned his position to accept the appointment of city auditor of
Ashtabula. He has proven to be a trustworthy and
capable official of the city and is favorably known throughout the county.
Mr. Taylor was married to
Miss Louis Konkle¸a native of
Union County, Ohio, and thee daughter of Abraham and Julia (Bigelow) Konkle, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Konkle are deceased. To
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor one son was born,
Walter Jay, who married
Miss Francis M. Reed, a native of
Ashtabula, and
they have one child, Margaret Louise. Mr. Taylor is a member of the
editorial staff of the Cleveland New.
In politics
Mr. Taylor is a Republican. He is a member
of the Presbyterian Church and belongs to the Masonic Lodge. HE is a member of the Exchange Club
of Ashtabula of which he is secretary.
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History of Ashtabula County,
Ohio by Moina W. Large - Vol. I – 1924 – Page 449
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ANDREW CHENEY
TINKER, general manager of the Liberty Specialty Company, is
among the successful business men of Conneaut. He was born
there Oct. 5, 1876, and is a son of Austin and Ella R. (Cheney)
Tinker.
Austin Tinker, son of Sylvester
and Orthie Jane, was born in Conneaut Township and was a member
of a pioneer family of Ashtabula County. He engaged in the
lumber business in Pine Run, Mich., and later cleared timber from
the present site of the city of Toledo, Ohio, known as Jerusalem.
He died in 1883. Tinker Hollow near Conneaut, was named
after the early setters of the Tinker family, where a
thriving manufacturing business was conducted in the early days, the
products being the Tinker mowing machine, horse power sweep
for cutting wood and other farm machinery and parts. Mrs.
Tinker died July 25, 1915. Andrew, the subject of
this sketch, was their only child.
Andrew Cheney Tinker has always lived in
Conneaut. While a student he learned the electrical trade by
correspondence and was later in the employ of the local light and
telephone companies for several years, working his way up
through the several positions to manager of the Bell Telephone
Company at Conneaut, Ohio, until unified service took place.
He later engaged in the lumber business, buying small tracts of
timber, which he sawed and shipped to nearby points. Since
1916, Mr. Tinker has been associated with the Liberty
Specialty Company of Conneaut, heating specialists.
On Oct. 5, 1903, Mr. Tinker was married to
Miss Dora May Grant, a native of Cambridge, Ohio, and the
daughter of John R. and Sadie (Orr) Grant, the former a
native of Baltimore, Md., and the latter of Ohio. Mr.
and Mrs. Grant, who reside with the Tinker family, are the
parents of the following children: John R., Jr.,
Struthers, Ohio, with Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Mrs.
Tinker; Maud L., married W. H. Davis, Jr., superintendent
of electrical and mechanical equipment, Cambridge Colleries Company,
Cambridge, Ohio, main offices, Cleveland; Sanford, with
United States Steel Company, lives at Cambridge, Ohio; and Myrtle,
married Charles Brand, a groceryman of Byesville, Ohio;
Mr. and Mrs. Tinker have a son, Austin Grant, born
Apr. 11, 1906, who graduated from Conneaut High School in June,
1924.
Mr. Tinker is identified with the Masonic and
Elks lodges and director of Kiwanis Club, International, of
Conneaut. He is an enterprising and progressive citizen of
Ashtabula County.
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H. C. TOMBES
- The death of few persons has caused more universal regret
throughout Ashtabula, Ohio, than did that of the subject of this
sketch, who was distinguished, during his long residence in the city
and State, as a man of persistent industry, the highest integrity,
superior business ability and uniform cordiality.
Mr. Tombes was born in Somerville, New Jersey,
Feb. 16, 1824. His father was a shoemaker by trade, a whole-souled,
jolly man, naturally of a roving disposition, who never seemed able
to content himself in one place. He removed his family to New
York State, where the subject of this sketch lived until he attained
the age of nineteen, obtaining a fair education in the common
schools of his vicinity. At the end of this time he joined the
westward movement to Ohio and settled in Lake county, where he
secured a position at the bench as harnessmaker. This
continued to be his occupation as long as he remained in Lake
county, and he followed it for some time after removing to Ashtabula
county. His last years, however, were spent in Ashtabula,
where he was the proprietor of a grocery store doing a thriving
trade, gained by his uniform uprightness of dealing and the
reasonableness of his charges. His constitution was originally
like iron, but during the last thirty years of his life was much
broken, and he was a constant sufferer. For many years he was
unable to be about, except as he could use his horse and buggy, and
had it not been for his invincible energy he would have succumbed
entirely and been a confirmed invalid. His indomitable will,
however, kept him up until but one week before his death a rare
instance of the power of mind over matter. His loss was a
great shock to the community, by whom he was regarded as a good
business man and worthy citizen. His advice was often sought,
and was greatly valued, on account of his rare judgment and
extensive experience, and many attribute their prosperity to a
timely hint from him. He was essentially a self made man,
possessed a good mind and natural conversational powers, which, with
his love for study made him thoroughly familiar with all current
events and questions of Government and society. He was
public-spirited in the fullest sense of the word and never lost an
opportunity of speaking and working for the best interests of his
city and county. In religion he was an investigator of
Spiritualism, but had not become convinced of its genuineness,
His family are Congregationalists.
Jan. 1, 1847, Mr. Tombes was married at
Painesville, Ohio, by Rev. Carlos Smith, to Miss Lucy
Huntington, born in 1828. Her father, Julian C.
Huntington, was born in Connecticut, in 1796, whence he came to
Ohio in 1801. His father later became the second governor of
the Buckeye State. Julian C. Huntington married
Adaline Parkman, also a member of an intelligent and prominent
family, and they had five children: Samuel, who died in
1892; Robert, also deceased; Mrs. Tombes; Edwin and
Henry. Mr. Tombes was educated at Painesville and Callomer,
now East Cleveland, and was married at the age of nineteen.
She had had four children: Adaline P., wife of William
Sanderson, in Bronson, Michigan; Henrietta L., married to
L. E. Rockwell; Andrew C., who married Maria Cox;
and John H?, who died Feb. 19, 1890, aged eight months.
The legacy of honor received from the father has fallen into good
hands, which will transmit untarnished the illustrious name they are
permitted to bear. |
VINCENT CICORIA
TAVONE, manager of Tavone & Company, is a reliable and
enterprising citizen of Conneaut. He was born in Italy, July
18, 1892, the son of Nicholas and Mary (Vaccora) Tavone.
Nicholas Tavone is a prosperous farmer and lives in
Italy. His wife died in 1912. They were the parents of
the following children: Angelo, Mary, Mike, Sandy, Dolarad,
all livng in Italy, and Vincent Cicoria, the subject of this
sketch.
Vincent Cicoria Tavone came to the United States
in 1920 and settled in Conneaut where he was employed by the Nickel
Plate Railroad. He opened his present place of business in
1922. Mr. Tavone is a dealer in grocery and meats and
is located at 399 Chestnut Street.
Mr. Tavone is a Republican, and a member of St.
Mary's Catholic Church of Conneaut.
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SHARON WICK'S NOTE: 399 Chestnut street has since been the
home of the VFW and is now the Chestnut Street Cafe. |
MARQUIS
D. TOWNSEND, Postmaster of Conneaut, Ohio, was born in
Windsor county, Vermont, Oct. 23, 1835, son of William and Hannah
G. (Gibelow) Townsend, the former a native of Massachusetts and
the latter of Vermont. Grandfather Thomas Townsend and
his brother Daniel were Revolutionary soldiers, Daniel
being killed in that war.
William Townsend went from Massachusetts to
Vermont at an early day and settled on a farm. He was twice
married in that State, first in 1806, to Miss Susan Smith, a
native of New Hampshire, all of his children by her having passed
away, the last one, Aurelia, wife of Rev. Horace Herrick
dying in 1891, at the age of eighty years. Mr. Townsend
and his second wife, Hannah G. Bigelow whom he wedded in
1820, had eight children, the oldest dying in infancy and the others
being as follows: Eliza, a fine scholar and popular
teacher, has been engaged in teaching for many years in Vermont;
Frederick V. A., who married Aurelia Royse, lives in
Vermont; Isabel, wife of Henry Waterman, is a resident
of Kansas; F. Torrey, who married Charlotte Stebbins,
is a merchant and Postmaster at Clay, Iowa; Van Buren married
Anna Austin and lives in Florida; Velette P. married
Emily Stebbins, and after her death Eliza Ann Hallet,
and at this writing he is Postmaster of Quinsigamond, Massachusetts;
and Marquis D., whose name heads this article. The
mother of this family died in 1884, at Redding, Vermont, aged ninety
years. She was a member of the Congregational Church.
The father passed away in 1865, at the same place, at the age of
eighty-five.
Mr. Townsend was reared on his father's farm in
Vermont and was educated there. In 1856, he went to Washington
county, Iowa, where he settled on a farm and was engaged in
agricultural pursuits until the war came on. Aug. 15, 1862, he
enlisted in Company A, Twenty-fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry,
Fifteenth Corps, and served two years, participating in numerous
engagements, the siege of Vicksburg and the battles leading up to
that siege, etc. Twice his clothes were pierced with bullets.
About the time of the surrender of Vicksburg he was taken sick and
as this unfitted him for further field service he was sent to Camp
Chase, Ohio, where he served as Librarian and General Ward Master
of the Hospital until July 15, 1864, the date of his discharge.
After his discharge from the service, Mr. Townsend
came to Conneaut and engaged in the mercantile business, he and his
partner, James Babbitt, conducting one of the two leading
stores in the town until 1878, when they closed out. Mr.
Townsend was then on the road as traveling salesman for about
ten years, the most of the time representing the Record
Manufacturing Company, of Conneaut. He traveled until he
received from President Harrison his commission as Postmaster, in
February, 1891, since which time he has been serving in that
capacity most efficiently. He has been councilman and recorder
of Conneaut several terms and has served as Cemetery Director eight
or ten years.
Sept. 19, 1858, Mr. Townsend married Miss
Cordelia Hicks of Conneaut, daughter of Josiah and Julia Ann
(Badger) Hicks. She died Oct. 21, 1870, at the age of
thirty-five years, leaving one daughter, Carrie C., now the
wife of D. B. Phillips, of Conneaut. Mrs. Townsend
was a granddaughter of Elder Badger, the noted Congregational
missionary. Sept. 29, 1874, Mr. Townsend wedded Miss
Mary A. Palmer, his present companion. She was born in
Girard, Erie county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 25, 1846, the oldest of a
family of four children, her parents being James and Nancy
(Martin) Palmer, the former a native of Vermont and the latter
of New York. Her father was one of the early pioneers of Erie
county, where he developed a farm and reared his family, and where
he lived for thirty-six years, his death occurring in 1870. He
was seventy-six years of age, and his wife, who died in 1885, was
aged seventy-seven years. Both were devoted members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Of the rest of the Palmer
family we record that William H., the second born, a
farmer and dealer in produce and agricultural implements at Girard,
Pennsylvania, died in 1874, aged forty-three years; Fanny is
the wife of Hon. C. G. Griffey of Michigan, at one time a
member of the State Legislature; and J. G. Palmer is a
druggist in Conneaut. Mrs. Townsend was a popular and
efficient teacher in Girard for several years previous to her
marriage. They have had two children, namely: Fanny
G., born Jan. 7, 1878, a pupil in the public high school, is
devoting much of her time to music, for which she has already
developed a special talent; and Mildred, who died in 1886,
aged seven years.
Mr. and Mrs. Townsend are members of the
Congregational Church of Conneaut, the former having served in
various official capacities. He was Sunday school
Superintendent several yeas, and at the present time a Deacon of the
church. He also served on the Building Committee during the
erection of the new church edifice. He is a member of the
Masonic order, the Knights of Honor, the Royal Templars, and the
Custer Post, No. 9, G. A. R., in all of which his influence is felt
for good, he frequently being chosen to occupy important official
positions in these orders. Mr. Townsend has been a very
influential G. A. R. man. He was chosen Commander of
the Custer Post in 1876, and was re-elected four consecutive
terms; was chosen Assistant Adjutant General in 1878, and Chaplain
in 1880 and 1881. On account of disabilities incurred while in
the service he is drawing a pension. He has been identified
with the Republican party ever since its organization. In the
Lincoln campaign of 1860, he laid aside business affairs and gave
his whole time in helping to organize the Republican party in his
county (Washington, Iowa).
Such is a brief sketch of one of the most highly
respected citizens of Conneaut, and of one who has contributed
largely toward its developments.
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NOTE: Buried in East Conneaut Cemetery aka Furnace Road
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PROFESSOR JAY
P. TREAT, the efficient Superintendent of Schools in Geneva, a
cultured scholar, able educator and worthy citizen, was born in
Ashtabula county, October 10, 1851; a son of Jonathan C.
and Lucinda N. (Alger) Treat, natives respectively of Ashtabula
county, Ohio, and the province of Quebec. His grandfather, Roland
A. Treat, well and favorably known as a prominent pioneer
of Colebrook, Ashtabula county, was of Revolutionary stock and a
descendant of Governor Treat, of Connecticut, of
colonial fame. The mother of the subject of this sketch is a distant
relative of ex Governor Alger, of Michigan, and belongs
to the same family as N. P. Willis, the poet and author. Both
parents are members of the Baptist Church.
The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm in his
native county and was educated at Mount Union College, at Alliance,
Ohio, from which, institution he graduated in 1872. Thus ably
qualified, he became Superintendent of Schools at Panama, New York,
where he continued one year. He then resigned and accepted the
principalship of Kingsville Academy, in charge of which he remained
three years, when he was elected principal of the Geneva Normal
School, in which capacity he served until 1882. At the end of this
time he resigned to enter a new Held—that of joint manager and editor
of the Geneva Times. He was School Examiner during these ten years
that he was thus occupied, and continued to be prominent in other
lines of educational work. He also served as Mayor and member of the
city council and was prominent in politics. In July, 1892, he sold his
newspaper interest and was again elected Superintendent of Schools and
Principal of the Normal School at Geneva, the same position that he
formerly filled for six years. In these positions he is doing much, by
his able and progressive measures, to advance the educational
interests of the community. In his educational duties he has the
efficient co-operation of his wife, who is one of his assistants in
the normal school—a lady of undoubted ability and thorough training in
her profession, having been educated at Madison Seminary, Painesville
high school, and Willoughby College, and possessing natural ability of
a superior order. She was formerly Miss Ellen
Stockham, of Perry, Ohio. She was born January 21, 1851, in Geauga
county, Ohio, and is a daughter of Enoch and Belinda
(Barnes) Stockham, also natives of the Buckeye State, where they
are highly respected. Both Professor and Mrs.
Treat are active members of the Baptist Church, which they have
greatly aided in many ways.
Fraternally, Professor Treat affiliates with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and at this writing is the
representative of his district to the grand lodge of Ohio. He is
public-spirited, is instrumental in advancing the moral as well as the
material welfare of his community, and is richly deserving of the
prosperity and esteem which he so generally enjoys. |
JOHN R. TUSA,
half owner and manager of the Conneaut Meat Company at 217 Broad
Street, is among the enterprising citizens of Conneaut. He was
born at Alavus, in Finland, Dec. 11, 1887, and is the son of
Simon Victor and Amanda (Lahnanen) Tusa.
Simon Victor Tusa came to the United States in 1892
and located at Ashtabula, Ohio, where he worked as a longshoreman
several years, later removing to Conneaut, where he worked as a
longshoreman and later as a blacksmith. During the Spanish
American War he volunteered his services but the war ended soon
after his enlistment. Mr. and Mrs. Tusa, who are now
deceased, had three children: John R., the subject of
this sketch; Alexander, lives at Conneaut; and Fanny,
married A. M. Lindgren, an engineer on the Nickel Plate
Railroad, lives at Conneaut.
The family of Simon Victor Tusa came to America
in 1899, coming direct to Conneaut, where the father had located.
John R. Tusa received his education in the public schools of
Conneaut and for a number of years has been connected with the
Conneaut Meat Company. About seven years ago he became part
owner and manager of the business. He has an extensive trade
and is a reliable business man.
In 1911 Mr. Tusa was married to Miss Ada
Smith, of Conneaut, a native of Braddock, Pa., and the daughter
of John and M. (Waltman) Smith. Mr. Smith
resides in Canada. His wife is deceased.
They were the parents of four children:
Andrew, lives in Oklahoma; Charles, lives in Conneaut
Township, Ashtabula County; Nellie, married A. Lapoint,
lives in Conneaut; and Mrs. Tusa. Mr. and Mrs. Tusa
have no children."
Mr. Tusa is a member of the Kiwanis Club and
belongs to the Elks Lodge.
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C. F. TUTTLE,
who is engaged in the oil business at Kingsville, is a native of
Ashtabula County. He was born at Monroe, Feb. 13, 1867, and is
a son of Durand and Harriet (Drake) Tuttle.
Durand Tuttle was a prominent and successful farmer
of Ashtabula County for many years and died in October, 1920, at the
age of 84 years. His wife died in 1886 at the age of 43 years.
They were the parents of six children, as follows: C. F.
, the subject of this sketch; Herbert, died at the age of
25 years; Mary Alice, was killed by a railroad train, at the
age of 22 years; Lucy Ellen, the widow of V. L.
Colegrove, who was killed in a railroad wreck at Portland, Ore.;
Alberta, married A. D. Hill, lives at Conneaut, Ohio;
and Florence, deceased, was the wife of Charles Anderson
of Conneaut, and they had three children, Catherine Ammerman,
Mildred Kiser and Ruby King.
C. F. Tuttle grew up on his father's farm and
received his education in the schools of Monroe and New Lyme, Ohio.
After completing his schooling, he became connected with the Deering
Harvester Company, as a traveling salesman. Later, Mr.
Tuttle was employed by the Johnson Harvester Company for eight
years, and for 25 years was on the road representing different
concerns. For a number of years he represented the New York
Life Insurance Company and in 1920 engaged in the wholesale
and retail oil business at Kingsville. Mr. Tuttle
operates two filling stations in Ashtabula and Kingsville, and has
two storage tanks on the Nickel Plat Railroad at Lake Street, which
have a capacity of 36,000 gallons. He operates two oil trucks
and employs four men.
In 1897, Mr. Tuttle was married to Miss
Carrie Colegrove, and they have two children: Edith May,
married R. S. Bennett, lives at Akron, Ohio; and Ruth,
at home.
Mr. Tuttle is a Republican and a member of the
Masonic lodge. He is a member of the Kingsville school board
and is an enterprising citizen who is meeting with well merited
success.
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