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FREEMAN A. TUTTLE,
M. D.—Ohio is well represented in the medical fraternity, proudly
boasting of some of the most intelligent, best educated and most thoroughly
experienced men of that profession, conspicuous among whom stands the
gentleman whose name heads this sketch.
Dr. F. A. Tuttle, a skillful physician and surgeon and
public-spirited, enterprising citizen of Jefferson, Ohio, was born in
Fairfield, Huron county, this State, April 29, 1831. His parents,
Chauncey and Roxana (Charpenter) Tuttle, were natives of Connecticut and
New York, respectively, in which latter State they were married. The father
was of English descent, his ancestors being farmers, which occupation he
also followed. In 1831, this worthy couple joined the westward sweep of
emigration, removing to Huron county, Ohio, where both passed their
remaining years. They had live children, who were deprived by death of the
mother's tender care when the subject of this sketch was a mere child.
The subject of this biography was reared and educated
in his native city, where, when he was but eighteen years of age, he
commenced the study of medicine under the tuition of a local physician of
note. He continued. these studies three years and at the same time attended
the Medical Department of the Western Reserve University, at Cleveland, at
which he was graduated in 1851.
He commenced the practice of his profession in Heading,
Michigan, where he remained seven years, returning, at the end of that time
to Plymouth, Richland county, Ohio, where he practiced until the opening of
the war. In 1862 he became a surgeon in the Eighth Ohio Regiment, and served
in that capacity until the spring of 1864, when he resigned his position on
account of the effects of a sunstroke, received while stationed at the
Rapidan river, in Virginia. After recuperating at his home for six
months, he became Surgeon of the One Hundred and First United States Colored
Troops, with which regiment he remained until the spring of 1866, when he
again resigned.
Dr. Tuttle then settled in Jefferson, Ohio,
which place has ever since been his home. Here he entered the practice of
his profession and at once received substantial encouragement. He enjoys a
large and lucrative patronage. He at the same time opened a drug store,
which he conducted profitably until he sold it in 1889. Thoroughly a student
and with a commendable desire to add to his already large stock of knowledge
and extensive experience, the Doctor took a post-graduate course at the
University of Pennsylvania in 1884.
In 1852, the Doctor was married to Miss Harriet
Pulver, and they had three children, one of whom, a son, Harry E.,
now survives. The devoted wife and mother passed from earth to her reward in
1885, leaving a bereaved family and many friends to mourn her loss.
Thus, after a life of conscientious endeavor, Dr.
Tuttle finds his efforts crowned with success, coupled with which is the
deserved tribute of respect of his fellow men.
In politics he is a Republican. |
