TUTTLE, EDGAR L.

TUTTLE, ANKER

Posted By: Jean Kramer (email)
Date: 7/11/2003 at 18:08:16

Biography reproduced from page 521 of Volume II of the History of Kossuth County written by Benjamin F. Reed and published in 1913:

Edgar L. Tuttle is one of the pioneers of Buffalo township, whose efforts have substantially contributed toward forwarding the development of his community. He owns a hundred and sixty acres of improved land on section 28 and here he has been engaged in diversified farming and stock-raising since 1884, with good success. He was born in Ross county, Ohio, on the 2d of October, 1864, and is a son of Libbeaus Tuttle, who was born, reared and married in Ross county, where he was killed by an accident in 1865. The mother subsequently removed to Whiteside county, Illinois, with her children, locating on a farm in the vicinity of Sterling.

Edgar L. Tuttle was only an infant when his mother settled in Whiteside county, where he was reared to manhood and educated. He remained with his mother and assisted in the cultivation of the home farm until 1884, when he joined his uncle, Robert Lane, who was one of the pioneers of Kossuth county. Mr. Tuttle had previously purchased a quarter of section 28, Buffalo township, in the cultivation and improvement of which he has ever since been engaged. For a time he made his home with his uncle, but as soon as he had erected the necessary buildings for habitation he removed to his own place, and fenced the land and prepared the soil for cultivation. He was a diligent and enterprising young man of thrifty habits and practical ideas, and although he encountered the usual difficulties and obstacles experienced by all pioneers, each year brought better returns. Later he was able to erect a more comfortable residence and a better barn and outbuildings and he also planted a grove of forest trees and an orchard, having converted his tract of prairie land into a most promising looking farm by the time he was married in 1889. Yet further improvements have been made on the place during the intervening years, and it is now one of the best properties in the community. Mr. Tuttle largely plants his fields to such cereals as are best adapted to the feeding of stock, as he has for many years made a specialty of raising high-grade cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs. He also does some dairying and is a stockholder in the Titonka Cooperative Creamery Association of which he was one of the founders.

In Kossuth county on the 11th day of June, 1889, Mr. Tuttle was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. Anker, who was born in New York state but reared in Iowa. She is a daughter of Ludwig Anker, a native of Germany and one of the pioneers of Kossuth county. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle, as follows: Lee Ernest, who is assisting his father in carrying on the farm; Irma Lucille, who is the only daughter; and Harvey Amos.

Fraternally Mr. Tuttle is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America and both he and Mrs. Tuttle are members of the Rebekahs. His political indorsement is given to the republican party, taking an active interest in local affairs. He is now township clerk, having served in this capacity for twelve years, and for a long period he was a member of the school board, while on various occasions he has represented his district in county conventions. Mr. Tuttle is one of the efficient and capable men of Buffalo township, whose success is recognized as the highly merited reward of honest endeavor, persistent effort and determination of purpose.