TUTHILL, EDGAR F.

TUTHILL, ANDERSON

Posted By: Jean Kramer (email)
Date: 7/11/2003 at 18:13:26

Biography reproduced from page 457 of Volume II of the History of Kossuth County published by Benjamin F. Reed and published in 1913:

Edgar F. Tuthill is one of the active and prosperous farmers of Kossuth county, Iowa, where he owns and operates a farm of four hundred and forty-six acres on section 6, Burt township. He is also proprietor of a well improved and valuable property of one hundred and sixty acres on section 5 in the same township. Mr. Tuthill is a native son of Iowa, his birth having occurred in Black Hawk. His family is of English ancestry and the line of descent is clear from 1640 to the present time. The first of the name to settle in America was the great-grandfather of our subject and the first member of the family who was born in the United States was the grandfather of E. F. Tuthill. His birth occurred in Cayuga county, New York, and here he spent his life engaged in various activities. In this section also his son, George Tuthill, the father of our subject, was born and educated. He came to Iowa when he was a young man and settled in Black Hawk county, where he married Miss Catherine Anderson, a native of Canada and who is of Scotch ancestry. Geroge Tuthill bought a farm in the section where he settled and operated it successfully for many years. His activities have influenced the growth of the state of Iowa and have entitled him to be numbered among the prosperous and intelligent agriculturists of the section. He has been active in local political affairs and has served as supervisor for two terms. He has also held many other offices of trust and honor and has done loyal and patriotic service in the cause of his fellow citizens. He still resides on the old homestead with his wife and has many friends in the district where he is active, prosperous and highly esteemed. He and his wife became the parents of three sons: George B., who came to Kossuth county with is brother and bought land and farmed for a number of years before he disposed of his holdings and went to California where he now resides; E. F., the subject of this sketch; and Fred N., who is farming in Black Hawk county near the old homestead.

Edgar F. Tuthill was reared upon his father’s farm and received his primary education in the public schools of his native section. He later attended the State Normal School and fitted himself for teaching although he never engaged in this line of activity. When he had attained his majority he came with his brother George to Kossuth county where he purchased land which he farmed and improved for a number of years. He later bought out the interest of his brother and continued the development of the property. He erected a comfortable house, built barns, outbuildings and granaries, fenced and tiled his property and now has one of the valuable farms of Kossuth county. He has added to his holdings at various times and purchased recently one hundred and sixty acres adjoining his original tract. He is now the owner of four hundred and forty-six acres of fertile and productive land.

Mr. Tuthill is one of the stockholders and was a promoter of the Lone Rock Creamery Association and served many years as a director of this enterprise. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator Company and for some years has been engaged in the dairy business, supplying the Lone Rock Creamery with the products of his sanitary and thoroughly equipped establishment. He is a loyal citizen of his native state and an influential factor in promoting its development.

Mr. Tuthill has no definite political affiliations, preferring to keep entirely independent of all lines and parties. He was elected and served for two terms as township trustee. He gives his time to the management of his agricultural and business interests,