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W.B. Tartt
Jefferson Twp.

W. B. Tartt, station agent at Guttenberg, was born in Joe Daviess County, Ill., in 1857. He began learning telegraphy at New Albion, where he remained about three years; thence to Montevideo, where he was assistant agent for a time. He then went to Fillmore County, Minn., and was station agent at Harmony till April 1, 1881, when he went to Harper's Ferry, Iowa; he took charge of the station at Guttenberg, Feb. 24, 1882. He is both station and express agent at this place. His wife was formerly Mudgie See, of Minnesota.

source: History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882, p. 873

 

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