DWIGHT TUSTISON.

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         General farming and stock-raising claim the attention of Dwight Tustison, who is engaged in the cultivation of eighty acres of land in Wapello township, Louisa county. He was born in Ainsworth, Iowa, on the 25th of October, 1866. His parents were the late Frank and Martha Tustison, natives of Ohio, the father a well known physician of Wapello, where he was engaged in practice until his death. Unto Dr. and Mrs. Tustison were born three children, of whom the son, Dwight, is the second in order of birth. The other two are: Emma, the wife of Robert Garrett, of Seattle, Washington; and Ora, who married a Mr. Rood, also of Seattle. In 1879 Dr. Tustison was again married, his second wife being Miss Sophia Hook, and they were also the parents of three children: Charles H., Frank and Emily.

         After the completion of his preliminary education Dwight Tustison studied medicine for a time in the Rush Medical College of Chicago and also at Keokuk, Iowa. In 1896 he rented forty acres of land of D. D. Parsons which he operated for three years. He now owns eighty acres in Wapello township, where he is engaged in general farming and stock-raising.

         On the 5th of June, 1898, Mr. Tustison was united in marriage to Miss Abbie Spitsnogle, a daughter of John and Sarah (Shaw) Spitsnogle, who were the parents of five children, as follows: Ameda, the wife of Clark Sheafor, of Louisa county; Carrie, who married Allan Graves, also of this county; Abbie, now Mrs. Tustison; George, who died in 1892; and John, who died in infancy.

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         Mr. Tustison is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His political allegiance is given to the democracy, but he has never actively participated in township affairs, always having preferred to devote his entire time and attention to the direction of his personal interests.