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Born 1863, Springfield Township
From 20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1908)
W. F. TUTTLE, secretary, treasurer and manager of The W. F. Tuttle Hardware Company, has been a resident of Springfield for the past twenty-six years and was born in Springfield Township, Clark Coimty, Ohio, in 1863. His father, John J. Tuttle, was a leading farmer in the township. At the age of seventeen years, W. F. Tuttle came from his country home to Springfield, where he became a clerk in the hardware store of W. W.
Diehl, with whom he remained about four years, later going to the firm of Elder & Tuttle. With the exception of four years, during which he was engaged in a grain business, Mr. Tuttle has continuously devoted himself to the interests of the hardware trade. In 1904 his present enterprise, the W. F. Tuttle Hardware Company, was organized, and a large and constantly expanding business has followed. In 1887, Mr. Tuttle was married to Florence Otstot, who is a daughter of William Otstot, a member of an old pioneer family of this section. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle have one son, Carl.
As printed in 20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name W. F. Tuttle: Harry G. Redmond (b. 1864) William J. Stickney (b. 1852)
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