William E. Tuttle

As printed in 1908

WILLIAM E. TUTTLE, senior member of the W. E. Tuttle & Company, dealers in all kinds of grain and seeds, has been a resident of Springfield for the past sixteen years and is a native of Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio. He was born in 1856, a son of George Tuttle, now deceased, who was born in 1821 within the corporation of Springfield, and who died in 1891. He was always engaged in agricultural pursuits and was one of the leading and public spirited citizens of the county. John Tuttle, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Pennsylvania and came to Clark County, Ohio, in October, 1806, with his father, Sylvanus Tuttle, who died and was buried in Clark County, as were also the grandfather and father of our subject.

William E. Tuttle was reared on his father's farm in Springfield Township and received his education in the public schools of the township. He was then engaged in farming and stock-raising with much success for a great many years. About 1882 he began shipping clover seed, which enterprise so expanded in his hands that he was finally shipping more clover seed than any other man in the county. This resulted in his gradually drifting into the general grain business, in which he is now engaged, shipping his grain from Locust Grove.

In 1893 William E. and Wr. F. Tuttle bought out Brooks & Green, grain dealers, of Springfield, and established a grain business in Springfield, operating under the firm name of Tuttle & Tuttle. Two years later, in 1895, they built a grain elevator which was the first grain elevator in operation in Springfield, and which is still successfully operated by Mr. Tuttle. During the year 1899 Mr. Tuttle handled twenty-four cars of clover seed, shipping 1,600 bushels direct to Germany. In

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In 1880 Mr. Tuttle was joined in marriage with Clara Otstot. who was born in Clark County and died in April, 1900, leaving five children, namely: Florence, Grace, Amy. Pearl, and Roger. Politically Mr. Tuttle is an adherent of the Republican party and has served as a member of the Republican Central Committee. Religiously, he is a member of the First Baptist Church and has been president of its board of trustees for the past two years.

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.