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Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Charles W. and Harriet (Harrison) Tuttle, 8 South 50 West

In 1892 Buffalo, New York, Charles Tuttle is 37, Harriet 27, "Harvey" 9, Edmund 8, Roy 6, and Earl 1.

They were in Kit Carson County in 1900, Charles W. Tuttle a stock raiser born April 1855, married 18 years to Harriet A Nov 1864, Eddie M. January 1884, Roy F. Nov 1885, all born in Canada. Earl E. July 1891 in New YOrk, Bryan H. Oct 1894, Hazel M. June 1897, and Dorothy E. June 1899 were born in Colorado.

Charles proved up 80 acres in section 10, 9S 50W in 1904.

Charles and Harriet are in Washington County, Idaho in 1920, with Edmund 36 36, all immigrating in 1885, naturalized in 1901, born in Nova Scotia. Bryan H. is 25, DOrothy 20, Ronald C. 18, Leah $ 16 - all four born in Colorado, Russell R. 14 and Harriet D. 11 both born in Idaho.
Harriet Ann (Harrison) Tuttle, born 1864 in Nova Scotia,, died Sept 27, 1920 in Washington County, Idaho, buried there # 15458797.

Charles, born 1855 in Nova Scotia, a carpenter, died in Cambridge, Washington County, Idaho January 26, 1922, buried there # 15458804.


BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 26. "Charles W. Tuttle, 60, died early this morning at Cambridge, Idaho, the sixth member of the family to succumb since Sunday from the effects of botulinus poison. Three members of the family died Wednesday.
Home-preserved greens, prepared by a 14-year-old daughter, who died Tuesday, served at a birthday party, contained the deadly germs which have practically obliterated the Tuttle family. Another son, Russell Tuttle, a member of the party, and Bessie Clare, a guest at the party, have developed no symptoms of poisoning yet, physicians declare.
Dr. R. C. Whiteman, family physician in charge of the case, said he would not be able tfc pronounce Russell and Miss Clare free of the poison before Friday."

Children:
Edmund William Tuttle 1884–1922

ROY

In 1940 Oaklahd, California, Francis Tuttle is 46, married but no spouse, Russell 14 and Virginia, 13, all three born in Utah.
Roy Frank Tuttle 1885–1961 is buried in Cambridge, Idaho # 15458808, Frances (Pitt) Tuttle 1893-1992 buried in Salt Lake City. She shares a stone with Thornely Pitt.

Russell Thornley Tuttle - September 6, 1925 - July 14, 2016
"Russell was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Roy Tuttle and Francis Pitt Tuttle. The family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where Russell graduated from Oakland High School. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. Following his military service, Russell attended University of California, Berkeley, majoring in Psychology. His college graduation in 1950 was followed by marriage to Barbara Purdy. Russell joined East Bay Municipal Utilities District where he worked as a Personnel Manager for 40 years. After Russell's divorce from Barbara, he became involved in a square dance club where he met his second wife, Caroline McDonnell, a special education teacher. Russ and Caroline's retirement prompted their move from Walnut Creek to Glen Cove in Vallejo where they created a beautiful and welcoming home for their family and friends. Russ was a huge sports fan and supporter of Cal Bears Athletics, Oakland A's and Oakland Raiders teams. Russ and Caroline were role models for enjoying retirement to the fullest.
Russ is survived by his sister, Virginia Farrell of Idaho; granddaughter, Jessica Steele of Idaho; grandchildren, Aubreyanna and Zander. He is also survived by step-children, Kevin McDonnell of Seaside, and step-daughter, Denise Gustafson of Valley Springs; step-grandchildren, Teaghan, Tristan and Cally. He was predeceased by his second wife, Caroline; daughter, Carolyn Steele and son, Larry Tuttle. "
Bryan Harrison Tuttle 1894–1922

Hazel Margaret Tuttle 1897–1922

Ronald Charles Tuttle 1901–1922

Leah Rachel Tuttle married Jesse Everett Buchanan on June 10, 1929 in Nez Perce County, Idaho.

In 1940 Moscow, Idaho, Jess and Leah are both 36, with Nancy 4, and John A. four months.
Leah 1903–1973 is buried in Arlington National # 49222913. So is Jesse E. Buchanan 1904-1986 # 49222901.
" Jesse Everett Buchanan was born in Fenton, Iowa, April 22, 1904, the son of Sophus and Jessie (Buchanan) Samuelson. His mother died when he was 7 days old and he was raised by an aunt until legally adopted by his grandfather, John Buchanan, in June 1905. John, two of his children, Mary and Robert, and Jesse moved to Spokane, Washington in 1906. Jesse graduated from Lewis Clark High School in 1921. He spent the next two years working as an assistant to a building contractor in Glendale, California and as a laboratory assistant, timekeeper, then office assistant with American Mineral Production Company, Valley, Washington.
He entered the University of Idaho in September 1923 and was the first student to maintain a 4.0 grade point average during his four years as an undergraduate. During this time he was entirely self supporting, working part time during the school year as a janitor in David's department store, in the harvester plant, and grading professor's quiz papers, and during the summer as a mucker in a mine in Chewelah, Washington. He was also active in student affairs, serving on the staff of "The Idaho Engineer", a semi-annual publication for engineering students, and as president of his senior class.
Following graduation with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1927 he continued his education while working as an instructor in the Engineering Department of the University and also as a Testing Engineer in charge of the Material Testing Laboratory, operated at the University by the Idaho Bureau of Highways. Following receipt of his M.S. degree in 1929 he was promoted to assistant professor. He received his professional Civil Engineering Degree from the University of Idaho in 1939.
In 1936 he left the University to become a research engineer for the Asphalt Institute in San Francisco, where he was in charge of technical development work in the western states on the use of asphalt in highway, airfield, hydraulic, and industrial construction.
In 1938 he returned to Idaho as Dean of Engineering, a position he held until 1942. He assisted in setting up the naval radio training school and directed the engineering, science, and management defense training program in Idaho's principle cities. Under his direction the college of engineering accelerated its program to provide engineering training at a time when trained engineers were needed for the war effort. In 1942 he took a leave of absence from the University to serve as an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers.
During his college years Buchanan joined the ROTC program, was advanced to cadet colonel in his senior year and was commissioned second lieutenant when he graduated. He was called to active service in July 1942 and served 28 months with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the engineering section of the Department of Research and Training Publications at Ft. Belvoir, Va., where he helped prepare numerous training publications and became the author of the engineering corps manual on airport construction. This work earned him the Legion of Merit award, the fourth highest award bestowed by the U.S. Army. The citation reads in part "for outstanding service in the preparation and revision of basic and technical engineer manuals for troops in training and overseas at a time when they were in critical need....for clarifying engineering problems where confusion and controversy existed. Through his initiative, sound judgement, keen foresight, and exceptional leadership, he made material and timely contributions to the war effort." Following this he spent another eight months as plans and engineering officer for air fields in the India-Burma theater. It was under his active direction that most of the allied airfields in the Burma-China theater were designed and constructed. He was released from active service and returned to the university with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in December of 1945. He continued reserve military activity until 1964.
In 1946 he was offered and accepted the Dean of Engineering position at Iowa State College, but was released from the contract when the Regents of the University of Idaho offered him the presidency of that institution. As the tenth president of the university, and first alumnus to hold that position, he guided the school through the very difficult post war years, making good on the educational promises made to the returning GI's. He in credited with establishing a long-range building plan for the university: the student union building was enlarged, a field house was built, extension education programs were established throughout Idaho, a new administrative office building was begun, a new music building was started, several new dormitories were built, and in 1957 a new library, for which Buchanan had lobbied long and hard, was erected. He is also credited with getting the appropriations to raise faculty pay scales. Near the end of his tenure the university received a full-scale inspection which resulted in "unrestricted accreditation", the first university in the Northwest to be so accredited. Another outstanding achievement was getting the university on a modern business and fiscal administration. He resigned the presidency of the University to become President of the Asphalt Institute in 1954. The university honored him in 1969 by naming the new engineering building after him.
Buchanan remained with the Asphalt Institute for 15 years. His first major project was overseeing the building of a new headquarters building on the University of Maryland Campus. He guided the institute through its period of greatest growth, retiring in 1969, the Golden Anniversary of the Institute.
He was the author of many technical papers in the field of engineering, and a member of many professional societies, including the American Society of Civil Engineers, Idaho Society of Engineers, the American Society of Engineering, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau, and the Newcomen Society. He was the second person elected the University of Idaho Alumni Hall of Fame.
Jesse Buchanan married Leah Rachel Tuttle on June 10, 1929. They had two children, Nancy and John. In 1977 he moved from Maryland to Coeur d'Alene where he lived with his daughter. He died in Coeur d'Alene on February 2, 1986. His ashes are buried in Arlington National Cemetery. "

Nancy Tuttle Buchanan married James Henry Rees on June 10, 1957 in Latah County.


Harriet Diana Tuttle 1908–1922

Austin H. Tuttle, 27, married Arline F. Rector in Muskogee, Oklahoma on August 19, 1910.

Austin Harvey Tuttle registered for WWI in Topeka, Kansas, an auditor for Southwestern Bell Telephone, born Dec 21, 1882, wife Arline Rector Tuttle.
He's buried in Muskogee 1882-1949 # 50486021.
"Funeral services for A. H. Tuttle, 67, employee of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 45 years until his retirement two years ago, who died Thursday in a Muskogee hospital, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today in the Petering Chapel.
Tuttle came to Muskogee in 1907 to work for the telephone company and went to Dallas in 1910, remaining there 18 years as comptroller. He returned to Muskogee following his retirement.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Arline Rector Tuttle of the home, 1103 South Terrace; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Buchanan, Moscow, Idaho, and Mrs. Vernon Ducksworth, Walla Walla, Wash., and three brothers, Earl Tuttle of Moscow, Russell L. Tuttle of Pasco, Wash., and Roy Tuttle of Oakland, Calif.
Honorary pallbearers will be Charles P. Gotwals, Louis Duncan, J. R. Brooks, Wallace Butz, E. R. Jones, J. C. Fast, Frank McManus of Dallas, E. R. White of Dallas, and William Brice of Checotah."

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