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Note: Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV: "Rev. Reuel Hotchkiss Tuttle, son of Samuel (2) Tuttle, was born July 16, 1824. He attended the Hartford Grammar school, Trinity College, graduating in 1848; and the General Theological Seminary, New York, graduating in 1849. He was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in 1850. His first parish was in Oldtown, Maine, from whence he removed to Salisbury, Connecticut, then to Crampton, Rhode Island, and in 1860 to Windsor, Connecticut, where he became the first resident rector of Grace Church parish in October of the same year, continuing in that capacity until July, 1870, when he resigned, but remained a resident of Windsor until his death. It was largely through his efforts that the beautiful stone church, costing $25,000 was built. He wrote the general history of Windsor for the "History of Hartford County ", a sketch which displayed great research and excellent literary skill. The rector, wardens and vestrymen of Grace Church, Windsor, Connecticut, on behalf of the parish, placed on record their sense of the heavy loss sustained in the death of the Rev. Reuel Hotchkiss Tuttle, who was called to his reward on Saturday, August 13, 1887, at the age of sixty-three. He was the first resident rector of Grace Church. His pastorate was blessed with abundant success, and his holy influence was evident in the growth, prosperity and peace of the flock. A beautiful stone church was erected in 1864, owing its inception to a generous thank-offering made by Mr. Tuttle for the recovery of his beloved daughter from serious illness, an offering which stimulated the people to great liberality. It was a sad affliction to both parties when he relinquished the rectorship, and his position afterwards was one of peculiar delicacy, but the patient gentleness which he showed, and the perfect harmony which always existed between him and his three successors in office, were tokens of a Christian character highly perfected. He loved to do what he could in conducting public worship and teaching in the Sunday school, assisting the rector, or supplying vacancies in the neighborhood. He was clerk of the parish and a member of the vestry. Much of his time was devoted to the oversight of the public schools. He will long be remembered for his faithful services to the church and the community, and still more for his saintly example and kindness to all, his wisdom and refinement. He was such a clergyman as St. Paul describes, 'giving no offense in anything, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, by pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, and by love unfeigned.' We believe that 'when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, he shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.' His afflicted family we commend to 'the God of consolation,' with assurances of our affectionate sympathy.
Dr. Tuttle married, in Boston, Massachusetts, May 10, 1853, Sarah Ann Crompton, daughter of William and Sarah (Lowe) Crompton, of Holcomb, England. Children: 1. Annie Elizabeth, born March 13, 1854, died January 19, 1902; married, October 24, 1883, Eliza Cooper Johnson. Children: Catherine, born April 17, 1885; Crompton Tuttle , August 13, 1890; Kenneth Clark, June 10, 1893. 2. and 3. Amy and Lorraine Russell, twins, born July 3, 1858; the latter named died September 4, 1858. 4. Reuel Crompton, born September 24, 1866; graduate of Hartford high school, 1885, Trinity College, M. A., class of 1889; member of Art Students League of New York; studied art in Paris and is now a portrait and landscape painter; opened a studio in Hartford, November, 1904. He is unmarried and resides with his mother at Windsor, Connecticut."
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Ruel C. Tuttle
Home in 1880: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Connecticut
Relation to Head of Household: Son
Father's Name: Paul H. Tuttle
Mother's Name: Sarah A. Tuttle
Occupation: At School
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Paul[Ruel] H. Tuttle 55, m, minister, b-CT, fa/mo-CT
Sarah A. Tuttle 43, f, wife, b-England, fa/mo-England
Annie Tuttle 25, f, dau, b-CT, fa-CT, mo-England
Ruel C. Tuttle 13, m, son, b-CT, fa-CT, mo-England
Maria Welch 26, f, servant, b-CT, fa/mo-Ireland
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Ruel C Tuttle
Home in 1900: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Age: 32
Birth Date: Sep 1867
Birthplace: Connecticut
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Son
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Name: Sarah A Tuttle
Mother's Birthplace: England
Marital Status: Single
Occupation:
Household Members: Name Age
Sarah A Tuttle 62, f, head, widow, 4children/2living, b.Sep 1837-England, fa/mo-England
Ruel C Tuttle 32, m, son, b.Sep 1867-CT, fa-CT, mo-England
Maggie Sheehan 24, f, servant, b.May 1876-Ireland, fa/mo-Ireland
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