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Note: England in 1633, and Settled In New Haven in 1639, With Numerous Biographical Notes and Sketches; Also, Some account of the Descendants of John Tuttle of Dover, N.H.; Richard Tuttle of Boston; John Tuttle of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill of Hingham, Mass; To Which Are Appended Genealogical Notes of Several Alliled Families, By GEORGE FREDERICK TUTTLE, Printed and Published by Tuttle & Co., Official State Printers, Rutland, VT, 1883:
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"Julius Jesse Bronson Kinsbury, b. Oct. 18, 1797; student with Rev. Dr. Bennett Tyler, then of S. Britain, Conn., Rev. Mr. Hart of Plymouth, and Rev. Daniel Parker of Ellsworth, Conn. In 1819, through influence of Hon. David Daggett, then U.S. Sen., was app. Cadet at West Pt. Mil. Acad., where he graduated and was attached as 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Reg. Inf.; ordered with a detachment of troops to Sault de St. Marie, at the outlet of Lake Superior, to assist in building Fort Brady. Here he remained three or four years under Major (Col.) Cutler, during which time (while on leave of absence to the East) he married JANE C. STEBBINS, sis-in-law of Capt. W. Becker, also of the 2nd Regt. He was next ordered with a detachment by sea to New Orleans and Nacogdoches. Afterward stationed for a time at Mackenaw and Fort Gratiot. During the Black Hawk War in 1832 he was at Chicago, attached to the Commissary Depart. and saw much hard and dangerous service. While there he bought for seven hundred dollars about thirty-six acres of land on the north east branch of the Chicago River near its junction with the south branch; also about two acres on the south side of the main river; the latter tract in the heart of the present city, and the former but a little way distant. The land, after much litigation, is still in possession of the fam. and of great value. When the purchase was made in 1832 Chicago contained but five small stores and two hundred and fifty inhabitants. The present "Kingsbury Square" was named for him. He was afterward at Fort Niagara; later, during the disturbance on our north eastern frontier, he was stationed at Hancock Barracks, Houlton, Me., thence to Tampa Bay, Fla., (Seminole War) where he remained three yrs., (excepting a short interval), and his constitution was so broken by the climate, exposure and fatigue that he never recovered. On his return to the north he was stationed at Sackett's Harbor and afterward a second time at Fort Brady. Thence, early in 1847, to join Gen. Scott by Vera Cruz, assisting in the capture of that place, and more or less engaged in all the battles on the march to the city of Mexico. For good conduct in one of these engagements he was breveted. Throughout the campaign he acted as Lieut. Col. of his regt., though by rank only a Capt. While convalescing from a severe attack of brain fever, Gen. Scott sent him home on sick leave. In Dec., 1848, ordered with a part of his regt. to California, where he remained two years; while there was promoted, and transferred to 6th Regt. In 1850 he returned home, too much out of health for duty, and spent the next two years at Washington and at the East on sick leave. Then, on his way to St. Louis, was detained at Detroit by sickness, where he spent the winter of 1852-3. While there, owing to some misunderstanding with the War Dept., not impeaching his integrity or honor, his name was stricken from the army roll. Considering himself unfairly treated he declined to make any explanation or hold any communication with the Dept. Before he died, however, he settled all his accounts with the Govt. and received a balance that was due him. He died at Washington, when on the point of leaving for the East, of a malignant dysentery, July 23, 1856. According to his expressed wishes his remains were brought to Waterbury and buried in the old ground by the side of his father's. Children: 1. Walter; 2l Henry W., b. Dec. 25, 1837, grad. West Point; 3. Mary Jane, m. May 1850 Capt. Simon Buckner, U.S.A., afterward a Gen. in Confederate Army. She died about 1870 at Elizabethtown, KY, leaving an only dau."
Note: The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, Who Came From Old to New
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