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Note: Tuttle, printed & published by Tuttle & Co., Rutland, VT, 1883:
p.519-520
"Henry Blakeslee Tuttle, b. at Sandate, Vt., Sept. 16, 1817; removed with parents to Cambridge, Vt.; thence about 1835 to Lansingburg, NY. In 1841 removed with mother, wife and one son to Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; in spring of 1842 bought and removed to a farm in Pittsfield, Lorraine Co., Ohio, which he occupied two years, then returned to Cuyahoga Falls; removed finally to Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1851, where he carried on an extensive business as an iron merchant, and died there April 9, 1878; about 1872 contributed ten dollars towards paying the expenses of compiling this work. The following is from a prominent Cleveland, Ohio paper:
"A few minutes before 1 o'clock yesterday, Mr. H. B. Tuttle, a well-known iron dealer and for many years an honored resident of this city, died very suddenly at Whitney's dining rooms on Superior street. Mr. Tuttle had entered the place a few moments before apparently in the best of health, nodding in a friendly way to several acquaintances who sat at one of the tables, at the same time divesting himself of his overcoat and hat, which he handed to one of the waiters. He next sat down in a chair and had scarcely time to pick up a bill of fare when those about him saw a sudden jerk of his frame; his hands dropped to his side, his head fell back and nothing was heard but a slight gurgle in the throat. Several gentlemen rushed to his side and lifted his body to a sofa that was near by. Medical aid was summoned, but upon an examination he was found to be dead, having probably expired immediately upon sitting down on his chair. His son and a number of acquaintances soon arrived and took the body in charge, conveying it to his late residence, No. 1364 Euclid Avenue.
The news of the sudden death of a man who had occupied so high and honorable a place in the respect of the people spread rapidly, and a feeling that another of the men who could least be spared had been taken was universal. A great many called at the office of Messrs. H. B. Tuttle & Co. during the afternoon to verify the report they had heard, while a large number of near friends visited the stricken family at their home to offer such words of sympathy as were possible in a time like that.
Mr. Tuttle had not been feeling well during the greater part of the winter and had talked of going away for the benefit of his health, but for a little time past had been more like himself. He left home yesterday morning at the usual time and at noon left his desk feeling as usual and complaining of no feeling of pain or distress. He probably felt no pain when the fatal moment arrived, but passed out of life into immortality as quietly as a child falls asleep.
Subsequent examination caused the physicians to pronounce heart disease as the cause of his death. Mr. Tuttle was a man who would be misssed from any community, having won and held a reputation for honesty, industry and benevolence second to that possessed by no man in the community. He was born in Sandgate, Vt., on Sept. 16, 1817, and consequently was 60 years of age last fall. He engaged in business at an early date, and in 1851 commenced in Cleveland, being engaged, in company with Mr. Isaac L. Hewitt, in the commission business on the river, where he remained for several years. He left that business and was made Secretary of what is now the Cleveland Iron Mining Co. At this time the business of the Lake Superior ore trade was in its infancy and Mr. Tuttle, as much as any man in the city or elsewhere, was the means by which that business was opened and built up. Under the direction of this company he went to Marquette and superintended the building of the first dock ever built there. He then became the agent of the Lake Superior Iron Co. and on the organization of the Champion Iron Co. became its agent, and at the present time the firm of which he was the head, were holding the same business relations with the companies named. In this business Mr. Tuttle accumulated a handsome property, which he knew how to use in a most fitting way, and for the good of others as well as for himself or his own.
As a christian man whose benevolence was unostentatious but always ready, Mr. Tuttle was always known and will be so remembered. For years he was a conscientious member of the Stone Church, and no man, after the 27 years of daily business he did in Cleveland, can say but that he lived up to this profession, nor call him a hypocrite. He was a modest man and above all things disliked notoriety. He was a director in several benevolent as well as business associations, and all will feel the loss of his wise and excellent counsels.
Mr. Tuttle leaves a wife and four sons, three of whom, Messrs. George R., Frederick L. and Horace A., are residents of Cleveland, where they are engaged in business, while the fourth, Albert H., is Prof. of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy of the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College at Columbus. To all these mourning friends the sympathy not only of a large circle in Cleveland will be extended, but that of the general public, to whom Mr. Tuttle was only known as a man foremost in every good work and whose word was held as sacred as his written bond.
He married Oct. 10, 1837, Emeline Reed of Lansingburg, N.Y. Children:
1. George Ried, b. Jan. 24, 1839
2. Frederick Leonard, b. Feb. 17, 1842
3. Albert Henry, b. Nov. 19, 1844
4. Clarissa Maria, b. Dec. 11, 1846
5. Horace Augustus, twin with Howard, b. July 17, 1851
6. Howard Clarence, twin with Horace A., b. July 17, 1851, d. May 25, 1862"
Note: The Descendants of William & Elizabeth Tuttle, by George Frederick
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