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154
Reporter of Supreme Court.
John S. Runnells
970-816
James M. Weart
154
Representative in Congress.
H. O. Pratt.
783-470
John Bowman.
313
Clerk of District and Circuit Courts.
M. S. Schermerhorn.
747-379
F. M. Rogers
368
E. J. Rosecrans
5
Scattering.
4
County Recorder.
O. T. Denison
1030-932
H. N. Vernall.
98
Scattering
2
County Supervisor.
George L. Herrick.
582-40
Henry Kurl.
542
Herrick.
Scattering.
2
County Coroner.
D. B. Mason.
961-803
John T. Elder.
158
For taxation to build jail.
453-237
Against.
216
Restraining Stock.
585-200
Against.
385
Election, October 12, 1875. Governor.
Samuel J. Kirkwood.
826-606
Shepard Lefler.
220
Lieutenant Governor.
Joshua B. Newbold.
.823-644
E. B. Woodward.
179
Emmet Woodward.
43
Judge Supreme Court.
Austin Adams
.826-605
Wm. J. Knight
.221
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Alonzo Abernathy
825-605
Isaiah Doane
220
Scattering
1
Senator 46th District.
Lemuel Dwelle.
796-553
James Elder
243
Representative of 68th District.
George B. Rockwell
470-78
M. P. Rosecrans.
.392
Scattering.
17
.702
HISTORY OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY.
County Treasurer.
James Rule, Jr.
954-872
John Cobb.
82
County Auditor.
Henry H. Shepard.
705-387
J. G. Brown
318
Sheriff.
H. H. Schell
933 -- 828
John Van Patter
105
County Superintendent of Schools.
Ira C. Kling.
587-172
Emily M. Bidwell.
415
County Surveyor.
C. F. Vincent ..
956-882
M. S, Howard.
74
County Coroner.
D. B. Mason
948-886
Rev Calderwood.
62
County Supervisor.
Thomas Perrett.
816-637
C. W. Tenney.
179
A. Wilson.
21
Election, November 7, 1876.
Judge of Supreme Court
full term.
Wm. H. S evers
1277-835
Wm. Graham
442
J. H. Rothrock
244
Scattering
7
Secretary of State.
Josiah Young.
1277-833
J. H. Stubenbauch.
444
A. McKrady.
16
Auditor of State.
Buren R. Sherman
1272-828
Wm. Gronwey.
444
Leonard Brown.
16
Treasurer of State.
George W. Bemis
1277-833
Wesley Jones
444
George L. Fry.
16
Register of State Land Office.
David Secor.
1278-834
George M. Walker.
444
N. C. Rednour.
16
Attorney General.
J. F. McJunkin.
1277-833
H. C. Cooke.
444
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Carl W. Van Corlen.
1129-981
C. W. Callen.
148
J. A. Nast.
16
Clerk of District Court.
M. S. Schermerhorn.
1619-1608
J. A. Kellogg
11
County Recorde.".
Richard Valentine
1645-1643
O. T. Denison
2
J. A. Fetthouse.
1
Election, November 7, 1876.
Congress, 4th District.
N. C. Deering.
1279-820
Cyrus Foreman.
459
Scattering
1
Circuit Judge, 12th District.
Robert G Reiniger
1233-777
J. M. Elder
456
George W. Reiniger.
44
District Judge, 12th District.
George W. Ruddick.
.1274-827
C. A. L. Rozelle.
447
District Attorney .
J. B. Clelland.
1260-811
John Gleggitt.
449
Election, October 9, 1877.
Governor.
J. H. Galer.
903 -- 555
John P. Irish.
348
Daniel P. Stubbs.
72
Elias Jessup.
40
Lieutenant Governor.
Frank T. Campbell.
947 -- 603
W. C. James.
344
A. McCready.
72
Frederick Nelson
12
Judge of Supreme Court .
James G. Day
897-553-
H. E. J. Boardman
344
John Porter
73
Carl W. Von Coelln
49
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
C .. rl W. Von Coelln
890-659
J. G. Cullison
231
S. T. Bullard
69
703
HISTORY OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY.
Representative, 78th District.
W. W. Knapp
700-411
D. Dougherty
289
J. H. King.
284
J. M. King
73
County Auditor.
H. H. Shepard
1142
943
E. E. Aryaith.
199
G. E. Aryuth.
10
County Treasurer.
James Rule.
1224-1182
J. H. Boeye.
42
Scattering
5
Sheriff.
H H. Schell
1218 -- 1172
·
E. J. Rosecrans
46
Superintendent of Schools, full term.
M. H. Kling
617-14
Frank Hannah
603
E. C. Bidwell
142
County Surveyor.
C. F. Vincent
1278-1276
A. C. Owen.
2
John 'Chilson.
1
Coroner.
D. B. Mason
1134-895
S. Harris
239
Election, October, 1878.
Secretary of State.
J. A. T. Hall
1113-554
E. M. Farnsworth.
559
Thomas O. Walker.
20
A. T. Hall.
10
Auditor of State.
Buren R. Shermau
1113-634
Joseph Eubi .k
47J
G. V. Swernger.
90
B. R. Sherman ..
10
William Burlingham.
1
Treasurer of State.
George W. Bemis. 1112-600
M. L. Devine.
512
E. D. Fenn.
58
L. Devine.
16
G. W. Bemis
10
Judge of the Supreme Court.
James H. Rathrock
966-731
T. C. Knapp.
235
J. H. Rothrock
176
J. C. Knapp.
186
Joseph C. Knapp.
136
Attorney General.
J. F. McJunkin.
984-543
John Gibbon.
441
J. F. McJunkin
128
C. H. Jackson.
84
John McJunkin
11
Jenks Pelton.
1
Clerk of Supreme Court.
Edward J. Holmes.
949-541
Alexander Runyan
408
E. J. Holmes
175
M .. V. Gammon
24
E. Runion.
16
Reporter of Supreme Court.
John S. Runnels
950-546
John B. Elliott
404
J. S. Kunnels
166
J. B. Elliott.
99
George W. Rutherford.
64
G. W. Rutherford.
20
John Runnels
10
Member Congress 4th District.
Nathaniel C. Deering
1070-661
W. V. Allen.
409
S. H. Weller
169
N. C. Deering
58
Clerk of Court.
M. S. Schermerhorn
1632-1606
S. Schermerhorn
26
Recorder.
Richard Valentine
1136-614
R. Valentine
522
County Supervisor.
J. B. Dukin.
914-197
D. M. Tiffany.
717
Election, October, 1879.
Governor.
John H. Geer.
1442-823
H. H. Trumble.
619
Scattering
23
704
HISTORY OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY.
Lieutenant Governor. .
Frank T, Campbell.
.1446-826
J. A. O. Yoman.
6:20
H. M. Moore.
20
Judge of Supreme Court.
Joseph M. Beck
1429-803
Reuben Noble.
626
Scattering.
33
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Carl M. VonCoelln.
1448-837
Irwin Baker.
611
J. A. Nash. .
20
State Senator.
F. M. Goodykoontz.
1950-1941
Dan Leahy.
9
Representative 78th District.
H. H. Schell.
1299-590
John H. King.
709
H. H. King.
33
Scattering.
16
John N. King.
1
County Auditor.
Henry H. Shepard.
1368-741
H. H. Shepard.
627
H. Shepard.
75
County Treasurer.
W. C. Tompkins
2055-2050
Scattering.
5
Sheriff.
E. J. Rosecrans
981-149
L. B. Dexter
832
C. B. Dike.
247
W. R. Winter
19
Superintendent of Schools.
L. L. Klinefelter.
2061-2057
Scattering
2
Surveyor.
C. F. Vincent
2064-2062
Scattering.
2
Coroner.
W. S. Harding
2077-2075
Scattering.
2
Election, November 2, 1880.
President.
James A. Garfield.
1604-925
W. S. Hancock.
679
James B. Weaver
19
Secretary of State.
John F. Hall ..
1604-923
A. B. Keith.
681
George M. Walker
19
Auditor of State.
William T. Lucas
1596-930
Charles I. Baker
666
Edwin M. Conger
454
W. V. Lucas
Treasurer of State.
E. Conger
1151-470
Martin Blin
681
Mathew Farrington
19
Register of State Land Office.
James K. Powers.
1601-922
Daniel Dougherty.
679
Thomas Hurker.
19
Attorney General.
McPherson.
1604 -- 924
Charles A. Clark
680
W. A. Spinner.
19
Representative in Congress.
Nathanal C. Deering
1521-845
J. S. Root.
676.
N. C. Deering.
80
E. J. Dean.
22
Circuit Judge, 12th District.
Robert G. Reiniger
1604 -- 921
Cyrus Foreman
683.
Judge of the District Court.
George W. Ruddick
1591-908
John Cleggitt.
683
District Attorney.
L. B. Clelland.
1603 -- 923
A. C. Ripley.
680
Shall there be a Convention to Revise the Con-
stitution.
For.
1080-441
Against.
639
On the Question to strike out the word white
in the Constitution.
For.
1029-762
Against.
267
Clerk of District Court.
Duncan Rule.
1648-1012
J. H. McConlogue
636
X
705
HISTORY OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY.
County Recorder.
Richard Valentine. .
1566-843
Samuel C. Alexander.
723
Election, October, 1881. Governor.
Burren R. Sherman.
1041 -- 659
L. G. Kinnie.
382
Lieutenant Governor.
Orlando H. Manning
1045-668
James M. Walker.
377
Judge Supreme Court.
Austin Adams
1046 -- 668
H. P. Hendershott
378
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
J Wacker ..
1044-665
Walter H. Butler
379
Senator 47th District.
H. G. Parker.
1395-1386
Scattering.
9
Representative 78th District.
R. S. Benson
594-132
F. J. Bush.
462
Frank J. Bush
297
Scattering.
12
County Auditor.
Henry H. Shepard
1426
County Treasurer.
W. C. Tompkins
1425-1424
Jake Stone.
1
Sheriff.
E. J. Rosecrans
966 -- 744
G. F. Fletcher
222
A. J. Miller.
214
Scattering.
3
County Superintendent of Schools.
L. L. Klinefelter
1422 -- 1419
Scattering.
3
County Surveyor.
C. F. Vincent.
1423
. .
Coroner.
E. C. Miller
1427 -- 1425
Scattering. 2
Against Court House and Tax.
849 -- 402
For
447
Election, November, 1882. Secretary of State.
John A. T. Hall.
1288-698
T. O. Walker
590
William Gaston
Auditor of State.
John S. Brown.
1286 -- 697
William Thompson.
589
A. G. Wright.
7
State Treasurer.
Edwin H. Conger
1288-698
John Foley
590
George Dorr
7
Attorney General.
Smith McPherson,
1288 -- 698
J. H. Brennermann.
590
J. A. Prise.
7
Judge of Supreme Court.
William H. Serrons.
1291-758
Charles E. Benson.
533
Charles E. Robinson
56
M. A. Jones
7
Clerk of Supreme Court.
Gilbert B. Pray
1289 -- 699
H. F. Bonorden.
590
E N. Clark
7
Reporter of Supreme Court.
Ezra C. Ebersole.
1289 -- 699
L. A. Palmer
590
J. H. Williamson
7
Representative in Congress.
A. J. Holmes
1046 -- 407
John Cleggett
639
Scattering.
23
For Clerk of District and Circuit Courts.
Duncan Rule
1881
County Recorder.
Lizzie J. Fitch.
914 -- 423
O. A. Brownell
491
O. R. Hall
390
O. W. Brownell.
19
Brownell.
8
Supervisor.
H. J. Willis.
1046-271
H. E. Palmeter
.
775
5
706
HISTORY OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY.
Coroner.
E. C. Miller 1282
In this county the vote on the amend- ment stood as follows, showing majorities for or against in the various townships :
For. Against.
Mason township 230
Lime Creek 17
Bath. -
Falls. 101
Portland.
63
Owen.
21
Geneseo. 25
Pleasant Valley 11
Grimes
7
Lake
76
Clear Lake. 73
Mt. Vernon. 32
Union. 5
Dougherty 29
Grant.
26
Lincoln.
47
-
845
34
Majority for amendment.
811
CHAPTER XV.
NATIONAL STATE AND COUNTY REPRESENTATION.
The truly representative citizen of a | Nation, State or county is the public office-holder. He stands in the relation of a representative of the people, and as such, demands in his individual capacity, the respect we owe to the people as a body. In this connection are presented sketches of every person from Cerro Gordo county who has served the Nation, State or county in an official capacity. In some cases the sketches are short, and do not do full justice to those represented, but in no case is it the fault of the historian, as they are given as full as the material accessible would permit.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In congressional distric s Cerro Gordo county has always been associated with Franklin county. See Representation chapter in history of Franklin county.
AUDITOR OF STATE.
In the fall of 1880 Hon. W. V. Lucas was elected to this responsible position. He began his official duties Jan. 1, 1881, and his term expired Jan. 1, 1883. Mr. Lucas declined a second term of the office, not allowing his name to be brought before the convention.
W. V. Lucas was born July 2, 1835, in Carroll Co., Ind. On the 25th of April, 1856, he located in Bremer Co., Iowa. When the war broke out he enlisted as a private in company B, 14th regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and Nov. 26, 1862, was promoted to 1st lieutenant. On the 5th of April, 1863, he was com- missioned as captain, and as such complet- ed his term of service. In October, 1865, he was elected treasurer of Bremer county, and was twice re-elected. Mr. Lucas was
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elector on the republican ticket in 1876, and was chief clerk of the House of Rep- resentatives of Iowa, of the seventeenth and eighteenth General Assemblies. Mr. Lucas was connected with the newspaper · press of Iowa for sixteen years, and editor of the Cerro Gordo County Republican from 1876 to 1883. Mr. Lucas is one of the most forcible and accomplished public speakers in the State; and is a well known republican stump orator. He is a man who always must be popular and command re- spect wherever he may cast his lot.
REPUBLICAN ELECTORS.
W. V. Lucas, of Mason City, was elected a member of the Iowa Board in 1876.
REGISTER OF STATE LAND OFFICE.
In the fall of 1858 Amos B. Miller, of Cerro Gordo county, was elected to this office, and, in 1860, was re-elected. In October, 1862, he resigned to accept the appointment of captain of company B. 32d Iowa Infantry.
Amos B. Miller came to Cerro Gordo county from Vinton in 1855 and settled at Mason City. He was a single man and came with Thomas Drummond, the first lawyer in the county, and they formed a partnership for the transaction of real estate business. They continued in part- nership until Drummond returned to Vin- ton. When the war broke out, Miller en- listed, as stated, and was killed at the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. Miller was a man who made many friends among the early settlers 'Ile is described by an old resident as being a "plain, genial, blunt-spoken, warm-hearted and every-day kind of a man."
David Secor, who also held this office, was at one time a resident of Cerro Gordo county.
DISTRICT JUDGE.
John Porter was elected district judge of the eleventh judicial district, in 1858, while a resident of Mason City. He was re-elected, and served until October, 1865. In the meantime the State had been re- districted and Cerro Gordo was thrown into the newly organized twelfth district. Judge Porter moved to Hardin county immediately after his election.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
I. W. Card was the only district attor- ney Cerro Gordo county has furnished. Ile was elected in 1868 and served four years. Mr. Card is the present postmaster at Mason City.
GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS.
HI. H. Schell, formerly sheriff of Cerro Gordo county, is at present a clerk in the pension bureau of the government.
W. C. Stanbery and George E. Frost have held the appointment of collector of internal revenue.
I W. Card and John Stanbery are United States Commissioners.
STATE BANK EXAMINER.
H. H. Schell held this important position for a time.
Henry I. Smith succeeded Mr. Schell. STATE APPOINTMENTS.
W. V. Lucas was chief clerk of the House of Representatives during the seventeenth and eigeteenth General As- semblies.
Ira C. Kling was deputy superintend- ent of public instruction under Carl W. Van Coelln.
Charles W. Tenney was elected a mem- ber of the board of trustees of the State Agricultural College, by the General As- sembly, in 1879. He had served one term
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in the same capacity prior to this. In 1882 he resigned, and Gov. Kirkwood was appointed to succeed him.
On the 19th of June, 1872, Charles M. Adams was appointed stenographer for the twelfth judicial district, by judges Ruddick and Reiniger, and still holds that position,
Charles M. Adams, court stenographer, came to Mason City in 1856, when he was twelve years old. His parents N. M. and Emma (Childs) Adams settled here in that year. They were the parents of five sons and three daughters. Mr. Adams was born in Worcester, Mass., Dec. 29, 1843. He had his growth with Mason City, and in 1862 was appointed deputy recorder and treasurer under Judge Ver- milya. In August of the same year he enlisted in the 32d Iowa Infantry, com- pany B, and was in the Union service three years. Soon after being mustered in, he was detailed as clerk, and was afterwards appointed chief clerk at the headquarters of the Sixteenth Army Corps, at Memphis, where he remained eighteen months. He was afterwards transferred to New Orleans, and was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, Aug. 11, 1865. On his return to Mason City he was engaged in teaching a short time. In the spring of 1866 he entered the office of I. W. Card as correspondent, and in the fall of the same year, he was elected county recorder. He was married Jan. 11, 1872, to Mary A., daughter of William E. Dunbar, of Rock- ford, Ill. Anna P. Adams is their only child.
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The fourth General Assembly convened at Iowa City, Dec. 6, 1852, and adjourned
Jan. 24, 1853. At this time Cerro Gordo county, although unorganized, belonged to a senatorial district which embraced twenty-three additional counties in this part of the State, and was represented in the Senate by Andrew F. Hull. In the ITouse the district was represented by J. F. Rice, Joseph C. Goodson and Benja- min Green.
The fifth General Assembly convened at Iowa City, Dec. 4, 1854, and adjourned Jan. 26, 1855. Also convened, in extra session, July 2, 1856, and adjourned July 16, 1856. Cerro Gordo county was now organized and formed a part of the same senatorial district as in the former Assem- bly. It was represented in the Senate by Theophilus Bryan and James C. Jordan. The seat of the former was contested by James C. Jordan and the contest was decided in favor of Jordan Jan. 8, 1856. The county at this time formed a part of the third representative district, which embraced the counties of Cerro Gordo, Fayette, Chickasaw, Butler, Bremer, Black Hawk, Grundy, Franklin, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and Worth. The representative was Jacob W. Rogers.
The sixth General Assembly convened at Iowa City, Dec. 1, 1856, and adjourned Jan. 29, 1857. Cerro Gordo county was at this time in the thirty-fourth senatorial district and was represented by Jeremiah T. Atkins. This county formed a part of the forty-eighth representative district, and was represented by E. R. Gillett, of Chickasaw county.
The seventh General Assembly convened at DesMoines, Jan. 11, 1858, and adjourned March 23, 1858. Jeremiah T. Atkins was still in the Senate. In the House, Cyrus
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HISTORY OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY.
C. Carpenter, of Fort Dodge, was the representative, the district embracing the counties of Worth, Cerro Gordo, Frank- lin, Wright, Hancock, Winnebago, Kos- suth, Webster, Hamilton, Calhoun, Poca- hontas, Palo Alto, ac, Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson and Emmett.
The eighth General Assembly convened at DesMoines, Jan. 8, 1860, and adjourned April 3, 1860. It also convened in extra ses ion, May 15, and adjourned May 29, 1861. At this time the counties of Cerro Gordo, Howard, Chickasaw, Mitchell, Floyd, Worth, Hancock, Winnebago and Wright, constituted the fortieth senatorial district, and were represented by Julius H. Powers.
This county was associated with Worth, Winnebago, Floyd and Hancock counties as the fifty-eighth representative distriet, and was represented by Elbridge G. Bow- doin.
The ninth General Assembly convened at DesMoines, Jan. 13, 1862, and ad- journed April 8, 1862 ; also convened in extra session, Sept. 3, 1862, and adjourned Sept. 11, 1862. This senatorial district at this time comprised the counties of Chickasaw, Howard, Mitchell, Winne- bago, Hancock, Floyd, Worth, Cerro Gordo and Wright, with George W. Howard, as Senator. In the fifty-fourth representative district, Cerro Gordo county was associated with Floyd, Worth and Winnebago, and was represented by Eibridge G. Bowdoin.
The tenth General Assembly convened at Des Moines, Jan. 11, 1864, and adjourned March 29, 1864. John G Patterson rep- resented the forty-second senatorial dis- triet, of which Cerro Gordo county formed a part, having been elected in the fall of
1863 for the full term of four years. Floyd and Cerro Gordo counties constituted the fifty-fourth representative district, and was served by A. B. F. Hildreth.
The eleventh General Assembly con- vened at DesMoines, Jan. 8, 1866, and adjourned April 3, 1866. At this time Cerro Gordo county was associated with sixteen other counties, as the forty- fourth senatorial district, and was served by George W. Bassett. Floyd and Cerro Gordo were still together as a represent ative district, and were served by Wil- berforce P. Gaylord.
The twelfth General Assembly convened at DesMoines in January, 1868. At this time Cerro Gordo county was in the thirty- ninth senatorial district and was repre- sented by Marcus Tuttle, of Mason City. In the House, Hon. C. W. Tenney, of Plymouth, represented the fifty-ninth representative district, of which Cerro Gordo was a part, comprising the counties of Cerro Gordo, Worth, Winnebago and Kossuth. These were the first represent- atives the county ever had in either of the two houses of the General Assembly.
The thirteenth General Assembly con- vened at Des Moines, in January, 1870. Marcus Tuttle was still Senator. Cerro Gordo was at this time in the sixty-fifth representative district, which was served by B. F. Hartshorn, a Mason City lawyer. The history of Clear Lake would make to its citizens a most defective and dis- appointing exhibit without a full personal record of the Hon. Marcus Tuttle. Mr. Tuttle is not now a resident of Cerro Gordo county, but Clear Lake township and village can never lose the prestige of his influence and long interest in her
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HISTORY OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY.
affairs. Marcus Tuttle was born in Fair- field, Herkimer Co., N. Y., May 10, 1830. He is the son of Ira and Lucy (Broekett) Tuttle. The Tuttle family is of English extraction, its earliest ancestors having settled at an early period in the colony of New Haven, Conn. Mr. Tuttle, of this sketch, is the fourth son of a family of eight children --- four sons and four daugh-
ters. About the year 1842 his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he reared and educated his children as circumstances would permit. Marcus Tuttle strongly cherished an idea of ob- taining a liberal education, but decided that another avenue in life would be wiser, and devoted his energies to his father's interests. He was an assiduous reader, and the pictured promises of the Great West seemed to offer a suitable field for th- development of his energies and the investment of the small fortune of which he, by his untiring industry and economy, fast become possessed; and accompanied by two brothers, Elon and A. B. Tuttle, he set forth on a prospecting tour through lowa. The trio proceeded direct from Des Moines to Clear Lake, traveling by the compass until their eyes were refreshed by the sparkling waters of the lovely lake which gleams and ripples in the June sunshine of 1883, as it did in the June of 1855, when the three sons of the Empire State stood transfixed by its wondrous beauty and saw, almost prophetically, its future of promise which all still live to see fulfilled. Marcus Tuttle opened a farm of 200 acres on the prairie east of the lake. In 1856 he assisted in laying out the town of Clear Lake, and soon after commenced operating in real estate. He
made the public interests of the village and township his own, meanwhile, and stood ready to confront any emergency which seemed to threaten the welfare of the little community. He seemed to have the rare faculty of . turning his attention to most any business that circumstances appeared to require, and to make a com- plete success of most any enterprise he might engage in. Seeing that a saw-mill was much needed, he purchased one oper- ated by steam, set it up in the town, and run it for several years, making market for his surplus lumber by taking jobs and building school houses in Cerro Gordo and adjoining counties. The place being without a general store, he found time to establish a mercantile business, and for several years carried on that enterprise, and became one of the comparatively few who prove themselves to be successful merchants. When circumstances seemed to require we find him engaged in doing a banking and exchange business with his usual success. In the meantime we find him actively engaged in the political and civil affairs of his county and State, and generally a delegate in conventions of the State, district and county. The records of Cerro Gordo show him to have held the office of county judge for one term near the close of the county judge system. At the opening of the rebellion, being pro- nounced physically disqualified for army service by the severing of his right thumb in his saw-mill, he was offered and ac- cepted the position of assessor of internal revenue, in his district of four counties, and continued to discharge the duties of the office until near the close of the war, when he resigned to fill the place of State
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Senator, to which he had been elected in of Clear Lake), Frank M. and Anna L. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle celebrated their sil- ver wedding Feb 4, 1876. An incident of surprise to the guests on that occasion was the wedding of their daughter, who resides on the homestead on the north side of Clear Lake park. Mr. Tuttle re- moved to Spencer, Clay Co., Iowa, in March, 1879, where he had extensive landed interests. He had become worn and wearied with his arduous life and had resolved to concentrate his means and de- vote them and his energies to stock-rais- ing, which afforded exclusive out door life. After his settlement at Spencer, the lowa and Montana Live Stock Company was organized and incorporated, with Mr. Tnt- tle as its president, which position he still holds. The company now have 1,800 head of cattle on ranch in Montana. The home herd of Mr. Tuttle includes 600 head, many of which are blooded stock. He still owns a fine property at Clear Lake and frequent visits serve to continue his former ties. He has seen Clear Lake vil lage grow from its first shanty to its pres- ent prosperity and beauty, and rejoices in its popularity with the same heartiness that characterized every effort he made in the past to advance its substantial pro- gress. his district, comprising the counties of Butler, Grundy, Franklin and Cerro Gordo. Ile served his constituency in this posi- tion four years; was chairman of com- mittee ou commerce, and an active but quiet member, and worked on other com- mittees, including that on railroads. He was largely instrumental in securing the passage of the bill giving a land grant to the C. M. & St. P. R. R. Co., which re- sulted in the building of this line of road, through Cerro Gordo county on the pres- ent line by Mason City and Clear Lake. An important work of Mr. Tuttle was the framing of the existing county high school law, which he guarded through its passage successfully when many other proposed school laws failed. From the organization of the party he was always a republican, in fact, from a boy he had been a warm abolitionist, and was one of the few who voted to strike the word "white" from the State constitution when that question was first submitted to a vote, and badly defeated. Yet a few years later he was privileged to see that meas- ure adopted by a large majority. He is practically radical in both his political and religions views and sentiments, yet he is generous and liberal in allowing freedom of views to others. He is always found The fourteenth General Assembly con- vened at Des Moines in January, 1872, and the forty-sixth senatorial district, of which Cerro Gordo was a part, was represented by E. A. Howland, of Franklin county. David Secor served the sixty-sixth district in the House. ready to contribute freely for the building of churches, and promoting the cause of temperance and other like benevolent ob- jects. He was married, Feb. 4, 1857, to Car- oline M. Warner, of Otselie, Chenango Co., N. Y. Their first child, a daughter named Jessie, was the first inmate of the The fifteenth General Assembly con- vened at Des Moines in January, 1874. In Clear Lake cemetery. Three children are living-Rose, (Mrs Gilbert B. McIntosh, ! this session Cerro Gordo county was rep-
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