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This gentleman is one of the highly respected citizens of Katonah, Westchester county. New York, and belongs to that honored class of brave men who rendered valiant service to the Union in the dark hour of its peril when secession attempted to overthrow the republic that our forefathers had established. Mr. Tuttle was born September 11, 1842, and is a son of Hiram Tuttle, a native of Connecticut, born in 1811. Hiram Tuttle was a shoemaker by trade, and when a young man he married Miss Julia Field, by whom he had six children, three of whom are living,— Mary Marshall, of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Emily, of Peekskill, New York; and James A., whose name begins this review. Those who have passed away are Elizabeth, Addie Garrison and Charles, the last named having been accidentally killed by railroad cars.

James A. Tuttle was educated in the public schools of Westchester county, and was still in his teens when the trouble between the north and south precipitated the country into civil war. A spirit of patriotism, however, was at once awakened within him, and on the 11th of September, 1862, he celebrated his twentieth birthday by enlisting as a member of Company F, Second New York Cavalry. He was in the service for three years, valiantly defending the old flag and the cause it represented. During the early part of his army life he was stationed with his command along the Potomac. Later on, during the Dahlgren raid in Virginia, he was taken prisoner and held as such three months. His whole service was marked by that promptness and fidelity which characterize the true soldier, and at the expiration of his term he received an honorable discharge.

Returning home at the close of hostilities, Mr. Tuttle devoted his energies to slate-roofing, which business he still follows.

He was married December 6, 1871, to Miss Matilda Brown, a daughter of Isaac G. and Catharine Brown, of Yorktown, and was one of a family of six children, namely: Phoebe Jane, widow of A. Gray and a resident of SingSing, New York; William Henry, also of SingSing; Lewis, a resident of Tuckahoe, New York; Margaret Reynolds, who makes her home in Croton, New York; Mrs. Tuttle, of Katonah; and Antoinette Taylor, of Newark, New Jersey. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Katonah, and he belongs to McKeel Post, No. 120, G. A. R. , of which he formerly served as commander, while at the present writing he is filling the office of adjutant.