Owen Tuttle
As a result of four years spent in the placer mines of California during the gold excitement of the ‘50s, Mr. Tuttle returned to his eastern home convinced that on the Pacific coast is to be the most ideally perfect climate of which the United States can boast. When therefore about twenty years later he began to suffer with bronchitis, he decided to change his location to the far west, and soon afterward established himself in Pajaro valley near Watsonville, where the remaining years of his active life were passed. For some years he was one of the most extensive hop growers in the valley, but a decline in the prices led him to turn his attention to the raising of apples as a more profitable industry. However, he did not discontinue the hop industry, but for some time also maintained an interest in it.
Mr. Tuttle was born in Richland county, Ohio, December 30, 1827, and in 1838 accompanied his father, Hiram Tuttle, to Van Buren county, Iowa, on the Des Moines river. In that locality he grew to manhood on a farm. In early life he learned the stonecutter's trade, but afterward returned to agricultural pursuits and after his father's death bought and lived on the family homestead until his permanent settlement in California. During 1850 he accompanied a party overland and spent four years in the placer mines near Placerville, after which he resided in Iowa until 1873, the year of his second trip to the far west. Coming to Watsonville at that time he bought a farm of seventy-five acres, which had twelve acres in hops. He enlarged the acreage in hops to forty-five acres, and built kilns and storage houses, himself and his estate conducting a large business until 1901, when the prices deteriorated materially and rendered the industry less profitable.
In 1891 Mr. Tuttle purchased the old Scott boarding house on Main street opposite the plaza. The building he moved to the rear of the lot, remodeling it for a barn. On the front of the lot he erected a commodious and modern residence, and there he was making his home when heart failure caused his death, July 2, 1899. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. (Burns) Tuttle, and seven children. One child died in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Annabel Radcliff, died eight months after his demise. The children surviving are as follows: Hiram D., an attorney in San Jose; Morris B., who lives near Watsonville; Emory O., who resides in Alameda, Cal.; Nannie, Mrs. R. L. Craig, of Los Angeles; Adella, wife of Dr. Aaron Schloss, of San Francisco; Iowa H., who lives on the home place near Watsonville; and Victor H., a member of the firm of R. L. Craig & Co., wholesale grocers of Los Angeles.
Death of Owen Tuttle.
WATSONVILLE, July 2.— Owen Tuttle, the pioneer hop-raiser of this valley, a director of the Bank of Watsonville, and one of the leading capitalists of the county, died suddenly this morning from heart failure. He was up and around just a few minutes before his death. Mr. Tuttle had large financial interests in Santa Clara, Monterey and Los Angeles counties. He leaves a widow and eight children. He was a native of Ohio and was in his seventy-second year. He will be buried here tomorrow afternoon.
San Francisco Call, Volume 86, Number 33, 3 July 1899
Son of Hiram and Anne (Dille) Tuttle
Husband of Mary Burns
Father of Hiram, Morris, Emory, Johnie, Annabelle, Nancy, Adella, Iowa, and Victor
As a result of four years spent in the placer mines of California during the gold excitement of the ‘50s, Mr. Tuttle returned to his eastern home convinced that on the Pacific coast is to be the most ideally perfect climate of which the United States can boast. When therefore about twenty years later he began to suffer with bronchitis, he decided to change his location to the far west, and soon afterward established himself in Pajaro valley near Watsonville, where the remaining years of his active life were passed. For some years he was one of the most extensive hop growers in the valley, but a decline in the prices led him to turn his attention to the raising of apples as a more profitable industry. However, he did not discontinue the hop industry, but for some time also maintained an interest in it.
Mr. Tuttle was born in Richland county, Ohio, December 30, 1827, and in 1838 accompanied his father, Hiram Tuttle, to Van Buren county, Iowa, on the Des Moines river. In that locality he grew to manhood on a farm. In early life he learned the stonecutter's trade, but afterward returned to agricultural pursuits and after his father's death bought and lived on the family homestead until his permanent settlement in California. During 1850 he accompanied a party overland and spent four years in the placer mines near Placerville, after which he resided in Iowa until 1873, the year of his second trip to the far west. Coming to Watsonville at that time he bought a farm of seventy-five acres, which had twelve acres in hops. He enlarged the acreage in hops to forty-five acres, and built kilns and storage houses, himself and his estate conducting a large business until 1901, when the prices deteriorated materially and rendered the industry less profitable.
In 1891 Mr. Tuttle purchased the old Scott boarding house on Main street opposite the plaza. The building he moved to the rear of the lot, remodeling it for a barn. On the front of the lot he erected a commodious and modern residence, and there he was making his home when heart failure caused his death, July 2, 1899. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. (Burns) Tuttle, and seven children. One child died in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Annabel Radcliff, died eight months after his demise. The children surviving are as follows: Hiram D., an attorney in San Jose; Morris B., who lives near Watsonville; Emory O., who resides in Alameda, Cal.; Nannie, Mrs. R. L. Craig, of Los Angeles; Adella, wife of Dr. Aaron Schloss, of San Francisco; Iowa H., who lives on the home place near Watsonville; and Victor H., a member of the firm of R. L. Craig & Co., wholesale grocers of Los Angeles.
Death of Owen Tuttle.
WATSONVILLE, July 2.— Owen Tuttle, the pioneer hop-raiser of this valley, a director of the Bank of Watsonville, and one of the leading capitalists of the county, died suddenly this morning from heart failure. He was up and around just a few minutes before his death. Mr. Tuttle had large financial interests in Santa Clara, Monterey and Los Angeles counties. He leaves a widow and eight children. He was a native of Ohio and was in his seventy-second year. He will be buried here tomorrow afternoon.
San Francisco Call, Volume 86, Number 33, 3 July 1899
Son of Hiram and Anne (Dille) Tuttle
Husband of Mary Burns
Father of Hiram, Morris, Emory, Johnie, Annabelle, Nancy, Adella, Iowa, and Victor
Owen Tuttle
As a result of four years spent in the placer mines of California during the gold excitement of the ‘50s, Mr. Tuttle returned to his eastern home convinced that on the Pacific coast is to be the most ideally perfect climate of which the United States can boast. When therefore about twenty years later he began to suffer with bronchitis, he decided to change his location to the far west, and soon afterward established himself in Pajaro valley near Watsonville, where the remaining years of his active life were passed. For some years he was one of the most extensive hop growers in the valley, but a decline in the prices led him to turn his attention to the raising of apples as a more profitable industry. However, he did not discontinue the hop industry, but for some time also maintained an interest in it.
Mr. Tuttle was born in Richland county, Ohio, December 30, 1827, and in 1838 accompanied his father, Hiram Tuttle, to Van Buren county, Iowa, on the Des Moines river. In that locality he grew to manhood on a farm. In early life he learned the stonecutter's trade, but afterward returned to agricultural pursuits and after his father's death bought and lived on the family homestead until his permanent settlement in California. During 1850 he accompanied a party overland and spent four years in the placer mines near Placerville, after which he resided in Iowa until 1873, the year of his second trip to the far west. Coming to Watsonville at that time he bought a farm of seventy-five acres, which had twelve acres in hops. He enlarged the acreage in hops to forty-five acres, and built kilns and storage houses, himself and his estate conducting a large business until 1901, when the prices deteriorated materially and rendered the industry less profitable.
In 1891 Mr. Tuttle purchased the old Scott boarding house on Main street opposite the plaza. The building he moved to the rear of the lot, remodeling it for a barn. On the front of the lot he erected a commodious and modern residence, and there he was making his home when heart failure caused his death, July 2, 1899. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. (Burns) Tuttle, and seven children. One child died in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Annabel Radcliff, died eight months after his demise. The children surviving are as follows: Hiram D., an attorney in San Jose; Morris B., who lives near Watsonville; Emory O., who resides in Alameda, Cal.; Nannie, Mrs. R. L. Craig, of Los Angeles; Adella, wife of Dr. Aaron Schloss, of San Francisco; Iowa H., who lives on the home place near Watsonville; and Victor H., a member of the firm of R. L. Craig & Co., wholesale grocers of Los Angeles.
Death of Owen Tuttle.
WATSONVILLE, July 2.— Owen Tuttle, the pioneer hop-raiser of this valley, a director of the Bank of Watsonville, and one of the leading capitalists of the county, died suddenly this morning from heart failure. He was up and around just a few minutes before his death. Mr. Tuttle had large financial interests in Santa Clara, Monterey and Los Angeles counties. He leaves a widow and eight children. He was a native of Ohio and was in his seventy-second year. He will be buried here tomorrow afternoon.
San Francisco Call, Volume 86, Number 33, 3 July 1899
Son of Hiram and Anne (Dille) Tuttle
Husband of Mary Burns
Father of Hiram, Morris, Emory, Johnie, Annabelle, Nancy, Adella, Iowa, and Victor
As a result of four years spent in the placer mines of California during the gold excitement of the ‘50s, Mr. Tuttle returned to his eastern home convinced that on the Pacific coast is to be the most ideally perfect climate of which the United States can boast. When therefore about twenty years later he began to suffer with bronchitis, he decided to change his location to the far west, and soon afterward established himself in Pajaro valley near Watsonville, where the remaining years of his active life were passed. For some years he was one of the most extensive hop growers in the valley, but a decline in the prices led him to turn his attention to the raising of apples as a more profitable industry. However, he did not discontinue the hop industry, but for some time also maintained an interest in it.
Mr. Tuttle was born in Richland county, Ohio, December 30, 1827, and in 1838 accompanied his father, Hiram Tuttle, to Van Buren county, Iowa, on the Des Moines river. In that locality he grew to manhood on a farm. In early life he learned the stonecutter's trade, but afterward returned to agricultural pursuits and after his father's death bought and lived on the family homestead until his permanent settlement in California. During 1850 he accompanied a party overland and spent four years in the placer mines near Placerville, after which he resided in Iowa until 1873, the year of his second trip to the far west. Coming to Watsonville at that time he bought a farm of seventy-five acres, which had twelve acres in hops. He enlarged the acreage in hops to forty-five acres, and built kilns and storage houses, himself and his estate conducting a large business until 1901, when the prices deteriorated materially and rendered the industry less profitable.
In 1891 Mr. Tuttle purchased the old Scott boarding house on Main street opposite the plaza. The building he moved to the rear of the lot, remodeling it for a barn. On the front of the lot he erected a commodious and modern residence, and there he was making his home when heart failure caused his death, July 2, 1899. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. (Burns) Tuttle, and seven children. One child died in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Annabel Radcliff, died eight months after his demise. The children surviving are as follows: Hiram D., an attorney in San Jose; Morris B., who lives near Watsonville; Emory O., who resides in Alameda, Cal.; Nannie, Mrs. R. L. Craig, of Los Angeles; Adella, wife of Dr. Aaron Schloss, of San Francisco; Iowa H., who lives on the home place near Watsonville; and Victor H., a member of the firm of R. L. Craig & Co., wholesale grocers of Los Angeles.
Death of Owen Tuttle.
WATSONVILLE, July 2.— Owen Tuttle, the pioneer hop-raiser of this valley, a director of the Bank of Watsonville, and one of the leading capitalists of the county, died suddenly this morning from heart failure. He was up and around just a few minutes before his death. Mr. Tuttle had large financial interests in Santa Clara, Monterey and Los Angeles counties. He leaves a widow and eight children. He was a native of Ohio and was in his seventy-second year. He will be buried here tomorrow afternoon.
San Francisco Call, Volume 86, Number 33, 3 July 1899
Son of Hiram and Anne (Dille) Tuttle
Husband of Mary Burns
Father of Hiram, Morris, Emory, Johnie, Annabelle, Nancy, Adella, Iowa, and Victor
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