Defiance County Pioneers - Charlotte Bruner Tuttle

Charlotte Bruner Tuttle, mother of Andrew Tuttle, came to Defiance County when she was quite young and settled with her family in the Brunersburg area.  One of her sons, Andrew, was the benefactor of items which brought about the creation of the Tuttle Museum in downtown Defiance.

"DEATH OF MRS. TUTTLE

A Pioneer Lady of Defiance Passes to Her Reward.

Charlotte Tuttle, holding son, Andrew

Mrs. Charlotte Bruner Tuttle, wife of the late John Tuttle, died Thursday at 12:30, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Tuttle Beatty, wife of Chas. Beatty, on High street in North Defiance.  Early in September, Mrs. Tuttle went to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Henry March, at Tiffin, and only a week ago on Wednesday, returned to Defiance to die, her trouble resulting in dropsy of the heart.

She survived her husband, John Tuttle, seven years.  Mrs. Charlotte Bruner was born in Maryland, in 1824, on Dec. 6th, and removed with her parents to Brunersburg, when but three years of age, and has lived her life and performed her duties as daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother in this immediate neighborhood. 

John Tuttle

 She was married to John Tuttle in 1844.  She was the mother of seven children as follows:

Andrew Tuttle,

Mrs. John Spangler (Elizabeth Tuttle),

Cornelius Tuttle,

Alvin Tuttle,

Mrs. Henry March (Laura Tuttle), Mrs. Chas. Beatty (Mary Tuttle),

and Elizabeth Tuttle.  

The eldest daughter died in infancy.

Mrs. Tuttle had twenty grand-children and one great grand-child.  She has been a consistent member of the Methodist church for the past twenty-five years, has not only raised her own family, but the two grand-children of her son, Alvin - Ed__ and Virl Tuttle.

She was always a hard-working woman, a typical American mother, and the impress of her earnest work will last forever.  The funeral services will be held from the residence of Charles Beatty on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the interment will be in the Brunersburg cemetery.  All friends of the family are invited to be present."

Defiance Democrat - March 25, 1897 

 

Tuttle Monument, Brunersburg Cemetery. www.findagrave.com

  

At Rest. Charlotte, His Wife, Died Mar. 19, 1897, Aged 74 yrs.

John Tuttle, Dec. 5, 1890, Aged 70 year