Ingham County News, Mason, Michigan, Thursday, February 21, 1924:
MARBLE SHAFT MARKS TUTTLE CABIN SITE
"Old Monument Replaced By New Is Reset On Homestead Where Grandfather Established Home In 1837.
In the work shops of Bell & Kely manufacturers of monuments and memorials, is the old monument erected many years ago by JOHN J. TUTTLE of the federal court at Detroit. Recently Judge Tuttle and his sister, Mrs. BERT ANNIS, purchased a fine Barre Granite monument of Bell & Kelly and the stone set by their grandfather was removed from the family lot to make room for the new memorial.
This stone which is of beautiful Southern Falls Marble has been entirely refinished and recut and will now be placed to mark the spot where the pioneer woodsman, JOHN J. TUTTLE, first built his log cabin in 1836, on what is now the Tuttle homestead.
The stone, when reset, itself a shaft nearly seven foot high, will rest upon a double base and will support a fine urn at the top, the whole reaching to something over ten feet in height. On the face of the stone are cut these words:
On this spot
JOHN J. and EMMA A. TUTTLE
Built their log cabin in 1837
and here
OGDEN V. TUTTLE
was born in 1842
The spot to be marked is just to the east of the barns on the farm now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. BERT ANNIS and back from the present road on a slight knoll. It is a unique marking of a historical spot because JOHN J. TUTTLE and his family after him have had a distinct place in the early history and later development of Ingham county.
It is related that during the Black Hawk War, JOHN J. TUTTLE had a contract with the government to supply the friendly Indians with meat, with headquarters at Chicago.
In the meantime he was looking for lands suitable for a home and coming to Ingham county he located on the east half of section seven in 1836 and the following fall brought his young wife into the wilderness, built a log cabin and moved in without door, floor or windows. A few meager household utensils, an indomitable will, a good axe and three dollars in money was their sole capital. It was five years before a team passed the door or the young couple could see a neighbor's smoke from their little home.
In the later years of his life, Mr. Tuttle enjoyed relating the difficulties to which he and his wife were compelled to accustom themselves and his acquaintances never tired of hearing the story because he told it well and interestingly. His good wife, whose maiden name was EMMA WARREN, a granddaughter of GENERAL WARREN of Revolutionary fame, was ever ready to assist indoors or out. Black salts and maple sugar were the only articles for which money could be obtained and this only by taking the products to Detroit. The salts were obtained by burnning the logs felled to clear the land, gathering the ashes and leaching them in Sycamour gums, and then boiling the lye down to salts. His first crop of maple sugar was made by chopping out the troughs, making the spiles with a knife evenings by the fireside, and walking to near Jackson where he borrowed a five-pail kettle in which the sap was boiled. This sugar he carried into the country beyond Jackson where there were no maple trees and exchanging it for flour and other necessities.
For many years he was a general auctioneer and during his life held many important pubic positions. He was a man of very decided opinions and his voice was heard at many a public gathering. He was present at the birth of the republican party at the "Under the Oaks meeting" and it is said he voted this ticket at every election from that time until his death in January, 1903.
His son, OGDEN VALOROUS (TUTTLE), the father of JUDGE TUTTLE and Mrs. ANNIS, was born in the little log cabin on the 17th of March in 1842, and spent his entire life on the homestead passing away April 17, 1916. The name of TUTTLE is inseparably interwoven with the pioneer history of this county and the marking of this spot by the grandson and granddaughter is a worthy tribute to a worthy man and woman"
MARBLE SHAFT MARKS TUTTLE CABIN SITE
"Old Monument Replaced By New Is Reset On Homestead Where Grandfather Established Home In 1837.
In the work shops of Bell & Kely manufacturers of monuments and memorials, is the old monument erected many years ago by JOHN J. TUTTLE of the federal court at Detroit. Recently Judge Tuttle and his sister, Mrs. BERT ANNIS, purchased a fine Barre Granite monument of Bell & Kelly and the stone set by their grandfather was removed from the family lot to make room for the new memorial.
This stone which is of beautiful Southern Falls Marble has been entirely refinished and recut and will now be placed to mark the spot where the pioneer woodsman, JOHN J. TUTTLE, first built his log cabin in 1836, on what is now the Tuttle homestead.
The stone, when reset, itself a shaft nearly seven foot high, will rest upon a double base and will support a fine urn at the top, the whole reaching to something over ten feet in height. On the face of the stone are cut these words:
On this spot
JOHN J. and EMMA A. TUTTLE
Built their log cabin in 1837
and here
OGDEN V. TUTTLE
was born in 1842
The spot to be marked is just to the east of the barns on the farm now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. BERT ANNIS and back from the present road on a slight knoll. It is a unique marking of a historical spot because JOHN J. TUTTLE and his family after him have had a distinct place in the early history and later development of Ingham county.
It is related that during the Black Hawk War, JOHN J. TUTTLE had a contract with the government to supply the friendly Indians with meat, with headquarters at Chicago.
In the meantime he was looking for lands suitable for a home and coming to Ingham county he located on the east half of section seven in 1836 and the following fall brought his young wife into the wilderness, built a log cabin and moved in without door, floor or windows. A few meager household utensils, an indomitable will, a good axe and three dollars in money was their sole capital. It was five years before a team passed the door or the young couple could see a neighbor's smoke from their little home.
In the later years of his life, Mr. Tuttle enjoyed relating the difficulties to which he and his wife were compelled to accustom themselves and his acquaintances never tired of hearing the story because he told it well and interestingly. His good wife, whose maiden name was EMMA WARREN, a granddaughter of GENERAL WARREN of Revolutionary fame, was ever ready to assist indoors or out. Black salts and maple sugar were the only articles for which money could be obtained and this only by taking the products to Detroit. The salts were obtained by burnning the logs felled to clear the land, gathering the ashes and leaching them in Sycamour gums, and then boiling the lye down to salts. His first crop of maple sugar was made by chopping out the troughs, making the spiles with a knife evenings by the fireside, and walking to near Jackson where he borrowed a five-pail kettle in which the sap was boiled. This sugar he carried into the country beyond Jackson where there were no maple trees and exchanging it for flour and other necessities.
For many years he was a general auctioneer and during his life held many important pubic positions. He was a man of very decided opinions and his voice was heard at many a public gathering. He was present at the birth of the republican party at the "Under the Oaks meeting" and it is said he voted this ticket at every election from that time until his death in January, 1903.
His son, OGDEN VALOROUS (TUTTLE), the father of JUDGE TUTTLE and Mrs. ANNIS, was born in the little log cabin on the 17th of March in 1842, and spent his entire life on the homestead passing away April 17, 1916. The name of TUTTLE is inseparably interwoven with the pioneer history of this county and the marking of this spot by the grandson and granddaughter is a worthy tribute to a worthy man and woman"
Ingham County News, Mason, Michigan, Thursday, February 21, 1924:
MARBLE SHAFT MARKS TUTTLE CABIN SITE
"Old Monument Replaced By New Is Reset On Homestead Where Grandfather Established Home In 1837.
In the work shops of Bell & Kely manufacturers of monuments and memorials, is the old monument erected many years ago by JOHN J. TUTTLE of the federal court at Detroit. Recently Judge Tuttle and his sister, Mrs. BERT ANNIS, purchased a fine Barre Granite monument of Bell & Kelly and the stone set by their grandfather was removed from the family lot to make room for the new memorial.
This stone which is of beautiful Southern Falls Marble has been entirely refinished and recut and will now be placed to mark the spot where the pioneer woodsman, JOHN J. TUTTLE, first built his log cabin in 1836, on what is now the Tuttle homestead.
The stone, when reset, itself a shaft nearly seven foot high, will rest upon a double base and will support a fine urn at the top, the whole reaching to something over ten feet in height. On the face of the stone are cut these words:
On this spot
JOHN J. and EMMA A. TUTTLE
Built their log cabin in 1837
and here
OGDEN V. TUTTLE
was born in 1842
The spot to be marked is just to the east of the barns on the farm now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. BERT ANNIS and back from the present road on a slight knoll. It is a unique marking of a historical spot because JOHN J. TUTTLE and his family after him have had a distinct place in the early history and later development of Ingham county.
It is related that during the Black Hawk War, JOHN J. TUTTLE had a contract with the government to supply the friendly Indians with meat, with headquarters at Chicago.
In the meantime he was looking for lands suitable for a home and coming to Ingham county he located on the east half of section seven in 1836 and the following fall brought his young wife into the wilderness, built a log cabin and moved in without door, floor or windows. A few meager household utensils, an indomitable will, a good axe and three dollars in money was their sole capital. It was five years before a team passed the door or the young couple could see a neighbor's smoke from their little home.
In the later years of his life, Mr. Tuttle enjoyed relating the difficulties to which he and his wife were compelled to accustom themselves and his acquaintances never tired of hearing the story because he told it well and interestingly. His good wife, whose maiden name was EMMA WARREN, a granddaughter of GENERAL WARREN of Revolutionary fame, was ever ready to assist indoors or out. Black salts and maple sugar were the only articles for which money could be obtained and this only by taking the products to Detroit. The salts were obtained by burnning the logs felled to clear the land, gathering the ashes and leaching them in Sycamour gums, and then boiling the lye down to salts. His first crop of maple sugar was made by chopping out the troughs, making the spiles with a knife evenings by the fireside, and walking to near Jackson where he borrowed a five-pail kettle in which the sap was boiled. This sugar he carried into the country beyond Jackson where there were no maple trees and exchanging it for flour and other necessities.
For many years he was a general auctioneer and during his life held many important pubic positions. He was a man of very decided opinions and his voice was heard at many a public gathering. He was present at the birth of the republican party at the "Under the Oaks meeting" and it is said he voted this ticket at every election from that time until his death in January, 1903.
His son, OGDEN VALOROUS (TUTTLE), the father of JUDGE TUTTLE and Mrs. ANNIS, was born in the little log cabin on the 17th of March in 1842, and spent his entire life on the homestead passing away April 17, 1916. The name of TUTTLE is inseparably interwoven with the pioneer history of this county and the marking of this spot by the grandson and granddaughter is a worthy tribute to a worthy man and woman"
MARBLE SHAFT MARKS TUTTLE CABIN SITE
"Old Monument Replaced By New Is Reset On Homestead Where Grandfather Established Home In 1837.
In the work shops of Bell & Kely manufacturers of monuments and memorials, is the old monument erected many years ago by JOHN J. TUTTLE of the federal court at Detroit. Recently Judge Tuttle and his sister, Mrs. BERT ANNIS, purchased a fine Barre Granite monument of Bell & Kelly and the stone set by their grandfather was removed from the family lot to make room for the new memorial.
This stone which is of beautiful Southern Falls Marble has been entirely refinished and recut and will now be placed to mark the spot where the pioneer woodsman, JOHN J. TUTTLE, first built his log cabin in 1836, on what is now the Tuttle homestead.
The stone, when reset, itself a shaft nearly seven foot high, will rest upon a double base and will support a fine urn at the top, the whole reaching to something over ten feet in height. On the face of the stone are cut these words:
On this spot
JOHN J. and EMMA A. TUTTLE
Built their log cabin in 1837
and here
OGDEN V. TUTTLE
was born in 1842
The spot to be marked is just to the east of the barns on the farm now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. BERT ANNIS and back from the present road on a slight knoll. It is a unique marking of a historical spot because JOHN J. TUTTLE and his family after him have had a distinct place in the early history and later development of Ingham county.
It is related that during the Black Hawk War, JOHN J. TUTTLE had a contract with the government to supply the friendly Indians with meat, with headquarters at Chicago.
In the meantime he was looking for lands suitable for a home and coming to Ingham county he located on the east half of section seven in 1836 and the following fall brought his young wife into the wilderness, built a log cabin and moved in without door, floor or windows. A few meager household utensils, an indomitable will, a good axe and three dollars in money was their sole capital. It was five years before a team passed the door or the young couple could see a neighbor's smoke from their little home.
In the later years of his life, Mr. Tuttle enjoyed relating the difficulties to which he and his wife were compelled to accustom themselves and his acquaintances never tired of hearing the story because he told it well and interestingly. His good wife, whose maiden name was EMMA WARREN, a granddaughter of GENERAL WARREN of Revolutionary fame, was ever ready to assist indoors or out. Black salts and maple sugar were the only articles for which money could be obtained and this only by taking the products to Detroit. The salts were obtained by burnning the logs felled to clear the land, gathering the ashes and leaching them in Sycamour gums, and then boiling the lye down to salts. His first crop of maple sugar was made by chopping out the troughs, making the spiles with a knife evenings by the fireside, and walking to near Jackson where he borrowed a five-pail kettle in which the sap was boiled. This sugar he carried into the country beyond Jackson where there were no maple trees and exchanging it for flour and other necessities.
For many years he was a general auctioneer and during his life held many important pubic positions. He was a man of very decided opinions and his voice was heard at many a public gathering. He was present at the birth of the republican party at the "Under the Oaks meeting" and it is said he voted this ticket at every election from that time until his death in January, 1903.
His son, OGDEN VALOROUS (TUTTLE), the father of JUDGE TUTTLE and Mrs. ANNIS, was born in the little log cabin on the 17th of March in 1842, and spent his entire life on the homestead passing away April 17, 1916. The name of TUTTLE is inseparably interwoven with the pioneer history of this county and the marking of this spot by the grandson and granddaughter is a worthy tribute to a worthy man and woman"
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