Person Sheet

Name: William Lewis “Lewis” Tuttle 8,1, GGG Grandfather, M
Birth: Oct 30, 1801, New Haven, CT
Death: Mar 4, 1886, Charlestown, Clark Co, IN Age: 84
Burial: New Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Indiana (State Road 62, Just North Of New Watson, Indiana).
Occupation: Farmer
Father: Enos Tuttle , M (1762-1843)
Mother: Candace Hotchkiss , F (1763-1838)
Misc. Notes
Lewis Tuttle married the widow Henrietta Prather Moore following the death of Abigail Willey Tuttle. Two of his sons by Abigail Willey married the two Moore girls who were brought up in the same home.


According to the Charlestown Library information, Clark County, Indiana deeds indicate the following:

16 March 1824, Enos Tuttle to Lewis Tuttle, 100 acres in Grant # 236.

Owned 80 acres in Clark Co., IN.
Spouses
1 Henrietta Prather8,1, GGG Grandmother, F
Birth: Feb 14, 1828, Clark Co, IN
Death: Apr 18, 1892, Clark Co, IN Age: 64
Burial: New Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Indiana (State Road 62, Just North Of New Watson, Indiana).
Father: Isaac Prather , M (1801-1876)
Mother: Mary M. Shuford , F (1806-1871)
Misc. Notes
Lewis Tuttle married the widow Henrietta Prather Moore following the death of Abigail Willey Tuttle. Two of his sons by Abigail Willey married the two Moore girls who were brought up in the same home.

Frank Pair has the marriage date with William Lewis Tuttle, Sr. as August 1, 1855.

A suit was filed over 80 acres on Oct. 14, 1886 in Clark Co., IN in which the plaintiffs were: Dela d., Leonard H., and William L. Tuttle; Henrietta wife of William Fry; Henry A. and Henry A. and Arne S. Tuttle (minors) with guardian Mary Willis (formerly Mary Lousia Moore Tuttle); and the defendants were: Henrietta Tuttle (widow), Isaac Tutle, Theodore Tuttle, Rosella M. Tuttle (minor), Laura Belle Eaken, Mary Emma Eaken and Henry Edwin Eaken (minor). Henriette Fry was probably another daughter of Lewis and Marianne Tuttle. The Eaken’s have not been identified.1
Marriage: Jan 8, 1855, Clark County, IN
Children: Isaac , M (1855-)
  Enos , M (1858-)
  Theodore , M
  Rosella , F
2 Mariamna “Abigail Mariamne” Willey 8,1, GGG Grandmother, F
Birth: Dec 19, 1804, Jefferson Co, NY
Death: Jun 15, 1854, Clark Co, IN Age: 49
Burial: New Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Indiana (State Road 62, Just North Of New Watson, Indiana).
Father: Barzillai Willey , M (1764-1851)
Mother: Elizabeth McCough , F (1765-1843)
Misc. Notes
According to family records Lewis and Mariamna had sixteen children, including two sets of twins. Only eight children are known. It should be noted that Mariamna is sometimes referred to as Abigail Marianne. She signed her name “Mariamna Tuttle” as one of Barzillai Willey’s heirs and as one of the claimants on his Revolutionary War pension payments. Her name is also spelled “Mariamna” on her tombstone.
Marriage: Dec 28, 1826, Clark Co, IN
Misc. Notes
Are Dela and Delia the same person?
Children: Elizabeth J. , F (1827-1899)
  William Lewis , M (1832-1901)
  Leonard Houston , M (1835-1924)
  Victoria , F (1838-<1888)
  William Henry Harrison “Henry” , M (1840-1870)
  Delay Fletcher (Dela) , M (1849-)

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