Bio of TUTTLE, Harry A. (b.1846 d.1919), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 384-387
HARRY A. TUTTLE
Harry A. Tuttle worked his way steadily upward in the business world from the
position of telegraph operator to the presidency of the North American Telegraph
Company of Minneapolis, of which he served as general manager from its
organization in 1886 until his death a third of a century later. A native of
Oswego, New York, he was born on the 19th of September, 1846, a son of John J.
P. and Mary Elizabeth (Perkins) Tuttle. Following his graduation from the high
school of his native city he became a telegraph operator in Oswego and later was
placed in charge of the station at Adams. Jefferson county, New York.
Subsequently he spent about three years at Ilion, New York, and on the
expiration of that period returned to Oswego as chief operator with the Western
Union Telegraph Company, which afterward promoted him to the position of
manager. He gained the reputation of being the best operator of his day. During
the general strike of 1869 he went to New York city and there worked at the key
beside Thomas Edison until the strike was ended, when he resumed his managerial
duties in Oswego. In 1882 he left the Empire state to come to Minneapolis and
was made manager of the Western Union office here. Four years later Mr. Tuttle
super­intended the building of the line of the newly organized North American
Telegraph Company, of which he became president and general manager, remaining
its chief executive officer until his demise.
In 1870 Mr. Tuttle was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Carpenter, a daughter
of Charles W. and Lucretia (Palmer) Carpenter of Ilion, New York. Mr. and Mrs.
Tuttle became the parents of a son, Charles W., who wedded Miss Florence Green
of Washington, D. C. He passed away in 1909, leaving a widow and one child,
Harry Augustus (II). Mr. Tuttle of this review was called to his final rest on
the 16th of June, 1919, when in the seventy-third year of his age. He attended
the services of the Trinity Baptist church and was a man of generous and
charitable spirit, whose aid was never withheld from the needy or distressed. He
was one of the organizers of the Minneapolis Athletic Club and fraternally was
identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. In his death the city
sustained the loss of one of its most prominent business men as well as highly
respected citizens, while those who knew him intimately mourned the passing of a
loved and loyal friend. Mrs. Tuttle, who still survives her husband, resides at
No. 2317 Bryant avenue, and is well known and highly esteemed in Minneapolis,
where she has made her home for more than four decades.