Turpin, Louis W – Twitchell, Edgar A
Turpin, Louis W
agriculturist, congressman, was born Feb. 22, 1849, in Albemarle, Va. He was elected to represent his district in the fifty-first congress, but was unseated to pave the way for the elections bill; and was re-elected to the fiftysecond congress, and was elected to the fifty-third congress from the ninth or Birmingham district as a democrat.
Turrell, Joel
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1795 in Vermont. He was a member of the state assembly from Oswego county in 1831; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1833 to 1837. He died Dec. 26, 1859, in Oswego, N. Y.
Tuthill, Joseph H
merchant, congressman, was born Feb. 11, 1811, in Blooming Grove, N. Y. He was a merchant for thirty-five years; president of the Ellenville Glass works; and was clerk of Ulster county for four years. He was a member of the Ulster county board of supervisors ten years; and was elected from New York to the forty-second congress as a democrat.
Tuthill, Mrs. Louisa Caroline
[HUGGINS], author, was born July 6, 1798, in New Haven, Conn. Among her many publications are, I Will Be a Gentleman; I Will Be a Lady; Tales for the Young; True Manliness; I Will Be a Sailor; I Will Be a Soldier; Onward, Right Onward; Romantic Belinda; and Ancient Architecture. She died June 1, 1879, in Princeton, N. J.
Tuthill, Selah
congressman, was born in New York. He was elected a representative from New York to the seventeenth congress. He died in December, 1821.
Tuttle, Charles Richard
author, poet. He is the author of General History of Michigan; Border Wars of Two Centuries; History of Indiana; History of Canada; History of Wisconsin; and The Boss Devil of America.
Tuttle, Charles Wesley
astronomer, author, was born in November, 1829, in Newfield, Maine. His leisure was devoted to historical and antiquarian research, and he won a high reputation as an original investigator. He was the author of a monograph on Capt. John Mason, the Founder of New Hampshire, edited, with historical illustrations, by John Ward Dean, and published by the Prince society. He died July 17, 1881, in Boston, Mass.
Tuttle, Daniel Sylvester
lower bishop of Missouri, was born Jan. 26, 1837, in Windham, N. Y. For years he has been active in the discussion of the Mormon question in Utah, where his influence has been very great. He took up his residence at Salt Lake City in 1869.
On the death of Bishop Robertson, of Missouri, on May 1, 1886, he consented to be translated to the see of Missouri.
Tuttle, Dwight W
lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 11, 1846, in Hamden, Conn. He has been prosecuting attorney of East Haven, Conn. For three terms he was a member of the Connecticut house of representatives, and became a member of the state senate in 1897.
TUTTLE, MRS. EMMA [ROOD], lecturer, author, poet, was born July 21, 1839, in Braceville, Ohio. She is a lecturer and poet of Berlin Heights, Ohio; and the author of Blossoms of Our Spring; Gazelle; From Soul to Soul, Poems; Stories for Our Children; and The Lyceum Guide.
Tuttle, Herbert
educator, author, was born Nov. 29, 1849, in Bennington, Vt.
He was a professor at Cornell university in 1881-94, occupying the chair of modern European history from 1891. He was the author of The History of Prussia; and German Political Leaders. He died in
Tuttle, Horace Parnell
astronomer, inventor, was born March 24, 1839, in Newfield, Maine. In 1861 he devised a method of signaling at long distances by using flashes made by a Drummond light, to correspond with the dots and dashes of the Morse telegraph system. He discovered thirteen comets between 1857 and 1866, and in 1861-62 the asteroids Maïa and Clytie. At present he is assistant computer in the United States naval observatory.
Tuttle, Hudson
author, was born Oct. 4, 1836, in Berlin Heights, Ohio. He is a spiritual medium of Berlin Heights, Ohio; and the author of Life in the Spheres; Arcana of Nature; Career of the God Idea; Career of the Christ Idea; Career of Religious Ideas; Origin and Development of Man; Clair, a Tale; Camile, or Love and Labor; Heloise; and Love or Religion.
Tuttle, James Madison
soldier, was born Sept. 24, 1823, in Summerfield, Ohio. At the opening of the civil war he joined the second Iowa regiment as a captain, and became successively lieutenant-colonel and colonel. For his services in these battles he was promoted brigadier-general in 1862. He died Oct. 24, 1892, in Casa Grande, Ariz.
Tuttle, Joseph Farrand
clergyman, author, was born March 12, 1818, in Bloomfield, N. J. He is a presbyterian clergyman; and the author of Life of William Tuttle; The Way Lost and Found; and Annals of Morris County, N. J.
Tuttle, Lucius
railroad president, was born March 11, 1846, in Hartford, Conn. Since 1893 he has been president of the Boston and Maine railroad.
Tuttle, Thomas B
merchant, legislator, was born Sept. 30, 1844, in Potter Center, N. Y. This successful merchant of Le Roy, N. Y., was a member of the New York legislature during 1894-95.
Tweed, Charles A
lawyer, jurist, was born in Massachusetts. He moved to California; and in 1870 was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court for the territory of Arizona, residing at Yuma.
Tweed, William M
manufacturer, state senator, congressman, was born April 3, 1823, in New York city. He was an alderman in New York city in 1852; and was a member of the thirty-third congress. He was a member of the state board of education in 1857; and was a supervisor of New York county in 1858.
He was a state senator in 1867. He died April 12, 1878, in New York city.
Tweedale, William
civil engineer, was born May 18, 1823, in Scotland. At the opening of the civil war he raised a company for an engineer regiment, and was mustered in as captain. He was engaged in the engineering operations against New Madrid, which resulted in its capture, and cut a passage for a fleet of transports across the lower end of Island No. 8.
Tweedy, John H
congressman, was born in Connecticut. He was a member of the first constitutional convention of Wisconsin territory in 1846; and was elected a delegate to congress from the same in
Tweedy, Samuel
congressman, was born in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1835.
Twiggs, David Emanuel
soldier, was born in 1790, in Richmond county, Ga.
He was a major at the close of the war of 1812, and was retained in the army.
He was brevetted major-general after the battle of Monterey, and for his gallantry there he received a gift of a sword from congress. He died Sept. 15, 1862, in Augusta, Ga.
Twining, Nathan Crook
soldier, educator, was born Sept. 27, 1834, in Boston, N. Y. He received his education in the Albion academy, Milton college, Wisconsin, and holds college diplomas of A. B. and A. M. In 1864 he was a captain in the United States army; and is a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He has been a superintendent of public instruction; and attained success as professor of ancient languages, literature and mathematics.
Twiss, Stephen P
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born May 2, 1827, in Charlton, Mass. He was a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature in 1857; and was city solicitor of Worcester in 1863 and 1864. In 1865 he moved to Kansas City, Mo.; and was a representative in the state legislature. He was city counselor in 1878-79; and in 1880 was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Utah.
Twitchell, Albert S
soldier, lawyer, was born Sept. 16, 1840, in Bethel, Maine. He received a thorough education in the public schools and at Gould's academy of Bethel, Maine. He served with distinction in the seventh regiment Maine light battery as quartermaster sergeant during the civil war; and is now one of the foremost lawyers of New England at Gorham, N.
H. He has been railroad commissioner for New Hampshire; president of the New Hampshire Veterans' association; judge advocate, department, New Hampshire Grand Army of the Republic; United States consul at Santiago de Cuba; and is now a member of the school board of Gorham, and president of the Savings bank of that city. city;
Twitchell, Daniel S
lawyer, public official, was born April 11, 1834, in Ann Arbor, Mich. He received a thorough education and attended the Michigan university. He has been recorder of his native circuit court commissioner of his native county; and is now one of the leading lawyers of Missouri, at Kansas City, where he was city counselor during 1881-83. In 1889 he served with distinction as a member of the upper house of Kansas City, Mo.; and in 1890 was a candidate for congress. He is president of the Early Settlers and Historical society of Kansas City, Mo.; and takes an active part in municipal affairs.
Twitchell, Edgar A
journalist, lawyer, lecturer, author, was born Jan. 1, 1854, in Bethel, Vt. In 1877 he graduated from Dartmouth college; and is now the editor and owner of The Emancipator, of St. Cloud, Minn. He is also a successful lawyer and lecturer; and the author of several works.