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Pittsfleld. He was elected town clerk on the Republican ticket in 1860; was a representative in the state legislature, 1873-74:; a member of the staff of Governor Cheney, with the rank of col- onel, in 1876; and was a member of the executive council, 1878-80. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1889; a candi- date for nomination for governor in 1888; and in 1890 secured the nomination but failed of a popu- lar ejection. He was elected governor by the state legislature in 1891, and served till 1893. He became a director of the Concord railroad, direc- tor and president of the Suncook Valley rail- road, president of the Pittsfield and Manchester savings banks, and after 1888 engaged extensively in the lumber business.

TUTTLE, James fladison, soldier, was born in Summerville, Monroe county, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1833. He removed with his father to Iowa; worked on the farm and attended the district school, and in 1853 obtained employment in a store in Farmington, Iowa, eventually becoming owner of the business. He was sheriff of Farm- ington in 1855; recorder and treasurer, 1859, and in 1861 recruited a company, which was attached to the 2d Iowa volunteer regiment, and of which he was chosen captain. He was promoted lieu- tenant-colonel, and colonel. May 16, 1861, and took part in the attack on Fort Donelson, Feb. 15, 1863, where lie led the charge; was the first to enter the Confederate works, and was severely wounded. He commanded the 1st brigade, 2d division. Army of the Tennessee, at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1863, and succeeded Gen. W.H.L. Wallace in the command of the division. He was promoted brigadier-general, June 9, 1862, and commanded the 3d division, 15th army corps, Army of the Tennessee, under Gen. W.T. Sher- man, during the siege of Vicksburg, May-July, 1863, and at the capture of Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863. He was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa in 1863 and 1864; resigned his commission, June 14, 1864, and was several times a representative in the legislature. He died in Casa Grande, Ariz., Oct. 24, 1893.

TUTTLE, Joseph Farrand, educator, was born in Bloomfield, N.J., March 13, 1818; son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Ward) Tuttle; grandson of Joseph and Esther Baldwin (Parkhurst) Tuttle; and a descendant of William and Elizabeth Tut- tle, who came over from England on the Planter, April, 1635. He was graduated from Marietta college, Ohio, A.B., 1841, A.M., 1844, and from the Lane Theological seminary in 1844. He was tutor at Marietta, 1843-44; a corporate member of the A.B.C.F.M. and agent of Marietta college, 1844- 45. He was married, Oct. 1, 1845, to Susan, daughter of the Rev. Barnabas King and Cath- arine Beach of Rockaway, N.J. He was ordained

by the presbytery of Marion in April, 1846; was pastor of churches at Delaware, Ohio, 1846-47, and at Rockaway, N.J., 1847-62, and was elected president of Wabash college, Crawfordsville, Ind.,

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in 1863, serving till 1893, when he was made pro- fessor emeritus. He was a commissioner to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church, and a trustee of Wabash college and of Lane Theo- logical seminary. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Marietta college in 1860, and that of LL.D. in 1885. He is the author of: Life of William Tuttle; The Way Lost and Found (1870); Self Reliance, and Annals of Morris county. New Jersey (1883). He died in Craw- fordsville, Ind., June 8, 1901.

TWIQQS, David Emanuel, soldier, was born in Richmond county, Ga., in 1790; son of Gen. John and Ruth (Emanuel) Twiggs; grandson of George and Elizabeth (Bryan) Twiggs, and of David Emanuel. He volunteered in the U.S. army in 1813; was appointed captain of the 8th infantry, U.S.A. March 8, 1813; promoted major, and served against the Indians in Florida in the Black Hawk war, and during the Nullification act of 1833. He commanded the U.S. arsenal at Augusta, Ga.; was promoted colonel, and as- signed to the 3d dragoons, June 8, 1836. He formed part of General Taylor's army in Texas,

1846, taking part in the capture of Point Isabel; was brevetted brigadier-general for gallantry at Palo Alto and Resaca de La Palma; commanded a division and was chief in command at Mon- terey; participated in the siege of Vera Cruz, March 9-39, 1847; in the battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras and Churubusco, and in November,

1847, was given command of the department of the west with headquarters at St. Louis, Mo. He commanded the deiDartment of Texas, 1857-61, and on Feb. 1, 1861, when the ordinance of secession was passed by the Texas convention, he was sus- pected of disloyalty and Col. C. A. Waite was sent to supersede him. On February 16, three days before Colonel Waite's arrival, General Twiggs surrendered to Col. Ben McCuUoch, C.S.A., all the posts and stores in Texas, and left for New Orleans, where he was received with public honors. The number of posts surrendered was