TUTTLE, FRANK P, of the firm of L. T. Tuttle & Sons, merchants, of Manti, is a son of Hon. Luther T. and Lola A., born in Macedonia, Iowa, May 24, 1858. In 1863 the family came to Manti, where Frank worked on the farm as he was growing up. When he began business for himself he embarked in stock raising, and later changed to wool-growing, in which he has been successful. He now has about 5000 head of sheep and for the past ten years he has been buying and shipping sheep for the Standard Meat and Live Stock Company of Denver. In 1883 he bought one-half the interest of James Barton, who was in business with his father, and new the firm of L. T. Tuttle and Sons are well and favor­ably known in southern Utah. Frank P. is now one of the substantial men of Sanpete county, and usually takes the lead in any business enterprise started in the town. He is a director in the Central Utah Wool Company, the Manti City Savings Bank and the new Union Roller Mills. He also has a fine farm near town of about 100 acres, and a nice new residence three blocks east of the Court House. He was married in Manti October 13,1881, to Arletta M., daughter of Frederick W. and Cordelia Cox. They have six children, as follows: Frank L., Jes­sie (deceased), Lola, Leonard, Fannie and Leah.

 

TUTTLE, JOHN HENRY, retired farmer, son of Terry and Eleanor, was born in New York City, June 19, 1821. At the age of 15 he was "bound out" to learn the wood-turner's trade, where he worked till 1838, when he removed West, stopping a while in Missouri and locat­ing in Hancock county, I11. He left there in 1846, and resided two years at Garden Grove, Iowa, going to Coun­cil Bluffs, from which he started June 9, 1852, with Capt. Howells for Utah, taking his wife and four children in an ox team. He came to Manti in October, 1852, took up 40 acres of land and erected a home in the city, where he has since resided. In the Indian wars he did his share, being Captain of company B, Home Guards. Is a small wool-grower, and owns stock in the Manti Co-op. store.

His first wife was Sabra Voorhees, to whom he was mar­ried in Hancock county, I11., May 14, 1843. She died Oc­tober 10, 1853, leaving three children, Mary E., wife of Walter Stringham, Almira, wife of John Hall, and Lu­ther T. The second wife was Sarah S., widow of William Mills, killed by Indians in 1853. She died February 12, 1895. Third wife was Sarah A. Allen, nee Butler, mar­ried June 28, 1895. Her parents were early settlers in Utah. She was born in Nauvoo, I11., February 15, 1841, and has two children, John B. and Sarah E., wife of Ben­jamin Cameron, Pangnitch, Utah.

 

TUTTLE, LOUIS E., merchant, farmer and wool glow­er, member of the firm of L. T. Tuttle & Co., was born May 21, 1863, in Council Bluffs, Ia., and is a son of Luther T. and Lola E. Tuttle. The family came to Manti the same year, and Louis E. was reared as a farmer and has always lived in Manti. Married here, December 19, 1888, Mary C. Clark, daughter of John Haslem and Theresa E. Clark, who were among the early settlers of Sanpete, she was born in Manti. They have a nice, comfortable home, he also has a farm of twenty-five acres near town. They have three children, Louis T., Hazel E., and Allen E. Mr. Tuttle is a mem­ber of the I. O. O. F., and in 1897 held the office of Noble Grand of Temple City Lodge No. 23 of Manti. Is actively engaged in the stock and sheep industry, and has in con­nection with his father a flock of 6000 sheep, is quiet and unassuming in his business deportment, but is one of Manti's men of tried integrity and honesty.

 

TUTTLE, LUTHER, of Manti, was born near Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 16, 1849. He is a son of John H. and Sabra A. The family came to Manti in 1852. Luther was raised to farm work and when he grew up he took up and bought land and now has 210 acres of fine land near Manti. For the last thirteen years he has followed wool growing, in which he has been very suc­cessful, and now has 3000 head of fine sheep. Mr. Tuttle is an enterprising, shrewd business man and usually takes a leading part in any business enterprise started in the town. When the Central Utah Wool Company was organized in 1891 he became one of the directors and has since attended to the buying of hides and wool for the company. He is a stockholder in the Manti City Savings Bank and a member of the A. O. U. W. In 1891 he opened a harness store in the Tuttle Block and placed his son, Luther E., in charge. They do a large business and manufacture a fine line of harness, saddles, etc.

He was married in Manti January 3, 1870, to Emily, daughter of Frederick W. and Emeline Cox, who was born near Fort Laramie August 8, 1852, while the family were en-route by ox team to Utah. Their children are: Luella, Luther E., Roscoe C., Lawrence, Frederick, John, Burton, Edward, Lloyd and Maud.

 

TUTTLE, HON. LUTHER T., a prominent merchant, banker and stock dealer of Manti, is a native of New York, born November 19, 1825. His father was a shipbuilder by trade and died when Luther was but fourteen months old, leaving three sons and one daugh­ter, of which the subject of this sketch is the youngest. Both brothers are now residents of Manti.

When he was 12 years of age his mother having joined the church of Latter-day Saints, the family moved to Missouri and the same year Luther went to live with his uncle, a hotel-keeper in St. Louis.

In 1846, when the Mormon Battalion was being organized, Luther became imbued with the desire to go to California and joined the company three days after his marriage with Abigail Haws, at Council Bluff's, Iowa. After an absence of eighteen months, with the rank of Orderly Sergeant, he returned to Council Bluffs and engaged in the fur trade as agent for Peter A. Sarpey, of the American Fur Company. His next venture was in the lumber business at the little town of Macedonia, about, twenty-five miles east of Council Bluff's, where he built a sawmill and later a flouring mill.

He remained at Macedonia in the milling business until 1863, when he came to Utah and located at Manti. Here he formed a partnership with Mr. E, W. Fox and opened a. general store under the firm name of Tuttle & Fox. This business continued successfully for about five years, when it was sold to the Co-op, Mr. Tuttle remaining in the employ of the latter company for several years. In 1875 the desire to go into business for himself again took possession of him, and in partnership with Harrison Edwards he embarked in a general merchandise and lumber business. This business grew rapidly and a few years afterwards Mr. Tuttle's two sons, Albert and Frank, were admitted to the firm, the personnel of which is the same today with the exception that the interest: of Albert Tuttle, who died in January, 1865, is now held by his widow. Through the efforts of Mr. Tuttle, Sr., the firm has enlarged its business extensively and in 1894 erected one of the finest business blocks in southern Utah. The building has a frontage of ninety-two feet, is sixty feet deep and two stories high, with an iron front.

Luther T. Tuttle has long been one of the most prominent figures in public life in Manti, having been twice elected Mayor of the city, several times member of the City Council and a member of the Territorial Legislature from Sanpete County for four terms.

In church matters he takes a prominent part and is at present a member of the High Council of Sanpete Stake. In 1890 he organized the Manti Savings Bank with a capital of $25,000, which has since been increased to $50,000. He was unanimously chosen as president of the institution, which position he has held since its organization. The other officers of the bank are as follows: Peter Dyreng, cashier; J. H. Carpenter, assistant cashier; James Crawford, William G. Crawford, Frank Tuttle and J. B. Maiben, directors. Besides his interests already mentioned, Mr. Tuttle is also extensively engaged in sheep raising, now being the owner of about 3500 head. He is also a stockholder in the Co-op Roller Mills.

Mr. Tuttle was again married in 1850 to Lola Haws, a sister of his former wife, and as issue of such marriage two sons and two daughters are now living, namely, Frank, Lilly, Louis and Ethella.

 

VOORHEES, ARTHUR P., dealer in sheep and cattle, son of Isaac and Eliza (Lewis), born in Manti June 6, 1857. He was reared to the occupation of a farmer and when about 20 years of age he began buying and shipping cattle. He was quite successful, so he has followed it ever since. During the season of 1897 he was engaged in buying and shipping sheep for Henry Kearnes to A. J. Knollin & Co. of Kansas City and Chicago, and did a large amount of business. He also has about 3000 head of sheep of his own, a nice farm near town, and a fine residence east, of the business center. Mr. Voorhees is a good business man and an enterprising citizen and stands well in the estimation of the people. He was married in Manti April 29, 1879, to Louisa, daughter of George P, and Edith Billings, born in Manti August 23, 1858. Their children are Eloise, Perry and Glenn, and Leonard and Ralph, deceased.

 

VORHEES, I SAAC, retired farmer, son of Elisha and Nancy Leek, was born in Clearmont county, Ohio, June 2, 1821. His parents joined the Mormon church in early days and emigrated to Utah in 1849, in Warren Snow's company. Isaac drove one of the fifty teams and hunted when the company camped. He killed four wagon loads of buffalo in one day. Was an expert hunter, and made one trip for the Government from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to Old Mexico, and one to New Mexico, freighting with six yoke of oxen, 60,000 pounds in each wagon. He engaged in the charcoal business in Salt Lake City, removed to this city in 1854, and followed farming and stock-raising, caring for his parents, who died here. During the Indian wars he was very active in guarding stock and chasing Indians, and losing stock by their depredations. He was married in Manti, January 10, 1855, to Eliza, daughter of David and Elizabeth Lewis, born in Wales, November 25, 1838, died in Manti, October 13, 1885. Their living children are Elizabeth, wife of William Ellingford, Arthur P., Isaac D., Stephen L., Esther, widow of Hial G. Bradford, and Franklin.

 

VORHEES, STEPHEN L., stock raiser, son of Isaac and Eliza. Lewis, was born in Manti June 25, 1861, where he was educated and reared a farmer. He was a freighter to the mining districts of Utah and Nevada and engaged with his brothers in stock raising, later purchasing sheep. In 1895 he built a fine residence at a cost, of about $2,500, where he now resides. He conducted a meat, market for two years and ran a barber shop for some time, being an excellent musician, he was leader of the Sunday school choir for seven years and the Tabernacle choir for two years. At the age of l6 he joined a. local dramatic company and assisted very much in raising funds for building the Temple and Tabernacle. He was married in Salt Lake City November 22, 1883, to Eliza, daughter of William T. and Jane McEwan Reid, who was born in Parley's Canyon September 22, 1862. They have four children: Blanche, Stephen and Jane E., living, William T. being dead.

 

WALKER, JOHN, deceased, son of Henry and Bella, was born in Carlisle, England, in 1832. He was a roof-slater and when about 20 years of age joined the Mormon Church. Was married in Graetna Green in 1860 to Ellen McSkelly, a native of England. His parents came to Utah in a handcart company, father dying on the road. In 1880 he and family came to Manti, where he assisted in building the Temple and worked in it for several years. He was an earnest church worker, an elder and a much respected citizen of the community. He died May 18, 1891. There are six living children: Bella, John, Nellie, Elizabeth, Mary and Agnes.

 

WESTENSKOW, HANS, farmer and musician, son of Ole and Mary, was born on the island of Falster, Denmark, September 17, 1835. His father was a first-class musician and Hans studied under him for several years. The family are natural musicians and many of them are excellent performers, Hans was leader of the band in his native home many years and for five years was a music teacher, being considered very proficient. on the violin, clarinet, cornet, flute and bass vial  He joined the Mormon Church in 1862 and in 1863 came to Utah, crossing the plains in an ox train under Capt. Sanders and arrived in Manti September 12, 1863. Was made leader of the Tabernacle choir and has followed music teaching most of his life. He owns a small farm and is a leading man in the Church, being a teacher, member of the Elders' quorum, one of the presidents of Seventies and a High Priest. Was married in Denmark October 18, 1860, to Karen Peterson. She died in Manti March 2, 1884. Her children are: Peter H., Mary, Hannah, Hans, Caroline, Anna. C., Magdalena, William U. and Sarah, living; Ole P., Louis H. and Maria, deceased. Second wife was Karen E. Hansen, born March 2, 1852; married April 18, 1869. She has three children: John, Jens P. and Margaret B.

 

WESTENSKOW, HANS, JR., a canyon worker, son of Hans and Karen, was born in Manti, March 8, 1869. He was raised a farmer, but since he grew to manhood has been engaged in working in the canyons, getting out timber, lumber and wood. Was married in Manti temple, October 9, 1889, to Christena, daughter of Hans and Trena. Anderson, born in Denmark, August 5, 1870. They have four children, Christy, Orlando, Clarence and Wallace.

 

WESTENSKOW, PETER, of Manti, son of Ole H. and Mary (Hansen), was born in Ulslov, on the island of Falster, Denmark, October 4, 1837. He learned the trade of shoemaker, joined the Mormon church in 1862 and was a missionary about one year, when he joined the army; his country was at war with Germany, Austria and Prussia; he served six months and was in eight battles. In 1864 he emigrated to this country and located in Manti, where he has been engaged in farming, has a nice farm of sixty acre's and a comfortable residence in town. .Mr. W. is a natural musician; when seven years old he could play the violin and soon learned to play the cornet and flute. About, twenty years he was a member of the Tabernacle choir and many years was in the Sunday school choir, he is president of the quorum of Seventies and head teacher of the South ward. In politics he is a Republican and in the fall of 1895 was elected member of the City Council. In 1865 he married Annie D., daughter of Ole and Anne Madsen. She died in Manti. Their children are; Anne M. Dorthea, Neils P., Eliza, Erastus, Joseph P., Jennie M. and Mary, Ole and Lewis deceased. His second wife, Anna. Petersen, he married September 18, 1875. Their children are: Annetta, Andrew, Elice, Julius, Olivia and Mary.

 

WINTCH, JACOB, farmer, son of Henry and Anna Burkhard, was born in Zurich, Switzerland, January 1, 1855, and emigrated with his parents to Lehi, Utah, in 1862. In 1865 the family removed to Richfield, remaining there till 1867, when they were driven out by Indians, and settled in Manti. He was raised a farmer and has always tilled the soil, owning a forty-acre tract and having; a nice two-story brick residence in the city. He is the director and treasurer of the Manti Co-op Sheep-herding and Woolgrowing Institution, and has served four years as Street Supervisor under the Republican administration. His wife, whom he married in the St.

George Temple October 27, 1881, was Sophia Hansen. She died July 26, 1893, leaving four children: Wilford J., Jessie, Nettie M., and Clara, living, Annie and Miranda being dead.

 

WODSKOW, JENS HANSEN, Secretary of Manti C. M. I., bom in the village of Wodskow, Denmark, November 26, 1834. He joined the Mormon Church 1856, and spent seven years in missionary work in his native land. Came to Manti in 1864 and engaged in farming until 1880, when he entered the Co-op, as cleric, and in January, 1881, was appointed secretary, and is a stockholder in the institution. Is prominent in church matters. Has been counselor to Bishop Reed many years, always an active Sunday-school worker, and is the present Superintendent in the North School. Member of the City Council 1873, '74. He married in Denmark, January 8, 1862, Mary K. Christiansen, daughter of Jens P., and a native of Denmark. They had seven children, Malvina, Mary, .Martha, Christine, James, Nettie and Willet. Mr. Wodskow is still interested in farming, owning considerable land near Manti. He is very quiet and unassuming in his business relations, preferring rather to let his actions speak, and is known in the community as a man of true integrity and of sterling worth.

 

WORKS, EDWIN M., proprietor of the Manti Planing Mill, is a son of James M. and Phoebe (Jones) Works, born in Manti December 28, 1861. James M. Works was one of the early settlers of Utah and stood high in the estimation of Brigham Young and the councils of the Mormon church. His sister Meriam became the first wife of President Young. He was ordained patriarch in the church by President Young and when the Deseret telegraph line was completed from Salt Lake to Manti the first message over the line was received by him from President Young. He filled a mission to England, crossing the plains both ways on foot. He married in Salt Lake and afterward located in Manti, where he was quite prominent in church matters, and died July 24, l889. Phebe (Jones) Works came across the plains in 1857 in a hand cart company and is still living with Edwin M. Our subject grew up in Manti and picked up the trade of a carpenter. In 1891 he built the Manti planing mill, where he is engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, mouldings, etc. In 1895 he bought a sawmill in Six-Mile canyon about fifteen miles from Manti. He was married in Salt Lake November 23, 1882, to Margaret M., daughter of Christian and Annie M. Munk, who died May 12, 1889, leaving him four children, Edwin P., James E., Jesse C. and Margaret (deceased.) He again married March 27, 1890 to Hannah C. Munk, sister of his first wife. One child, Edmund M., died aged five days. She died January 19, 1891. Mr. Works is a public-spirited, enterprising man of the kind who would build up a town. He stands well in the estimation of his fellow citizens, who have thrice elected him to represent them in the City Council.

 

 

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