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- from "History of Cooper County, Missouri", by W. F. Johnson, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka 6 Cleveland, 1919, Vol 1 VKM Publishing Co. 1978: pp 669-671.
"Charles P. Tutt, of Kelly township, is a native of Cooper county and has been prominently identified with the affairs of this county all his life. He was born on the farm where he now resides, Oct. 29, 1858, of pioneer parents and is a descendant of colonial ancestors. Chrles P. Tutt is the son of James H. and Harriet E. (Hickox) Tutt, early settlers of Cooper County, James H. Tutt was a native of Virginia; he was born in Fauquier County, Jan. 21, 1830 and died in March 1898. He came to Missouri with his parents, Phillip A. and Catherine (Ashby) Tutt, in 1835. The family first settled in Calloway County and in 1836 came to Cooper County, and settled in Kelly township on the farm that is now owned by Charles P. TuttPhillit Tutt bought this place from Thomas Best for $5 per acre. At that time there was a log cabin on the place and a few acres of land were cleared. Here Phillip Tutt and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Phillip Tutt was a surveyor, and for a number of years served as surveyor of Cooper County. He also held the office of judge of the County Court. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and his father, John Tutt, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving with the Virginian troops.Phillip Tutt was one of four brothers who came to Missouri together, the others being Dr. Gabriel, Col. John, and Col. Richard J. They came down the Kanawha River to the Ohio in a boat, and from there the younger men of the families and the negro slaves drove across the country to St. Louis with a wagon train, while the women and the older men came by steamboat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi Rivers to St. Louis. When the Tutt family came to Missouri they brought with them a mare which was a descendant of the famous running horse, "imported Whip," and Charles P. Tutt still has on his place descendants of that animal.
Harriet E. (Hickox) Tutt, mother of Charles P. Tutt, was born in Cooper County, April 9, 1836, and died May 21, 1898. She was a descendant of one of the very early New England families. Judith Clark, who landed atPlymouth Rock with the Pilgrims in 1620, was a direct ancestor of Charles P. Tutt's mother. To James H. and Harriet E. (Hickox) Tutt were born five children, three of whom died in infancy, and the others were George, who died at the age of 27 years, and Charles P., the subject of this sketch.
Charles P. Tutt was educated in the public schools and Cully and Simpson Academy, and Paris institute. He then attended William Jewell College at Liberty, Missouri, from 1881 to 1883. In early life he taught school for a number of years, but has practically devoted his entire attention to farming and stock raising. He is making a specialty of breeding pure blood Shorthorn cattle, Berkshire hogs, and Cotswold sheep, and has been successfully engaged in this work for the past 25 years. His stock has recently been awarded premiums at state fairs and stock shows, and he is regarded as one of the successful breeders of the state. His father before him was a successful stock breeder.
Charles P. Tutt was married in 1892 to Miss Mary L. Grantham, of Mexico, Missouri. She is a daughter of Samuel A. and Mary (Ford) Grantham, early settlers of St. Charles County, Missouri, both of whom are now deceased. Mr and Mrs. Tutt have seven children, as follows: Mary E., married Dr. Silas Barnes, of Pilot Grove, Missouri; George A., Bunceton, Missouri, married Blanceh White; Henry was in an officers training school during the World War and is now residing at home; Claire, a teacher in the Pilot Grove school; Frank E., at home; Harriet, at home; and Virginia, at home."
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1858 - 1931 (73 years)
