History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 769. [Nicholas County] [Carlisle City and Precinct] WILLIAM W. TUTTLE, carpenter, P. O. Carlisle, is a native of Moorefield, where he was born Jan. 21, 1822, to Peter and Elizabeth (Calvert) Tuttle; she a daughter of Jesse Calvert, who was a native of Virginia, but came at an early date to Mason County. Peter Tuttle was a cabinet maker and plied his trade in Mason County and at Moorefield. He died in 1859, at the age of seventy-seven years, in Johnson County, Mo., whither he had gone in 1851; his wife died in the year 1880, at the extreme age of ninety-six years. He was a son of John, who died in Virginia. Peter was the father of ten children: Ambrose D., in Nevada, California; Saphronia and James, died unmarried; Eliza J., deceased, wife of Leroy Day, left family in Mercer County, Mo.; Angeline, wife of James M. Myers, residing in Johnson County, Mo.; Harriette N., wife of Isaac Wallen residing in Platte County, Mo.; William W., Nancy, wife of John Roberts in Johnson County, Mo.; Preston M. S., in Omaha, Neb.; Helen M., wife of Samuel Grinstead in Johnson County, Mo. Mr. Tuttle learned the trade with his father, when a boy, and received but very limited educational advantages; his life has been devoted to mechanics, mercantile business and farming. He was married in 1847 to Nancy A. Roberts, a native of Nicholas County, and daughter of Col. Henry and Susan (Daugherty) Roberts; he a native of Virginia, she of Maryland. He held the offices of Lieutenant and Captain in the war of 1812, and was afterward made Colonel in the Kentucky Militia. He also represented Nicholas County in the Legislature; was Sheriff of the county many years, and held various other offices. Mr. Tuttle, by his marriage, has two children, Susan E. and Helen J. who are teachers of high standing. He is a member of the Masonic order at Carlisle, and member of the Baptist Church, in which he holds the office of Moderator. Tuttle Calvert Day Myers Wallen Roberts Grinstead Daugherty = Mason-KY Mercer-MO Johnson-MO Platte-MO NE MD CA VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nicholas/tuttle.ww.txt