A. A. H. Tuttle Explained

Anson A. H. Tuttle
Office:Secretary of State of California
Term Start:1863
Term End:1863
Governor:Leland Stanford
Predecessor:William H. Weeks
Successor:Benjamin B. Redding
Order2:California State Assemblyman, 7th District
Term Start2:1858
Term End2:1859
Predecessor2:George W. Thomas
Successor2:Samuel M. Buck
Birth Date:1820 or 1821
Birth Place:Illinois
Death Date:7 September 1866
Death Place:Donner Lake Village, California
Party:Republican

Anson Akenside Hull Tuttle (1820/1821 – 7 September 1866)[1] was an American tavern keeper, judge and Republican politician. Tuttletown, California, was named for him. Born in New York (?) or Illinois,[1] he removed to California, where he built a log cabin in 1848 in what would become Tuolumne County. He was a member of the California State Assembly, 1858–59. He was Secretary of State of California in 1863. In 1866 he was California State Treasurer.[1]

Tuttle died of lung hemorrhage at the age of 45, while he was visiting Donner Lake to improve his health.[1] He is interred in the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery in Sacramento, California.[2]

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  1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130096910/anson-akenside_hull-tuttle Judge Anson Akenside Hull Tuttle
  2. Web site: Sacramento Historic City Cemetery Burial Index. Old City Cemetery Committee. 2005. April 6, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110626173633/http://www.oldcitycemetery.com/images/PDF/CemeteryIndex.pdf. 2011-06-26. dead.