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BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND PORTRAIT GALLERY.
129
than Mr. Kent. Beneath his reticent, quiet de¬ meanor lies great persistency and indomitable energy. Slow to make friends, he has never been heedless of the demands of friendship. The love of home is one of the distinguishing characteris¬ tics of many eminent men, and Mr. Kent is no
exception to the rule. It would indeed be diffi¬ cult to find a home more delightful than his, which is rendered doubly attractive by the pres¬ ence of his accomplished daughters. In his home life his love of quiet, retirement and domesticity is fully gratified.
RICHARD STANLEY TUTHILL,
CHICAGO, ILL.
JUDGE RICHARD S. TUTHILL, youngest son of Daniel B, Tuthill, a native of Ben¬ nington county, Vermont, and Sally (Strong) Tuthill, a native of Vergennes, Vermont, was born at Vergennes, in ''Tuthill's Prairie," Jackson county, IlHnois, November loth, 1841. His an¬ cestors, in both branches of his family, were among the earliest settlers in New England, hav¬ ing emigrated to the new world with the Puritans prior to the year 1640. Daniel B. Tuthill, his father, a classical scholar of high attainments, entered Middlebury (Vt.) College, but owing to ill health he reluctantly left college before gradu¬ ating. The Strongs—his mother's family—were from the first, and have ever been, warm friends and supporters of Middlebury College, an uncle of Mrs. Tuthill, Hon. Seth Storrs, having donated its beautiful site and spacious grounds nearly one hundred years ago.
Richard S. began his preparatory collegiate studies at the St. Louis High School; continued them under a private tutor, and completed them at the Illinois College, at Jacksonville. He en¬ tered the freshman class of Middlebury College in September, 1859, and graduated with high honors in the class of 1863.
Immediately after graduation he joined the army in the field at Vicksburg, and served for some months in a company of scouts attached to Gen. John A. Logan's command, when he was commissioned a lieutenant in the famous six-gun battery known in the Army of the West as *' De Golyer's Black Horse Battery " ( H of the First Michigan Light Artillery), with which he served, being twice promoted, until the close of the war. He was with Gen. Sherman's army in the march to Meridian, through the entire campaign against Atlanta, and finally, in the campaign under Gen.
George H. Thomas, back into Tennessee in pur¬ suit of Hood, taking an active part in the closing and decisive battle of Nashville. Army life, even in active service in the field, has many unoccupied hours, and having provided himself with a few books. Lieutenant Tuthill improved his time by reading law, and as soon as it became apparent that the war was over, resigned his commission. May, 1865, and continued his legal studies there¬ after uninterruptedly in the office of Hon. H. H. Harrison, United States District Attorney, at Nashville, Tennessee, until admitted to the bar at Nashville in the spring of 1866. In 1867 he was elected Attorney-General (State's Attorney) of the Nashville circuit.
In 1868, at Vergennes, Vt., he married Jennie F. Smith, of that city, who died at Nashville, December 22, 1872, leaving a daughter. Soon after this sad event he returned to his native State in 1873, and established himself at Chicago, where he soon became known as an able lawyer and a forcible and effective speaker
In 1875 he was elected City Attorney of Chi¬ cago, and re-elected in 1877. Judge Tuthill has always been an active Republican, and in every campaign since the war has rendered valuable services both as a speaker and in the councils of the party. He was a delegate in the memorable Republican National Convention held at Chicago in 1880, being one of the one hundred and six known as ^'The Old Guard," who voted continu¬ ously for the nomination of General Ulysses S. Grant, '^of Appomattox." In recognition of his standing and success at the bar. President Ar¬ thur, early in February, 1884, appointed him United States District Attorney at Chicago, which position he filled with distinction, and resigned after the inauguration of President Cleveland,
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| Title of work | The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition |
| Title | The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition |
| Short title | The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition |
| Author | American Biographical Publishing Company |
| Description | This two-volume work from 1892 presents biographical sketches of residents of Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
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| Title of work | The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition |
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| Full Text | BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND PORTRAIT GALLERY. 129 than Mr. Kent. Beneath his reticent, quiet de¬ meanor lies great persistency and indomitable energy. Slow to make friends, he has never been heedless of the demands of friendship. The love of home is one of the distinguishing characteris¬ tics of many eminent men, and Mr. Kent is no exception to the rule. It would indeed be diffi¬ cult to find a home more delightful than his, which is rendered doubly attractive by the pres¬ ence of his accomplished daughters. In his home life his love of quiet, retirement and domesticity is fully gratified. RICHARD STANLEY TUTHILL, CHICAGO, ILL. JUDGE RICHARD S. TUTHILL, youngest son of Daniel B, Tuthill, a native of Ben¬ nington county, Vermont, and Sally (Strong) Tuthill, a native of Vergennes, Vermont, was born at Vergennes, in ''Tuthill's Prairie" Jackson county, IlHnois, November loth, 1841. His an¬ cestors, in both branches of his family, were among the earliest settlers in New England, hav¬ ing emigrated to the new world with the Puritans prior to the year 1640. Daniel B. Tuthill, his father, a classical scholar of high attainments, entered Middlebury (Vt.) College, but owing to ill health he reluctantly left college before gradu¬ ating. The Strongs—his mother's family—were from the first, and have ever been, warm friends and supporters of Middlebury College, an uncle of Mrs. Tuthill, Hon. Seth Storrs, having donated its beautiful site and spacious grounds nearly one hundred years ago. Richard S. began his preparatory collegiate studies at the St. Louis High School; continued them under a private tutor, and completed them at the Illinois College, at Jacksonville. He en¬ tered the freshman class of Middlebury College in September, 1859, and graduated with high honors in the class of 1863. Immediately after graduation he joined the army in the field at Vicksburg, and served for some months in a company of scouts attached to Gen. John A. Logan's command, when he was commissioned a lieutenant in the famous six-gun battery known in the Army of the West as *' De Golyer's Black Horse Battery " ( H of the First Michigan Light Artillery), with which he served, being twice promoted, until the close of the war. He was with Gen. Sherman's army in the march to Meridian, through the entire campaign against Atlanta, and finally, in the campaign under Gen. George H. Thomas, back into Tennessee in pur¬ suit of Hood, taking an active part in the closing and decisive battle of Nashville. Army life, even in active service in the field, has many unoccupied hours, and having provided himself with a few books. Lieutenant Tuthill improved his time by reading law, and as soon as it became apparent that the war was over, resigned his commission. May, 1865, and continued his legal studies there¬ after uninterruptedly in the office of Hon. H. H. Harrison, United States District Attorney, at Nashville, Tennessee, until admitted to the bar at Nashville in the spring of 1866. In 1867 he was elected Attorney-General (State's Attorney) of the Nashville circuit. In 1868, at Vergennes, Vt., he married Jennie F. Smith, of that city, who died at Nashville, December 22, 1872, leaving a daughter. Soon after this sad event he returned to his native State in 1873, and established himself at Chicago, where he soon became known as an able lawyer and a forcible and effective speaker In 1875 he was elected City Attorney of Chi¬ cago, and re-elected in 1877. Judge Tuthill has always been an active Republican, and in every campaign since the war has rendered valuable services both as a speaker and in the councils of the party. He was a delegate in the memorable Republican National Convention held at Chicago in 1880, being one of the one hundred and six known as ^'The Old Guard" who voted continu¬ ously for the nomination of General Ulysses S. Grant, '^of Appomattox." In recognition of his standing and success at the bar. President Ar¬ thur, early in February, 1884, appointed him United States District Attorney at Chicago, which position he filled with distinction, and resigned after the inauguration of President Cleveland, |
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