"Larkin A. Tuggle is widely known throughout Vermilion County as the capable superintendent of schools. He was identified with the city school system of Danville for a number of years before accepting his present position in 1923. Mr. Tuggle was born at Indianola, Illinois, July 29, 1875, the son of James M. and Laura F. (Hansbrough) Tuggle.
James M. Tuggle was born in Union County, W. Va., and his wife was native of Indianola, Illinois. He was a minister of the United Brethren Church for thirty-five years and was identified with the upper Wabash Conference. His father settled at Fairmount, Illinois, in 1854 and enlisted in the Seventy-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1861. He died in service December 24, 1861, at Nashville Tenn. James M. Tuggle died Nov 11, 1921, and his wife died December 13, 1928. Both are buried at Veedersburg, Ind. Their children were: Carrie Ward, lives at Owasa, Iowa; Orrie M., lives at Morocco, Indiana; Halsie, lives at Los Angeles, California; William, lives at Danville; Benjamin F. and Calvin, both deceased; Thersia Storm, lives at Veedersburg, Indiana; James, Mary Hullihan, and June, all deceased; Clifford, lives at Lexington, Missouri; and Larkin A., the subject of this sketch.
Larkin A. Tuggle spent his boyhood on a farm and attended the district schools of Illinois and Indiana. He was graduated from Battleground High School and attended Westfield (Illinois) College. Mr. Tuggle began his teaching career as a country school teacher and after six years was appointed principal of Lincoln School, Danville, in which capacity he served for seven years. He then was supervisor of manual training in the Danville schools for a period of eleven years and in 1923 became county superintendent of schools.
On July 28, 1901, Mr. Tuggle was united in marriage with Miss Sadie E. Martin, of Georgetown, Illinois, the daughter of Dr. Franklin and Amanda (Hewitt) Martin. Dr. Franklin Martin, deceased, was descended from on of the first families of Vermilion County. His grandfather Henry Martin was one of the two sons-in-law of Achilles Morgan, who settled on the Vermilion River, east of Westville, in 1825. Achilles Morgan, with his two sons-in-law, Henry Martin and George Brock, came to the salt works west of Danville in 1821. Mrs. Amanda (Hewitt) Martin Bennett is now a widow and lives at Georgetown, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Tuggle the following children have been born: Thelma, married Dan Stratman, lives at Danville; Gordon, deceased; Edith, Pauline, Floyd, Berlin, Eleanor, Lucile, Christine, and Peggy Jean, all at home.
Mr. Tuggle has always been a Republican. He is a member of the First United Brethren Church, Danville, and is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Loyal Order of Moose, Improved Order of Red Men, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, and other lodge auxiliaries.
Mr. Tuggle has had a long and adventurous military career. He joined the Fifth Illinois National Guard as a private in Company I, May 16, 1905, at Danville. He was promoted to corporal on June 17, 1906; became quartermaster sergeant on September 14, 1906; second lieutenant on November 17, 1908; and was promoted to captain on August 5, 1910, which rank he held until the close of the World War. For seven years he was inspector of rifle practice of the Fifth Illinois Infantry, and during that time was state team coach for two years of the Illinois National Guard State Rifle Team, which took part in National Rifle and Pistol Competitions, conducted by the War Department at Camp Perry, Ohio, and Jacksonville, Florida. He was also range officer for the rifle ranges at Georgetown, Peoria, and Springfield and trained thousands of national guardsmen in the use and art of rifle and pistol firing. He won many state and national matches, winning the highest rank in both rifle and pistol, that of Expert Rifleman and Expert Pistolman. He represented General Headquarters of the Amrican Expeditionary Foreces at LeMans, France, in May 1919, at the National A.E.F. Rifle and Pistol matches.
Mr. Tuggle was assigned at Company Commander of Company E, Fifth Infantry, at Hillsboro, Illinois, on February 1, 1917, and was called into active service March 26, 1917, and sent to Cairo and Thebes, Illinois, where he guarded bridges across the Ohio and Mississippi rivers until August 15, 1917. He was then sent to Houston, Texas, where the "Prairie Division" or Thirty-third Division was mobilized and organized for war training. Company E arrived in Houston about August 20, 1917, and Mr. Tuggle being senior line officer was placed in command of the camp until the arrival of General Bell. In the interim the 24th United States Infantry (colored) broke out in riot and killed twenty-three people and wounded fifty seven men, women and children. Mr. Tuggle got his Illinois troops in action and quelled the riot before midnight, capturing one hundred and seventy-five of the rioting soldiers. Houstonians gave Mr. Tuggle credit for "saving the city of Houson." Throughout the investigations and trials in this case not one word of criticism was ever offered by the War Department concering the handling of the situation by Mr. Tuggle. Nineteen of the rioters were hanged and forty-three were given life sentences in the penitentiary.
Mr. Tuggle served for two years and four months in the World War, fourteen months of which were spent in France. He attended the Officers Training School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in the fall of 1917, and was made an instructor. He was front line trench service in France while in command of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Machine Gun Battalion, Thirty-third Division, for two months of continuous fighting in the Somme River Sector, east of Amiens. He was then assigned to the First Army Headquarters in G I and joined them at Chateau Thierry in August, 1918. After the armistice he was town major for six months near Chaumont, Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces. Later he was District Commander at Chalons-sur-Marne, and his last service was at Dijon, France, in May and June, 1919.
Mr. Tuggle is State Department Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Foreign Wars of the United States, with headquarters at Danville, and he is also second junior vice commander of Illinois of Diabled American Veterans of the World War. He is also in command of the Military Department of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias with headquarters in Danville. In 1929 he was appointed by Governor Lewis L. Emerson, one of the five members of the Advisory Board of the Department of Public Welfare, State of Illinois, as representative of the Veterans of Foreign Wars." - History of Vermilion County, Illinois, Volume 2, 1930, pages 592-595
James M. Tuggle was born in Union County, W. Va., and his wife was native of Indianola, Illinois. He was a minister of the United Brethren Church for thirty-five years and was identified with the upper Wabash Conference. His father settled at Fairmount, Illinois, in 1854 and enlisted in the Seventy-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1861. He died in service December 24, 1861, at Nashville Tenn. James M. Tuggle died Nov 11, 1921, and his wife died December 13, 1928. Both are buried at Veedersburg, Ind. Their children were: Carrie Ward, lives at Owasa, Iowa; Orrie M., lives at Morocco, Indiana; Halsie, lives at Los Angeles, California; William, lives at Danville; Benjamin F. and Calvin, both deceased; Thersia Storm, lives at Veedersburg, Indiana; James, Mary Hullihan, and June, all deceased; Clifford, lives at Lexington, Missouri; and Larkin A., the subject of this sketch.
Larkin A. Tuggle spent his boyhood on a farm and attended the district schools of Illinois and Indiana. He was graduated from Battleground High School and attended Westfield (Illinois) College. Mr. Tuggle began his teaching career as a country school teacher and after six years was appointed principal of Lincoln School, Danville, in which capacity he served for seven years. He then was supervisor of manual training in the Danville schools for a period of eleven years and in 1923 became county superintendent of schools.
On July 28, 1901, Mr. Tuggle was united in marriage with Miss Sadie E. Martin, of Georgetown, Illinois, the daughter of Dr. Franklin and Amanda (Hewitt) Martin. Dr. Franklin Martin, deceased, was descended from on of the first families of Vermilion County. His grandfather Henry Martin was one of the two sons-in-law of Achilles Morgan, who settled on the Vermilion River, east of Westville, in 1825. Achilles Morgan, with his two sons-in-law, Henry Martin and George Brock, came to the salt works west of Danville in 1821. Mrs. Amanda (Hewitt) Martin Bennett is now a widow and lives at Georgetown, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Tuggle the following children have been born: Thelma, married Dan Stratman, lives at Danville; Gordon, deceased; Edith, Pauline, Floyd, Berlin, Eleanor, Lucile, Christine, and Peggy Jean, all at home.
Mr. Tuggle has always been a Republican. He is a member of the First United Brethren Church, Danville, and is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Loyal Order of Moose, Improved Order of Red Men, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, and other lodge auxiliaries.
Mr. Tuggle has had a long and adventurous military career. He joined the Fifth Illinois National Guard as a private in Company I, May 16, 1905, at Danville. He was promoted to corporal on June 17, 1906; became quartermaster sergeant on September 14, 1906; second lieutenant on November 17, 1908; and was promoted to captain on August 5, 1910, which rank he held until the close of the World War. For seven years he was inspector of rifle practice of the Fifth Illinois Infantry, and during that time was state team coach for two years of the Illinois National Guard State Rifle Team, which took part in National Rifle and Pistol Competitions, conducted by the War Department at Camp Perry, Ohio, and Jacksonville, Florida. He was also range officer for the rifle ranges at Georgetown, Peoria, and Springfield and trained thousands of national guardsmen in the use and art of rifle and pistol firing. He won many state and national matches, winning the highest rank in both rifle and pistol, that of Expert Rifleman and Expert Pistolman. He represented General Headquarters of the Amrican Expeditionary Foreces at LeMans, France, in May 1919, at the National A.E.F. Rifle and Pistol matches.
Mr. Tuggle was assigned at Company Commander of Company E, Fifth Infantry, at Hillsboro, Illinois, on February 1, 1917, and was called into active service March 26, 1917, and sent to Cairo and Thebes, Illinois, where he guarded bridges across the Ohio and Mississippi rivers until August 15, 1917. He was then sent to Houston, Texas, where the "Prairie Division" or Thirty-third Division was mobilized and organized for war training. Company E arrived in Houston about August 20, 1917, and Mr. Tuggle being senior line officer was placed in command of the camp until the arrival of General Bell. In the interim the 24th United States Infantry (colored) broke out in riot and killed twenty-three people and wounded fifty seven men, women and children. Mr. Tuggle got his Illinois troops in action and quelled the riot before midnight, capturing one hundred and seventy-five of the rioting soldiers. Houstonians gave Mr. Tuggle credit for "saving the city of Houson." Throughout the investigations and trials in this case not one word of criticism was ever offered by the War Department concering the handling of the situation by Mr. Tuggle. Nineteen of the rioters were hanged and forty-three were given life sentences in the penitentiary.
Mr. Tuggle served for two years and four months in the World War, fourteen months of which were spent in France. He attended the Officers Training School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in the fall of 1917, and was made an instructor. He was front line trench service in France while in command of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Machine Gun Battalion, Thirty-third Division, for two months of continuous fighting in the Somme River Sector, east of Amiens. He was then assigned to the First Army Headquarters in G I and joined them at Chateau Thierry in August, 1918. After the armistice he was town major for six months near Chaumont, Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces. Later he was District Commander at Chalons-sur-Marne, and his last service was at Dijon, France, in May and June, 1919.
Mr. Tuggle is State Department Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Foreign Wars of the United States, with headquarters at Danville, and he is also second junior vice commander of Illinois of Diabled American Veterans of the World War. He is also in command of the Military Department of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias with headquarters in Danville. In 1929 he was appointed by Governor Lewis L. Emerson, one of the five members of the Advisory Board of the Department of Public Welfare, State of Illinois, as representative of the Veterans of Foreign Wars." - History of Vermilion County, Illinois, Volume 2, 1930, pages 592-595
"Larkin A. Tuggle is widely known throughout Vermilion County as the capable superintendent of schools. He was identified with the city school system of Danville for a number of years before accepting his present position in 1923. Mr. Tuggle was born at Indianola, Illinois, July 29, 1875, the son of James M. and Laura F. (Hansbrough) Tuggle.
James M. Tuggle was born in Union County, W. Va., and his wife was native of Indianola, Illinois. He was a minister of the United Brethren Church for thirty-five years and was identified with the upper Wabash Conference. His father settled at Fairmount, Illinois, in 1854 and enlisted in the Seventy-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1861. He died in service December 24, 1861, at Nashville Tenn. James M. Tuggle died Nov 11, 1921, and his wife died December 13, 1928. Both are buried at Veedersburg, Ind. Their children were: Carrie Ward, lives at Owasa, Iowa; Orrie M., lives at Morocco, Indiana; Halsie, lives at Los Angeles, California; William, lives at Danville; Benjamin F. and Calvin, both deceased; Thersia Storm, lives at Veedersburg, Indiana; James, Mary Hullihan, and June, all deceased; Clifford, lives at Lexington, Missouri; and Larkin A., the subject of this sketch.
Larkin A. Tuggle spent his boyhood on a farm and attended the district schools of Illinois and Indiana. He was graduated from Battleground High School and attended Westfield (Illinois) College. Mr. Tuggle began his teaching career as a country school teacher and after six years was appointed principal of Lincoln School, Danville, in which capacity he served for seven years. He then was supervisor of manual training in the Danville schools for a period of eleven years and in 1923 became county superintendent of schools.
On July 28, 1901, Mr. Tuggle was united in marriage with Miss Sadie E. Martin, of Georgetown, Illinois, the daughter of Dr. Franklin and Amanda (Hewitt) Martin. Dr. Franklin Martin, deceased, was descended from on of the first families of Vermilion County. His grandfather Henry Martin was one of the two sons-in-law of Achilles Morgan, who settled on the Vermilion River, east of Westville, in 1825. Achilles Morgan, with his two sons-in-law, Henry Martin and George Brock, came to the salt works west of Danville in 1821. Mrs. Amanda (Hewitt) Martin Bennett is now a widow and lives at Georgetown, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Tuggle the following children have been born: Thelma, married Dan Stratman, lives at Danville; Gordon, deceased; Edith, Pauline, Floyd, Berlin, Eleanor, Lucile, Christine, and Peggy Jean, all at home.
Mr. Tuggle has always been a Republican. He is a member of the First United Brethren Church, Danville, and is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Loyal Order of Moose, Improved Order of Red Men, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, and other lodge auxiliaries.
Mr. Tuggle has had a long and adventurous military career. He joined the Fifth Illinois National Guard as a private in Company I, May 16, 1905, at Danville. He was promoted to corporal on June 17, 1906; became quartermaster sergeant on September 14, 1906; second lieutenant on November 17, 1908; and was promoted to captain on August 5, 1910, which rank he held until the close of the World War. For seven years he was inspector of rifle practice of the Fifth Illinois Infantry, and during that time was state team coach for two years of the Illinois National Guard State Rifle Team, which took part in National Rifle and Pistol Competitions, conducted by the War Department at Camp Perry, Ohio, and Jacksonville, Florida. He was also range officer for the rifle ranges at Georgetown, Peoria, and Springfield and trained thousands of national guardsmen in the use and art of rifle and pistol firing. He won many state and national matches, winning the highest rank in both rifle and pistol, that of Expert Rifleman and Expert Pistolman. He represented General Headquarters of the Amrican Expeditionary Foreces at LeMans, France, in May 1919, at the National A.E.F. Rifle and Pistol matches.
Mr. Tuggle was assigned at Company Commander of Company E, Fifth Infantry, at Hillsboro, Illinois, on February 1, 1917, and was called into active service March 26, 1917, and sent to Cairo and Thebes, Illinois, where he guarded bridges across the Ohio and Mississippi rivers until August 15, 1917. He was then sent to Houston, Texas, where the "Prairie Division" or Thirty-third Division was mobilized and organized for war training. Company E arrived in Houston about August 20, 1917, and Mr. Tuggle being senior line officer was placed in command of the camp until the arrival of General Bell. In the interim the 24th United States Infantry (colored) broke out in riot and killed twenty-three people and wounded fifty seven men, women and children. Mr. Tuggle got his Illinois troops in action and quelled the riot before midnight, capturing one hundred and seventy-five of the rioting soldiers. Houstonians gave Mr. Tuggle credit for "saving the city of Houson." Throughout the investigations and trials in this case not one word of criticism was ever offered by the War Department concering the handling of the situation by Mr. Tuggle. Nineteen of the rioters were hanged and forty-three were given life sentences in the penitentiary.
Mr. Tuggle served for two years and four months in the World War, fourteen months of which were spent in France. He attended the Officers Training School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in the fall of 1917, and was made an instructor. He was front line trench service in France while in command of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Machine Gun Battalion, Thirty-third Division, for two months of continuous fighting in the Somme River Sector, east of Amiens. He was then assigned to the First Army Headquarters in G I and joined them at Chateau Thierry in August, 1918. After the armistice he was town major for six months near Chaumont, Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces. Later he was District Commander at Chalons-sur-Marne, and his last service was at Dijon, France, in May and June, 1919.
Mr. Tuggle is State Department Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Foreign Wars of the United States, with headquarters at Danville, and he is also second junior vice commander of Illinois of Diabled American Veterans of the World War. He is also in command of the Military Department of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias with headquarters in Danville. In 1929 he was appointed by Governor Lewis L. Emerson, one of the five members of the Advisory Board of the Department of Public Welfare, State of Illinois, as representative of the Veterans of Foreign Wars." - History of Vermilion County, Illinois, Volume 2, 1930, pages 592-595
James M. Tuggle was born in Union County, W. Va., and his wife was native of Indianola, Illinois. He was a minister of the United Brethren Church for thirty-five years and was identified with the upper Wabash Conference. His father settled at Fairmount, Illinois, in 1854 and enlisted in the Seventy-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1861. He died in service December 24, 1861, at Nashville Tenn. James M. Tuggle died Nov 11, 1921, and his wife died December 13, 1928. Both are buried at Veedersburg, Ind. Their children were: Carrie Ward, lives at Owasa, Iowa; Orrie M., lives at Morocco, Indiana; Halsie, lives at Los Angeles, California; William, lives at Danville; Benjamin F. and Calvin, both deceased; Thersia Storm, lives at Veedersburg, Indiana; James, Mary Hullihan, and June, all deceased; Clifford, lives at Lexington, Missouri; and Larkin A., the subject of this sketch.
Larkin A. Tuggle spent his boyhood on a farm and attended the district schools of Illinois and Indiana. He was graduated from Battleground High School and attended Westfield (Illinois) College. Mr. Tuggle began his teaching career as a country school teacher and after six years was appointed principal of Lincoln School, Danville, in which capacity he served for seven years. He then was supervisor of manual training in the Danville schools for a period of eleven years and in 1923 became county superintendent of schools.
On July 28, 1901, Mr. Tuggle was united in marriage with Miss Sadie E. Martin, of Georgetown, Illinois, the daughter of Dr. Franklin and Amanda (Hewitt) Martin. Dr. Franklin Martin, deceased, was descended from on of the first families of Vermilion County. His grandfather Henry Martin was one of the two sons-in-law of Achilles Morgan, who settled on the Vermilion River, east of Westville, in 1825. Achilles Morgan, with his two sons-in-law, Henry Martin and George Brock, came to the salt works west of Danville in 1821. Mrs. Amanda (Hewitt) Martin Bennett is now a widow and lives at Georgetown, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Tuggle the following children have been born: Thelma, married Dan Stratman, lives at Danville; Gordon, deceased; Edith, Pauline, Floyd, Berlin, Eleanor, Lucile, Christine, and Peggy Jean, all at home.
Mr. Tuggle has always been a Republican. He is a member of the First United Brethren Church, Danville, and is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, Loyal Order of Moose, Improved Order of Red Men, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, and other lodge auxiliaries.
Mr. Tuggle has had a long and adventurous military career. He joined the Fifth Illinois National Guard as a private in Company I, May 16, 1905, at Danville. He was promoted to corporal on June 17, 1906; became quartermaster sergeant on September 14, 1906; second lieutenant on November 17, 1908; and was promoted to captain on August 5, 1910, which rank he held until the close of the World War. For seven years he was inspector of rifle practice of the Fifth Illinois Infantry, and during that time was state team coach for two years of the Illinois National Guard State Rifle Team, which took part in National Rifle and Pistol Competitions, conducted by the War Department at Camp Perry, Ohio, and Jacksonville, Florida. He was also range officer for the rifle ranges at Georgetown, Peoria, and Springfield and trained thousands of national guardsmen in the use and art of rifle and pistol firing. He won many state and national matches, winning the highest rank in both rifle and pistol, that of Expert Rifleman and Expert Pistolman. He represented General Headquarters of the Amrican Expeditionary Foreces at LeMans, France, in May 1919, at the National A.E.F. Rifle and Pistol matches.
Mr. Tuggle was assigned at Company Commander of Company E, Fifth Infantry, at Hillsboro, Illinois, on February 1, 1917, and was called into active service March 26, 1917, and sent to Cairo and Thebes, Illinois, where he guarded bridges across the Ohio and Mississippi rivers until August 15, 1917. He was then sent to Houston, Texas, where the "Prairie Division" or Thirty-third Division was mobilized and organized for war training. Company E arrived in Houston about August 20, 1917, and Mr. Tuggle being senior line officer was placed in command of the camp until the arrival of General Bell. In the interim the 24th United States Infantry (colored) broke out in riot and killed twenty-three people and wounded fifty seven men, women and children. Mr. Tuggle got his Illinois troops in action and quelled the riot before midnight, capturing one hundred and seventy-five of the rioting soldiers. Houstonians gave Mr. Tuggle credit for "saving the city of Houson." Throughout the investigations and trials in this case not one word of criticism was ever offered by the War Department concering the handling of the situation by Mr. Tuggle. Nineteen of the rioters were hanged and forty-three were given life sentences in the penitentiary.
Mr. Tuggle served for two years and four months in the World War, fourteen months of which were spent in France. He attended the Officers Training School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in the fall of 1917, and was made an instructor. He was front line trench service in France while in command of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Machine Gun Battalion, Thirty-third Division, for two months of continuous fighting in the Somme River Sector, east of Amiens. He was then assigned to the First Army Headquarters in G I and joined them at Chateau Thierry in August, 1918. After the armistice he was town major for six months near Chaumont, Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces. Later he was District Commander at Chalons-sur-Marne, and his last service was at Dijon, France, in May and June, 1919.
Mr. Tuggle is State Department Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Foreign Wars of the United States, with headquarters at Danville, and he is also second junior vice commander of Illinois of Diabled American Veterans of the World War. He is also in command of the Military Department of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias with headquarters in Danville. In 1929 he was appointed by Governor Lewis L. Emerson, one of the five members of the Advisory Board of the Department of Public Welfare, State of Illinois, as representative of the Veterans of Foreign Wars." - History of Vermilion County, Illinois, Volume 2, 1930, pages 592-595
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