Son of Newton Tuttle and Emily Amelia Stone

Married Cynthia Estella Jones, 21 Dec 1887, Logan, Cache, Utah

Children - Edgar Evan Tuttle, Cynthia Emily Tuttle, Newton Aaron Tuttle, Annie Lunett Tuttle, Amos Tuttle, Eudora Tuttle, Edna Marie Tuttle, Letita Thomas Tuttle, Maurice Alden Tuttle

History - Edgar Amos Tuttle was born 11 December 1862 in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, the second son and fourth child of Newton and Emily Amelia Stone Tuttle. He was born in the family log home with an adobe room on the north end. The girls in the family had space upstairs over the adobe room for their bedroom, and the boys had the attic over the living room.

When Edgar was a boy he raised broom straw and made brooms. This continued until they were shipped in cheaper than the family could make them. As he grew up he was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, attending all of his meetings, and held the Priesthood.

He met his bride, Cynthia Estella Jones, in Bountiful, Utah, and they were married in the Logan, Utah Temple on 21 December 1887. His father gave them four acres of land and built a two-room brick house with a lean-to on the back. They had fruit trees, a garden, and the barn was set at the bottom of a small hill with cows, pigs, and two horses: Nibs a black horse, and Navrix a white horse.

In 1894 this farm was sold and the family moved to Cache Valley, where he bought a farm in Mendon on the west side of the valley. They lived in Wellsville until he built a one-room log cabin and they moved in to begin working the land. They had four small children at this time. He wished to add another room, so he would take his team and wagon and go the canyon for logs, staying overnight. In June 1895, he was gone and his pregnant wife was alone when she was trying to catch loose hogs and was kicked in the stomach. The oldest boy, Edgar was sent to fetch a neighbor, and twins were born that night. The boy, the larger of the two, lived long enough to be blessed and named Amos. His tiny sister was named Annie. Cynthia's health was slow in returning so she went to Bountiful for a visit, and felt so much better, that they decided the climate in Mendon was too much for her heart. They sold the farm and everything but the team, wagon, and furniture, and moved to Bountiful. The money from the farm sale came in installments and was used for doctors and medicine. The farm was lost but Cynthia lived.

Living in Bountiful, Edgar took whatever work he could get, sometimes being away from home for a time. When he could, he went to the temple to help with endowment work for the dead. One day he was helping his mother, Emily Amelia Stone Tuttle, do sealings for the Tuttle line. The brother officiating asked Edgar if he could return and finish the ordinances the next day. Edgar replied that he had to work. The officiator looked at him and promised, “Brother Tuttle, if you'll come back tomorrow and help us finish up these sealings, I promise you in the name of the Lord that you and your family will never want for bread.” The family saw some hard times but never wanted for bread. One day as Lydia, their daughter, was ready to mix bread, she told her mother there was no flour. Her mother smiled and replied, “Your father will find work today.” Soon Edgar came with fifty pounds of flour on his shoulder. He had found work and had been paid.

A brickyard was started in Bountiful, Utah, and Edgar obtained steady work for seven or eight months of the year. When the brickyard closed in the fall of 1901, Edgar's brother-in-law asked him to come to the mines. He started as a mucker and soon became a miner. He was home just occasionally.

Cynthia was home and with the children's help, took care of the orchard, the cow, and had a large garden. Cynthia's health was frail for several years. This continued until 1906 after Maurice, the last child was born. The younger children were put in the care of family members and Edgar, used his father's team and wagon, moving the household articles to Mercur. They settled in a part of Mercur, called Johannesberg. He bought two three-room houses, moved them together and made a home to accommodate his family of nine living children. The oldest son Edgar was working with him in the mines.

Cynthia's mother, Cynthia Cannas Jones, died in 1907, and her husband Evan Jones moved to Tooele, Utah. When the mine closed in 1909 the family moved to Tooele and lived in their grandfather's home while Edgar went to Park City to work in the mine there. In 1911 the family moved to Pleasant Green where he had work. They lived across the street from the ward chapel, and he became the chapel custodian. His parents both died and Edgar received an inheritance with which he built a bakery shop. His son Newton had learned this trade in Mercur and assisted him.

He died in an accident and possibly heart failure while tending to the ward chapel's furnace during a ward dance. This was a surprise to the family as it had been their mother who had suffered from poor health for many years. He died on 20 March 1912 and was buried in Bountiful, Utah.