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Show HISTORY OF EMERY COUNTY. several years, is a member of the high council. 681 He has endured many hardships in building up a home, but has succeeded because of perseverance and hard work. SUTTLE, AZARIAH JR., Sheriff and proprietor of the Turtle House, son of Azariah and Ann, was born in Manti September 1, 1853. He grew up in Manti and married there April 6, 1871, to Mary, daughter of David and Jane Wilkins, born in Salt Lake City. They have nine children: Milton, Mabel, Mark, Jane, David, Fannie, Leah, Gladys and William. In '80 he came to Orange ville, and in company with S. R. Jewkes, H. M. Reid, B. T. Higgs, Amasa Scovil, John Carter and Levi Reynolds, took an old sawmill in Joe Valley canyon. The mill was later fitted up as a steam sawmill and is now owned by Mr. Tuttle. He manufactures lumber, He is a lath, shingles and general building material. director in the Orangeville Roller mill and president and r director in the Co-op. store. Served as constable for fourteen years and in '95 was appointed Sheriff, to which On March 21, 1897, he office he was elected in 1896. went about fifty-five miles east of Orangeville, on the San Rafael, to arrest Joe Walker and George Lee, son of John D. Lee, members of the Robbers' Roost gang. He arrested Lee, but Walker shot him through the right thigh, inflicting a wound which will always cause him to be lame. He laid without assistance for thirty-six hours when friends reached him and took him home. He owns a farm of 100 acres, and during the past few years has kept the Tuttle house. He is a well-known and much respected citizen, a pioneer in the county and a representative, industrious and upright man. V |
