He was born at Prattsburg, Steuben county, New York, November 11, 1812. He is a son of Bishop M. and Rebecca Tuttle, who were among the first settlers of Steuben county. New York. He continued his residence in Prattsburg until he was twenty-two years of age, when he emigrated to Ohio, in the winter of 1834. He taught school one term. In the spring of 1835 he removed to Michigan, settling temporarily at Pontiac, where he remained about one year and a half; settling on his farm in Highland in 1836.

On the 21st of October, 1835, he married Mary, daughter of Joseph Voorheis, by whom he had three children, namely : Lucretia, born November 5, 1836, married Willard B. Arms May, 1853, died August 1st, 1863; Cleantha M., born March 7, 1841 ; Mary, born May 14, 1846, died March 25, 1865. He had the misfortune to lose his estimable wife, who died June 20, 1846. Having an infant child to take care of, he deemed it expedient to marry again, which he did, this time choosing Clarissa, daughter of Isaac Anderson, one of the pioneers of Springfield township.

This union was also blessed with three children, namely : Lovedy V., born October 31, 1853, married Newton Taggett, March 18, 1874, and still resides in the township with her husband; Adella A., born March 7, 1856; Franklin Anderson, born April 30, 1859. Mr. Tuttle was early in life impressed with the importance of embracing religion, and in 1836 joined the Presbyterian church of White Lake. Soon afterwards he was elected an elder in that body, which office he has since filled. In politics he has always been a strong Republican, and an uncompromising advocate of the principles of that party. For twenty years he held the office of justice of the peace, and was noted for the impartiality and justice of his decisions. He was also for many years one of the school directors of his township, which position he filled with fidelity. He has always been temperate and industrious, and now enjoys the fruits of his well spent life. He owns one hundred and forty acres of well improved and highly cultivated land, to which he devotes his time, assisted by his amiable wife and dutiful son and daughter.