Dr. Franklin Tuthill (April 3, 1822 – August 27, 1865) was an American physician, newspaper editor, and politician.

Life

Tuthill was born on April 3, 1822, in Wading River, New York, the son of Nathaniel Tuthill and Clarissa Miller. His brother was lawyer, assemblyman, and judge James H. Tuthill. Tuthill graduated from

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with an

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in 1840 and an A.M. in 1843. He received an

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from

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. He practiced medicine in Southold from 1844 to 1851. Tuthill served as town superintendent for five years. In 1850, he was elected to the

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as a Whig, representing the Suffolk County 1st District. He served in the Assembly in

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. He returned to the Assembly in

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, representing the

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7th District as a

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. In 1851, Tuthill moved to New York City, where practiced medicine for about a year. He then began working as city news editor of ''

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'' under H. J. Raymond. In 1859, he moved to

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, where he worked as an editor for the ''

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''. He bought an interest in the newspaper in 1862. He also began writing ''The History of California'', which covered California's history from its discovery to the Civil War. He finished writing the preface and reading the proof sheets less than a week before he died. In 1847, Tuthill married Emma Harriet Horton. Their daughter was Anna Elizabeth, who married William Redin Woodward. He was a

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and was a lay representative of the Long Island Presbytery in two

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. Tuthill died in

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on August 27, 1865, a few weeks after returning to America from a European trip he took for health reasons. He was buried in the Old Burying Ground of the First Presbyterian Church in Southold.

References

External links

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