George Washington Tuttle CHRONOLOGY

George Washington Tuttle, Theta 1836 (Union College)

Born: March 24, 1817 Greene, New York

Died: April 3, 1903 (aged 86) Bath, New York

1817 | George Washington Tuttle born

1832 | Matriculates at Union College

1833 | Co-founds Psi Upsilon

1836 | Graduates with a degree in law, begins practice and business in New York

1841 | November: Married Ruth Coswell Wey in Windham, NY

1843 | Birth and death of son George Edward Tuttle

1845 | Birth of son Sidney Tuttle 1845

1849 | Birth of son William Wey Tuttle

1855 | Clarissa Steele (mother of George) dies

1863 | Son Sidney Tuttle matriculates to Union College and is initiated to Psi Upsilon

1868 | Ruth Coswell Tuttle nee Wey passes away; George retires from business; Sidney Tuttle Sr. (father of George) passes away; George sells business and retires

1870 | Prior to this year marries Sarah Donnelly per the US Census

1878 | Attends semi-centennial of Psi Upsilon

At his home in Bath, New York, George passed peacefully in 1903. Edward Martindale remained the only surviving founder at that time and had not seen his dear friend George in over seventy years despite correspondences and promises from both men to do so. Martindale said one of the great regrets of his life was not seeing George again in person before his passing 4. The founders of Psi Upsilon rooted in our society in many great traditions and values and among those treasures comes the bonds of friendship so exemplified in the life and legacy of our founder George Washington Tuttle.

Sources:

1. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZ99-RWW/george-w.-tuttle-1817-1903

2. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L7CS-25M/john-tuttle-1746-1825

3. https://www.psiuarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Annals-of-PsiUpsilon_1833-1941_The-Reprints_.pdf

4. https://www.psiuarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ConventionRecords_May_1903.pdf#search=Tuttle

5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tuttle-4714

1880 | Prior to 1880 George and Sarah move to Bath, NY

1882 | Sends his regrets that he could not attend that year’s Convention

1903 | George dies and is buried at Bath, the Psi Upsilon Convention memorializes him.