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Submitted: 1/27/14 • Approved: 1/27/14 • Last Updated: 4/3/18 • R747063-G0-S3
November 1, 1827 - January 13, 1900
Lewis Tutt was actually the half-brother of Davis Tutt and he was a former slave. He was the mulatto son of Hamp Tutt and was raised in servitude, but treated kindly by the family. When the Civil War broke out Hamp was long dead and Lewis, who had become pro-ficient in agricultural pursuits, had charge of the farm. He remained on the farm throughout the war and would not leave his kindly, old mistress. After the war he established a home in Springfield where, according to the Pictorial and Genealogical Record of Greene County, Missouri, he was one of the leading colored men of Springfield. At the time he was one of only two men of color who owned plots in the Maple Park Cemetery.
Excerpted from Tombstone By Tombstone, Volume Two tomtoddbooks.com
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