John Quincy Adams Tufts

1840 - 1908  (68 years)

• Name	John Quincy Adams Tufts
  Born	12 Jul 1840	Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Aug 1908	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
  Buried	Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
  Person ID	I26162	Wyman
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	Servetus Tufts ,   b. 1809, Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States ,   d. 1862, Wilton, Muscatine, Iowa, United States  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Emily Melica Dudley ,   b. 21 Jun 1812, Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States ,   d. 21 Jan 1861, Wilton, Muscatine, Iowa, United States  (Age 48 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1833	Wilton, Warren, Ohio, United States
  Family ID	F10750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Shaw Cooke ,   b. 21 Mar 1842, Maineville, Warren, Ohio, United States ,   d. 6 Jun 1912, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 70 years)
  Married	10 Oct 1861
  Children	1. Anna Dudley Tufts ,   b. 21 Oct 1862, Wilton, Muscatine, Iowa, United States ,   d. 12 Jun 1909, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 46 years)   2. Emily Flora Tufts ,   b. 25 Sep 1864,   d. 11 May 1907, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 42 years)   3. Edward Benjamin Tufts ,   b. 14 Feb 1866, , , Iowa, United States ,   d. 23 Sep 1927, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 61 years)   4. John Quincy Tufts ,   b. 10 Jan 1869, Wilton, Muscatine, Iowa, United States ,   d. 25 Sep 1951, Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 82 years)   5. Eva Sophia Tufts ,   b. 26 Apr 1870, Wilton, Muscatine, Iowa, United States ,   d. 28 Mar 1963, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 92 years)   6. Maud Susan Tufts ,   b. 26 Mar 1871, Wilton, Muscatine, Iowa, United States ,   d. 27 May 1965, Lakspur, Marin, California, United States  (Age 94 years)   7. William Allison Tufts ,   b. 10 Mar 1872, Story City, Story, Iowa, United States ,   d. 15 Feb 1943, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 70 years)   8. Martha Washington Tufts ,   b. 30 May 1876, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Colombia, United States ,   d. 27 Jan 1946, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 69 years)   9. George Washington Tufts ,   b. 30 May 1876, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Colombia, United States ,   d. 15 Aug 1877, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 1 years)   10. Carl Reed Tufts ,   b. 6 Nov 1879, Story City, Story, Iowa, United States ,   d. 26 May 1951, , Orange, California, United States  (Age 71 years)   11. Roy Marshall Tufts ,   b. 21 Aug 1885, Canadian, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States ,   d. 19 Jul 1945, , Orange, California, United States  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2010
  Family ID	F10740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Jul 1840 - Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States Died - 10 Aug 1908 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Buried - - Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  1870 Iowa Census Cedar County Farmington page 214 1860 Iowa Census Muscatine County Wilton page 562 1850 Indiana Census Dearborn County Laughery page 431 1900 CA Census Los Angeles County Los Angeles ED48 11 Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 page 1935 TUFTS, John Quincy, a Representative from Iowa; born near Aurora, Dearborn County, Ind., July 12, 1840; moved to Iowa in 1852 with his parents, who settled in Muscatine County; attended the common schools and Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa 1857-1858; Moved to Cedar County, Iowa, in 1858; engaged in agricultural pursuits; Enlisted as a volenteer in the Union Army; He held the position of clerk, trustee, and justice; and was elected to the Iowa legislature in 1869; and re-elected in 1871 and 1873. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Iowa to the forty-fourth congress as a republican (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); Appointed by President Hayes as a United States Indian agent of Indian Territory 1879-1887; 1887 moved to Los Angeles, CA; engaged in the real-estate business; president of the Los Angeles Board of Aldermen 1892-1896; Commissioner of police 1892-93; died in Los Angeles, CA, August 10, 1908; interment in Rosedale Cemetery.