Ephraim Sturtevant
politician
Ephraim Tanner Sturtevant (July 28, 1803 – December 12, 1881) was an American professor, planter, and politician. He was the father of Julia Tuttle, known as the "Mother of Miami".
Early life and education
Sturtevant, son of Warren and Lucy (Tanner) Sturtevant, was born in Warren, Connecticut, on July 28, 1803. In 1816, his family removed to the Western Reserve and settled in Tallmadge, Ohio, from which place he entered college. He graduated from Yale College in 1826.
Career
For twenty years after graduation he was occupied in teaching, beginning in Derby, Connecticut. In the fall of 1827, on the opening of Western Reserve College, at Hudson, Ohio, he was appointed instructor in mathematics, and in the absence of other teachers performed the duties of the entire faculty for the first year. In May, 1829, finding the burden too severe, he resigned his position and opened a select school in Tallmadge, which he maintained with great success until 1846, when, in consequence of impaired health, he removed to a farm in East Cleveland, Ohio, where he was involved in many civic and educational endeavors.
At length he felt obliged to remove from this trying climate, and in March, 1870, he settled on Biscayne Bay in Southern Florida, where he occupied himself in cultivating tropical fruits and flowers. He also took an active part in the Reconstruction government of the state and was efficient in promoting the control of the Republican Party.
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