Edward Magruder Tutwiler
| Edward Magruder Tutwiler | |
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| Born |
October 13, 1846 Palmyra, Virginia |
| Died | April 19, 1925 (aged 78) at Sea |
| Occupation | Civil engineer Industrialist |
| Known for | Leading industrialist of Birmingham Fought in the Battle of New Market |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Jeffrey |
| Children | Temple W. Tutwiler Edward M. Tutwiler, Jr. Herbert Tutwiler |
Edward Magruder Tutwiler (October 13, 1846 – April 19, 1925) was an American industrialist and civil engineer who was a leading businessman in Birmingham, Alabama.
Tutwiler was born on October 13, 1846 in Palmyra, Virginia to Thomas H. Tutwiler and Harriet (Strange) Tutwiler. His father was a lawyer and served as commonwealth attorney and as a member of the Virginia Legislature for Fluvanna County.
In 1864, at age 17, Edward Magruder Tutweiler interrupted his studies at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) to serve in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He fought in the Battle of New Market, during which many VMI cadets died. He served at the front until the evacuation of Richmond. When the war ended, he resumed his collegiate studies in engineering; he graduated in 1867.
The following two years Tutweiler earned his living as a teacher. He then began work as an engineer, taking a position as a rodman (a surveyor's assistant who holds the leveling rod) in the engineering corps of the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad. He was an indefatigable worker and made rapid advance in his profession during the next ten or twelve years. He served in various capacities, from locating engineer to chief engineer, in connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Cincinnati Southern, the Miami Valley, the Richmond and Allegheny, and finally with the Georgia Pacific Railway. Tutwiler had the distinction of locating the eastern end of the Chesapeake and Ohio from Richmond to Newport News during the early 1870s. In 1879 he served one year as assistant engineer of the City of Cincinnati.
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