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Josiah Porter NUTTER

Josiah Porter NUTTER[1]

Male 1843 - 1895  (51 years)

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  • Name Josiah Porter NUTTER  [1
    Born 4 Aug 1843  Harmony, near Oxford, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military Between 5 Oct 1862 and 15 Jan 1865 
    Pvt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf Regiment, Civil War 
    Census 1870, 1880  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1 Jun 1895  Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Trinity Cemetery, Stone Lick, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I7855  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 May 2012 

    Father John NUTTER,   b. 6 Mar 1817, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1892, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Mary HART,   b. 16 Nov 1821, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1892, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F2270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Lucinda GASTON,   b. 16 Jun 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1939  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 30 Jan 1868  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Notes 
    • In 1867, before his marriage to Elizabeth Gaston, Josiah Porter Nutter bought some ground on Stone Lick at the mouth of Horn Creek in Gilmer County, settled on it, and built a log cabin. After his marriage and after his children were born, Josiah built a large addition attached to the original log cabin to make a large two story family home. This home was occupied continuously by Josiah and his descendants from 1867 until Dec 26 2011, when grandson Lane Bush Nutter died in the home. Both Josiah and Elizabeth also died in that home, and all of their children were born there. The exact location of the house is on Stone Lick at the mouth of Horn Creek, in Gilmer County. It is located within Gilmer County, but extremely close to both the Ritchie County line and the Doddridge County line, leading to much confusion. The current postal mailing address is 322 East Stone Lick Drive, Coxs Mills, WV, but the same house previously had an Auburn mailing address. Auburn is in Ritchie County, but the house is physically located in Gilmer County. [Diane Nutter, g-g-grandaughter of Josiah Porter Nutter]

      1870 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jul 20 1870:
      Josiah Nutter, 26, farmer; Elizabeth L. Nutter, 19; Florence C. Nutter, 6 months; Thomas J. Hart, 12; Phineas R. Thorp, 20, farmer; Sarah Thorp, 20.
      (Note: Relationships not given. The Thomas J. Hart in this household is believed to be the one who married Nancy Catherine Hileman in 1879.)
    Children 
     1. Florence Cora NUTTER,   b. 28 Oct 1869, Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1887, Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
     2. Porter Gaston NUTTER,   b. 6 Oct 1871, Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1932, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     3. Marshall Field NUTTER,   b. 7 Apr 1874, Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1940  (Age 65 years)
     4. Ira Brenton NUTTER,   b. 6 Aug 1876, Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1931, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     5. Harley W. NUTTER,   b. 14 Feb 1880, Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1884  (Age 4 years)
     6. Bertie Ford NUTTER,   b. Oct 1883, Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1884, Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     7. Josiah Blaine NUTTER,   b. 16 Sep 1884, Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1965, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     8. Mary Elizabeth NUTTER,   b. 1 Sep 1889, Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1934, Alice, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    Family ID F2805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S681] Robert Junior (1926-2013) & Laurel Nutter (1924-2011) Britton, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1616] Immediate family.

    3. [S300] .

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 154 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791563&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Josiah Nutter, 24, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Mary Nutter; and Elizabeth Gaston, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Samuel M. & Elizabeth Gaston. Married Jan 27 1868 in Doddridge County. (NOTE: Husband's stated birthplace as Marion County is considered to be a clerical error. That entry was made as a ditto mark under the preceding entry in the ledger-style marriage record. Immediate family (great-granddaughter Diane Nutter, citing Family Bible among other sources) states that he "was born on Aug 4 1843 on Jim Run branch of Upper Run of Middle Fork, above Harmony Church, near Oxford, in Doddridge Co." According the grandson Lane Bush Nutter, the marriage date is entered in the Family Bible of Josiah & Elizabeth Nutter as Jan 30 1868. The ceremony was performed at the S. M. Gaston home by Eli M. Gaston, witnessed by T. E. Nutter & A. M. Gaston.)

    5. [S1569] Family Bible.