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Thomas Emmett NUTTER

Thomas Emmett NUTTER

Male 1841 - 1909  (68 years)

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  • Name Thomas Emmett NUTTER 
    Born 1841  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 31 Aug 1861 to 10 Sep 1864  [1, 2, 4] 
    Pvt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, and Btry F, 1st W.Va. Lt Artillery (Maulsby's), Civil War 
    • Military records show that Thomas Emmett Nutter, age 20, enlisted in Co E, 6th W.Va. Infantry, on 18 Aug 1861 at Harrisville, Ritchie County. He was described as 5"10', yellow eyes, fair hair, fair complexion, farmer, born in Harrison County. He mustered in as a Private on 31 Aug 1861 at Webb's Mill, Ritchie County. In Mar/Apr 1862, he was on detached guard duty at Burnt Bridge, near Toll Gate. In May 1862, he was sick at the hospital in West Union. On 23 July 1862, he transferred to Capt. Maulsby's Battery at Central Station. (NOTE: This Company was detached as Battery F, 1st Regiment W.Va. Light Artillery per Special Order 148 War Department, A.G.O., officially dated 31 Mar 1863. It was commonly referred to as Capt. Maulsby’s Battery.) Company Muster Rolls show that in Mar/Apr 1863, he was sick at Martinsburg, Va., and in Oct/Nov 1863 he was on teamster duty. He mustered out a Private, Battery F, 1st Regiment W.Va. Light Artillery, on 10 Sept 1864 in Wheeling. The Civil War Pension Index shows that Thomas Emmett Nutter died on 21 Oct 1909.
    Residence 1864  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 21 Oct 1909  [5] 
    Buried (PLOT MARKER T.E.N.)  Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Person ID I31188  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2017 

    Father Christopher N. NUTTER,   b. 1806, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1883  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ann SWISHER,   b. 1817,   d. 1894  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F12266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Clarissa LOWTHER,   b. 1840, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1905  (Age 65 years)  [1] 
    Married 15 Nov 1864  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    +1. Mollie Belle NUTTER,   b. 8 Oct 1865, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1937, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Lula A. NUTTER,   b. CA 1868,   d. 29 Aug 1884  (Age ~ 16 years)
     3. Clarence Archibald NUTTER,   b. 18 May 1870, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1956, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +4. Aura Winifred NUTTER,   b. 3 Jun 1874, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1958  (Age 84 years)
    +5. Frankie Byrd NUTTER,   b. CA 1877, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Lorenzo Dow NUTTER,   b. 15 Jul 1880, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1953, Alameda Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F12068  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 244.

    2. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    4. [S37] Historical Military Records, (www.fold3.com).

    5. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S97] Cemetery marker.

    7. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 11.
      Identified as Thomas E. Nutter, 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Christopher N & Sarah; and Margaret C. Lowther, 24, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Archabald & Charlotta. Married Nov 15 1864 in Ritchie County. (Note: Minnie Kendall Lowther's "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 244, incorrectly reports marriage date as Nov 16 1864.