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John NUTTER

John NUTTER

Male 1817 - 1892  (75 years)

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  • Name John NUTTER  [1] 
    Born 6 Mar 1817  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    • The 1860 Census shows age as 35, putting birth in about 1825. But the 1870 Census shows his age as 53, putting birth in about 1817, and the 1880 Census shows his age as 63, also putting birth in about 1817. Don Norman's "Descendants of Christopher Nutter" reports birth date as 1818, corresponding to age 74 in death record.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 1861 to 1865  [5, 6] 
    Pvt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1890  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 26 Nov 1892  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Buried Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Oxford, Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    Person ID I6462  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2020 

    Father Andrew NUTTER,   b. CA 1791, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1855  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Mother Malinda WILLIS,   b. CA 1798,   d. 1861  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Family ID F2370  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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)  [10] 
    Married Jun 1842  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 11, 12] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      John Nutter, Jr, 25, farmer; Mary, 22; Josiah, 6; Sarah, 5; Wilson, 1.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      John Nutter, 35; Mary, 34; Isaiah (sic), 16; Sarah, 14; Wilson, 11; E (female), 5; S (male), 3; H A (female), 2.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp):
      John Nutter, 53, farmer, b. Va; Mary, 48, b. Md; Wilson, 21; Margaretta, 21; Hester A, 12; John W, 9; Sylvanus, 4.
      (Note: Although relationships are not stated, Margaretta is presumed to be the wife of Wilson.)

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 10 1880:
      John Nutter, 63, farmer, currently afflicted with rheumatism; wife Mary, 60, b. Md; dau Hester A, 22; son John W, 19; son Sylvanus, 14.
    Children 
    +1. Josiah Porter NUTTER,   b. 4 Aug 1843, Harmony, near Oxford, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1895, Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     2. Sarah NUTTER,   b. 11 Feb 1846,   d. 22 Feb 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 16 years)
    +3. Wilson NUTTER,   b. 21 Jul 1848,   d. 20 Jan 1895  (Age 46 years)
     4. Elizabeth NUTTER,   b. 8 Mar 1854,   d. 21 Feb 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 7 years)
     5. Sylvester NUTTER,   b. 28 Jun 1856,   d. 16 Feb 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
    +6. Hester Ann NUTTER,   b. 1 Dec 1857,   d. 26 May 1923  (Age 65 years)
    +7. John William NUTTER,   b. 8 Feb 1861, Jims Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1935, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +8. Sylvanus NUTTER,   b. 18 Feb 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1924, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Documents
    1860 Census, Doddridge Co (W)VA, 9 Jul 1860    		1860 Census, Doddridge Co (W)VA, 9 Jul 1860
    6462_JohnBNutter_MaryHart_HarrisonCoMarriageRecord_1842.jpg    		6462_JohnBNutter_MaryHart_HarrisonCoMarriageRecord_1842.jpg
    6462_JohnBNutter_MaryHart_MarriageBond_HarrisonCo_20Jun1842.jpg    		6462_JohnBNutter_MaryHart_MarriageBond_HarrisonCo_20Jun1842.jpg
    Family ID F2270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    6462_NUTTER_John_1817-1892_HartCem_Oxford_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		6462_NUTTER_John_1817-1892_HartCem_Oxford_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1658] Richard Dotson Family, Victor E. Waldo, Jr. , (posted at http://awt.ancestry.com).

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S967] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).

    4. [S2020] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    5. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    7. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 1, p. 59, Lin 748 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5048059&Type=Death.
      Identified as John Nutter, 74, d. Nov 26 1892 at Oxford, cause of death apoplexy; burial at Hart Cemetery.

    8. [S770] The Descendants of Christopher Nutter (based on "The Nutter Family" by Barr Wilson), Donald E. Norman & Pauline Karabogias, (http://hackerscreek.com/norman/NUTTER/CHRISTOPHER1.htm).

    9. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    10. [S1604] Death record of son.

    11. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    12. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).