| Name |
Ernest Ray SUTTON |
| Born |
20 Apr 1893 |
Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1900, 1910 |
New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV |
- Local New Milton news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Oct 28 1915, in its entirety:
"The many friends of Ernest Sutton are glad to see him out again after a siege of typhoid."
|
| Military |
From 16 Apr 1917 to 7 Mar 1919 [6, 7] |
| 2nd Lt, 38th Infantry Div, US Army, World War I (Barracks No. 456) |
- Enlisted as a Private First Class in Fairmont WV on 16 April 1917. Promoted to Private First Class in July 1917, to Corporal in November 1917, and to Sergeant in February 1918. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry on 5 September 1918. Training at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Discharged on 7 March 1919.
[Info from back of military photo]
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| Residence |
1919 |
Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV [8] |
| Census |
1920 |
Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV |
| Occupation |
1920 [9] |
| real estate |
| Census |
1930 |
Salem, Harrison Co, WV |
- Enumerated twice in this census, once with his family and again as a faculty member at Salem College.
|
| Occupation |
1930 [10, 11] |
| teacher at Salem College |
- His entry as a faculty member in the Salem College "Dirigo" yearbook for 1931:
Ernest R. Sutton, A.B.
Associate Professor of Education
Department of Secondary Teacher Training
A.B., Salem College; Post-graduate work, University of Wisconsin, 1925; Post-graduate work, Ohio State University, summer of 1928; Principal of Bristol High School, 1922-24; Supervising Principal of West Milford High School, 1924-26. Present position since 1926.
In 1929, Ernest Sutton was the principal excavator of two small prehistoric burial mounds located on a private farm in Morgansville, Doddridge County. His excavation unearthed several girant skeletons measuring over seven feet in height, and well as a quantity of ancient artifacts. A series of articles describing the excavation in detail was published in the Clarksburg Exponent newspaper in summer 1930.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/giants-doddridge-005541
https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/giants-doddridge-county-body-snatching-and-buried-notebooks-part-ii-005545
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| Residence |
1935 |
Elkins, Randolph Co, WV |
| Census |
1940 |
Jefferson Co, OH |
| Occupation |
1940 [12] |
| construction foreman in steel mill |
| Occupation |
1942 [3] |
| Weirton Steel |
- Ernest R. Sutton was a former chemist for Weirton Steel Corp, and had been a professor at Salem College and a school principal in Ohio and West Virginia. He was a member of the Archaeologist Society of both Ohio and West Virginia. He also published articles on archaeology in both Parkersburg and Athens newspapers. [obit]
|
| Residence |
Coolville, Athens Co, OH [13] |
| Residence |
1942 |
Jefferson Co, OH [3] |
| Residence |
1951 |
Amsterdam, Jefferson Co, OH [14] |
| Died |
12 Jan 1980 |
Coolville, Athens Co, OH [2, 4, 15, 16] |
| Buried |
Coolville Cemetery, Coolville, Athens Co, OH [17] |
| Person ID |
I99099 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Family |
Effie Marie FORD, b. 22 Feb 1896, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV , d. 19 Feb 1964 (Age 67 years) |
| Married |
11 Jan 1919 |
Grafton, Taylor Co, WV [8] |
| Children |
| | 1. Clayton Eugene SUTTON, b. 5 Jan 1920, West Virginia , d. Aug 2006 (Age 86 years) |
| | 2. Helen Rosaline SUTTON, b. 7 Aug 1923, Salem, Harrison Co, WV |
| | 3. Ernest Ray SUTTON, Jr., b. 10 Oct 1926, West Virginia , d. 27 Jul 1985 (Age 58 years) |
| + | 4. Thomas Woodrow SUTTON, b. 2 Sep 1928, Salem, Harrison Co, WV , d. 27 May 2002, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 73 years) |
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| Family ID |
F26045 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1893 - 1980 (86 years)
