"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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JOHN NUTTER was born in Fayette County, Ky., August 29, 1817, and is a son
of Hewitt and Susan Nutter, also natives of Fayette County, Ky. Hewitt
Nutter, a son of Thomas Nutter, was born in 1785; married in Kentucky,
Susan Talbott, removed to Warrick County, Ind., in 1823, and thence in 1828
to Morgan County. Mrs. Nutter died in 1837, after which Mr. Nutter married
Catherine Wilson, and died February 26, 1846 the father of seventeen
children--thirteen by his first and four by his last wife. John Nutter came
with his parents to this county, where he has since remained. August 26,
1841, he married Sarah Wilson, a native of Franklin County, and daughter of
Joel Wilson, who emigrated to that county in 1811. This union was graced
by three children--Harriet A. (deceased), Albert H. and an infant unnamed.
After his marriage, Mr. Nutter located on a farm at Indian Creek, and in
1842 purchased a boat, and ferried over White River until 1849, when he
purchased and occupied his present farm. He began life unaided, but now
owns over 2,000 acres, being one of the most extensive farmers and stock
dealers in the county.
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