Husband: Josiah Porter Nutter 1 1
Born: Aug- 4-1843 near Harmony, near Oxford, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2
Died: Jun- 1-1895 at Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 2,3
Buried: in Trinity Cemetery, Stone Lick, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 2
Census: 1870, 1880 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Military: Oct 5 1862 - Jan 15 1865 Pvt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf Regiment, Civil War
Father: John B. Nutter (1817 - 1892)
Mother: Mary Hart (1821 - 1892)
Wife: Elizabeth Lucinda Gaston
Also known as: Lucinda Gaston 4 (see note 1)
Married: Jan-30-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 5,6
Born: Jun-16-1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 4,7
Died: Mar-27-1939 8
Resided: 1911, 34 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 9,10
Census: 1920 in Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV
Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Father: Samuel Morris Gaston (1825 - 1911)
Mother: Elizabeth Law (1825 - 1882)
Notes
F Child 1: Florence Cora Nutter Born: Oct-28-1869 at Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 8 Died: Oct-28-1887 at Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 11 Buried: in Trinity Cemetery, Stone Lick, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 2 Census: 1870, 1880 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
M Child 2: Porter Gaston Nutter Born: Oct- 6-1871 in Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 8 Died: Oct- 6-1932 in Gilmer Co, WV 12,8 Buried: in Trinity Cemetery, Stone Lick, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 13 Cause of death: acute fallicular tonsilitis 12 Resided: in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Census: 1880, 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Wife: Edna Cecil Cooper b. Jul-16-1874 d. May-22-1948 Married: Oct-12-1895 in Gilmer Co, WV 15
M Child 3: Marshall Field Nutter Born: Apr- 7-1874 in Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 16,7 Died: Feb- 3-1940 8 Buried: in Greenmound Cemetery, Kilbourne, Delaware Co, OH Resided: in Delaware, Delaware Co, OH 14 Census: 1920 in Delaware Co, OH Census: 1880, 1900, 1910 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: carpenter 2 (see note 2) Wife: Martha Gay Riddle b. Feb- -1878 d. Oct- 1-1960 Also known as: Gay Riddle Married: Aug-29-1895 in Gilmer Co, WV 15
M Child 4: Ira Brenton Nutter Born: Aug- 6-1876 in Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 7 Died: Apr-18-1931 in Washington, DC 13 Buried: in Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Prince Georges Co, MD 13 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in Washington, DC Census: 1880, 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Education: West Virginia University 13 Wife: Martha L. "Mattie" Chase b. ca 1882 Married: Aug-30-1908 8
M Child 5: Harley W. Nutter
Born: Feb-14-1880 in Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 8,17
Died: Jun-24-1884 8
Census: 1880 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
F Child 6: Bertie Ford Nutter
Born: Oct- -1883 at Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 18
Died: Jun-11-1884 at Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 19
Cause of death: whooping cough 20
M Child 7: Josiah Blaine Nutter Also known as: Blaine Nutter 21,22,10 Born: Sep-16-1884 in Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 1,13,7 Died: Oct-16-1965 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 23,1 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14,22 Census: 1920 at Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: mail carrier & farmer 13 Wife: Tracy Ruhana Bush b. Sep-18-1896 d. May- 2-1990 Married: Jan-23-1921 in Gilmer Co, WV 15
F Child 8: Mary Elizabeth Nutter Born: Sep- 1-1889 at Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 8,7,24 Died: Apr- 3-1934 in Alice, Gilmer Co, WV 13,8 Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 25 Cause of death: pneumonia 13 Resided: in Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV 14 Resided: in Alice, Gilmer Co, WV 13 Census: 1920 at Stone Lick, Horn Creek, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Education: Glenville State Normal School (class of 1915) 13 Husband: Homer R. Sheets b. Sep-25-1879 d. Nov- -1964 Married: Nov-20-1921 in Gilmer Co, WV 15
Sources: (1) Robert Junior (1926-2013) & Laurel Nutter (1924-2011) Britton, West Union, WV. (2) Immediate family. (3) Ota Reed Fraker (1882-1970) in her 15-page genealogy of the descendants of her maternal grandparents, Samuel Morris & Elizabeth Law Gaston, misleadingly entitled "Genealogy or Family Tree of John Gaston, Sr." (4) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/doddridge/vitals/birth.txt. (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, 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.), MR p. 154 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791563&Type=Marriage. (6) Family Bible. (7) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). (8) Marilynn Davis Jones, Fairmont, WV 26554. (9) Obituary of father. (10) Obituary of daughter. (11) Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Florence C. Nutter, white female, unmarried, age 18, born at Horn Creek, dau of Josiah Nutter; died Oct 18 1887 at Horn Creek, cause of death inflammation of bowels. Informant: Josiah Nutter, father. (NOTE: Immediate family, citing Family Bible of Josiah & Elizabeth Nutter, states that Florence Nutter was born on Oct 28 1869 and died on her 18th birthday, Oct 28 1887, of whooping cough.), DR p. 2-N : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=528808&Type=Death. (12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (13) Obituary. (14) Obituary of brother. (15) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (16) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (17) 1880 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District) (18) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (19) Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Bertie F. Nutter, female, b. Gilmer Co, d. Jun 11 1884 at Horn Creek, age 8 months. Cause of death whooping cough. Parents: Josiah & Elizabeth Nutter. Informant: mother. (Note: Horn Creek is located just inside the Gilmer County line where it intersects with Ritchie and Doddridge Counties.), DR p. 2-N : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=528811&Type=Death. (20) Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV. (21) 1910 Census, Gilmer County, WV. (22) Obituary of sister. (23) Obituary - At home. (24) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. (25) Headstone. Event Notes Note (1) Identified in father's obituary as Mrs. Elizabeth L. Nutter. Her name has also appeared as Lucinda Elizabeth Gaston, although her own family Bible with husband Josiah Porter Nutter identifies her as Elizabeth Lucinda. (per Lane Bush Nutter, grandson) Note (2) Worked in the construction of Fort Knox, Kentucky.