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Eli Marion NUTTER

Eli Marion NUTTER

Male 1853 - 1938  (84 years)

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  • Name Eli Marion NUTTER 
    Born 16 Jul 1853  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • in household of Lewis M. Maxwell, his future wife's first cousin
    Occupation 1880  [4] 
    general merchandise 
    Census 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Court Street
    Occupation farmer, Doddridge County Sheriff (1912-1916)  [2, 5] 
    Died 30 Apr 1938  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6] 
    Buried Oxford Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Notes 
    • Left an orphan, Eli lived with the Lewis Maxwells for seven years. His first teacher was Lewis Maxwell's cousin Williams Maxwell, whose daughter Mary Frances he married. The Maxwells were prominent early settlers in what is now Lewis County, WV, and acquired large tracts of land in Harrison and Doddridge Counties as well. Eli and Mary's first home was on a farm Eli bought at the head of Sheep Run. That farm served as a nucleus for other acreage including the Wesley Smith property on Arnold's Creek - "Woodlawn." The family later moved to "Bluestone," the former Franklyn Maxwell home which his son Leeman inherited. Eli served as Doddridge County Sheriff 1912-1916.

      News item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, March 20 1913, in its entirety:
      "Besides our present sheriff Eli Nutter, ex-Sheriffs John M. Gribble, Joseph Freeman, W. B. Gribble, W. B. Allen and J. E. Trainer were all at the Court House at one time Tuesday, as well as several of their respective deputies; it is not necessary to state that the very best of order prevailed."

      Local news item, "West Union Herald," May 29, 1913:
      "Sheriff Eli Nutter is on the South Fork of Hughes River this week shearing his sheep. He has about one hundred and sixty head to shear."

      Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Dec 14 1916, in its entirety:
      "Sheriff Nutter has rented the B. W. Foley property on Court Street. Sheriff-elect Ford will take charge of the county jail, January 1st."

      News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Jan 4 1917, in its entirety:
      RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS CAUSES SEVERAL REMOVALS
      The shifting of county officers has caused some changes in locations of individuals in the last week. Sheriff Nutter has vacated the sheriff's residence and will occupy the Foley property on Court Street, while Glenn Ford, office deputy for the new sheriff, will live in the county residence.
      Prosecuting Attorney A. F. McCue turns his office in the court house over to the new prosecutor, J. O. Wilcox, and will expound Blackstone from his old office in the Doddridge County Bank Building, while Mayor J. Clyde Jones has taken as a law office the rooms in the Stuart building occupied by Mr. Wilcox. [5]
    Person ID I6038  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2020 

    Father Willis NUTTER,   b. 15 Sep 1815,   d. Jan 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Juliet RICHARDS,   b. CA 1820 
    Family ID F2193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Frances MAXWELL,   b. 29 Jan 1858,   d. 24 Mar 1937, Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 19 Dec 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 8] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Jan 22 1920 on Court Street:
      Eli Nutter, 66, farmer; wife Mary F, 61; dau Dollie, 27, single, bookkeeper at gas office; dau Juliet, 24, single, college student; dau Frankie, 21, single, college student; dau Bessie, 23, single, teacher in public school; dau Lucy, 18, single, high school student; roomer Benjamin Foley, 65, widowed, real estate; dau Susie Haught, 36, widowed; grandson Edward Haught, 8; roomer Ellis H. Carpenter, 28, single, roustabout in oil field.
    Children 
    +1. Lydia Idel NUTTER,   b. 18 Aug 1880,   d. Jan 1978  (Age 97 years)
    +2. William Lewis (twin) NUTTER,   b. 3 Mar 1883, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1950, Seattle, King Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +3. Susie A. (twin) NUTTER,   b. 3 Mar 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1985, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 102 years)
    +4. Eli Marshal NUTTER,   b. 19 Sep 1884, Sheep Run (Oxford), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1973, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +5. Chester Bliss NUTTER,   b. 6 May 1886, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1962, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +6. Mary Martha NUTTER,   b. 14 Aug 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1981, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +7. Carrie NUTTER,   b. 2 Nov 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1986, Madison, Boone Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
    +8. Nellie May NUTTER,   b. 26 Apr 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1977, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +9. Dollie Jane NUTTER,   b. 12 Dec 1891, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1986, Hico, Hamilton Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     10. (Infant twin) NUTTER,   d. IN INFANCY
     11. (Infant twin) NUTTER,   d. IN INFANCY
     12. Juliet Grace NUTTER,   b. 23 Jan 1895, Bluestone, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1981, Philippi, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +13. Bessie Isabel NUTTER,   b. 6 Dec 1896, Bluestone Estates, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1999  (Age 102 years)
     14. Frankie Virginia NUTTER,   b. 3 Dec 1898, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1994, Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    +15. Lucy NUTTER,   b. 2 Mar 1901, Sheep Run (Oxford), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1980  (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F2117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 1, Line 21 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2605415&Type=Birth.

    2. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    5. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 216.

    6. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 125.

    7. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    8. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).