James Frederick Cutter (1914 - 1996)

Born 25 Aug 1914 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Died 9 Oct 1996 at age 82 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Birth

LTCol James Frederick Cutter was born on 25 August 1914 in West Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States to William R. Cutter and Mary B. Dickinson.

Siblings

1. Robert D. Cutter
2. Ruth D. Cutter

Education

James attended Mt. Hermon School in Mt. Hermon, Northfield, Massachusetts from 1931 through 1933. He was a record holding swimmer in 1931, 1932, 1933, an honor list scholar, played football 1931 and 1932, hockey in 1931, tennis in 1931 and 1932. He majored in mathematics and history, played football, swimming, Kappa Sigma

He then attended Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts. He majored in mathematics and history, played football, swimming, Kappa Sigma. In years 3 and 4 he was advanced military and President of Kappa Sigma.

Marriage and Family

James married Muriel Elizabeth Cain about 1938.

Children of the Cutter-Cain Marriage

1. James Dickinson Cutter born 23 November 1940 in Fort Knox, Hardin, Kentucky, United States. He married Virginia Ann Boyer, daughter of Charles R. Boyer and Helen Elizabeth Sevey, on 13 January 1962 in Wake County, North Carolina.^[1] James died on 26 September 2015.
2. LT William Scott Cutter born 5 April 1943. He died on 3 December 1967 in South Vietnam.
3. Robert Grant Cutter born 8 February 1945 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. He married Carol A. Unknown (born 1945). Robert died on 26 December 1998 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States.
4. Kristen Cutter born 14 January 1952.

Military Service

He enlisted in the United States Army on 12 August 1940. He and Muriel traveled the world with his service. There's a record of the family, with the exception of James Dickinson Cutter, going to England because he was sent as the military attache to London and arriving on 29 March 1959 in Southampton.

There are also records showing that he spent a great deal of time in Germany later in his career.

Later Life

Retirement from the United States Army

LTCol Cutter retired on 31 July 1965.

Later Occupation

He was the Oklahoma State University swim coach until his death. James had held many records for swimming in his youth.

Death and Burial

James died on 9 October 1996 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States at the age of 81. He was buried in the Sunset Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma. Find A Grave: Memorial #77997298

Sources

• Massachusetts Birth Records, 1840-1915.
• Massachusetts, Birth Index.
• 1920 United States Federal Census. 14 January in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. ^[2]
• 1930 United States Federal Census. 28 April in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. ^[3]
• U.S. School Yearbooks 1932 Mt. Hermon School.
• U.S. School Yearbooks 1933 Mt. Hermon School.
• U.S. School Yearbooks 1934 Massachusetts Agricultural College.
• U.S. School Yearbooks 1935 Massachusetts Agricultural College.
• U.S. School Yearbooks 1936 Massachusetts Agricultural College.
• U.S. School Yearbooks 1937 Massachusetts Agricultural College.
• U.S. City Directories 1935 Amherst, Massachusetts, student.
• U.S. City Directories 1938 Amherst, Massachusetts, student.
• U.S. City Directories 1940 Greenfield, Massachusetts, teacher at Mt. Hermon.
• 1938 Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957.
• 1940 United States Federal Census. 3 May in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts at what looks to be a Private school named Mt. Herman School.^[4]
• 1945 US City Directories, 1822-1989. 39 Massasoit in Northampton, Easthampton, Massachusetts. James is now in the U.S. Army.
• 1962 North Carolina County Registers of Deeds, Marriage record of son James.
• UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960.
• U.S. Military Registers, 1902-1985, Salem, Oregon: Oregon State Library. 1966, Volume 1, page 681. Retirement.
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010.
• U.S. Social Security Death Index.
• U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index.
• U.S. Veterans Gravesites.
• Find A Grave Index.

Footnotes

1. ↑ This marriage Record states that his parents are at this time in Frankfurt, Germany. Her parents are in Butte, Montana. The grooms permanent address is Bragaw Dorm in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina. The bride's permanent address is Anne Arundel General Hospital, Annapolis, Ann Arundel, Maryland.
2. ↑ 1920: Cutter, William R. 34, head, born Massachusetts, farm laborer; Mary B. 38, wife, born MA; Robert D. 9 MA, son; Ruth D. 6 MA, daughter; James F. 5 MA, son.
3. ↑ 1930: Cutter, William R. 50, head, married at 29, owns, farmer of a general farm; Mary 49, married at 27, wife; Ruth 16, daughter; James 15, son.
4. ↑ 1940:Cutter, James 25, head, teacher private school, 4 years of college; Muriel 24, wife, teacher at public school, 4 years of college.