Harvey Sutton (1826 - aft. 1906)

Born 9 Jul 1826 in Preble County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy Ann (Miller) Sutton — married 8 May 1853 in Franklin County, Indiana, United States

Died after 1906 after age 79 in Rutland, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States

Biography

Harvey was born in 1826. He is the son of George Sutton and Hannah Gard.

From History of La Salle County, Illinois^[1]

Harvey and Lucy A. (Miller) Sutton were natives of Ohio and Georgia respectively. The father was born in Preble county, Ohio, July 6, 1826, and was a son of George and Hannah (Gard) Sutton, the former born near Uniontown, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and the latter in Camden, New Jersey.

Harvey left his native town in Ohio at the age of twenty two years and removed to Rush county, Ohio, where he worked at the carpenter's trade for ten years. In 1857 he removed to Knox county, Illinois, where he was connected with building operations until October, 1858. He then became a resident of Marshall county, Illinois, and engaged in farming on eighty acres of land where the town of Toluca now stands. He also followed his trade to some extent, and in the spring of 1866 he removed to Rutland, where he has since resided. He has been actively connected with building operations for about fifty-five years but is now living retired, having passed the eightieth milestone on life's journey. He cast his first presidential ballot for Zachary Taylor, and in 1856 announced his allegiance to the republican party by voting for John C. Fremont, its first presidential candidate.

On the 8th of May, 1853, Harvey Sutton was married to Miss Lucy Ann Miller, who was born in Georgia, a daughter of Robert H. and Frances R. Miller, of Franklin county, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Sutton were married in the latter state and in 1857 became residents of Yates City, Knox county, Illinois. Mrs. Harvey Sutton passed away October 25, 1903, at the age of seventy-one years. In their family were eight children, of whom Leroy L. is the eldest. The others still surviving are: Addie, now the wife of William McFarland, of Fairmont, Minnesota; Fannie, the wife of John Richards, of Kansas; Robert E., who is living in Rutland, Illinois; William G., of Rutland; and Gertie, twin sister of William and wife of William Cox, of Minonk, Illinois. Two of the children died in infancy.

Sources

1. ↑ History of La Salle County, Illinois by U. J. Hoffman, County Superintendent of Schools, 1894-1906

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVQ-ZC2 : 9 November 2014), Harvey Sutton in household of Williamson Pugh, Rush county, part of, Rush, Indiana, United States; citing family 400, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXV4-XCC : 14 July 2016), Harvey Sutton, Rutland, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 66, sheet 236A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0222; FHL microfilm 1,254,222.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWY-KLJ : 6 March 2015), Harvey Sutton, Groveland Township Dana 7 Rutland villages, La Salle, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 2B, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,316.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM1-X3LX : 21 January 2016), Harvey Sutton and Lucy Miller, 08 May 1853; citing Franklin, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 476,730.