Milton Ellis Sutton (1814 - 1888)

Born 30 Jul 1814 in Fayette, Fayette, PA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Wynn) Sutton — married Jun 1834 in Fayette, Fayette, PA

Husband of Sarah Anna (UNKNOWN) Sutton — married 13 Feb 1878 in Henry, IA

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1888 at age 73 in Mt Pleasant, Henry, IA

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Biography

When Milton Ellis SUTTON was born on July 30, 1814, in Fayette City, Pennsylvania, his father, Reuben, was 24 and his mother, Jane, was 20. He married Mary WYNN and they had four children together. He then married Anna on February 13, 1878 (note - she is identified on the marriage document as Sarah Steadman). He died on April 28, 1888, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

He was a member of the Baptist Church about 1830 in Great Bethel Baptist Church, Uniontown, Fayette Co, Pennsylvania. He joined the church at the age of 16 and was licensed to preach on 6 Jul 1833, at the age of 19.

He was ordained on 4 May 1834 in Great Bethel Baptist Church, Uniontown, Fayette Co, Pennsylvania.

He served the church once a month, along with the Rev. Seymour, beginning 24 Jun 1837, then for one year beginning 24 Apr 1842 he was Pastor of the church.

He was a patron of the Baptist Home Mission in 1854 in Mount Zion field (now Bonaparte Baptist Church), Bonaparte, Van Buren Co, Iowa.

He was a preacher in 1858 in Mount Pleasant, Henry Co, Iowa.

He was a minister in 1859 in Mount Zion field (now Bonaparte Baptist Church), Bonaparte, Van Buren Co, Iowa.

He was Chaplain of the Iowa Hospital for the Insane from 1870 to 1883.

Burial

Date: 1 MAY 1888

Place: Forest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, IA

Census

Date: 1885

Place: Mt Pleasant, Henry, IA

Date: 1860

Place: Harrisburg, Van Buren, IA

Date: 1850

Place: E Huntingdon, Westmoreland, PA

Religion

Religion: Baptist

Cause of death

Apoplexy

Milton’s death was sudden and unexpected.

Occupation

Minister, farmer

Sources

• Source: S62 Type: Gedcom File Title: Hanson_001 gedcom file Author: Christine Jones Date: 9 Nov 1998 Data Changed: Date: 20 DEC 2009
• Source: S84 Type: Census Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Owner: Ancestry.com URL: http://www.ancestry.com Date: 2008 Media: Database Data Changed: Date: 20 DEC 2009

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ45-Y2N : 4 November 2017), Milton Sutton and Sarah A. Steadman, 13 Feb 1878, Henry, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 965,926.

Notes

Note N2929

Mt Moriah Baptist Church has records of Milton. Discrepancy on birth date - obit in Baptists records says b. Jul 30 1814 -- tombstone says 1 aug 1814.

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Some genealogists list his first wife as Mary Taylor, but this is not proven.

936), Rev. M. G. Dickinson (1936- ). (History of the Churches of the Pittsburgh Baptist Association by William Russell Pankey, Pub May, 1939)