Annette Myrtle Coffindaffer was born in Union District, Harrison County, West Virginia on December 23, 1871 to John Coffindaffer and Nancy Davisson. She was the eighth of nine children born to the couple.
Myrtle, as she preferred to be known by, was raised on her parents' farm in Union District, Harrison County, West Virginia. On August 28, 1892 she married Matthew Nutter in a Methodist ceremony at her father's home in Union District, West Virginia. The couple settled on a farm in Issacs Creek, Harrison County, West Virginia. They had six known children, including an infant who died shortly after birth.
Sometime between 1930 and 1935, Myrtle and her husband lived in Buckhannon, West Virginia. Then, between 1935 and 1940, they moved into the Grafton, West Virginia home of their daughter Elta and son-in-law Arthur. She lived with them until late 1944 when she moved into the Reynoldsville, West Virginia home of her eldest son. (Her husband remained at their daughter's home.) She was a member of the Titchnell Methodist Church.
Myrtle died at her son's Reynoldville, West Virginia home on May 8, 1946 after a three year illness that resulted in paralysis. She was 73 years old. She is buried in the Good Hope Masonic Cemetery in Good Hope, West Virginia.
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1G3-VHF : 10 March 2018), Annette Coffindaffer, 23 Dec 1871; citing Union, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,186.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RP-ZLX : 15 January 2022), Myrtle Coffindaffer in household of Jno. J. Coffindaffer, Union District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRX9-G96 : 11 February 2018), Matthew L. Nutter and Myrtle Coffindaffer, 28 Aug 1892; citing Harrison, West Virginia, v 6 p 244, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,276.
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F12R-LQG : 11 February 2018), Myrtle Nutter in entry for Nutter, 11 Jul 1893; citing Isaacs Creek, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,617,903.
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1GV-2T1 : 10 March 2018), Myrtle Coffindaffer Nutter in entry for Alvion Gaston Nutter, 20 Jul 1894; citing Isaac Creek, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,187.
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1GV-117 : 10 March 2018), Myrtle Coffindaffer Nutter in entry for Nutter, 17 Feb 1899; citing Isaacs Creek, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,187.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9C2-HQF : accessed 15 April 2023), Myrtle Nutter in household of Matthew L Nutter, Union district (north side), Harrison, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 11A, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,760.
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F12T-2HX : 11 February 2018), Myrtle Nutter in entry for Etta Nutter, 1906; citing Harrison Co., West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,617,903.
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X552-M8Y : 7 December 2018), Annetta Myrtle Coffindaffer in entry for Ioma Mildred Nutter, 06 Aug 1906; citing Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,812.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPND-TCY : accessed 15 April 2023), Myrtle Nutter in household of Matthew L Nutter, Union, Harrison, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 7B, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1683; FHL microfilm 1,375,696.
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRDY-55B : 11 February 2018), Myrtle Nutter in entry for Alby Gaston Nutter and Ethel Barbara Cheuvront, 11 Jul 1916; citing Harrison, West Virginia, v 27 p 339, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,287.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM4P-N2C : accessed 15 April 2023), Myrtle Nutter in household of Matthew L Nutter, Union Magisterial District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 7A, line 15, family 144, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2534; FHL microfilm 2,342,268.
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR6H-4QK : 11 February 2018), Annetta Myrtle Coffindaffer Nutter in entry for George John Middaugh and Mildred Sue Nutter, 15 Sep 1930; citing Harrison, West Virginia, v 46 p 324, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,297.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Z1-X9N : 8 January 2021), Myrtle Mutter in household of Arthur D Bughley, Fetterman Magisterial District, Taylor, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46-7, sheet 63B, line 52, family 288, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4447.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1G9-P48 : 11 February 2018), Annetta M. Nutter, 08 May 1946; citing Reynoldsville, Harrison, West Virginia, County Records, v 14 p 192a, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,175.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMCH-NNG : 10 March 2018), Mrs. Annetta M. Nutter, 08 May 1946; citing Harrison, West Virginia, County Records, 5513, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,808.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1RD-TZF : 10 March 2018), Myrtle Coffindoffer in entry for Hollis L. Nutter, 05 Jul 1947; citing Wayne, West Virginia, County Records, 9696, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,942.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMGC-5Z3 : 11 February 2018), Myrtle A. Coffindaffer in entry for Elta May Beeghley, 16 Feb 1959; citing Grafton, Taylor, West Virginia, County Records, v 12 p 202, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 818,667.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM8L-BYH : 9 March 2018), Myrtle A. Coffindaffer in entry for Elta May Beeghley, 16 Feb 1959; citing Taylor, West Virginia, County Records, 2570, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 2,074,147.
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR66-822 : 8 March 2018), Myrtle Coffindaffer in entry for Alby Gaston Nutter and Mary Ellen Karkiozis, 30 Nov 1963; citing Harrison, West Virginia, v 82 p 410, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,314.
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMWW-K48 : 7 December 2018), Myrtle Coffindaffer in entry for Alby G. Nutter, 17 Mar 1967; citing Harrison, West Virginia, County Records, 3296, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,231.
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