Howard Zell Dutton (1888 - 1905)

Born 21 Sep 1888 in Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 19 Nov 1905 at age 17 in Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States

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Biography

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Zell Dutton was an Ohioan.

Howard Zell was born in 1888. He was the son of George Dutton and Ella (Hover) Dutton. ^[1] He passed away in 1905.^[2]

Obituary from the Cleveland Plain Dealer^[3]

SELECTED HIS OWN GRAVE Youthful Victim of Slow Ossification Arranged Funeral Year Before He Died. Special to The Plain Dealer Marion, O., Nov. 20.- After having lain for three years on his back without moving, Howard Dutton, aged seventeen years, dies at his home here today. A year ago at his own request the boy was taken to the cemetary, where he selected his burial plot. Several years ago Dutton injured his knee while performing on a horizontal bar. Tuberculosis of the bones ensued and all his joints became ossified.

Memorial plaque commissioned by the family.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMDT-1NB : accessed 24 July 2019), Howard Z Dutton in household of George H Dutton, Marion Township Ward 1, Marion, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 4A, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,302.
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 July 2019), memorial page for Howard Zell Dutton (20 Sep 1888–19 Nov 1905), Find A Grave: Memorial #193164703, citing Marion Cemetery, Marion, Marion County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Debe Clark (contributor 47339012) .
3. ↑ Ohio. Cleveland, The Plain Dealer, "Selects His Own Grave," Nov 20, 1905.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMDT-1NB : accessed 24 July 2019), Howard Z Dutton in household of George H Dutton, Marion Township Ward 1, Marion, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 4A, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,302.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 July 2019), memorial page for Howard Zell Dutton (20 Sep 1888–19 Nov 1905), Find A Grave: Memorial #193164703, citing Marion Cemetery, Marion, Marion County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Debe Clark (contributor 47339012) .

• Ohio. Cleveland, The Plain Dealer, "Selects His Own Grave," Nov 20, 1905.