Richard James McNutt (1887 - 1936)

Born 11 May 1887 in Belton, Cass, Missouri, United States

Husband of Leta Ai (Mendenhall) McNutt — married 12 Sep 1906 in Cass, Missouri, United States

Died 2 Jun 1936 at age 49 in San Pedro Bay, Los Angeles County, California, United States

Biography

Richard was born in 1887, the son of Richard James McNutt, Sr., and Mary Springstead.^[1] He married Leta A. Mendenhall in 1906 at Cass County, Missouri.^[2] In 1920, Richard, Leta, and their two daughters are living in Big Horn County, Montana.^[3] Leta died in 1933 in Los Angeles, California.^[4] Richard died when he jumped from a water taxi returning from a gambling ship and drowned in San Pedro Bay in 1936.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CSVR-N3T2 : 9 December 2020), Richard James McNutt, 1936.
2. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ7-V4P1 : 2 October 2019), Richard J Mcnutt and Leta A Mendenhall, 12 Sep 1906; citing Marriage, Cass, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007424535.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M83X-6T8 : 2 February 2021), Richard J McNutt, 1920.
4. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7Q-CD5S : 9 December 2020), Richard James McNutt in entry for Leta Ali McNutt, 1933.
5. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CSVR-N3T2 : 9 December 2020), Richard James McNutt, 1936.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2YN-3RZ : accessed 17 February 2021), Richard McNutt, Jr in household of William Mendenhall, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 168, sheet 9B, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 788; FHL microfilm 1,374,801.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M83X-6T8 : accessed 31 July 2019), Richard J Mcnutt, Wyola, Big Horn, Montana, United States; citing ED 5, sheet 5B, line 89, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 967; FHL microfilm 1,820,967.