Johann Augustus Sutter (abt. 1803 - 1880)

Born about 15 Feb 1803 in Kandern, Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Dübold) Sutter — married 24 Oct 1826 in Burgdorf, Bern, Schweiz

Died 18 Jun 1880 at about age 77 in Washington D.C. USA

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Biography

EVANGELISCHES KIRCHENBUCH KANDERN: born 23. Februar 1803 in Kandern, Baden

"Captain John Sutter, an immigrant from Switzerland,was born on February 15 of 1803 in Kandern, Margraviate, Baden, (a German state in the Holy Roman Empire of Germanic States) a few miles from the Swiss border. As an apprentice to a firm of printers and booksellers, Sutter found the paper business was not for him.

He met his future wife, Annette Dübeld, while clerking in a draper's shop, and the two were married in Burgdorf on October 24 of 1826.

Business failures prompted Sutter's decision to seek his fortune in America. At the age of thirty-one, he left his wife and four children in Germany and started his long trip.

After arriving in America, Sutter headed west for Missouri where he worked as a merchant and innkeeper for several years. ...

In 1847 Sutter contracted with James Marshall to build a sawmill on the south fork of the American River about 50 miles east of Sutter's Fort. The sawmill was almost completed when, on January 24, 1848, James Marshall discovered gold in the tail race.

On January 28, 1848 Marshall came to Sutter's Parlor at the fort's main building. Marshall met privately with Captain Sutter to show him the gold he had found at the mill. Grabbing a book, Sutter performed a few simple tests on the yellow metal. "Its gold," he said. Simple words that ignited the imagination of the world.

The following year would forever be known for the thousands of gold-seeking 49ers who abandoned farms and families across the country to search for riches in California.

The Gold Rush hurt Sutter. Sutter's workmen quit working to look for gold. Tens of thousands of new arrivals swept law and order before them, helping themselves to Sutter's land, crops and livestock.^[1][2][3]

John A. Sutter died on 18 June 1880 in Washington, DC and was buried in Moravian Cemetery, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[4]

Legacy

• Sutter County, California is named in his honor.

Slaves

• John was recorded in a slave schedule in 1850 in Washington Ward 4, Washington, District of Columbia, United States as a slave owner of 1 enslaved people.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/suttersfort/pages/sutter.html
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sutter
3. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sutter&GSiman=1&GScid=45458&GRid=6744&
4. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
   Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #6744
   Ancestry Record 60525 #1408709 (accessed 21 September 2023)
   John Augustus Sutter burial (died on 18 Jun 1880) in Moravian Cemetery, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
5. ↑ Slave Schedule: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91387979 (accessed 21 September 2023)
   John Suter, slave owner of 1 enslaved people, in 1850 in Washington Ward 4, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

• Ursula Winterhalter: Familienbuch Kandern 1591-1910, herausgegeben vom Geschichtsverein Markgräflerland e. V., Basel: edition gesowip, 2010. ISBN 978-3-906129-63-1. #3625, page 324.
• German Wikipedia
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