Henry John Sutton (1845 - 1909)

Born 4 Feb 1845 in Parr, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Died 26 Dec 1909 at age 64 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States

Biography

Henry was born in 1845. He was the son of John Sutton and Mary Ellison. ^[1]

Henry sailed from Liverpool with her parents and siblings and landed in the United States on 10 April 1853.^[2]

Henry married Emeline Louise Osborne Knowles.^{[citation needed]}

Henry Sutton enlisted in Major Peter Sutton's Company, Utah Ter. Mil. Cavalry Blackhawk War on 8 April 1866 and was discharged on 8 June 1866. ^[3] This short enlistment seems to be due to an uprising by the Timpanogos and resulting in the Spanish Fork Diamond Battle. Just six days before, Timpanogos Chief Sanpitch, had been murdered near Nephi. The Timpanogos were lead by Black Hawk. He had told his warriors not to kill anyone except in self defense. Black Hawk's plan was to undermine the Mormon's economy by taking their cattle, which they did by the thousands, and drove them to market. He flooded the cattle markets which caused them to collapse. Black Hawk nearly succeeded in pushing the Mormons out of Utah causing the evacuation of some seventy Mormon villages. Black Hawk was shot in the stomach at Gravely Ford near Richfield in June of 1866, a fatal wound that he would later die from in 1870. ^[4]

Henry passed away in 1909. He was buried at Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office Online index : accessed 15 December 2021, database entry for SUTTON, HENRY JOHN (mother's maiden name ELLISON) GRO Reference: 1845 M Quarter in PRESCOT Volume 20 Page 798
2. ↑ New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1813-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902; NAI Number: 2824927; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Record Group Number: 85 (Ancestry Record 7484 #756037 : accessed 15 December 2021)
3. ↑ U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. (Ancestry Record 2375 #687245 : accessed 15 December 2021)
4. ↑ Utah Diamond Creek Battle : accessed 15 December 2021)
5. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH6J-JNQ : 15 September 2015), Henry Sutton, died 26 Dec 1909; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Nephi City Cemetery, Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.