SUTTON
JAMES W. SUTTON
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James W. SUTTON is a descendant of an old American family
who were pioneers of the State of Kentucky. Thomas
SUTTON, the grandfather of James W. was from Scotland,
and settled in Kentucky, where he married Mahala
MITCHELL. They settled in Allen County, Ky., and reared a
family of eight children: Enoch S., William V., Willis
M., William C., Polly Mahala, Frances and Jane. Mr.
Sutton moved with his family to Lawrence County, and
settled in Mount Vernon Township, near the Big Spring. He
died in 1870 at the age of fifty-six years. He was a
Republican in his political views, and was a prosperous
farmer and an industrious, upright man. He owned 520
acres of excellent land. He was a soldier in the State
Militia. His son, James W. Sutton, was born in Missouri,
in 1848, on his father's farm. He received a
common-school education, and chose for his companion in
life, Miss Margaret HILLHOUSE, daughter of Robert and
Mary HILLHOUSE. This union resulted in the birth of {the}
following children: William R., Archey E., Perley M. and
James F. After marriage Mr. Sutton settled on a farm, and
in 1880 he moved to his present farm. In his political
opinions he is a Republican, and both himself and wife
are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, he
being an elder in the same. He was at one time a member
of the Grange. Mr. Sutton is a native of Lawrence County,
and is well known in the county as an uptight and
honorable citizen, having made his record at home where
all know him. He comes from good old pioneer ancestry,
and is a well-informed, industrious citizen.
WILLIAM O. SUTTON
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William O. SUTTON, who is intimately connected with the
farming interests of Mount Vernon Township, is a
descendant of an old American family, of English
ancestry, and the son of William C. SUTTON, who was born
in Kentucky and followed farming in that State until
twenty-five years of age. He came to Lawrence County,
Mo., about 1844 or 1845, and here married Miss Ellen
WILLIAMS, the daughter of Samuel WILLIAMS, who was the
son of Judge John WILLIAMS, the first settler of the
county, and for whom William's Creek was named. Judge
Williams moved from Middle Tennessee in 1831; his widow
still resides on the old farm, and is now seventy-eight
years of age. The Judge built a log house at the head of
Williams' Creek, and made the first improvement in the
county. He brought with him eight or ten negroes. He
married Miss Elizabeth SMITH, and they became the parents
of sixteen children, twelve of whom lived to be married,
and seven of whom are now living.: Ellen, John, Samuel,
William, Thomas, George, Mary A. and Sarah. Ellen, the
eldest of the family, and the mother of William O.
Sutton, furnished the facts for this sketch. She was born
in Middle Tennessee in 1827, and was four years of age
when she came with her parents to Lawrence County. Mr.
Williams was a prominent Democrat and a Union man during
the war. Four of his sons, John, Samuel, James and
William, were in the Union army. Judge Williams and his
wife were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
He died at the age of seventy-one in the year 1875. He
was considered quite wealthy in those days, and was a man
whose judgment was respected. Mr. and Mrs. Sutton reared
a family of eight children, but were the parents of
fourteen children: J. W., Nancy, Julia A., William,
Martha, George, Francis G. and Coral. Mr. Sutton was a
religious man, but belonged to no church. He was a man of
property, owning 600 acres of land, and was one who stood
well in the community. He was in the State Militia during
the war, and lived to be fifty-four years of age. He was
an old line Whig in politics, and afterward affiliated
with the Republican party. Mrs. Sutton is sixty-one years
of age, is a woman of remarkable intelligence, and well
preserved for her years. Since the death of Mr. Sutton
she has kept the family together, and has given each a
good common-school education. Her son, W. O. Sutton, was
born on his father's farm in 1856, and, like his brothers
and sisters, received a good common-school education. He
grew to manhood on this farm, and married Miss Alice E.
PLUMLEE, the daughter of Zachariah and Margaret J.
(JACKSON) PLUMLEE, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this
work. Mr. Sutton, like this father, was a Republican in
politics, and an industrious farmer. He owned eighty
acres of land. His paternal grandfather was a soldier in
the Revolutionary War.
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