L. S. NUTTING

NUTTING, STAFFORD

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Date: 5/18/2005 at 22:45:08

NUTTING, L. S., far., Sec. 19; P. O. Clermont; born in Rutland Co., Vt., 1824; moved to Washington Co., N. Y., in 1842; to Illinois in 1844; to Vermont in 1845; to Iowa and on his present farm in 1849. He was married in 1847 to Miss Alvina Stafford, from Vermont; they have had five children - Irwin W., born Nov. 11, 1850; Electa C., born Jan. 1, 1854; Alice J. born March 3, 1860; Addie E., born Jan. 12, 1865; Sidney F. born Oct. 3, 1866; his wife died Nov. 13, 1877. He has held the office of School Director nine years. He has 340 acres of land, valued at $6,000. His father, Jered Nutting, came to Iowa in 1847; they were among the earliest settlers in the county. They had to endure many privations and hardships during the first years in the thinly settled country. His father died in 1865.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Clermont Township
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