Samuel Sutton

SUTTON, FLITCRAFT, THOMPSON

Posted By: Sherri (email)
Date: 7/15/2006 at 09:23:35

SAMUEL SUTTON, farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Iron Hills; was born in Fayette Co., Penn., March 25, 1830. In 1851, he removed to Iowa, with his parents, and settled in Farmer's Creek Township, where he now resides. In 1856, he married Sarah W. Flitcraft, a native of Columbiana Co., Ohio. They have five children - Theodore, Isaac, Mary A., Samuel and John. In politics, Mr. Sutton is a Democrat. He owns 172 acres of land, finely improved, and has one of the best agricultural farms in Farmer's Creek Township. His father, James Sutton, married in Pennsylvania, Martha Thompson. They emigrated to Iowa in 1851, and settled in Farmer's Creek Township, where he resided until his death, in 1878. She is still living, and resides with her son Samuel. Mrs. Samuel Sutton's parents, Levi and Christina Flitcraft, came to Jackson Co. in 1855; they are now deceased.
The History of Jackson County (Iowa) page 749, pub. 1879