Shutt, Elias

SHUTT

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/2/2021 at 20:46:50

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.811

ELIAS SHUTT
After years of active labor, mainly devoted to agricultural pursuits, Elias Shutt is now living a retired life in Indianola, Iowa, enjoying a well-earned rest, surrounded by all the comforts which go to make life worth the living. He was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1832, and is the son of Ben­jamin and Barbara (Houtz) Shutt, who were also natives of Berks County and of German descent. The father was a farmer by occupation and spent his last days in Indiana. Both he and his wife were faithful members of the Lutheran Church. In their family were six children, of whom our subject is the fifth in the order of birth.
Elias Shutt was reared upon the home farm and attended the country schools of the neighborhood. On leaving his native state he accompanied his parents on their removal to Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1845, and made his home there until 1851, when he removed to Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Four years later he came to Iowa and took up his residence in Warren County, making the journey with horse teams before the railroad was built through this section. He followed the occupation of farming in Richland Township from 1856 until 1872. In the latter year he located in Jasper County, Iowa, and in 1884 became a resident of Fonda, Pocahontas County. Return­ing to Warren County in 1893 he settled in Indianola, and has since lived retired. In his farming operations he met with excellent success and now in the evening of life can enjoy the fruits of former toil in ease and quiet. He is the owner of land in both North Dakota and South Dakota.
On the 11th of June, 1857, Mr. Shutt was united in marriage to Miss Mar­garet Brown, a native of Indiana, who died November 10, 1862, and he was again married November 19, 1864, his second union being with Mrs. Margaret (Yount) Pendry, who was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, January 21, 1842. She was the widow of J. A. Pendry and a daughter of George and Martha (Brown) Yount, of Indiana. She lost her mother when only three years of age and in 1853 came to Warren County, Iowa, with her father, who located in Allen Township. Mr. and Mrs. Shutt have three children, namely: Mary Bell, now the wife of George A. Moore, of Lincoln Township; Carrie Effie, who is now engaged in teaching; and Cora Frances, the wife of J. A. Pendry, a farmer of Richland Township.
The Republican Party has always found Mr. Shutt a staunch supporter of its principles and he has been deeply interested in public affairs. A useful and well spent life has not only gained him a comfortable competence, but has secured for him many friends who esteem him highly for his sterling worth. His estimable wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.