married, and in 1867 he sought a home in the middle west, residing in Cook county, Illinois, for one year, after which he took up his permanent abode in Polk county, Iowa, where his wife died soon after their arrival. Later Mr. Johnson married Mrs. Catherine Strong and was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits for a number of years, making his home on a farm south of Collins. Upon his retirement late in life he removed to Collins and there his death occurred on the 10th of July, 1905. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ray were born five children, of whom four survive: Andrew, at home; Ida, the wife of Samuel Coughenour, of Indiana Creek township; Charles, operating the old homestead farm; and Artie, also at home.
In early life Archibald Ray became identified with the Evangelical church, of which he remained a member until the organization of the Christian church in Maxwell in 1890, when he associated himself with that congregation and remained a devoted and conscientious member thereof until his demise. In politics he was a stanch democrat but the honors and emoluments of office held no attraction for him, preferring to concentrate his time and attention on his personal interests. Preeminently a home man, he never affiliated with any fraternal orders, finding congenial companionship in his own home circle, where he was loved and revered as a devoted husband and father. Inheriting the elements of sterling integrity and moral soundness, like his father he commanded the highest regard and respect of his fellowmen, his life record ever remaining in harmony with an untarnished and honored name. His wife, who still makes her home in Maxwell, is also a member of the Christian church, in the work of which she takes an active and helpful part. She is a lady of many excellent traits of heart and mind and is the center of a large circle of warm friends.
FRANK SUTTER.
Frank Sutter is now interested in the hardware and implement business in Kelley, where he is conducting an enterprise of substantial proportions that indicates his careful management, sound judgment and enterprising spirit. He was born in Lee county, Illinois, November 1, 1867, and is a son of John and Margaret (Thomas) Sutter, both of whom were natives of Franklin county, Pennsylvania. The mother came with her parents to the middle west in 1850, driving across the country to Lee county, Illinois. She was a daughter of James and Mary Thomas, who in the year 1875 continued their westward journey to Iowa, settling in Story county. In the year 1896 James Thomas went to California, where his death occurred at the age of eighty-five years. He had for about fourteen years survived his wife, who passed away in Story county in 1882. They were well known residents here during the last quarter of the nineteenth century.