William Harrison Sutton

William Harrison Sutton
(1842-1922)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ann E. Darner

William Harrison Sutton ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸

Born: 21 December 1842, , Muskingum County, OH ¹ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁸
Marriage (1): Ann E. Darner on 15 September 1867 in , Muskingum County, OH ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵
Died: 1 December 1922, Le Roy, IA at age 79 ¹ ⁶ ⁸
Buried: After 1 December 1922, Garden Grove, IA ⁶ ⁸

bullet General Notes:

In Jul 1862, he enlisted in the 97th Ohio Volunteer Infantry serving for 3 years. He was from a family of 11 children. After his wife Annie's death, he lived alone for 3 years after which time he was cared for by a niece. Mable Bevard Hays was his granddaughter. Shirley Richards his great granddaughter.
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Hamilton Township, Butte, CA on 8 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Sheet 279A, Roll 0063, District 9, Dwelling 87, Family 88
Hamilton Township, Butte County, California, United States
William H. Sutton..Self..38..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 21 Dec 1842, then his age should have been 37 instead of 38.
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• He appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Franklin Township, Clarke, IA on 1895. ⁷

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 64, Family 105, Line 8
Franklin Township, Clarke County, Iowa, United States
Wm. Sutton..53..OH
(Living with wife and 2 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 21 Dec 1842, then his age should have been 52 instead of 53.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Franklin Township, Clarke, IA on 20 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 30, Family 232
Franklin Township, Clarke County, Iowa, United States
farm owned, no mortgage
Married 34 year
William H. Sotton..Head..Dec 1842..59..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and daughter.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in Dec 1842, then his age should have been 57 instead of 59.
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Garden Grove, IA on April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 50, Family 1
Garden Grove, Decatur County, Iowa, United States
William H. Sutton Sr..Head..67..Ohio
(Living with wife.)

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• He was buried after 1 December 1922 in the Garden Grove Cemetery in Garden Grove, IA.

Find A Grave Memorial #114841842
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William married Ann E. Darner, daughter of Jacob Darner and Abigail Wahl, on 15 September 1867 in , Muskingum County, OH.¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ (Ann E. Darner was born on 4 February 1850 in , Muskingum County, OH,¹ ³ ⁴ ⁶ ⁷ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² died on 24 December 1910 in Le Roy, IA ¹ ⁶ ¹² ¹³ and was buried after 24 December 1910 in Garden Grove, IA ¹ ⁶ ¹² ¹³.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Hamilton Township, Butte, CA on 8 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Sheet 279A, District 9, Dwelling 87, Family 88, Roll 0063
Hamilton Township, Butte County, California, United States
William H. Sutton..Self..38..OH..Farmer
Anna E. Sutton..Wife..30..OH..Keeping House
Ella M. Sutton..Daughter..12..OH..At Home
Burwell H. Sutton..Son..9..OH..At Home
William H. Sutton..Son..7..CO..At Home
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• They appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Franklin Township, Clarke, IA on 1895. ⁷

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 64, Family 105, Line 8
Franklin Township, Clarke County, Iowa, United States
Wm. Sutton..53..OH
Ann Sutton..45..OH
Burwell Sutton..25..OH
Stella Sutton..9..Lucas County, IA
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Franklin Township, Clarke, IA on 20 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 30, Family 232
Franklin Township, Clarke County, Iowa, United States
farm owned, no mortgage
Married 34 year
William H. Sotton..Head..Dec 1842..59..OH..Farmer
Annie Sotton..Wife..Feb 1850..50..OH..5/4
Stella Sotton..Daughter..Jul 1885..14..IA..At School
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Garden Grove, IA on April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 50, Family 1
Garden Grove, Decatur County, Iowa, United States
William H. Sutton Sr..Head..67..Ohio
Anna E. Sutton..Wife..61..Ohio
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bullet Marriage Notes:

There are 1870 and 1880 Census reports of a William and Ann Sutton living in Clinton County, Iowa and then Jackson County, Iowa but they are NOT the correct persons.

As proof that they were not the correct persons, the marriage documents from Muskingum County, Ohio are very clear in that William H. Sutton and Ann E. Darner were married in Sept 1867. And this was the correct Ann E. Darner because her age was only 17 at the time and the marriage license references that she had the permission of her father, Jacob Darner. The first problem is that the 1870 Census in Clinton County, Iowa and the 1880 Census in Jackson County, Iowa for a William and Ann Sutton show that their first son was born in Iowa in 1866 about 1 year before the parents were married in Ohio. Those same census records also show a daughter born in Iowa in 1867. In addition, those 1870 and 1880 Census records show that the birth location of Ann or Anna was listed as Indiana instead of the expected Ohio.

Even additional proof that the Ann Sutton living in Jackson County, Iowa was NOT the correct person comes from a 1900 Census, which showed Ann as being widowed yet the real William Harrison Sutton, her husband, did not die until 1922 according to the gravestone photograph shown on Find-A-Grave.

There is only one minor problem with the identity of the real Ann E. Darner, the wife of William Harrison Sutton. Her middle initial appears as "E" on not only the marriage license but on the marriage records of at least two of her children, Burwell Howard Sutton, and William H. Sutton, Jr. Yet the gravestone shows her name as Ann C. Sutton, wife of W. H. Sutton. I suspect that the gravestone merely has her middle initial incorrectly engraved.
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Knowing their locations through the years and their children's names and birth dates has proven a little difficult to determine. William and Ann appear to have been missed in the 1870 census, then recorded in the 1880 census in California. They they re-appeared in the 1895, 1900, and 1910 Census in Iowa. Following Annie's death late in 1910, William was missed once again in the 1920 Census.

The only dates and locations that are known are as follows:

1867 - married in Muskingum County, Ohio
1868 - daughter, Ella May Sutton, born in Muskingum County, Ohio
1870 - son, Burwell, born in Muskingum County, Ohio
1880 - census in Butte County, California
1894 - son William Jr. married in Decatur County, Iowa
1895 - census in Clarke County, Iowa
1900 - census in Clarke County, Iowa
1910 - census in Decatur County, Iowa
1910 - Ann buried in Decatur County, Iowa
1922 - William buried in Decatur County, Iowa
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1 Charles Warren Lanz <wlanz@cox.net>, "FROM THE ANCESTRAL FILE OF CHARLES WARREN LANZ" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=lanzcw; Updated: 2009-05-23 07:33:29 UTC (Sat)).

2 "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 May 2015); Name: William H. Sutton; Spouse's Name: Ann E. Darner; Event Date: 15 Sep 1867; Event Place: Muskingum, Ohio, United States.

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Hamilton Township, Butte County, California, United States, enumeration district (ED) 9, p. 279A, dwelling 87, family 88, William Harrison Sutton and Ann E. Darner; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 May 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0063.

4 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Franklin Township, Clarke County, Iowa, United States, enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 12B, family 232, William Harrison Sutton and Ann E. Darner; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 May 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

5 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Garden Grove, Decatur County, Iowa, United States, enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 8A, family 1, William Harrison Sutton and Ann E. Darner; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 May 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.

6 Frederic Lathrop, "Ancestors from Adam to Frederic Lathrop," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=flathrop : accessed 30 May 2015).

7 1895 Iowa State Census, Franklin Township, Clarke County, Iowa, United States, p. 64, family 105, line 8, William Harrison Sutton and Ann E. Darner; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803957 : accessed 30 May 2015).

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 30 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114841842.

9 Dannell Hopkins, "HOPKINS, HLADKY, BOHAM, LYMAN AND MANY MORE," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craighopkins).

10 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Adams Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, p. 318A, dwelling 637, family 637; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Aug 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.

11 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Adams Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, p. 20, dwelling 146, family 134, Jacob Darner and Abigail Wahl; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 14 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1019.

12 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 30 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115661369.

13 "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674841 : accessed 30 May 2015), Name: Ann Sutton; Death Date: 24 Dec 1910; Death Place: Le Roy, Decatur, Iowa.

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