John H. Sutton and Maria M. Mechling

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Husband John H. Sutton ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 11 Nov 1838 - Clay Twp, Butler Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Jeremiah Sutton (1808-1852) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Margaret Shryock (      -1842) 1 3

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       Marriage: 1 Mar 1864 2 7

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Wife Maria M. Mechling ^{2 7}

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         Father: Joseph Mechling (      -Bef 1909) 2
         Mother: Nancy [Unk] (      -Bef 1909) 2

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Children

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1 F Emma L. Sutton ^{2 7 8}

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         Spouse: Henderson W. Christie (1846-Bef 1909) 2 7 9
           Marr: 9 Dec 1884 8

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2 M Frank M. Sutton ^{2 7}

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3 F Agnes E. Sutton ^{2 7}

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           Born:  - Washington Twp, Butler Co, PA
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         Spouse: W. Edward McClung (1865-      ) 2 7 10 11
           Marr: 13 Jun 1888 12

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4 F Maud(e) H. Sutton ^{2 7}

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         Spouse: James N. Moore (      -      ) 7

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5 M William D. Sutton ^{2 7}

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6 F Angie A. Sutton ^{2 7}

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7 M John C. Sutton ^{2 7}

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           Born: 26 Oct 1878 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Eunice E. Chandler (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 17 Oct 1906 7

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General Notes: Husband - John H. Sutton

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Until he was thirteen years of age, John H. Sutton remained on the home farm in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and then went to North Washington, where he worked in a store conducted by Harper Brothers, until he was nineteen, when he went West and spent three years in Iowa and Colorado. After he returned to Butler County he enlisted for service in the Civil War, in 1861 entering Company C, Eleventh Regiment, Penna. Reserves. He participated in all of the engagements in which his command took part, and at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, he was wounded and was taken prisoner. He was held at Libby Prison for two months and was then transferred to Annapolis, Maryland. For six months he suffered in a hospital there and then secured a parole and was discharged, but was too exhausted by wound and disease to be able to take advantage of his release before September, 1863. For fourteen months after his return to the quiet and care of home, he was obliged to use a crutch.
After he had sufficiently recovered from the effects of his wound and imprisonment, he entered into partnership with his old employers, Harper Brothers, in a mercantile business at North Washington, and was associated with them for three years, after which he retired to a farm in Washington Township for several years. In 1872 he was elected clerk of the courts of Butler County and then removed to Butler. He served in that office for three years and then became interested in oil production. He helped to drill the first producing oil well in Butler County, and in the enterprise he was associated with Capt. W. H. Timblin, Alfred Wick and others, and the development came on the farm of James Millford, in Allegheny Township. After that time he drilled more than 100 wells in Butler County. He was also largely interested in both city and county real estate.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 820.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 952.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 88.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 383.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1110.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 952, 998.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 89.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 823.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 822, 1267.

10 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1048.

11 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 800.

12 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 801.