George Sherman Sutton

1871 - 1952  (81 years)

• Name	George Sherman Sutton
  Birth	29 Mar 1871	Arkansas, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Bluff Springs Cemetery, Nevada, Arkansas, United States
  Family Search ID	LWGM-1PR
  Ω Census son	1 Jun 1880	Albany Township, Nevada, Arkansas, United States   [2]
  	Mary Sutton was a widow with 7 young children, she became a farmer out of necessity. Witness Role: Principal: [I1462] Mary Jane WADDLE Witness Role: head of household: [I1462] Mary Jane WADDLE Witness Role: son: [I1464] John Howard SUTTON Witness Role: daughter: [I1465] Martha Edna SUTTON Witness Role: son: [I1510] George Sherman SUTTON Witness Role: son: [I1454] James Samuel SUTTON Witness Role: daughter: [I1466] Allie L. SUTTON Witness Role: daughter: [I1467] Elsophelia SUTTON Witness Role: daughter: [I1468] Emma M. SUTTON
  _UID	C1A9E6B1A36F4676A17A94A2D19D635A4B0E
  Death	28 Dec 1952	Arkansas, United States
  Burial	Bluff Springs Cemetery, Nevada, Arkansas, United States
  Person ID	I1510	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Francis M. Sutton,   b. 27 Jul 1839, Georgia, United States d. 12 Dec 1878, Sutton, Nevada, Arkansas, United States (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Waddle,   b. 3 Aug 1843, Haywood, Tennessee, United States d. 19 Aug 1925, Sutton, Nevada, Arkansas, United States (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1866	Nevada, Arkansas, United States
  	From Kelso Kin by Virginia Naylor Smith, page 105 Mary Jane Waddle, daughter of Martha Kelso (1) and Archibald Howard Waddle m. Francis M. Sutton b. 27 July 1839 d. 12 Dec. 1878, so at the age of 39, he left Mary a widow with seven children, whom she raised and seven of her grandchildren who were left motherless or fatherless and one granddaughter remembers that she never complained about the hard times she had experienced. Both died in Ark. 7 children: * John Howard Sutton b. 29 Sept, 1867 d. 16 May 1921 * Edna Sutton h. 1870 m. John Scott * Sherman Sutton b. 1872 m. Lela Bennett * James Sutton b. 1875 m. Julia Bennett * Alla Sutton b. 1877 * Emma Sutton b. 1878 m. _[Ash Z.]____Stark * Ella Sutton
  Family ID	F447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Lela G Bennett,   b. 5 Aug 1874, Laneburg, Nevada, Arkansas, United States d. 1 Apr 1951, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1892	Nevada, Arkansas, United States
  Children	1. Clyde Sutton,   b. 1 Mar 1894, Arkansas, United States d. 16 Nov 1917, Arkansas, United States (Age 23 years)   2. Floyd M Sutton,   b. 3 Jul 1896, Arkansas, United States d. 1 Feb 1983, Arkansas, United States (Age 86 years)   3. Mirth Sutton,   b. Dec 1897, Arkansas, United States d. Yes, date unknown   4. Margaret Sutton,   b. 15 Dec 1903, Rosston, Nevada, Arkansas, United States d. 14 Nov 1992, Prescott, Nevada, Arkansas, United States (Age 88 years)   5. Bessie Robertie Sutton,   b. 26 Sep 1906, Wallaceburg, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States d. 24 Feb 1995, Rosston, Nevada, Arkansas, United States (Age 88 years)   6. Howard Sutton,   b. 1910, Arkansas, United States d. Yes, date unknown   7. Lilian Sutton,   b. 1913, Arkansas, United States d. Yes, date unknown   8. Dale Sutton,   b. 1916, Arkansas, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Mar 1871 - Arkansas, United States  Burial - - Bluff Springs Cemetery, Nevada, Arkansas, United States  Ω Census son - 1 Jun 1880 - Albany Township, Nevada, Arkansas, United States  Marriage - 12 Oct 1892 - Nevada, Arkansas, United States  Death - 28 Dec 1952 - Arkansas, United States  Burial - - Bluff Springs Cemetery, Nevada, Arkansas, United States   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S807] Cens1880 - AR Nevada Albany p18, Mary J. Sutton // 148 // 158 // Stated age 8. Confirms birth in Arkansas. [S807] Cens1880 - AR Nevada Albany p18.