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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60638273/james-russell-sutton : accessed 03 July 2022), memorial page for James Russell “Indian Jim” Sutton (7 Mar 1833–11 Oct 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60638273, citing Old Union Cemetery, Grant, Marshall County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Nat Cisco (contributor 50844044). |
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First Marriage Elizabeth E Tipton about 1852.
Elizabeth E Tipton Sutton Passed with Small Pox in 1865.
Second Marriage Sarah Hill Abt 1869. Sarah Hill was born abt 1835 in GA. The cause of her death was small Pox .
Third Marriage was Elizabeth Jane McGhee on Jan 17 1875
THE DEMOCRAT
Gunterville, Alabama Newspaper Oct. 13 1898
On Gunters Mountain, a few miles from Grant, at 8 o'clock Monday morning, Jeptha Reynolds, a sawmill man, aged about 50, had a misunderstanding with " Indian Jim " Sutton, a farmer of about the same age. Knives and rocks were used. Reynolds was cut on the head with a rock and knocked down. The fight continued, with Sutton on top. Reynolds cut across Suttons body twice, once severing a lung, then laying open the bowels and severing the two intestines. Sutton then arose, gathering his hanging intestines in his hands and started for assistance. His wounds were necessarily Fatal.
THE DEMOCRAT Apr. 20 1899
Jeptha Reynolds stands acquitted of the killing of James Sutton.
This happened down in Kennamer's cove. Indian Jim walked back up to the top of the mountain to a relative's house (he may have gotten a ride in a wagon) . He died at that relatives house after a day or two of terrible suffering.
Inscription
Down in his low and narrow bed,
He sleeps among the quiet dead;
With every Earthly sorrow past,
Our loved one is home at last |
