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CAPT A. P. CUTTING, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Wyand ot County, Ohio, December 18, 1832, and is a son of Linus a nd Eliza (Conklin) Cutting. His father was born in Shoreham , Vt., April 20, 1794, and his mother in Fort Hamilton, no w Cincinnati, Ohio, December 18, 1802, and died January 13 , 1871. They were married January 14, 1821. Linus Cutting' s parents, Elijah and Lucy (Douglas) Cutting (the latter a n aunt on the paternal side to Stephen A. Douglas), were na tives of Vermont. On the death of Lucy Cutting, Elijah Cutt ing married Betsey Hale, whose mother died at Fort McArthu r and was the first white person that died in Hardin County . Our subject's father came to Miami County, Ohio. where h e followed his trade of millwright. He was a member of Capt . James Bigger's Mounted Rangers Company, and served one an d a half years, principally in the frontier service. He the n returned to Miami County, lived there two years, and the n removed to Wyandot (then Crawford) County in 1823. At thi s time he was employed by the Government to construct the I ndian Mills on the Sandusky River. He subsequently bought 1 60 acres of land, on which he built a mill of his own. In t he fall of 1833, he removed to Logan County, and in March , 1854, to Buck Township, Hardin County, where he died Febr uary 19, 1874. He and wife had reared eight
out of their nine children, all still living. Four of the s ix sons were Union soldiers. The subject of this sketch wa s reared on a farm, receiving a comon-chool education. On N ovember 16, 1861, he enlisted in Company Eighty-second Ohi o Volunteer Infantry, and served two years in the Army of t he Potomac, and one and a half in the Cumberland Army. He w as at first Second Sergeant, the following year First Serge ant; on July 15, 1863, was promoted to the Second Lieutenan cy, then First Lieutenancy, finally reached the rank of a C aptain. He fought at McDowell, Chancellorsville, Wauhatchie , New Hope Church, Peach Tree Creek; at latter engagement , he received a bullet wound in the right shoulder, July 20 , 1864. He was confined in the officer's hospital at Nashvi lle, Tenn., and received his discharge April 4, 1865. He i s now drawing a pension. On October 2, 1860, he was marrie d to Mary A., a daughter of Henry Anna (Hayward) Thew. To t his union there have been born nine children, five living , viz.: Henry T., Emma B., Don D. and Mary A. and Clara E. , twins. The deceased are Martha J., James H., Luella M. an d Daisy A. Mr. Cutting and family are members of the Univer salist Church of Kenton, and Mr. Cutting is a member of th e Masonic order. He is now retired from business, and is th e owner of 123 acres of land. He is a Republican in politic s, and has filled the office of County School Examiner of H ardin County six years.
( 1034 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of Hardin Co., Ohio )
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