Robert McCown Nutt

Male28 June 1828–16 March 1913

Brief Life History of Robert McCown

When Robert McCown Nutt was born on 28 June 1828, in Alabama, United States, his father, William Henry Nutt Jr., was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Speer, was 28. He married Amanda Lindley on 17 April 1856. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Cache Township, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States in 1870 and Salem Township, Greene, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died on 16 March 1913, in Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Greene, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert McCown Nutt
1828–1913
Nancy Jane Ellis
1847–1875
Marriage: 31 May 1864
Mary Caroline Nutt
1864–1924
Thomas Walter Nutt
1867–1950
Sarah Ann Nutt
1868–1951
Dovie Emeline Nutt
1872–1952
Robert Washington Nutt
1875–1959

Sources (9)

  • Robert M Nutt, "United States Census, 1870"
  • R M Nutt, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Robert Nutt, "United States Census, 1880"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    31 May 1864Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
  • Children (5)

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    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 2

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    1835

    Age 7

    Historical Boundaries - 1835: Randolph, Arkansas Territory, United States; 1836: Randolph, Arkansas, United States

    1859

    Age 31

    Historical Boundaries - 1859: Craighead, Arkansas, United States

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname from Middle English note, nute, notte, nutte ‘nut’ (Old English hnutu), perhaps used for a man with a round head or a brown complexion.

    English: topographic name for someone who lived by a nut-tree, from Middle English note, nute, notte, nutte ‘nut’ (Old English hnutu), used also to denote the tree.

    Irish (Ulster, especially Derry): shortened form of McNutt 1.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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