Robert McCown Nutt

Brief Life History of Robert McCown

When Robert McCown Nutt was born on 28 June 1828, in Tennessee, United States, his father, William Henry Nutt IV, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Speer, was 28. He married Amanda Lindley on 17 April 1856, in Randolph, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Big Creek Township, Craighead, Arkansas, United States in 1900 and Salem Township, Greene, Arkansas, United States in 1910. He died on 16 March 1913, in Arkansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Crossroads Cemetery, Lorado, Greene, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert McCown Nutt
1828–1913
Narcissa 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
1873–1959

Sources (12)

  • Robert Nutt, "United States, Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Robert McCown Nutt - Published information: birth-name: Robert McCown Nutt
  • R M Nutt, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

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 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

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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