Brief Life History of John Louis
When John Louis Sutton was born on 30 May 1866, in Salt Lick, Bath, Kentucky, United States, his father, Edward Sutton, was 19 and his mother, Mary Catherine Evans, was 21. He married Mary Belle McGlothin in 1880. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Precinct 4 Slate, Menifee, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Bales Township, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States in 1900. He died on 5 August 1920, in Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, United States, at the age of 54.
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- John Sutten in household of Edward Sutten, "United States Census, 1880"
- John Louis Sutton, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Kentucky death certificates, 1911-1962; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TF-KFRR
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1872 · Yellowstone National Park Created
President Ulysses S. Grant signed the law passed by congress on March 1 1872, making Yellowstone a National Park. The park covers parts of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Sutton, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English surname is also common in Ireland (Wexford, Kildare), where it has been established since the 13th century and Gaelicized as de Sutún.
Jewish (from the former Ottoman Empire, including Syria): unexplained.
English: topographic name from Middle English (bi) suthentune ‘(at the place to the) south of the village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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