John Allen Sutton

Brief Life History of John Allen

When John Allen Sutton was born on 16 November 1834, in Leire, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Sutton, was 27 and his mother, Ann Allen, was 26. He married Eliza Billingham in 1854, in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 11 May 1913, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Allen Sutton
1834–1913
Margaret Hannah Shepherd
1838–1902
Marriage: 26 April 1858
John Allen Sutton Jr.
1859–1935
Richard Shepherd Sutton
1861–1932
Mark Henry Sutton
1863–1937
George William Sutton
1865–1869
Thomas Sutton
1867–1878
Harry Edward Sutton
1869–1945
Charles Ernest Sutton
1872–1934
David James Sutton
1874–1950
Margaret Ann Sutton
1877–1954
Joseph Sutton
1879–1879
Robert Henderson Sutton
1882–1949

Sources (74)

  • John A Sulton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • John Sutton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • John Alland Sutton, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

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World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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The Life of John Allen Sutton

The following story came from a journal written and kept by our Grandfather, John Allen Sutton, Sr. The story itself was recorded from this journal by his daughter, Margaret Sutton Budge, and his …

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