John and Anna (Carlson) Nutter

John and Anna Nutter

John Nutter, son of William and Dinah (Ingham) Nutter, was born in Gloucester City, New Jersey, on March 6, 1856.

Anna Carlson, daughter of Carl and Marta (Nilsdotter) Carlson, was born in Johannesborg, Mörlunda Parish, Kalmar Län, Småland, Sweden, on August 5, 1862.

John and Anna were married May 2, 1881. They lived on a farm between Gibbon and Shelton, Nebraska, where their four eldest children were born. In addition to farming, from 1892 to 1896 John served as sheriff of Buffalo County.

Anna died young of an abdominal infection on March 22, 1893 at age 30, and was buried in Riverside Cemetary, in Gibbon.

In December of that year, John remarried, to Jennie Reinholdson. John and Jennie had six children.

John died of a stroke on December 10, 1935 at age 79, and was also buried in the Riverside Cemetary



John and Anna had five children:

Olive Katheryn "Ollie" NutterBorn April 30, 1882 in the Gibbon Island farm near Gibbon, Nebraska.
Euseffa Diane "Effie" Nutter Born November 23, 1883, in the family farm home in Shelton, Nebraska.
Herbert Spencer Nutter Born September 13, 1885, in the family farm home in Shelton, Nebraska.
Elsa Theodore Nutter Born April 8, 1887, in the family farm home in Shelton, Nebraska.
Frances Beatrice Nutter Born November 20, 1891, in the family farm home in Shelton, Nebraska.


Farm house of John and Anna Nutter
Farm house of John and Anna Nutter. The picture was taken in 1887.
John is out front, with daughters Ollie and Effie to his right and and son Herbert standing in front of him. Anna can barely be seen at the window on the left.

Buffalo County Courthouse
Buffalo County Courthouse. The jail and sheriff's quarters are shown to the left. The picture of John was taken during the time he was sheriff. He was said to have black curly hair, a red mustache, and grey eyes.

Three Johns and a Jean
Three Johns and a Jean
John A. Hogg, Jr. holding daughter Jean. In the center is his father John A. Hogg, Sr. and on the right is John Jr.'s father-in-law, John Nutter.


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