John Nutter, son of William and Dinah (Ingham) Nutter, was born in Gloucester City, New Jersey, on March 6, 1856. John attended public schools. When twenty-one years of age he began farming on his own account and in 1878 he leased a tract of school land, which he eventually purchased. In the same year he took up a homestead in Platte township, on which he lived for five years.
Anna Carlson, daughter of Carl and Marta (Nilsdotter) Carlson, was born in Johannesborg, Mörlunda Parish, Kalmar Län, Småland, Sweden, on August 5, 1862.
John married Anna on May 2, 1881. They initially lived on his homestead in Platte township. However, after having "proved up" on his homestead claim, he moved his family back to his original farm, located between Gibbon and Shelton, Nebraska.
In addition to farming, from 1892 to 1896 John served as sheriff of Buffalo County. He was also prominent in local fraternal circles, belonging to Gibbon Lodge, No. 37, I. O. O. F.; Granite Lodge, No. 189, A. F. & A. M.; Kearney Chapter, R. A. M.; Excalibur Lodge, No. 138, K. P.; and to the local organization of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Knights of the Maccabees.
John and Anna had five children:
| Olive Katheryn "Ollie" Nutter | Born April 30, 1882 in the Gibbon Island farm near Gibbon, Nebraska. Married Charles Holmes of South Denver, Colorado. | |
| Euseffa Diane "Effie" Nutter | Born November 23, 1883, in the family farm home in Shelton, Nebraska. Married John Graham of Hall County, Nebraska. | |
| Herbert Spencer Nutter Born September 13, 1885, in the family farm home in Shelton, Nebraska. Herbert was a travelling auditor for the Wells Fargo Express Company. | |
| Elsa Theodore Nutter | Born April 8, 1887, in the family farm home in Shelton, Nebraska. Married John Evans of Salem, Oregon. | |
| Frances Beatrice Nutter Born November 20, 1891, in the family farm home in Shelton, Nebraska. Married John A. Hogg, Jr. of Vancouver, Washington. |
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 Jenny Reinholdson. John and Jenny had six children.
John died of a stroke on December 10, 1935 at age 79, and was also buried in the Riverside Cemetary
(Some obituaries for Nutters in the Gibbon area were sent to me by Steve Baker, great grandson of John and Jenny Nutter. Though I don't have enough information on these people to warrant individual webpages for them, I have provided this link to them here in the hope that others may be able to provide more information on them and their families.)
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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. |
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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. |
