Lincoln and Isabella (Whitcher) Nutter

Lincoln Banks Nutter, son of William and Laura (Comstock) Nutter, was born in 1901 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He went by his middle name "Banks", even on legal documents.

Banks married Isabella Whitcher and they had seven children:

Ebert Bruce Nutter Born in 1922. Ebert married, but both he and his wife were killed in 1947 when a train hit their car only 18 months after they were married.
Dewey Ray Nutter Born in 1927. Dewey was married three times. He had 3 sons with his first wife, six children with his second, and a daughter with his third. Dewey died in 1989.
Mary Jane Nutter Pierce Johnson Mary Jane was married twice and had three sons from her first marriage, and two more sons and two daughters from her second. Mary Jane died in 2000 in Roseburg, Oregon.
Geraldine Joanna Nutter Ballard Zachery Brasier Roehr Born in 1932. Geraldine was married four times. She had a daughter from her first, three children from her second, and a son with her third husband. Geraldine died February 28, 2004 in Puyallup, WA.
Gary Lee Nutter Born in 1934. Gary was married twice. He had a son with his first wife and two daughters with his second. Gary died in 1995.
Belva Annette Nutter BennettBorn in 1936. Belva married and has one son.
William H. NutterBorn in 1942. William married twice and has three sons from his first marriage.

Banks worked as a lineman for a power company until his retirement. He died in 1978 from Parkinson's, the same disease that his father died from, and at the same age. Laura died three years earlier in 1975 from a heart attack.

More detail on Banks life, and that of his Nutter ancestors can be found in The Life and Times of William and Dinah Nutter, Prairie Pioneers, written by Michael Scheuer, who is decended from Banks' grandmother's sister Mary Ann Ingham.



First released on March 21, 2015. If you have comments, corrections or additional information or pictures you would like to contribute, feel free to contact Dave Nims.