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The SUTTON Family
A complete outline is available via
e-mail.
| 1. John Wesley SUTTON (b.Tn) married Hannah EVANS (b.Tn). Children: Robert
Sidney [see # 2], John L (b.1859), Henry E (b.1860), Jane A (b.1862), Sena C
(b.1866), Sarah F (b.1867), William B (b.1869), Ledora (b.1876), Daniel N
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| 2. Robert Sidney SUTTON (b.2/25/1857 Tn) married
Helen Walker STAFFORD
(b.11/12/1853 Tn-d.10/21/1929). Children: Matthew Dow [see #3], A Bell
(b.5/21/1883), Fred L (b.2/27/1886-d.3/8/1962), Jennie B
(b.9/15/1886-d.9/12/1973), Thomas Benjamin (b.12/31/1890-d.1/3/1975 NC), Robert
K (b.3/4/1893-d.8/20/1894), Luther P (b.8/1/1895-d.7/21/1913). |
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3. Matthew Dow SUTTON (b.3/31/1881 Tn-d.3/31/1951) married Sarah Jane PHARRIS
(b.1/20/1889 Tn-d.1/12/1973). Children: Lyda Jane [see #4], Minnie Malissia
(b.9/9/1911 Tn-d.2/3/2002 Wa), Charles Dow (b.2/6/1914 Tn-d.3/31/1977), Helen
Maurine (b.3/21/1916-d.11/11/1972 Tn).
Matthew lived on a 115 acre farm on the left descending bank
of the Cumberland River (approx. river mile 332.5) in Jackson County, Tn. This
land was deeded to Matthew by his father on 17Aug1909. Sarah lived on this farm
for 54 years.
The property and home were taken over by the government because of the
Cordell Hull Dam and Reservoir Project. The agreement to sell the land and
outbuildings was signed on 09Sep1965.
Even after moving, Sarah couldn't live in peace. Her new property was
threatened in 1967. The highway department surveyed the land up to the front of
the house. They wanted a strip of land to build a road connecting with the
North-South Freeway. The plans called for the new road to be built less than 400
feet in front of the house. Fortunately, these plans were never carried out.
Sarah was a member of the Methodist church. She was also know as a lover of
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4. Lyda Jane SUTTON (b.8/14/1909-d.8/9/1969) married Raymond Young MYERS
(b.3/16/1905). Children: Jeanette Page, Martin Dow, Raymond Young Jr, Helen
Elois, Fred Clarence. [For more information about Lyda Jane SUTTON see the
MYERS
family of Tennessee.]
Lyda graduated from Jackson County Central HS in 1930.
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