Biography of H F Northcutt, Fulton Co, AR

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        Date: 26 Sep 1998
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H. F. Northcutt, one of the most efficient circuit and county clerks Fulton
County has ever had, is a young man well known in the community, and has been
an incumbent of his present office since the fall of 1886, serving by re-
election. In the year 1863 he first saw the light of day in Warren County,
Tenn., but was roared in this county, and although he attended the free schools
for some time, he is mainly self-educated. After following the monotonous
duties of farm life for some time, he abandoned this work to enter the county
clerk's office as deputy, continuing as such until he was elected to the office
of county assessor, as soon as he was eligible for office, when twenty-one
years of age. He continued to discharge the duties of this office in a very
satisfactory manner until 1886, at which time he was elected to his present
position. In social as well as public life he is kind, courteous and affable in
his demeanor to all classes, and is a young man who attracts the regard of all
who approach him. He is Democratic in politics, and has shown his approval of
secret societies by becoming a member of the I. O. O. F. His wife was formerly
Miss Mattie L. Wainwright, whom he married in September, 1885, she having been
born in Fulton County, Ark. Mr. Northcutt is a son of J. M. and Mary E.
(Doughty) Northcutt, who were born in Warren and Wilson Counties, Tenn.,
respectively. They were reared, educated and married in their native State, and
there made their home until 1868, when they came to Arkansas, locating in
Fulton County, at Salem. Mr. Northcutt established a general mercantile store,
and did a prosperous business for a number of years, being also quite
extensively engaged in stock dealing. At one time he left home to dispose of
some stock and was never afterward heard from, but all his baggage was traced
to Louisville, Ky., and the supposition is that he was murdered for his money.
His widow and two children survive him (two other children having died), the
former being a resident of Salem. The paternal grandfather. J. M. Northcutt,
was a native German.