Biography of John M Nutt, Greene Co, AR

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        Date: 5 Sep 1998
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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas

page 163

John M. Nutt. The fine quality of the soil in Greene County, Ark., added to
energy and good management, has placed Mr. Nutt among the prosperous farmers of the
community. He was born on the old homestead near his own farm on the 14th of January,
1863, being the eleventh of fourteen children born to W. G. and Sarah (Ellis) Nutt,
the former a native of Alabama, and the latter of Maryland. The father came with his
parents to what is now Greene County in 1839, and settled with them on a farm near
Gainesville, where the parents died. He was married in Greene County and became a
very wealthy farmer, being the owner of 2,500 acres of land, with 600 acres under
cultivation. He always votes with the Democratic party, and socially is a member of
Gainesville Lodge No. 168. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and his wife is a
Methodist. The maternal grandfather was a very early resident of Arkansas, and was a
soldier in the Mexican war. John M. Nutt has always resided in Greene County, and in
his youth attended the common schools; this with a few years spent at Howell, Mo.,
has enabled him to successfully cope with fickle fortune. When first starting out in
life for himself he began tilling the soil on the farm where he now lives, his
acreage amounting to 167½, eighty acres being under the plow. The most of this he
cleared himself, and now has one of the best farms in the county. He was married in
Greene County in 1887 to Miss Lulu, a daughter of W. G. Butternut and wife, nee
Skiles, all being natives of Tennessee, who came to Greene County in 1871. The
parents are living in the county. Mr. Nutt always votes the Republican ticket, but is
not a seeker after office, and has ever been deeply interested in educational
matters. His wife is a member of the Baptist Church. Their union has been blessed in
the birth of one child: Ivery.