Yolo-Colusa County CA Archives Biographies.....Nutting, Daniel Webster 1838 - before 1913
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Author: Tom Gregory (1913)


DANIEL WEBSTER NUTTING

    The name of this honored citizen of Yolo was associated with local
upbuilding for many years. Whether in the capacity of a business man or in the
discharge of official duties he was characterized alike by a faithful attention
to details and a keen intelligence in the comprehension of large enterprises.
Endowed by nature with the qualities that win and retain friends, he was
peculiarly fortunate in possessing the warm regard of associates and the
confidence of acquaintances. In all circles he was respected as a kindly,
courteous gentleman and when he died, ending the long period of his service as
postmaster, many tributes of admiration gave evidence to the sincerity of the
attachment of his friends and the high character of his citizenship.

    Born near Lowell, Mass., in 1838 and educated in the schools of that state,
Mr. Nutting heard the call of the west in his young manhood and came to the
coast country at an early date. To this region he gave the best of his energies
and the maturity of his mental powers. At first he found employment in Tulare
county. For a number of years he owned and operated a flour mill at Princeton,
Colusa county, meanwhile extensively engaging in the manufacture of flour.
During the period of his residence in Princeton he established a home, being
united in marriage, August 4, 1873, with Miss Mary Jane Forsythe, who was born
near Marshall, Clark county, Ill. Her parents, Chesterfield and Mary Jane
(Davis) Forsythe, were natives respectively of Kentucky and Illinois, the former
having removed to Illinois in early maturity and afterward identified himself
with the development of his chosen locality.

    For five years after marriage remaining in Princeton, in 1878 Mr. and Mrs.
Nutting removed to Yolo, where he purchased the flour mill and engaged in the
milling business until he disposed of the plant and building four years later.
From the first of his identification with Yolo he was a leader among the people
and by all he was respected as a citizen of solid worth and unquestioned value
of the town. For fourteen consecutive years he filled the office of postmaster
and was still occupying the position at the time of his death. His long
retention in the place furnishes abundant testimony as to the appreciation given
to his services. The only secret order of which he was a member, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, for years enjoyed the benefit of his association with its
lodge at Yolo, in which he was a generous contributor to the good of the order.

    Of the children comprising the family of Mr. and Mrs. Nutting one beloved
daughter, Clara Belle Nutting, died in young womanhood. The surviving daughter,
Alice, is the wife of H. E. Shamp, an engineer on the Southern Pacific railroad,
with headquarters at Sacramento. The only son, Aldent a young man of excellent
education and high character, has gained proficiency in the trades of carpenter
and engineer and makes a specialty of operating portable or stationary engines.
At the death of his father he was chosen to fill out the unexpired term and
served for two years, giving to the work the same painstaking earnestness, the
same industrious application and the same intelligent oversight that had
characterized his father's long and successful official record.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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