Tuscola-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....Sutton, James A. 1840 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

CAPT. JAMES A. SUTTON, who was born in Preston, Lancastershire, England, March
10, 1840, now has his home in Almer Township, Tuscola County. He is a son of
John and Isabella (Pomfret) Sutton. John Sutton, Sr., the grandfather of our
subject, was also a Lancastershire man and a civil engineer, and his wife,
Nancy, reared a family of nine children, seven of whom grew to maturity, namely:
John, Thomas, William, Margaret, Nancy, Elizabeth and Abraham. John was the only
one who came to the United States and he, like his father, was a civil engineer.
It was in November, 1865 that he settled at Pontiac, this State, and there
purchased one hundred and twenty acres where he still resides. His five
children, James A., Jane Ann, Mary Ellen, John, and Thomas are all living at
Pontiac.

  The mother of our subject was also of Lancastershire birth and the daughter of
Joseph and Nancy (Warbric) Pomfret, and the family springs from a place in
England named Pomfret. The grandfather was a large and influential merchant of
Preston, England. He studied for the Protestant Methodist ministry and having
married in England came to the United States in 1837 and preached in the
vicinity of Pontiac. He had twice been Mayor of Preston, England, arid served
one term in Parliament, but devoted himself entirely to the ministry after
coming to this country, and died at Pontiac in the fall of 1886, having
completed ninety years of useful living. His wife had died in 1856 and left the
following children Roger, Isabella, Ellen, John, Thomas, Catherine, and Jane.

  The subject of this sketch received a good education at the King George School
and then taught two years in the same institution. On the 10th of May, 1858 he
landed in New York City, having been ten weeks on the sea. Orion Township,
Oakland County, became his home and there he purchased eighty acres of land on
which he lived for six years, after which he engaged in the dairying business at
Pontiac for a space of thirteen years, and in 1889 came to where he now resides,
purchasing one hundred and two acres on section 5, Almer Township.

  The principles of the Republican party are those which meet the endorsement of
our subject, and he has served as Justice of the Peace a number of years. He
enlisted December 5, 1862 in Company E, Eighth Michigan Cavalry and participated
in the following engagements: Triplet Bridge, the siege of Knoxville, and the
Morgan raid. He was wounded in the head and after that was placed on detail duty
as Hospital Steward, and was afterward made First Corporal. He had served for
three years in the Third Light Dragoons in Ireland and as he was thus familiar
with drill he was detailed to drill his company. In October, 1863 he was
commissioned captain and thus served until he was discharged in January, 1864.

  Mr. Sutton was married October 2, 1860, to Sarah A. Currey, daughter of Daniel
and Sallie (Gidney) Currey, who came from New Brunswick, Ontario, Canada, where
their daughter was born and in 1858 came to Almont, Lapeer County, this State.
Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sutton, namely: John, Belle, Daniel,
Joseph, George, Alice, Dora, James, Richard, Grace and Gertrude. The regular
Baptist Church is the religious body with which this family has long been
connected, and Mr. Sutton is also identified with the Sir Knights and the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is an honored and respected citizen whose
farm in its systematic and thoroughly tilled condition is an ornament to the
township.


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Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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