Biographical Sketch of E. L. Cutler, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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E. L. Cutler & Bro., dealers in staple and fancy groceries.  This
reliable house was established in the spring of 1881.  Mr. E. L.
Cutler, the senior member of the firm, was born in Delaware, now a
portion of Morrow County, Ohio, October 8, 1842, and when twelve
years of age migrated to Michigan, his father, S.B., locating with
his family in Hillsdale County.  There he engaged in farming, and
the subject of the sketch made it his home until 1862, when he ten-
dered his services to the Union cause, enlisting in Company F, 
Eighteenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry.  Was in the Athens engage-
ment, and other notable engagements of the war; was honorably dis-
charged after serving three years and two months.  In 1866, the 
family removed to Atchison County, Kansas, where the father, Mr.
S.B. Cutler, resided until 1878, when he took up his abode in St.
Joseph, Missouri.  In 1870, E. L. engaged in the manuafacture of
brick, at Troy, Kansas, continuing until 1873, when he became an
officer in the penitentiary at Leavenworth, in which capacity he
acted seven years, and during three years he was yard master.  He
married, in 1866, Miss Mary Putnam, of Hillsdale County, Michigan.
They have three children: Jennie M., Cora E. and Mabel May.  He is
a member of the I.O.O.F.  Mr. C. W. Cutler, the junior member of 
the firm, was born in Morrow County, Ohio, February 18, 1854, and 
when quite young, removed to Hillsdale County, Michigan, with his
parents, residing there until 1866.  Then the family migrated to
Atchison County, Kansas, where our subject was raised to manhood,
and educated.  His early days were spent in tilling the soil.  In
1874, Mr. Cutler received the appointment in the penitentiary, at
Leavenworth, as an officer, the duties of which he discharged until
embarking in mercantile pursuits, in St. Joseph.  He is a member of
the I.O.O.F.

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