BIO:  Samuel Rutter, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Manchester Township, Pg 144

SAMUEL RUTTER, the eighth child of John and Elizabeth (Brillinger) Rutter, was 
born June 15, 1835, and was reared on the farm which he still occupies.  The 
homestead comprising 232 acres, is the joint property of our subject and his 
brother, is highly cultivated and is improved with a fine residence, barns and 
all the modern improvements.  Mr. Rutter was one of the first to introduce 
blooded stock into the county and is a pioneer in the breeding of short-horn 
cattle.  November 17, 1867, he married Emma J. daughter of Herman and Elizabeth 
(Free) Hoke, and has had born to him the following children:  John H., Lizzie 
Ellen, James E. (deceased), Thomas B. (deceased, April 8, 1885) and Jennie May.