Adam Clarke Nutt (1839 - 1882)

Born 8 Jan 1839 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Capt. A. C. Nutt, was born Adam Clarke Nutt, and was born in Pennsylvania as were his parents before him, Joseph Nutt and his wife, Nancy Ann Randolph. Adam's grandfather was of Quaker heritage and relocated from New Jersey to Pennsylvania several years after the end of the Revolutionary War.

Adam was reported to have been a graduate of Allegheny College and was a lover of the classics, and a talented literary writer. He was a Civil War veteran and by 1880, was a bank treasurer in Uniontown and later was a cashier for the State Treasury. He was an officer of many organizations in Uniontown through the years of his adult life. He was married to Charlotte Frances Wells, and they were the parents of a large family before his untimely death at the hand of another prominent citizen of Uniontown, Nicholas Lymon Dukes^[1], son of Nicholas Dukes

The children of Adam and Charlotte Nutt were:

• Elizabeth (1860-1936)
• James W. (1862-1915)
• Anna Eliza (1867-1884)
• Joseph Randolf (1869-1945)
• Walter Raleigh (1871-1958)
• Louisa Matilda (1873-1943)
• Sarah Jane (1875-1942)
• William Francis (1877-1927)
• Mary Eleanor (1880-1909)

According to 1895 newspaper articles, Capt. Nutt's widow Charlotte moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania in 1892 with several of her children. The research of others indicates that Charlotte died in Pennsylvania in 1908 while visiting a sister, and that Charlotte was buried in Cleveland, Ohio where she had been living at the time of her death.

The Adam Clarke Nutt mansion still stands in Uniontown and was built in about 1880.

Sources

1. ↑ https://fayettehistoricalsociety.org/pdf/Nutt%20article.pdf

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Jefferson, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: 780; Page: 282b. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/187098:8054?ssrc=pt&tid=179890364&pid=122338113520

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Jefferson, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1109; Page: 461; Family History Library Film: 805109. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1857095:7667?ssrc=pt&tid=179890364&pid=122338113520

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Uniontown East Ward, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1343; Page: 394B. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/41147047:7163?ssrc=pt&tid=179890364&pid=122338113520

• Year: 1880; Census Place: South Union, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1130; Page: 403D; Enumeration District: 052. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/29411220:6742?ssrc=pt&tid=179890364&pid=122338113520

• U.S., College Student Lists, 1763-1924; College Student Lists. Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society. School Name: Allegheny College. https://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/2207/

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #99140580 (accessed 26 November 2022)
  Memorial page for Capt Adam Clarke Nutt (8 Jan 1839-24 Dec 1882), citing Oak Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Cashie (contributor 47323748).