Printed in the Blair Democrat, 1917

C R SUTTON

C.R. Sutton is one of the county’s Virginians and the work that he has done since he has been here is a credit to the training of farmers in the old home state.

The Sutton farm lies about four miles north of Blair on the Bench Road and is one of the pretty, prosperous farms of that district. It lies a little back from the road and to reach it one must use a private driveway which is flanked by a row of big cottonwoods and has the appearance of an avenue. Every inch of the hundred and sixty acres, of which the farm consists, is utilized, and, as one would expect from the fact that the owner is from Virginia, a large part of it is given over to stock. Horses of course are given the preference, not so much the number raised as the general quality. The farm has turned off some splendid draft colts and some Hambletonian driving horses that brought big prices. Mr. Sutton is favorable to the Clydes for general purposes and is getting some purebred brood mares around him. One of these mares and two of her colts which are on the farm now are about as good individuals as one often sees. Mr. Sutton says that brood mares of good breeding are big profit makers for the Washington county farm.

The attention paid to and the fondness for the horse end of the business does not cause this farmer to neglect the general farming by any means. This season found about seventy acres of corn in and the usual amount of small grains. One of the nicest things about the farm is its good pasture with two flowing wells that night and day were pouring out water that is cold and clear like spring water.

The farm lays nicely. Half of it is on the lower slope of the bench and half of it on the bottom. This makes it one of the best farms for general diversified farming that there is in the county. The North-Western (railroad) goes through it at the foot of the bench dividing the two eighties. Mr. Sutton has had the farm for the last ten years and during that time has put every stick of the improvements on it. The house is a mighty comfortable one and a big new barn has just been completed that will house forty head of horses. All of the outbuildings are good and are arranged so that the best results may be secured.

Mr. Sutton is forty-four years old and was born at Abington, Virginia. This is down near the Tennessee line and has been called “Virginian Virginia”. He came to Washington county when he was twenty years old and first worked in Bennington when the town first started. For ten years following that he farmed on rented places and finally bought the farm he now owns. The purchase price was $47.50 an acre and today has more than trebled in value. From time to time he returns to the old home in Virginia but to him THE place is Washington county, Nebraska.

~~~ Article courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. ~~~

Contributor: MrsB (47910340)

Blair Newspapers 8 March 1945

C. R. Sutton Dies at Hospital

74 Year Old Retired Farmer Had Lived Here 55 Years

C. R. Sutton, 74, who had been confined to Blair hospital for a week and was in failing health since Sept. died at Blair hospital, at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Well-known as one of the county's most progressive farmers. Mr. Sutton had lived in the vicinity of Blair for approximately 55 years. He and Mrs. Sutton had retired from active farm work just a month ago, moving to 511 West Washington Street, Blair, on Feb. 10.

Mr. Sutton was born at Abbington, Washington County, Va., on June 9, 1870. He came to Washington County, Nebraska, at the age of 19 years and on Feb. 22, 1898, he and Mrs. Sutton were married at Fremont.

Besides the widow, three children survive. They are Ned of Tucson, Ariz.; John Sutton and Mrs. Theodore H. (Elsie) Lundt of Blair. Also left to mourn Mr. Sutton are two brothers, Charles and Robert Sutton of Henr?, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. Robert Stalcup and a niece Mrs. Jesse Coulter of Blair and five grandchildren, Stephen Sutton, Emma L., Mary Sue and Judith Mae Lundt of Blair and Chester Sutton of Tucson.

Funeral rites will be held at Bendorf Funeral Home, Saturday afternoon, at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Blair Cemetery.

* * * Obit provided by, and used with the permission of, the Wash. Co. Geo. Soc., Blair, NE ~ Thank you * * *

Buried: 3/10/1945 ~ Age: 74

Plot Information:

Chester R. Sutton, 1870-1945, grave 4
Emma C. Sutton, 1882-1964, grave 5

Agnes W. Sutton, 1906-1981, grave 7
John W. Sutton, 1903-1984, grave 8

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