Sons of American Revolution SAR 35072
CHESTER DUTTON, eldest of the eleven children of Daniel Punderson and Nancy (Matthews) Dutton, was born March 24, 1814, in Watertown, Conn.
He was fitted for college under the instruction of his uncle, Hon. Henry Dutton (BA Yale 1818), teaching school in the intervals of study, and working until he was 18 years old on the farm of his father which has been the home of the family for six generations. He joined the class at the beginning of Sophomore year. His ambition on entering college was to become a lawyer, but a serious throat affection changed his plans, and on graduation he taught school for about three years in Alexandria, Ya. and Bristol, Conn, but since 1842 had been a farmer He was at Wolcott, N. Y., for twenty-five years, but in 1868 settled at "Riverside Homestead," on the Republican River, near Concordia, Kansas. He went there with his family when it was a complete wilderness, and had the hardships, dangers, and romance of frontier life. Two or three years after going to Riverside, after the troubles with the Indians were over, he built the substantial house of cottonwood logs which was his home for the rest of his life
.He married, In Wolcott, N. Y, November 3, 1842, Mary Ann, daughter of Caleb and Elvira (Woodruff) Mellen, and had nine children,—seven sons and two daughters,— nearly all of whom, with their families, live on farms within a short distance of Riverside
At the request of friends in Kansas and in New Haven in the spring of 1909, Mr and Mrs Dutton went to Concordia, and had their photographs taken, but on the way home narrowly escaped drowning in a flood in the river. They took refuge on a temporary island and were rescued during the night by farmers who had come out to see the flood Neither of the couple appeared to suffer from the experience
Mr Dutton's mind remained clear to the end, and he was accustomed to talk most interestingly of his pioneer experiences. He died at his home near Concordia, July 1, 1909, at the age of 95 years. Mrs Dutton and five sons survive him.
CHESTER DUTTON, eldest of the eleven children of Daniel Punderson and Nancy (Matthews) Dutton, was born March 24, 1814, in Watertown, Conn.
He was fitted for college under the instruction of his uncle, Hon. Henry Dutton (BA Yale 1818), teaching school in the intervals of study, and working until he was 18 years old on the farm of his father which has been the home of the family for six generations. He joined the class at the beginning of Sophomore year. His ambition on entering college was to become a lawyer, but a serious throat affection changed his plans, and on graduation he taught school for about three years in Alexandria, Ya. and Bristol, Conn, but since 1842 had been a farmer He was at Wolcott, N. Y., for twenty-five years, but in 1868 settled at "Riverside Homestead," on the Republican River, near Concordia, Kansas. He went there with his family when it was a complete wilderness, and had the hardships, dangers, and romance of frontier life. Two or three years after going to Riverside, after the troubles with the Indians were over, he built the substantial house of cottonwood logs which was his home for the rest of his life
.He married, In Wolcott, N. Y, November 3, 1842, Mary Ann, daughter of Caleb and Elvira (Woodruff) Mellen, and had nine children,—seven sons and two daughters,— nearly all of whom, with their families, live on farms within a short distance of Riverside
At the request of friends in Kansas and in New Haven in the spring of 1909, Mr and Mrs Dutton went to Concordia, and had their photographs taken, but on the way home narrowly escaped drowning in a flood in the river. They took refuge on a temporary island and were rescued during the night by farmers who had come out to see the flood Neither of the couple appeared to suffer from the experience
Mr Dutton's mind remained clear to the end, and he was accustomed to talk most interestingly of his pioneer experiences. He died at his home near Concordia, July 1, 1909, at the age of 95 years. Mrs Dutton and five sons survive him.
Sons of American Revolution SAR 35072
CHESTER DUTTON, eldest of the eleven children of Daniel Punderson and Nancy (Matthews) Dutton, was born March 24, 1814, in Watertown, Conn.
He was fitted for college under the instruction of his uncle, Hon. Henry Dutton (BA Yale 1818), teaching school in the intervals of study, and working until he was 18 years old on the farm of his father which has been the home of the family for six generations. He joined the class at the beginning of Sophomore year. His ambition on entering college was to become a lawyer, but a serious throat affection changed his plans, and on graduation he taught school for about three years in Alexandria, Ya. and Bristol, Conn, but since 1842 had been a farmer He was at Wolcott, N. Y., for twenty-five years, but in 1868 settled at "Riverside Homestead," on the Republican River, near Concordia, Kansas. He went there with his family when it was a complete wilderness, and had the hardships, dangers, and romance of frontier life. Two or three years after going to Riverside, after the troubles with the Indians were over, he built the substantial house of cottonwood logs which was his home for the rest of his life
.He married, In Wolcott, N. Y, November 3, 1842, Mary Ann, daughter of Caleb and Elvira (Woodruff) Mellen, and had nine children,—seven sons and two daughters,— nearly all of whom, with their families, live on farms within a short distance of Riverside
At the request of friends in Kansas and in New Haven in the spring of 1909, Mr and Mrs Dutton went to Concordia, and had their photographs taken, but on the way home narrowly escaped drowning in a flood in the river. They took refuge on a temporary island and were rescued during the night by farmers who had come out to see the flood Neither of the couple appeared to suffer from the experience
Mr Dutton's mind remained clear to the end, and he was accustomed to talk most interestingly of his pioneer experiences. He died at his home near Concordia, July 1, 1909, at the age of 95 years. Mrs Dutton and five sons survive him.
CHESTER DUTTON, eldest of the eleven children of Daniel Punderson and Nancy (Matthews) Dutton, was born March 24, 1814, in Watertown, Conn.
He was fitted for college under the instruction of his uncle, Hon. Henry Dutton (BA Yale 1818), teaching school in the intervals of study, and working until he was 18 years old on the farm of his father which has been the home of the family for six generations. He joined the class at the beginning of Sophomore year. His ambition on entering college was to become a lawyer, but a serious throat affection changed his plans, and on graduation he taught school for about three years in Alexandria, Ya. and Bristol, Conn, but since 1842 had been a farmer He was at Wolcott, N. Y., for twenty-five years, but in 1868 settled at "Riverside Homestead," on the Republican River, near Concordia, Kansas. He went there with his family when it was a complete wilderness, and had the hardships, dangers, and romance of frontier life. Two or three years after going to Riverside, after the troubles with the Indians were over, he built the substantial house of cottonwood logs which was his home for the rest of his life
.He married, In Wolcott, N. Y, November 3, 1842, Mary Ann, daughter of Caleb and Elvira (Woodruff) Mellen, and had nine children,—seven sons and two daughters,— nearly all of whom, with their families, live on farms within a short distance of Riverside
At the request of friends in Kansas and in New Haven in the spring of 1909, Mr and Mrs Dutton went to Concordia, and had their photographs taken, but on the way home narrowly escaped drowning in a flood in the river. They took refuge on a temporary island and were rescued during the night by farmers who had come out to see the flood Neither of the couple appeared to suffer from the experience
Mr Dutton's mind remained clear to the end, and he was accustomed to talk most interestingly of his pioneer experiences. He died at his home near Concordia, July 1, 1909, at the age of 95 years. Mrs Dutton and five sons survive him.
