Record #472 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary	April 12-16, 1950
Deceased Person	Dr. John Henry Nutter
Birth	5/5/1857 near Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md.
Death	6/3/1949
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information	Reared & worked on father's farm. Public school at Princess Anne, Md. Converted at 13 yo in 1870, member of Mount Zion M. E. Church, Mount Vernon district, Somerset County. Graduated Centenary Biblical Institute (Morgan College) in Baltimore in 1877. Taught public school in Mount Vernon, Md. Member of Delaware Conf. 1881; 1949 marked 68th years service - longest recorded. Served Snow Hill Circuit, Leemont, Va, Royal Oak, Md; appointed principal of Baltlimore City Academy & professor of historical theology & add'l. Returned to pastorate. Charges: Pocomoke City, Md; Salisbury, Md; Crisfield, Md; Haven, Wilmington, Del; Saint Michaels, Md; Bainbridge St., Philadlephia, Superintendent Wilmington; St. Daniels; Chester, Pa; Princess Anne, Md; Marion Station, Md; Royal Oak, Md; Ridgely, Md; Coleman, Md; Milford, Del; Odessa Del; Smyrna, Del; Harrington, Del; Laurel, Del; Doleman, Md. Retired 1942.
Family and Other Information	Parents: Sampson Nutter, a slave, purchased his freedom 7/11/1862. His mother, Sallie Jane Nutter was free-born. Spouse: Annie E. King of Allen, Wicomico County, Md - md. 3/25/1880 - 10 children (4 boys/6 girls) Celebrated 69th weddng anniversary 3/25/1949 - longest recorded in Confernce. Survived by wife, sons Francis M. & Matthew H - latter member & secretary of Philadelphia A.M.E. Conference, daughters: Mrs. Laura T. Clark, Mrs. Estella V. Payne, Mrs. Addella N. James, Mrs. Velma D. Johnson, 13 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren.
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