Following an illness of less than three days from pneumonia, Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Sutton, pioneer and native of this County, mother of James Peter Sutton, secretary of the various Masonic bodies of Danville, died Saturday morning.She passed away at her residence, 309 South Railroad Street, South Side, at 6:20 o'clock, at the age of 82. On last Thursday she was first stricken and on account of weakness due to her advanced age, she sank rapidly. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the First Congregational Church of the South Side. Rev. Edward L. Krumreig, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated. The body was taken to Grape Creek and laid to rest beside her husband, Andrew J. Sutton, who died many years ago and who lies buried at the Parrish Cemetery. The Grape Creek Lodge of the Daughters of Rebekah had charge of the burial. Mrs. Sutton was formerly Miss Catherine Elizabeth Hickman, the daughter of John Peter and Elizabeth Singleton Hickman, and was born Nov. 13, 1835, on the ground where the town of Fairmount now stands. She was one of twelve children and the tenth to die. She was united in marriage in 1855 with Andrew J. Sutton, a young farmer who had come here from the mining regions of Pennsylvania. A few years after their marriage the couple removed from the farm near Fairmount to Tilton, where Mr. Sutton became
the first manager of what was afterwards to be known as the Ellsworth Coal Co. In 1877, they removed to Grape Creek, where Mr. Sutton opened and developed the first mine in that region. In 1905 Mrs. Sutton removed from Grape Creek to the residence in South Danville. She was the mother of six children - three sons and three daughters. One son died in infancy and another on Jan. 2,1914. The surviving children are: James Peter Sutton, who resides at the old home; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Smith, wife of Edwin T. Smith, 207
Kentucky Avenue, and Mrs. Belle Murphy, widow of George Murphy, 207 Bryan Avenue, both of this City, and Mrs. Anna K. Blue, wife of Edward Blue of Grape Creek. There were nine grandchildren, of whom eight are living, and twelve great-grandchildren, eight surviving. There are also still living two sisters, Mrs. Eva Jane Peterson of Fairmount, widow of John Peterson, and Mrs. Hannah Bloom[er], of Fairmount, wife of David Bloom[er]. Mrs. Sutton was a member of the Grape Creek Lodge of the Rebekahs, and for many years Noble Grand. She was also a member of the Iris Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of this City. Mrs. Sutton in her earlier days had been a member of the Baptist Church, but later in life became identified with the Seventh Day Adventists." DANVILLE COMMERCIAL-NEWS, 8 April 1918, p. 3.