Cutting, John Tyler b. September 7, 1844 d. November 24, 1911 US Congressman. Elected as a Republican to represent California's 14th District in the Fifty-Second Congress, he served one term, from 1891 to 1893. This marked his only time in public office. Cutting was born in Westport, New York. Orphaned at age 10, he wandered west and worked as a farmhand and clerk in Wisconsin and Illinois. During the Civil War he served in Taylor's Chicago Battery and the Chicago Mercantile Battery. By 1877 he had moved to California, where he established a...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Hillside Cemetery, Westport, Essex County, New York, USA