“Henry A. Cutler, who for two terms rendered efficient service as Sheriff of Lake County, was born in Ionia County, Mich., August 8, 1840. He is the son of Dexter Shepherd, who was born in 1811, and at an early age was left an orphan, without brothers or sisters. He was adopted into the family of Abijah Cutler, whose surname was given to him instead of his own. In Massachusetts, the state of his birth, he was reared, and there he married Miss Sophie Allen, also a native of the old Bay State. Coming to Michigan in 1838, he settled on a farm in Otisco Township, Ionia County. From the primeval soil he evolved a well improved estate, and there he remained until 1877, when he removed to Lake County. He now resides in Ellsworth Township.
The mother of our subject died when he was a lad of seven years, and at her demise left three children: Mary, who married William Clark, and resided in Keene, Ionia County, Mich.; Henry A.; and Silas W., who enlisted in the Third Michigan Infantry as a member of Company C, and died of typhoid fever while in service at Huntsville, Ala. The father married a second time, choosing as his wife Miss Emaline Slayton, and by that union seven children were born, viz.: Frank, Homer, Thomas, William, Emma, Sarah and Minnie. Mrs. Emaline Cutler departed this life February 28, 1895. In politics the senior Mr. Cutler is a Democrat, devotedly attached to the principles of his party, and upon that ticket he has been elected to a number of local offices. He is a man of public spirit, quiet, industrious and energetic, and is respected among his circle of associates.” – Excerpt from “Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan,” published by Record Publishing Company of Chicago, 1895.
The mother of our subject died when he was a lad of seven years, and at her demise left three children: Mary, who married William Clark, and resided in Keene, Ionia County, Mich.; Henry A.; and Silas W., who enlisted in the Third Michigan Infantry as a member of Company C, and died of typhoid fever while in service at Huntsville, Ala. The father married a second time, choosing as his wife Miss Emaline Slayton, and by that union seven children were born, viz.: Frank, Homer, Thomas, William, Emma, Sarah and Minnie. Mrs. Emaline Cutler departed this life February 28, 1895. In politics the senior Mr. Cutler is a Democrat, devotedly attached to the principles of his party, and upon that ticket he has been elected to a number of local offices. He is a man of public spirit, quiet, industrious and energetic, and is respected among his circle of associates.” – Excerpt from “Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan,” published by Record Publishing Company of Chicago, 1895.
“Henry A. Cutler, who for two terms rendered efficient service as Sheriff of Lake County, was born in Ionia County, Mich., August 8, 1840. He is the son of Dexter Shepherd, who was born in 1811, and at an early age was left an orphan, without brothers or sisters. He was adopted into the family of Abijah Cutler, whose surname was given to him instead of his own. In Massachusetts, the state of his birth, he was reared, and there he married Miss Sophie Allen, also a native of the old Bay State. Coming to Michigan in 1838, he settled on a farm in Otisco Township, Ionia County. From the primeval soil he evolved a well improved estate, and there he remained until 1877, when he removed to Lake County. He now resides in Ellsworth Township.
The mother of our subject died when he was a lad of seven years, and at her demise left three children: Mary, who married William Clark, and resided in Keene, Ionia County, Mich.; Henry A.; and Silas W., who enlisted in the Third Michigan Infantry as a member of Company C, and died of typhoid fever while in service at Huntsville, Ala. The father married a second time, choosing as his wife Miss Emaline Slayton, and by that union seven children were born, viz.: Frank, Homer, Thomas, William, Emma, Sarah and Minnie. Mrs. Emaline Cutler departed this life February 28, 1895. In politics the senior Mr. Cutler is a Democrat, devotedly attached to the principles of his party, and upon that ticket he has been elected to a number of local offices. He is a man of public spirit, quiet, industrious and energetic, and is respected among his circle of associates.” – Excerpt from “Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan,” published by Record Publishing Company of Chicago, 1895.
The mother of our subject died when he was a lad of seven years, and at her demise left three children: Mary, who married William Clark, and resided in Keene, Ionia County, Mich.; Henry A.; and Silas W., who enlisted in the Third Michigan Infantry as a member of Company C, and died of typhoid fever while in service at Huntsville, Ala. The father married a second time, choosing as his wife Miss Emaline Slayton, and by that union seven children were born, viz.: Frank, Homer, Thomas, William, Emma, Sarah and Minnie. Mrs. Emaline Cutler departed this life February 28, 1895. In politics the senior Mr. Cutler is a Democrat, devotedly attached to the principles of his party, and upon that ticket he has been elected to a number of local offices. He is a man of public spirit, quiet, industrious and energetic, and is respected among his circle of associates.” – Excerpt from “Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan,” published by Record Publishing Company of Chicago, 1895.
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