S. J. Cutler
S.J. Cutter, of Prairie Township, resides on the old homestead on which his father settled in 1821. His paternal ancestors came from England to America about 1600, and his maternal ancestors were Scotch and Irish. His father settled, as before stated, on the farm where our subject now lives, in 1821. It was at that time a tract of uncultivated timber land, and required years of hard work to bring it under the high state of cultivation in which it now is. The parents of our subject made this farm their home as long as they lived, the father's death occurring May 16, 1877, when he was aged seventy-two years, and the mother's in 1878.
S.J.Cutter is a son of Ezekiel and Martha (Charlton) Cutter, and spent his early life like the majority of pioneer boys, assisting in the work of clearing the farm and attending to the numerous "chores" that usually fell to the lot of the boys of the family. His education was necessarily limited, as the schools of his day were not up to the standard of the present public schools, and his parents, being in meager circumstances, could not afford to pay the amount required to send their children to the better schools of that period. He remained at home until manhood, and then began the battle of life for himself. Thinking that life was the better worth living with some one to share its joys and sorrows, he married November 13, 1860, Christina Stucker, a native of Holmes County, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (More) Stucker, who settled in this county in 1818, although her grandparents were here still earlier than that, being among the first of the pioneer settlers. Mr. and Mrs. Cutter have nine children, viz: Ezekial A., of Nebraska; Harry M., Charles C., Mary E., Finley D., Samuel, John, Frank and William C. Mr. Cutter now owns the homestead farm which contains 280 acres of land, and is engaged in general farming and stock raising. He makes a speciality of buying and shipping cattle, hogs and sheep, and also raises some graded stock, having on his farm about fifteen thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle, seven of which are registered.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889