A. B. Cutter
A. B. Cutter, one of the well-known farmers of Salt Creek Townshiip, is a son of John Cutter, a native of Huntingdon County, Penn., who about 1814 came to Holmes County and engaged as a day laborer, walking from Pennsylvania to Holmes County. He married Miss Hannah Peterman, of Huntingdon County, Penn., who died in 1873. He afterward entered a tract of land in Franklin Township, Wayne County, where he died in 1886.
In his political views he was a Democrat, and he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His family consisted of seven children, three of whom are living: Elizabeth, A. B., and John W., on the homestead in Wayne County.
A. B. Cutter was born on the farm in Franklin Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, March 19, 1832, and was the first child born on that farm. He was educated in the township schools, and learned the carpenter's trade in his youth, at which he worked for several years. In 1858 he was united in marriage with Miss Susan B., daughter of Robert Armstrong, of Salt Creek Township, and have since resided on his present farm. Six children were born to thier union: Hadessa M., wife of William Bupp, of Salt Creek Township, Wayne County (have two children: Parris Roy and Mary E.), Robert, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Ira, Charles, Joseph and Harvey, at home. Mr. Cutter was drafted in the Civil War, but was honorably discharged on account of disability. He is an active supporter of the Democratic party, and has filled the offices of school director, supervisor and trustee. For five years he has been one of the mangers of the Millersburgh Agricultural Society. He and family attend the Methodist Episcopal church.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889