Ulmer Ancestry

James Sutton & Martha Thompson

(Notes about James and Martha contributed by Sherri Feller)

From Jackson County Iowa Probate records:

James died without a will.  The petition for administrator of his estate shows he died April 15, 1878 and was buried on April 16, 1878.  Signed by sons-in-law E. Crouch and W. Teter on June 22, 1878.

The "Description of Real Estate and List of Heirs" dated July 1, 1878, lists Martha Sutton, widow, age 74; Tacy Teter, daughter, age 56; Susan Trimble, daughter, age 54; Sarah Crouch, daughter, age 52; Samuel Sutton, son, age 48; Martha H. Thompson, daughter, age 40; and Wm T Sutton, son, age 38.

from The History of Jackson County (Iowa), pub. 1879:  (Washington Teter is my great-great-grandfather)

WASHINGTON TETER, farmer, sec. 15; p.o. Fulton; a native of Ohio, was born in Morgan co. in 1820.  In 1841, he married, in his native county, Miss Tacy Sutton, a native of Fayette Co., Penn.  In 1851, they emigrated to Jackson Co., Iowa, and settled in Farmer's Creek Township.  They have four children -- James, who married Emily Rousch, and resides in this (Farmer's Creek) township; Martha, married Levi Rousch, of Farmer's Creek Township; Jacob, also a resident of Farmer's Creek, and William.  Mr. Teter owns 122 acres of land.  Politically, he is in sympathy with the National Greenback movement.  His father, Jacob Teter, a native of Greene Co., Penn., married Miss Sarah Pickenpan;  they emigrated to Iowa in 1849, and settled in Van Buren Co., where he died in 1850; she is now living in Guernsey Co., Ohio.  Their living children are David (who married, and resides in Kansas), Mary (now the wife of H. Gorrell; he served in the cause of the Union, was a brave soldier, and is now deceased), Washington, John (married, live in Oregon), Sarah (now Mrs. L. Williams, of Guthrie Co., Iowa).  Mrs. Teter's father, James Sutton, was a native of Fayette Co., Penn.  Married Martha Thompson, a native of Chester Co., Penn.;  they moved to Morgan Co., Ohio, thence to Iowa, in 1851;  they settled in Farmer's Creek Township, Jackson Co., where he resided until his death;  she is still a resident.  Their living children are Lucy (the wife of Washington Teter), Susanna (wife of William Trimble), Sarah (wife of E. Crouch), Samuel, Martha (wife of J. S. Thompson), William (served in an Iowa regiment during the war); six children deceased - one of whom (James ) died while in the service of his country, at St. Louis, Mo., during the rebellion.