Sutton - Miles Anderson
Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana October 3, 1919
Miles Anderson Sutton, son of Isaiah and Anna McCammon Sutton was born in Parke County, Indiana August 4, 1847 and peacefully passed to rest in Waveland, Indiana on Sept 30, 1919, age 72 years 2 month and 26 days. In 1868, under the ministry of Rev. J. C. Bartholomew he became a member of the Christian Church in Waveland. In 1869 he went to Joplin, Missouri where a year later he was united in marriage to Serilda Norton. Three children came to bless this union, Nettie and Walter who died in infancy and William Amos. In 1879, he located in Colorado where he engaged in mining. In 1902, he was badly injured and was brought back to Indiana where he has since made his home with his sisters and nieces and nephews. Mr. Sutton is survived by the son, William Amos, one grandson, Cecil M. and one great grandson, Miles George Sutton, all of Los Angeles, California and six sisters, Mrs. Mary Anna Carrington of Dana, IN; Mrs. Laura McMullin of Crawfordsville, Mrs. Josephine Hester of Wintertown, Ill; Mrs. Sarah Jarvis, Mrs. Martha Jarvis and Mrs. Eliza Ware, all of Waveland and vicinity. In his passing, the son loses a kind indulgent father and the sisters a true and noble upright friend and brother -- kbz