Henry A. Sutton, M.D., eclectic physician at No. 1506 Jeffries avenue, Marion, Indiana, was born in Jay county, Indiana, November 2, 1847, and is a son of Daniel B. and Mary J. (Roberts) Sutton, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively.
Daniel B. Sutton was of English descent, was a farmer by calling and a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church, but is now living at Muncie, Indiana, with his son Samuel, and is eighty-six years of age ; he lost his wife at Redkey, Jay county, just as she had attained the age of eighty-six.
To Daniel B. and Mary J. Sutton were born four children, of whom
- Samuel, a carpenter and contractor at Muncie, is the eldest ;
- Emily is the wife of Thomas Hall, a farmer at Redkey ;
- William was a farmer, enlisted in the Thirty-sixth I.V.I., in the Civil war, and incurred disease which eventually resulted in his death at the age of thirty-three years, at which time he was drawing a pension ;
- Dr. Henry A. Sutton is the youngest of the family.
Dr. Henry A. Sutton was primarily educated in the common schools of Jay, Delaware and Grant counties, Indiana ; he began the study of medicine in Jay county, later pursued it in Delaware county, and lastly studied under D. Ellsworth, at Lowell, Michigan. Dr. Sutton began practice in Delaware county in 1884 ; moved thence to Michigan, then to Wabash, Indiana, and in 1894 came to Marion, engaged in general practice, and has been very successful professionally, and consequently, financially.
The marriage of Dr. Sutton took place near Bethel, in Delaware county, Indiana, April 2, 1868, to Mrs. Melinda E. Wright, widow of Elisha Wright, who was a soldier in the Civil war for three years and died from disease contracted in the service. Mrs. Sutton is a daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (Reeves) Vincent, ...
To the marriage of the Doctor and Mrs. Sutton have been born four children, namely:
- Charles, who married Miss Cora Priest, and is engaged in business in Marion ;
- Mrs. Mary Hodson, who passed away, leaving one daughter, Goldie Hodson, now a member of Dr. Sutton's family ;
- Frank, who married Ada Parott, in Wabash county, and has two daughters ;
- Mattie is married to Albert Jackson and resides in Marion.
Dr. Sutton and wife are members of the United Brethren church, in the faith of which their children have been reared, and all have been active in church work. The family is most highly respected, and in his profession the Doctor has but few equals in any part of the state. In politics the Doctor is a Republican, but has never accepted public office.
