CUTTER, SETH R., born Jan. 1, 1785, in Boston, Mass., taken by his parents, in 1790, to Cincinnati, Ohio. After the death of his mother, and the second marriage of his father, he left home and went to Grainger county, Tenn., where he was married in June, 1806, to Elizabeth Easley, daughter of William Easley. In December, 1809, he returned with his family to Cincinnati, where he engaged in the provision trade, mostly in New Orleans and Cuba. He continued in that business about twenty years. They had six children in Cincinnati, and then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in July, 1828, in what is now Loami township, where they had three children. Of their nine children--

SARAH, born Aug. 24, 1812, in Cincinnati, O., married in Sangamon county to John Calhoun. See his name.

ABIGAIL, born Nov. 10, 1814, in Cincinnati, O., married in Sangamon county to Frederick Hawn. See his name.

ALBERT, born Jan. 16, 1817, in Cincinnati, O. He was a confirmed invalid, and died in Sangamon county Jan. 30, 1841.

SUSANNAH, born March 19, 1827, in Cincinnati, O., married in Sangamon county to John C. Hall. See his name.

MARTHA A., born Sept. 10, 1821, in Cincinnati, O., married in Sangamon county, January, 1842, to Oliver Diefendorf. See his name. She died six weeks after marriage.

CAROLINE E., born Feb. 13, 1825, in Cincinnati, O., raised in Sangamon county, and married in her native city to Oliver Diefendorf. See his name.

WILLIAM F., born Oct. 8, 1828, in Sangamon county. He served from June, 1846, one year in the 4th Ill. Inf., under Col. E. D. Baker, in the war with Mexico. In 1848 he went to California, where he spent several years in mining, and died there of consumption.

JOHN W. and ELIZA., twins, born during the "deep snow," Jan. 11, 1831, in Sangamon county.

JOHN W. married in 1853 to Juliette Greening. They have five children: ALBERT lives with his parents. CAROLINE, born Jan., 1857, was married Jan., 1873, to James Mahanna, has one child, EDITH, and lives near Lake City, Ill. ANDREW, LAURA and OLIVER live with their parents. John W. Cutter and wife live near Lake City, Moultrie county, Ill.

ELIZA, married March 24, 1857, at Weston, Mo., to Samuel A. Graham, who was born July 19, 1825, at Charlotte, Mecklenburg county, N. C. They have five children, EVA B., MARGARET, OLIVER, MARY, MALCOLM E. and ISABEL, and reside in Springfield, Ill. Mr. Graham enlisted in Co. F, Georgia Battallion, Mounted Volunteers, in 1847, and served in the war with Mexico, until June, 1848, when he was honorably discharged, and came to Springfield, Ill. In 1863 he was elected to represent Loami township in the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors, and in Nov., 1867, was elected, for two years, Surveyor of Sangamon county.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cutter died Sept., 1835, in Sangamon county, and in May, 1836, Seth R. Cutter married Mary Prosser Wariner, who was born March 18, 1808, in Henrico county, Va. Her parents were married in Virginia. Her mother inherited some slaves, but refused to keep them, and to evade the influence of slavery, moved to this county. Mr. Wariner was an old school, or regular Baptist preacher, and preached in the vicinity of Loami many years. Mr. Cutter and wife had one child--

FRANCES A., born Feb. 12, 1837, in Sangamon county, married March 16, 1856, to Abner Bowen. See his name. Mrs. Bowen has some embroidery work done by her mother nearly half a century ago.

Mrs. Mary P. W. Cutter died Feb. 11, 1861, and Seth R. Cutter died Sept. 8, 1869, both at the homestead settled by him in 1828, in Loami township.

Mr. Cutter was engaged in pork packing in Cincinnati with Andrew Heredith. See his name. When they came west they built a steam flouring mill about two miles northwest of Loami. A village called. Millville grew up around it. The mill, owners and village have all passed away.