Abram L. Skutt

Male 1855 - 1940  (85 years)


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  • Name Abram L. Skutt 
    Born 15 Apr 1855  Middlebury, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Middlebury, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3

    • Abram Skutt, 43 years, farmer, born New York
      Mary A. Skutt, 33 years, born New York
      Peter Skutt, 18 years, farm laborer, born Canada
      Rena Skutt, 16 years, domestic, born Michigan
      Abram Skutt, 5 years, born Michigan
      Lafeyette Skutt, 1 year, born Michigan
      Lavina Algiers, 52 years, domestic, born Michigan
    Census 1870  Middlebury, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4

    • Skutt, Abram, 54 years, farm laboer, born NY
      Skutt, Mary A., 48 years, keeping house
      Skutt, Abram, 14 years, at home
      Skutt, Lafayette, 11 years
      Skutt, Joseph, 8 years
      Skutt, William, 4 years
    Census 1880  Rush, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5

    • Skutt, Abram, 65 years, farmer, born New York
      Skutt, A. Mary, 58 years, keeping house, born Canada, father born Ireland, mother born New York
      Skutt, Abram, 25 years, works on farm, born Michigan
      Skutt, Lafayette, 22 years, laborer, born Michigan
      Skutt, B. Joseph, 20 years, laborer, born Michigan
      Skutt, T. William, 14 years, works on farm, born Michigan
      Leonard, Lavina, 70 years, mother-in-law, widow, born New York, parents born New York
    Died 11 Dec 1940  Rush, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Inanclin & starvation with dehydration 
    • 87 years, 7 months, 26 days old at time of death.
    Obituary 12 Dec 1940  Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Owosso Argus Press 
    • Aged Rush Man Take by Death
      Abram Skutt, 85, Life Resident of County
      Abram L. Skutt, 85, of Rush township, a life-long resident of Shiawassee County, died in his home at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday of complications of old age. For the past 10 years, Mr. Skutt has been an invalid and had been confined to a wheel chair most of that time. During the past week, his condition had been critical.
      Services will he held from Knapp & Smith's Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, with Rev. William Engle, of Carland, officiating. Interment will be made in Riverside Cemetery.
      Mr. Skutt was born in Middlebury township on April 15, 1855, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abram Skutt, Sr. At the age of 19 years, however, he moved into Rush township and had since lived in the farm home in which he died yesterday.
      He was married on November 11, 1883, to Miss Katie C. White, who died in 1925.
      Surviving are one son, Milo J. Skutt, who resides in his father's home; a daughter, Mrs. Ollie Crane, also of Rush township; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren; and on brother, L. W. Skutt, of Elsie.
    _UID 74E4EF0EDD774A9CAD922138CF148D972EAA 
    Buried 13 Dec 1940  Henderson, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    • Knapp & Smith Funeral Home records
    Person ID I360  Gauthier Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2019 

    Father Abram Skutt,   b. 9 Oct 1814, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1901, Rush, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Mary A. Leonard,   b. 1824, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1895, Rush, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 30 Apr 1840  [9
    Family ID F109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katie C. White,   b. 30 May 1867,   d. 28 Mar 1925  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 11 Nov 1883  [10
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2012 
    Family ID F137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (Medical):1 week, senility & diabetes with arterio sclerosis, 14 years. Amputation of leg from gangrene in 1934.
      Court records list informant as Milo Skutt.

  • Sources 
    1. [S39] Michigan, Oakland County, Pontiac Gazette, 12 Dec 1940, copy of clipping in possession of Alyce Gauthier (Reliability: 3), 23 Jul 2004.

    2. [S451] Michigan Death Records, 1867-1952, Michigan. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, (wwww.ancestry.com :2016.), "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950." 1934-1941 - Shiawassee County, certificate nbr 76 4805, Abram L Skutt, accessed 15 Feb 2019. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S147] 1860 - US Census - Michigan - Ancestry, Michigan, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), M653, roll M653_560, page 1000 or FHL film 803560, Middlebury, Shiawassee, p. 50, lines 24-30, dwelling 418, family 395, Lavinia Algiers, accessed 30 Jan 2011 (Reliability: 4), 30 Jan 2011.

    4. [S133] 1870 - US Census -Michigan - Ancestry, Michigan, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), M593, roll M593_704, age 316B or FHL film 552203, Middlebury, Shiawassee, p. 16, lines 28-33, dwelling 131, family 128, Mary A. Skutt, accessed 30 Jan 2011 (Reliability: 4), 30 Jan 2011.

    5. [S111] 1880 - US Census - Michigan - Ancestry, Michigan, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), T9, roll 606 or FHL film 1254606, page 501B, Rush, Shiawassee, enumeration district (ED) 359, p. 22, lines 25-31, dwelling 215, family 226, Lavina Leonard, accessed 30 Jan 2011 (Reliability: 4), 30 Jan 2011.

    6. [S42] Michigan, Owosso Argus Press, 12 December 1940 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S38] Michigan, Shiawassee County, cemetery & death records, Frances Herber Hazelton, (Vernon, Michigan; 1981), Book 12, page 3 (Reliability: 3), 20 Jul 2004.

    8. [S42] Michigan, Owosso Argus Press, 12 Dec 1940, copy of clipping in possession of Alyce Gauthier (Reliability: 3), 23 Jul 2004.

    9. [S276] Michigan, Oakland County, Probate Court, Michigan. Oakland., No 350 - Lib. 10, Fol. 152, Estate of Peter Leonard - Petition of Mary Leonard Skutt, 25 May 1846 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S42] Michigan, Owosso Argus Press, 12 Dec 1940, clipping in possession of Alyce Gauthier (Reliability: 3), 23 Jul 2004.