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    1. [INDIANA] Sutton, Routt, Wright, Osterhage, Campbell, Bateman,
    2. This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography are: Sutton, Routt, Wright, Osterhage, Campbell, Bateman, BYRON SUTTON. With well proved technical skill and artistic conceptions as an architect, Mr. Sutton is engaged in the active work of his profession in the City of Vincennes, as one of the principals in the Sutton & Routt Company, the offices of which are situated on the third floor of the Citizens Trust Building. Mr. Sutton was born at Princeton, judicial Center of Gibson County, Indiana, July 7, 1884, and is a son of James and Mary E. (Wright) Sutton, the former a native of England and the latter of Gibson County, Indiana, where their marriage was solemnized and where James Sutton was engaged in the mercantile business at Princeton at the time of his death, in 1913. His father was Thomas Sutton, a member of the historic old Sutton family of Sutton, England. After completing his studies in the high school at Princeton, Byron Sutton attended the Chicago Technical College and also carried forward studies in the Chicago Art Institute, where his discipline was especially in line with the profession of which he is now a successful representative. In 1904 he established residence in Vincennes, and here he was employed in the offices of a leading architect, Thomas Campbell, until 1913, Mr. Campbell having in the meanwhile, in 1907, admitted a partner, L. H. Osterhage, and the firm name having thereafter continued as Campbell & Osterhage until he retired, in 1913. From that year Mr. Sutton remained as a silent partner of Mr. Osterhage until he became a constituent principal, under the firm title of Osterhage & Sutton. The death of Mr. Osterhage occurred in 1923, and in continuing the well-established business Mr. Sutton and L. W. Routt formed a partnership, whereupon the present title of Sutton & Routt, architects and engineers, was adopted. In the World war period Mr. Sutton was retained by the Government as architect in construction work at Camp Knox, Kentucky, and he was thus engaged seven months. Prior to and after this service he was active and influential in furthering patriotic movements in his home city and county, including the drives in support of the Government war loans, Red Cross work, etc. His firm drew the plans and specifications for several Vincennes school buildings and for modern school buildings at Casey, Lawrenceville, Bridgeport, Albion, Sumner, Oblong and Olney, Illinois; the Coliseum and Saint Mary’s school at Washington, Indiana; the Vincennes Coliseum, and in Vincennes the fine buildings of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, First Baptist Church, Saint James Episcopal Church and the Vincennes Fortnightly (woman’s) Club, while many other buildings in the city stand in evidence of the technical and artistic skill of Mr. Sutton and those who have been his professional coadjutors. Other fine structures in the planning and erecting of which Mr. Sutton has been concerned are: Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church at Saint Francisville, Illinois; the Methodist Episcopal Church at Princeton, Indiana; the Christian Church at Seymour, Indiana; the Methodist Church at Bloomfield, Indiana; the Daviess County Hospital at Washington, Indiana, and the Daviess County Courthouse in the same city. The firm has designed many modern residences of the highest grade, as well as large business structures in various cities. The concern maintained offices in Hollywood, Florida, in the period of 1925-27, where it did important construction service, as did it also at Miami and Fort Lauderdale, that state, and also in Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Sutton has membership in the Indiana Engineers Society, Indiana Society of Architects and is a registered engineer in Indiana, as well as a registered architect in both this state and that of Illinois. He is a valued member of the Vincennes Chamber of Commerce and is president of the local Rotary Club. His basic Masonic affiliation is with historic Vincennes Lodge No. 1, A. F. and A. M., and his other York Rite affiliations are with the local Chapter, Council and Commandery, while as a Noble of the Mystic Shrine his membership is in Hadi Temple at Evansville, Indiana. At Vincennes was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Sutton to Miss Muriel M. Bateman, daughter of Henry and Alice Bateman, of this city. The two children of this union, Thomas and Ruth, have graduated from the public schools of their home city and Thomas attended Notre Dame University at South Bend, Indiana, where he is taking a course in architecture.

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