NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 S. L. Cutshall To such men as Samuel L. Cutshall is the great state of Iowa indebted for its development and progress along agricultural lines, for he devoted many years of his life to improvement of his land, which he brought to a splendid state of productivity, and while he was advancing his individual interests he was at the same time contributing to the general prosperity and progress of the community in which he lived. Samuel L. Cutshall was born at Fort Wayne, Indiana, November 7, 1845, and is a son of Eli and Dorcas (Price) Cutshall, who were natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively, and went to Indiana in an early day, the father devoting his attention to farming pursuits there until 1839. In 1855 he came to Iowa, locating in Buchanan county, where he continued farming during the remaining active years of his life. To him and his wife were born eleven children, of which number six are still living. Samuel L. Cutshall received his educational training in the public schools of Indiana and Iowa. He remained at home until October, 1863, when he enlisted in Company B, Fourth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, with which command he served until the close of the war, taking part in a number of hard-fought engagements, through which he came without injury. He was mustered out of the service at Atlanta, Georgia, August 8, 1865, and returned home, where he remained until his marriage, in 1870, when he rented a farm in Black Hawk county, Iowa, living there for two years. In the fall of 1871 he came to Clay county and took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres in Lake township, to which he later added eighty acres by purchase. he is still the owner of the two hundred and forty acres, all of which he improved, erecting a good set of farm buildings and otherwise making of it one of the best and most productive farms in that locality. In 1906 Mr. Cutshall moved to Dickens, where he bought ten acres of land, which he improved and on which he lived until 1915, when he sold that place and bought a nice home in Spencer, where he now resides, enjoying the fruits of his former years of earnest and well-directed effort. On March 10, 1870, Mr. Cutshall was united in marriage to Miss Janette Moyer, a native of Ohio, and daughter of Isaac and Betsy A. (Leach) Moyer. To them have been born eleven children, ten of whom are living as follows: A. B.; Mary D., the wife of Roy C. Swingley, of Minnesota; Fred B., who lives in California; Effie L., the wife of J. O. Davidson; Raymond L.; Samuel G., who lives in California; Ruby J., the wife of A. W. Johnson, of Montana; Inez Belle, at home; Eugene H., who lives on the Home farm; Laura P., the wife of Martin Peterson, of California; and William, who died when eight months old. Politically, Mr. Cutshall is a republican and has served as school treasurer and commissioner, as well as in other local offices. He is a member of Annett Post, No. 124, G. A. R., and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has been true and loyal in every relation of life and has so ordered his actions as to command the unqualified respect of his fellow citizens. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/