This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zJB.2ACE/2061 Message Board Post: (Thank you to Penny Harrell for this article!) Now that I've been led to Buchanan County, I would greatly appreciate help in finding more information on John R. SUTHERLAND and his family! I will gladly pay copy/postage costs. Thank you very much! -Kay, FL [email protected] Biographical Sketch of John R. Sutherland, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** John R. Sutherland, carpenter, is a native of Shelby County, Indiana, born August 1, 1846. His father, Woodward, was a carpenter by trade, and migrated with his family to Illinois in 1857. In 1858, they came to Missouri locating in Columbia, Boone County, where our subject re- sided until 1862, when he enlisted in Company B, 9th Missouri Cavalry. He passed through the usual routine of warfare, and was honorably dis- charged July 14, 1865. In 1866, he came to St. Joseph and engaged in working at the carpenter's trade, having adopted the profession of his father. During his sojourn in the city he has been classed among its first class mechanics. He was married in 1869 to Miss Charity Brainerd of St. Joseph. They have four children: Stella May, Birdie, John Franklin, and an infant. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., King Hill Lodge. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell