The Globe And Commercial Advertiser New York, NY February 27 1904 SURNAMES: SUTTON J. T. SUTTON Obituary JAMES TROTTEN SUTTON, one of Peekskill's best known residents died at his home, 1116 Main Street, Peekskill on Thursday. He leaves a wife whom he married in 1851, a son, Allen Lincoln SUTTON and a daughter, Miss Agnes. The funeral will be at his home today at 1:30 P.M. Mr. SUTTON was born 1833 in New York City and went to Peekskill in 1935. His father was in the gas business and he naturally drifted into it and at his fathers death in 1876 he became the controlling owner of Peekskill Gas Company and conducted the only gas plant in Peekskill until 1899 when it was sold to a syndicate. In politics Mr. SUTTON was a Republican, and served a number of years as commissioner of the water works in Peekskill and one term as president of the parks commissioners. He was instrumental in choosing the plans for the sewer system and its installation and in bringing to Peekskill the camp for the state militia. SOURCE: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=29739