Searchers of Sutton/Ellis/Patterson/Gard Here is # 3 of 4 newspaper articles (1st was Obit of Samuel Sutton) I found in my gg grandmother's trunk, Hannah Sutton Ellis. This is her brother. I do not know a date or the name of the newspaper for sure, I am assuming that this would be Bethany, Harrison Co., Missouri. I also do not know if he won the election. If anyone has that information, I would love to hear about it. John P. Sutton was the grandson of George and Hannah Gard Sutton, and the son of Samuel Sutton and Mary G Patterson. He married Eliza Jane Reed in 1860 and had five children: Mary I. - b 1864, Lillie M.- b 1866, Samuel - b 1869, Clarence J., Samuel G. b 1868 all Missouri. Vickie in OK JOHN P. SUTTON, for Presiding Judge Was born in Ohio, Nov. 7, 1839, and has resided in Harrison county for 32 years, and is a farmer by occupation. During the war he served in Co. B. 54th Regt. Ohio Vol. Infty. Has been Collector and also Clerk and Assessor of Cypress twp. is a member of the Baptist church. He taught school for Twenty years in Harrison and Daviess counties in succession. During his military life he served a while in Andersonville, Ga. Prison. Mr. Sutton is an uncompromising Republican, and is one among our best citizens and very popular in his own neighborhood and over a large district of country in the county. His qualifications for the position he seeks is of a high order, and if successful he will undoubtedly make a good record. During every political campaign he has always been an active and efficient worker for his party, which, has gained for him many friends in every part of the county; where he is known.