Wesley Lee Nutten, Sr.

1869 -

• Name	Wesley Lee Nutten
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	4 Apr 1869	Moscow, Hillsdale Co, Michigan, USA
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I33126	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	John Benjamin Nutten, Sr.,   b. 24 May 1843, , Yates Co, New York, USA ,   d. 26 Sep 1920, Alamo Twp, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Marie Antoinette Crane,   b. 12 Apr 1845, Moscow, Hillsdale Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 21 Oct 1929, Alamo Twp, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F18963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Luna May Van Vleck,   b. Abt 1871, Michigan, USA
  Married	25 Dec 1895	Sturgis, Wayne Co, Michigan, USA
  Children	1. Clyde Vanvleck Nutten,   b. 17 Mar 1897, Detroit, Wayne Co, Michigan, USA   2. Wesley Lee Nutten, Jr.,   b. 21 Jul 1899, Detroit, Wayne Co, Michigan, USA   3. Ada B. Nutten,   b. 6 Mar 1902, Detroit, Wayne Co, Michigan, USA
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F19826	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: (Presley) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4BZ-ZVF Marriage: (Wesley) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQ38-5VM http://books.google.com/books?id=OZYUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=%22Wesley+l.+nutten%22&source=bl&ots=8AFhN4EtmH&sig=7B-Z9X8Uk5EbIMjjDNu6gvwpSNc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NHfIUtHvHrOgsATSpoHQDQ&ved=0CGIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Wesley%20l.%20nutten%22&f=false (With Photo) WESLEY L NUTTEN one of the successful attorneys at the Detroit bar was born in Moscow Michigan July 6 1869 and is a son of John B and Marie Crane Nutten the former a native of New York and the latter of Massachusetts They became early settlers of Hillsdale county Michigan where the father engaged in farming and both he and his wife are still living in that locality They had a family of seven children Albert M Fred Mrs Maude Hughes Mrs May Ransom Mrs Gertrude Rose John and Wesley L In his boyhood days the last named attended the schools of North Adams Michigan and later spent three years in study at Hillsdale College He next entered the University of Michigan where he remained for a year after which he began reading law in the office of Judge McGrath and Henry M Cheever In 1895 he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Detroit For five years he was associated with his former preceptor Judge McGrath although not in a partnership relation Since then he has practiced independently and as a general practitioner he has acquired a very high class clientele being classed as one of the ablest members of the profession in Detroit On the 25th of December 1895 Mr Nutten was married to Miss May Van Vleck of Detroit daughter of Dr and Mrs Van Vleck Mrs Nutten is a graduate of Hillsdale College and has been accorded the Master of Arts degree Three children have been born of this marriage Clyde V born in Detroit March 17 1897 and now attending the University of Michigan was with the Naval Reserve Corps during the World war Wesley L born in Detroit July El 1899 is attending Dartmouth College and is a member of the class of 22 He was also for seven months in active service with the navy Ada V born in Detroit March 6 1902 is likewise a student in the University of Michigan The interests which claim the attention of Mr Nutten outside of his profession are broad and varied For three years he has been the president of the North Woodward Civic Association is serving on the board of trustees of the First Universalist church and he belongs to the Detroit and to the Michigan Bar Associations Aside from his professional activities Mr Nutten is interested in a number of business enterprises that have been factors in the city's industrial growth.