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Samuel Shute
Samuel Shute was born in Gloucester County, N. J., July 13, 1808, the fifth of thirteen children of Samuel Shute, Sr. The latter was born in Gloucester County, N. J., in 1773. He married Rebecca Zanes, who died leaving one child, Nancy, who married Edward Ferst, an early merchant of Richmond. He subsequently married Alice Zaues, a sister of his former wife. She died in New Jersey, leaving six children — James P., Harriet, Charles, Aaron, Samuel and Hiram. Mr. Shute afterward married Sybil, daughter of Robert and Lydia Cook, of Gloucester County, N. J. They had six children — Robert C., Lydia (wife of J. L. Morrisson), Amos, Elizabeth, Edward F. and Elias H. Mrs. Shute died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1847, and Mr. Shute in Covington, Ky., Feb. 9, 1857.
They came West in 1818 and bought a farm five miles southeast of Richmond, residing there till 1831, when they removed to Richmond, and in 1833 bought 150 acres of land of Joshua Alberson at $15 an acre. One-half the land is now in the city limits of Richmond, and the rest is at Linden Hill, and is valued at $2,000 or $3,000 per acre. He sold the land in 1845 for $60 an acre, and removed to Cincinnati.
When a young man he was prominent in the Judicial Courts of New Jersey. Our subject was ten years of age when his father came to Indiana. He was reared on a farm, and his early advantages for an education were limited. His calling through life was that of agriculture, in which calling his neighbors say he made great proficiency, having kept, according to their testimony, one of the model farms of Wayne County. He retired to private life on Linden Hill in 1876 to spend his days in comparative ease.
He was married in 1837 to Deborah S., daughter of Levi Keerans, who settled in Richmond in 1835. She was born Sept. 6, 1817. They have a family of eight children, seven sons and one daughter. They are members of the society of Hicksite Friends.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2