Tulare County Biographies

JOHN CUTLER, (M. D.) AND A. R.CUTLER, 

Transcribed by: Craig A Hahn

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     A native of Indiana, Judge Cutler was born in 1819, in the town of Newport, 
Vermilion county. A predilection for the medical profession led him to take up 
studies with that object in view at an early age, and he completed his studies 
and received his diploma in Iowa. In the last mentioned state he followed his 
profession until the memorable year of 1849, when he crossed the plains to 
California and made settlement in Eldorado county, While a resident of that 
county he served as a representative to the state legislature.
 
     Judge Cutler�s residence in Tulare county began with the year 1852, at 
which time he engaged in agriculture on a large scale, farming one thousand 
acres five miles northeast of Visalia, on the St. John�s river. Here, as in his 
former place of residence, his fellow-citizens recognized his unusual ability 
and fitness for public office and for two terms he served them efficiently as 
judge of Tulare county. The marriage of Judge Cutler united him with Mrs. Nancy 
(Rice) Reynolds, a widow with two daughters, Amelia and Celeste. Seven children 
were born of her marriage with Judge Cutler, three sons, and four daughters, as 
follows: Mrs. V. D. Knupp of Porterville; A. R.; John; Mary; Loyal O.; Ida, and 
Mrs. Edna Hartley. Judge Cutler passed away on the family homestead near Visalia 
July 12, 1902, and his wife died in Santa Cruz several years prior to his 
demise. 
 
     The second child born to Judge and Nancy (Rice) Cutler was A. R. Cutler, a 
native of Tulare county, born in 1860. When his school days were over he 
assisted his father in the care and management of the home ranch, and later 
undertook ranching on his own account. At the present time he is ranching on a 
large scale in Tulare county, having under his immediate supervision the Venice 
Cove, Monson, and Hills Valley ranches. His stock now numbers four hundred head. 
Fruit is raised on one hundred acres�raisin grapes, peaches, apricots and 
oranges predominating�besides which he has twenty acres in prunes, and the 
remainder of the land is in alfalfa. 
 
     Following a service of four years as deputy county clerk, Mr. Cutler 
received still greater honors in April, 1911, when he was elected mayor of 
Visalia, an office which he is well qualified to fill. His marriage in 1988 
united him with Miss Nimmie Pringle, and they have two sons, John F. and Albert 
R. 
 
SOURCE:  History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical 
Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913  Pp 420, 423