Yolo County Biographies


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Daniel Webster NUTTING
 
The name of this honored citizen of Yolo was associated with local upbuilding 
for many years.  Whether in the capacity of a business man or in the discharge 
of official duties he was characterized alike by a faithful attention to details 
and a keen intelligence in the comprehension of large enterprises.  Endowed by 
nature with the qualities that win and retain friends, he was peculiarly 
fortunate in possessing the warm regard of associates and the confidence of 
acquaintances.  In all circles he was respected as a kindly, courteous gentleman 
and when he died, ending the long period of his service as postmaster, many 
tributes admiration gave evidence to the sincerity of the attachment of his 
friends and the high character of his citizenship.
 
Born near Lowell, Mass., in 1838 and educated in the schools of that state, Mr. 
Nutting heard the call of the west in his young manhood and came to the coast 
country at an early date.  To this region he gave the best of his energies and 
the maturity of his mental powers.  At first he found employment in Tulare 
county.  For a number of years he owned and operated a flour mill at Princeton, 
Colusa county, meanwhile extensively engaging in the manufacture of flour.  
During the period of his residence in Princeton he established a home, being 
united in marriage, August 4, 1873, with Miss Mary Jane Forsythe, who was born 
near Marshall, Clark county, Ill.  Her parents, Chesterfield and Mary Jane 
(Davis) Forsythe, were natives respectively of Kentucky and Illinois, the former 
having removed to Illinois in early maturity and afterward identified himself 
with the development of his chosen locality.
 
For five years after marriage remaining in Princeton, in 1878 Mr. and Mrs. 
Nutting removed to Yolo, where he purchased the flour mill and engaged in the 
milling business until he disposed of the plant and building four years later.  
From the first of his identification with Yolo he was a leader among the people 
and by all he was respected as a citizen of solid worth and unquestioned value 
of the town.  For fourteen consecutive years he filled the office of postmaster 
and was still occupying the position at the time of his death.  His long 
retention in the place furnishes abundant testimony as to the appreciation given 
to his services.  The only secret order of which he was a member, the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, for years enjoyed the benefit of his 
association which its lodge in Yolo, in which he was a generous contributor to 
the good of the order.
 
Of the children comprising the family of Mr. and Mrs. Nutting one beloved 
daughter, Clara Belle Nutting, died in young womanhood.  The surviving daughter, 
Alice, is the wife of H. E. Shamp, an engineer on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 
with headquarters at Sacramento.  The only son, Alden, a young man of excellent 
education and high character, has gained proficiency in the trades of carpenter 
and engineer and makes a specialty of operating portable or stationary engines.  
At the death of his father he was chosen to fill out the unexpired term and 
served for two years, giving to the work the same painstaking earnestness, the 
same industrious application and the same intelligent oversight that had 
characterized his father�s long and successful official record.
 
Transcribed by Bea Barton
Source:  �History of Yolo County, California� by Tom Gregory.  Published by the 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1913, pages 712 � 713.