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WILLIAM F. McNUTT, farmer, P. O. Marathon, son of James and Mary (Donaldson) McNutt, was born in Pike Township, Brown County, Ohio, in 1817. When about one year old, his parents moved into Clermont County, where they bought 138 acres of timber land. They erected a log house in the woods and began clearing off the timber. They cleared about 115 acres. They had a family of six sons and four daughters. Mr. McNutt’s parents both died there; his father about 1858, and his mother in February 1875. Mr. McNutt was the third son, and was married in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1839, to Abagail Ireton, born in Clermont County December 23, 1815. They had five children, two sons and one daughter living — Erastus H. (married in Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio, in 1869, to Belle Manning, their children are Jessie and Harry), Mary A. (married to John F. Rapp, a farmer and school teacher in Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio, their children are Hattie, Charles and William), John W. (was married in 1873 to Jennie Grant, their children are Charlie and Stella M.). After his marriage, Mr. McNutt settled in Williamsburg, where he kept a blacksmith shop four years; then moved to Jackson Township, where he resided five years; then moved to Marathon, where he kept a blacksmith shop about seventeen years, and then bought a farm of 167 acres of land in this township, near Marathon, eight acres being in Clermont County. He has a finely cultivated farm, 145 acres under cultivation. Mr. McNutt’s wife died in 1878; she was a member of the M. E. Church about forty years. Mr. McNutt has also been a member about the same length of time. The family are all members of the same church.