History of Clear Creek and Boulder valleys, Colorado

J. Harrison Mills, W. B. Vickers, Frederick W. Pitkin

1880 

JOSEPH L. McCUBBIN.

 
The following sketch of the gentleman whose name appears above is necessarily brief on account of the absence of further data. His history dates back to the very earliest settlement 
of the country.  He was appointed the first commissioner of Arapahoe Co., Kan., now Colorado, by James W. Denison, Governor of Kansas, and came thither with his commission to assume charge of the affairs of that office in the fall of 1858.   While thus discharging his duties as Commissioner, he began his first mining along with the other pioneers in Russell Gulch and Virginia Canon, since which time he has been constantly engaged in that pursuit, and resides at :he head of Virginia Canon. 
 

Portrait and Biographical Decord of Denver and Vicinity, Colorado, 1898 

      HARRY NUTTING, cashier of the Bank of Littleton and manager of the R. W. English Lumber Company of Littleton, has taken an active part in municipal affairs, contributing to the commercial growth of the place and assisting in the development of its resources. In 1892 he was chosen to occupy the office of town treasurer and has since served in this capacity. He was largely instrumental in establishing the Littleton board of trade, which was organized April 7, 1892, and he held the office of secretary of the board from that time until the dissolution of the   
board in 1894.

      Mr. Nutting was one of eight children, five of whom are living: Burtis, who is married  and has one child; Drusilla and Rupert; Gladys, wife of Charles H. Davis and mother of four children; and Harry E., who was born in Linn County, Iowa, June 28, 1867.   His father, Eugene Nutting, was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., June 2, 1837, and at the age of twenty-four removed to Marion, Iowa, where he married Sarah Burtis.   Soon afterward he settled upon a farm, where he remained for a number of years. In 1872 he migrated to Kansas and for eighteen months made his home iu Osborn City. From there he came to Colorado and settled at Deer Trail, Arapahoe County, fifty miles from Denver. In 1880 he again removed, this time settling in Silvercliff, where he spent some four years. Later he located in Canon City, of which place he was afterward a prosperous timber contractor. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and a guide of his lodge. In politics he affiliated with the Republican party. He died in Canon City March 6, 1898.

      In the various removals of the family the subject of this sketch accompauied his parents. He attended the public and high schools of Canon City, but at the age of fourteen discontinued his studies and began to earn his livelihood. For some months his time was given to ranching, but 
later he turned his attention to the lumber business, in which he has since successfully engaged. In 1888 he accepted a position as bookkeeper for R. W. English at Salida, where he remained for one and one-half years, and then came to Littleton as manager for the R. W. English Lumber  
Company, of this place.   In 1892 the banking business was opened up in connection with the lumber trade, and on the first of March, 1896, Mr. Nutting was made cashier of the bank, which position he has since held, at the same time retaining the management of the lumber business. Fraternally he is connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Chapter Masons, while in politics he votes the Republican ticket, supporting the men and measures advocated by his party. 

Contributed by: Karen Seeman 01-20-2010