David F. Sutton
Sex: M
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Birth: Abt 1849 - Indiana
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Father: Jeniah Sutton Jr.
Mother: Isabella
David F. Sutton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt Dec 1841 - Warren County, New Jersey
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Death: Bef 1910 - Forest County, Pennsylvania
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• He worked as an a worker at a sawmill in 1870. 5459
• He appeared on the census on 28 Jun 1870 in Covington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 5460
• He appeared on the census on 14 Jun 1880 in Kingsley, Forest County, Pennsylvania. 5461
• He appeared on the census on 25 Jun 1900 in Kingsley, Forest County, Pennsylvania. 5462
Parents
Father: Richard A. Sutton
Mother: Margaret A. Vliet
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Ella
Marriage: Abt 1865
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Children:
1. Richard Sutton
2. James Sutton
3. Eugene Sutton
David H. Sutton
Sex: M
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Birth: Abt Feb 1876 - Pennsylvania
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Death: Abt 23 Jul 1962 - Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania 5463
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• He worked as an a barber in Jun 1900. 5464
• He worked as an a barber in Apr 1910. 5465
• He appeared on the census on 28 Apr 1910 in Maple Avenue, Ward 4, Dover, Morris County, New Jersey. 5466 Elizabeth noted having 1 child, living.
• He worked as an a barber in Jan 1920. 5467
• He appeared on the census on 3 Jan 1920 in Main Street, Freemansburg, Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. 5468
• He worked as an a barber in Apr 1930. 5469
• He appeared on the census on 7 Apr 1930 in Main Street, Freemansburg, Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. 5470
• His obituary was published on 23 Jul 1962. 5463
Obit notes: David H. Sutton, 86, of Bethlehem. Born in Durham to Albert and Mary Tanner Sutton. His wife was Elizabeth Himmelwright Sutton, deceased. Survivored by son, David A., at home.
Parents
Father: Albert Sutton
Mother: Mary Townes
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth L. Himmelwright
Marriage: Abt 1903 - Pennsylvania
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Children:
1. David A. Sutton
David H. Sutton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt Nov 1908 - Morris County, New Jersey 5471
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Death: 16 Feb 2005 - Parsippany, Morris County, New Jersey 96
Burial: 19 Feb 2005 - East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey 96
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Events
• He appeared on the census on 19 Jan 1920 in Randolph Township, Morris County, New Jersey. 4837
• He worked as an a banker in Apr 1930. 46
• He appeared on the census on 5 Apr 1930 in East Fillmore Street, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. 5472
Parents
Father: George Sutton
Mother: Fannie Scudder
Spouses and Children
1. *Audrey S.
Marriage: Abt 1929
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Children:
1. George Sutton
2. William Sutton
3. Audrey Sutton
4. Gail Sutton
5. Sandra Sutton
2. Elizabeth
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Obituary
David H. Sutton, 96, pillar of Parsippany
Saturday, February 19, 2005
BY AL FRANK
Star-Ledger Staff
Raised in a Parsippany that was mostly farms and dirt roads, David H. Sutton never regretted the changes that transformed the township into Morris County's most populous community.
As a longtime member of the township governing body, he helped prepare for the growth that came after interstate highways and thousands of homes and apartments gobbled up pastures and woods.
"He liked the progress," said Betty Sutton, his wife of 60 years. "He never wanted to leave."
Sutton, 96, died Wednesday at the Troy Hills Center/Genesis Elder Care in Parsippany. His funeral is this morning at St. Christopher Church.
Mrs. Sutton met her future husband when he operated the Esso station at Cobb's Corner, directly across Route 46 from the present Town Hall. It was during the rationing years of World War II, but somehow there always was gasoline for the girl from Madison.
That her husband would get into politics was hardly a surprise. In addition to a grocery and two apartments upstairs, the gas station housed Town Hall and the police department and served as an unofficial community center.
One day, when friend Anthony Mara stopped by on a search for candidates for the township committee, Mr. Sutton told him he had found his man.
He won the 1948 election and, except for four years from 1954 to 1958 after the form of government changed, he served until the next government change in 1966.
They were the years before routes 287, 80 and 280 would foster the development that would see Parsippany's population grow to 50,000 from 15,290 in 1950.
Mr. Sutton helped promote the growth, buying property and building homes -- including one for his family near Manor Lake, just 1 1/2 miles from the municipal building that opened in 1961 and he helped plan.
In addition to a real estate business, he also managed a Boonton auto dealership. But he would spend many night hours in meetings with his fellow members on the township committee and, later, the township council, mapping roads and locating wells for the burgeoning community.
As the years went by, just about everyone considered him Parsippany's mayor, although township records show he never formally held the title.
"He was a wise counselor to me," said Henry Luther, who became the township's second full-time mayor in 1966 after the death of John Walsh.
"I always regarded him as a knowledgeable elder statesman," said Frank Priore, mayor from 1982 to 1994.
Born in Budd Lake, Mr. Sutton was orphaned at age 9 when his parents died in the flu epidemic of 1918. He was brought to the Morris County Children's Home, across from the Jersey City Reservoir, about 10 years before what was then part of Hanover would be incorporated as Parsippany.
Mayor Mimi Letts said she recalls a dapper Sutton showing up for the township's 75th anniversary celebration two years ago in top hat and tux.
"He was a perfectly charming man," said Letts, who ordered municipal flags flown at half-staff yesterday in Sutton's memory.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Sutton is survived by two sons, George of Texas and William of Boonton; three daughters, Audrey Bradley of Florida, Gail Bangiola of California and Sandra Sutton of Parsippany; 19 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
A Mass is to be held at 10:30 a.m. today in St. Christopher Church on Littleton Road, followed by entombment in the Gate of Heaven Chapel Mausoleum in East Hanover.
Buried in the Gate of Heaven Chapel Mausoleum.