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Warner P. Sutton

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Self-published biography of educator and diplomat Warner P. Sutton written by his daughter Ethel Felice Sutton Kimball, 18 April 1969. 24 pages. Some handwritten notations on the pages. A transcription of the text obtained from the Madison County Ohio Historical Society, in Nov. 2009, for the SDHS website, is included below.
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As a young man Sutton taught school in Watervliet and Ludington, Michigan. In 1875 he came to Saugatuck to serve as superintendent of schools, where he taught three years before his friend, Senator Thomas White Ferry, arranged appointment as Consular Agent at Matamoros, Mexico. Sutton later became Consul and then Consul General at Nuevo Laredo. Mexico, serving from 1878 to 1893, during the terms of presidents Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland and Harrison. In 1889 he was called to Washington by Secretary of State Elaine to act as secretary of the American delegation to the first Pan-American Conference. After leaving the Consular service Sutton practiced International law, the most notably in the Cheek case against the King of Siam, which he won. During the Spanish-American War he served under General Miles in Puerto Rico after which he retired to his home in Saugatuck, "The Beeches". Today, his home is a historic inn.

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Sutton, Warner Perrin 1849-1913Beechwood Manor/The Beeches/Warner P. Sutton House

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