NUTTING, Rufus L.

NUTTING, CUMMINGS, MCKEE

Posted By: Jennifer Gunderson (email)
Date: 3/13/2021 at 22:56:44

A thorough going mechanic, active, enterprising and progressive, Wallace H. Nutting occupies a conspicuous position among the leading contractors of Mason City, and as an honest man and a loyal citizen has the confidence and esteem of the community. He was born, November 21, 1865, in Columbia, Wisconsin, coming on the maternal side of New England lineage.

His father, Rufus L. Nutting, was born in New York state, July 14, 1842, and subsequently moved with his parents to a farm in Wisconsin. After his marriage he settled as a farmer in Clark county, Wisconsin, from there removing, in 1882, to Dane county, Wisconsin. On April 25, 1887, he located at Mason City, Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, and having resumed the mason's trade, which he had learned when young, has since built up a large and lucrative business as a contracting brick and stone mason. He married Mary E. Cummings, who was born, in October, 1842, in Massachusetts, and was there bred and educated. They are the parents of three children, namely: Clarence L., of Mason City; Wallace H.; and Winifred M.

Living on a Wisconsin farm until twenty-two years of age, Wallace H. Nutting received his early education in the district schools, subsequently attending a graded school two winters. Coming with the family to Mason City in 1887, he began working at the carpenter's trade, and for eleven years was in the employ of one man, nine years of that time being foreman of the carpenter gang. Subsequently embarking in business for himself as a contractor, Mr. Nutting, in 1906, had charge of the carpenter work during the building of the Northwestern States Portland Cement Company’s plant at Mason City, and was afterwards secretary and manager of the North End Building Company. He is now busily employed in contracting, his services being in demand in all building transactions of importance.

Mr. Nutting married, December 25, 1893, Eliza McKee, who was born in Freeborn county, Minnesota, in 1870, and they have one daughter, Mary B. Nutting. Politically a staunch Republican, Mr. Nutting has represented the Second Ward in the City Council two terms. Fraternally he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America.

Source: WHEELER, J. H. History of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Vol. II. Lewis Publ. Co. Chicago. 1910. Transcribed by Jennifer Gunderson (Mar 2021)