BIO: Sutherland, Prof. E. F. s/o Sutherland, Elizabeth Sellers
               - Laurel Co

PERRY TOWNSHIP, LAWRENCE COUNTY, INDIANA
Page 322

PROF. E. F. SUTHERLAND, general merchant, is a native of Monroe County,
Ind.;  born near the village of Harrodsburg, December 28, 1852, is the
eldest son living of F. B. and Elizabeth Sutherland, whose maiden name was
Sellers.  The subject of this biography is of English, Irish and Scotch
extraction.  The father of Mr. Sutherland was born in Ashe County, N. C.,
March 7, 1821, and his mother in Laurel County, Ky., September 24, 1823.
His paternal grandfather was Joseph Sutherland, a native of Grayson County,
Va.;  born 1790.  His great-grandfather was Alexander Sutherland, of
Scottish nativity, and who came to America  prior to the Revolutionary war,
in which he was a soldier, and was at the battle of Bunker Hill.  The
great-great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Grand Duke of
Scotland.  In the pioneer days of Indiana the Sutherland family came to
Monroe County, and there remained until our subject was about twelve years
of age, when he removed to Perry Township, Lawrence County, and the major
part of Mr. Sutherland's life has here been spent.  His early life was
devoted to the service of his father and in attendance at the country
school.  Mr. Sutherland had so far advanced with his studies by the fall and
winter of 1872-73, that he was capable of teaching school, and during this
time he taught his first term.  During the summer of 1873 he attended the
Bedford Male and Female College, and in the spring of 1874 he entered the
Northern Indiana Normal School, at Valparaiso.  In 1879 he graduated from
that institution.  Immediately after his graduation he accepted a position
in the Southern Indiana Normal School, at Paoli, and in 1880 he became
Superintendent of this school and as such, remained for three years and then
resigned his position to engage in the mercantile business in Springfield,
Ind., in which he still continues.  During the winter of 1883-84, however,
he superintended the public schools at Orleans, Orange County, Ind.  The
mercantile business has been a success.  He has invested about $3,000 and
adopted the cash system. The marriage of Mr. Sutherland took place August
19, 1877, to Miss Emma Pearson, a native of Lawrence County, Ind., daughter
of William L. and Amanda J. Pearson.  To this union have been born:  Lola M.
and Eugene F.  Mr. Sutherland is a stanch Republican, and cast his first
Presidential ballot for U. S. Grant.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F.  Mr.
and Mrs. Sutherland are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

NOTE:  Instead of Springfield, Ind. it is probably supposed to be
Springville, Ind.

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA"  GOODSPEED
BROS. 1884


Transcribed by: Diana Flynn 
<ivie@tima.com>
Date: 25 Jul 1997