Researchers have turned up conflicting data, but there is apparent agreement on various points.

• Several accounts state that his name was John.
• Several accounts state that he came from Germany.
• Some accounts state that his middle name was Adam.
• Some accounts state that he had several daughters whose names are unknown, and three sons, John, Josiah and William.
• One source says he returned to Germany and died there.
• DNA testing on descendants indicates he was related to the Stettlers of Swizerland
• More details can be found in The Stutler mystery

• Some accounts say her name was Mary (or Mae) Newberg (or Newberger or Neburgh)

• Several accounts say he was also known as John Stutler Jr.
• Born: possibly 1757 (definitely before 1765) Fredrick Co, VA (or Harrison Co, VA)
• Married: 1774 (or 1784) West Milford Fort, Harrison Co, VA
• Served in Lord Dunsmore's War (before the Revolutionary War)
• Fought in the Revolutionary War
• Voted in the first presidential election in 1796
• Died: Around 1813 (not on tax list after that) Fredrick Co, VA (or Harrison Co, VA)
• Two John Stutlers lived in the same general area at this time, and some of this data may apply to the other one

• Born: Between 1760 and 1765 (or 1765 and 1784) Winchester, (or Shenandoah Co.) VA
• Father: John Hughes (or Elias / Ellis Hughes)
• Mother: Susannah Hughes, nee Anderson
• Only her first name (Sarah) has been documented.
• Listed as "Sary" on son Robert's marriage record.
• Died: after 1850, Harrison Co, VA

• Born: Jan 22, 1785 (or 1791) VA
• Married: Jan 10, 1811, Monongalia Co, VA
• Died: Oct 8, 1830, Vermillion Co., Indiana

• Born: March 25, 1791, Prince George's Co. MD
• Father: Samuel Upton
• Mother: Mary Ann Upton, nee Lanham

• Born: Sept 10 (or 19) 1785 (or 1790) Harrison Co, VA
• Married: Oct 26, 1808, Harrison Co, VA
• Died: Oct 22, 1864 Harrison Co, VA

• Father: William Carder
• Mother: Nancy Carder, nee Lowther
  (Nancy Carder's second marriage; first husband: Charles Washburn, killed by Indians in June 1782)

• May have been John Adam Stutler III
• Born: July 13, 1787 (or Aug 13, 1789) in Kincheloe, Harrison Co, VA
• Married: Aug 13, 1816, Harrison Co (or Lewis Co) VA
• Died: Jan 23, 1873 (kicked by a horse) Roane Co, West VA

• Father: William Carder
• Mother: Nancy Carder, nee Lowther
  (Nancy Carder's second marriage; first husband: Charles Washburn, killed by Indians in June 1782)
• Died: 1839

• Born: around 1794 (or 1786) Harrison Co, VA
• Served in the war of 1812
• Enlisted: Aug 30, 1813, Harrison Co. Va
• Described as being six feet one inch in height with fair complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair
• Was a private in Virginia Militia under Captain Bogarth and Colonel Boothe
• Discharged: Nov 12, 1814
• Married: Jan 18, 1816, Harrison Co, VA
• Remarried: July 25, 1841, Harrison Co, VA
• Remarried: Sept 5, 1845, Harrison Co, VA
• Apparently lived in Gallia Co, OH from about 1823 until around 1830
• Died: Oct 17, 1870, Kincheloe Creek, Harrison Co, VA

• Born: 1787 Wilkes Co, NC (or Harrison Co, VA)
• Father: Jonathan Hughes
• Mother: Abagail Hughes, nee Jackson
• Died:1840 Harrison Co, VA

Spouse: Hannah Stutler, nee Howard

• Died around 1844

• Born: Sept, 1813
• Died: Nov14, 1898, Braxton Co, WV

• Born: around 1796 (or 1784) Harrison Co, VA
• Simon and Rachel (below) are not listed on a deed from Harrison Co which names the mother Sarah and all the other siblings

• Born: Feb 22, 1799 (or 1798) Kincheloe, Harrison Co, VA
• Married: May 18, 1820, Harrison Co, VA
• Remarried: Dec 19, 1865, Harrison Co, WV
• Remarried: June 25 (or 22) 1868, Harrison Co, WV
• Died: Sept 23 (or Dec 10) 1886, Harrison Co, WV

• Sister to Nancy Hughes
• Born: 1806
• Father: Jonathan Hughes
• Mother: Abagail Hughes, nee Jackson
• Died: 1886, Harrison Co, VA

Spouse: Sarah A. Stutler, nee Smith

• Born: around 1802 (or 1788) VA
• Married: June 18, 1829, VA
• Died: Aug 11, 1874, Doddridge Co, WV

• Father: Nimrod Frasure
• Mother: Sudna Frasure, nee Hughes

• Born: around 1804, Kincheloe, VA
• Married: Apr 18 (or 20) 1823 (or 1824) Harrison Co, VA
• Remarried: Feb 21, 1840, Lewis Co. VA
• Remarried: Feb 10, 1848, Harrison Co, VA
• Died: 1885, Ritchie Co. WV

• Born: 1806
• Father: Martin Post
• Mother: Sarah Post

• Born: 1819
• Father: Samuel Lorentz
• Mother: Mary Ann Lorentz, nee Tharp
• Died: 1846 or 1847

• Born: 1814
• Died: 1869, Doddridge Co, WV

• Born: 1806, Kincheloe, Harrison Co. VA
• Married: Mar 27 (or 23) 1831, Harrison Co, VA
• Died: After 1880 (or in 1890) Doddridge Co. WV

• Born: 1814, Harrison Co. VA
• Father: William H. Richards
• Mother: Margaret Richards, nee Matthews
• Died: Doddridge Co. WV

• Born: around 1808 (or 1806)
• Married: Sept 27, 1827, Harrison Co, VA
• Died: around 1858 (or 1850) Doddridge Co, WV

• Father: Nimrod Frasure
• Mother: Sudna Frasure, nee Hughes

• Born: around 1808 (or 1807) Harrison Co, VA
• Married: Aug 4, 1824, Harrison Co, VA
• Died: after 1880

• Born: around 1790

• Born: 1810
• Rachel and Simon (above) are not listed on a deed from Harrison Co which names the mother Sarah and all the other siblings

• Born: around 1800, Harrison Co., WV

• Born: around 1813, VA
• Married: after 1829, VA
• Died: around 1860

• Born: Nov12 or 13 (or Dec 18) 1816, Harrison Co, VA
• Married: Oct 22, 1835
• Died: Aug 15, 1876, Harrison Co, WV

• Born: Feb 6, 1813
• Father: John Yerkey
• Mother: Abigail Yerkey, nee Childers
• Died: Jan 1, 1898

• Born: Aug (or Sept) 13, 1818, Kincheloe Creek, Harrison Co, VA
• Married: Dec 6, 1842, Harrison Co, VA
• Died: June 13 or 14, 1894, Doddridge Co, WV

• Born: Nov 5, 1828, Harrison Co, VA
• Father: Edward Nicholas Orr
• Mother: Ann Orr, nee Johnston
• Died: Sept 19, 1909, Doddridge Co, WV

• Born: Aug 23, 1820, Kincheloe Creek, Harrison Co, VA
• Married: Aug (or Sept) 9, 1843, Lewis Co, VA
• Was a physician and surgeon from 1875 until his death
• Died Sept 25 (or 26) 1896, Doddridge Co, WV
• Buried at the Antioch Cemetery in Sherwood, WV
• Reburied at the Masonic Memorial Park cemetery, NW of West Union, WV

• Born: Aug 9, 1822, Lewis Co, WV
• Father: William Moore
• Mother: Mary Moore, nee Arnold
• Was said to have been a Native American
• Died: Nov 5, 1890, Doddridge Co, WV
• Buried at the Antioch Cemetery in Sherwood, WV
• Reburied at the Masonic Memorial Park cemetery, NW of West Union, WV

• Born: May 18, 1822, Harrison Co, VA
• Married: Mar 20, 1845, Harrison Co, VA
• Was a farmer
• Died: Sept 11, 1893, Buffalo, Union District, Harrison Co, WV (Tuberculosis)
• Buried in Mt. Olive United Methodist (formerly EUB) Church Cemetary, Jarvisville

• Born: Feb 7 (or April 17) 1829, Harrison Co. WV
• Father: Simon Bennet
• Mother: Mary Bennet, nee Post
• Died: June 10, 1904, Harrison Co. VA (blood poisoning from brier scratch on finger)
• Buried in Mt. Olive United Methodist (formerly EUB) Church Cemetary, Jarvisville

• Born: Apr 25, 1824, Gallia Co, OH (or Harrison Co, VA)
• Married: Sept 12 (or 7) 1843, Harrison Co, VA
• Was also a shoemaker and a farmer and a constable
• Died: Sept 9, 1917 (or 1868) Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV

• Born: June 5, 1825, Harrison Co. VA
• Father: William Richards
• Mother: Elizabeth Richards, nee Armstrong
• Died: Harrison Co. WV

• Born: Oct 10, 1828, Harrison Co, VA
• Married: around 1852, Harrison Co WV
• Was also a stonemason and a farmer
• Died: April 11, 1903 (or 1904) Harrison CO, WV

• Born: 1835, New York

• Born: May 9, 1829 (or 1825 or 1826) Harrison Co, VA (or OH)
• May have been born Aug 23, 1820, making him a twin with Isaac
• Married: Mar 7, 1849, Harrison Co, VA
• Remarried: Feb 21, 1886, Harrison Co, WV
• Died: Apr 17, 1900 , Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV

Spouse: Harriet T. Stutler, nee Wise

• Born: Apr 20, 1830, Harrison Co, VA
• Served in the Civil War, Doddridge Co. Home Guard Unit
• Married: 1856
• Died: Oct 17, 1909, Gilmer Co, WV

• Born: Feb 17, 1832, Harrison Co. VA
• Father: George Bice (Boyce)
• Mother: Mary Bice, nee High
• Died: Sept 7, 1887 Gillmer Co. WV (Or March 5, 1870)
• Had red hair
• Had Tuberculosis

Spouse: Mary Ann Stutler, nee Welch

• Born: Feb 17, 1832, Harrison Co, VA
• Died: Sept 7, 1887, Gilmer Co, WV

• Born: Dec 25, 1831, Harrison Co, VA
• Married: Jan 22, 1854, Doddridge Co. WV
• Died: July 23, 1910, Harrison Co, VA

• Born: Aug 27, 1837
• Died: Aug 26, 1909, Calhoun or Doddridge Co., WV

• Born: around 1832

• Born: June 4 1834, Harrison Co, VA
• Married: Oct 16, 1856, Harrison Co. VA
• Remarried: July 15, 1866, Doddridge Co, VA
• Died: Oct, 1875, Harrison Co, WV

• Born: 1842
• Died: Between 1860-1866

Spouse: Elizabeth (or Eliza Jane) Stutler, nee Nichols

• Born: 1836, Harrison Co, VA
• Served in the Civil War
• Died: June 24, 1864, Andersonville, GA as a POW in Andersonville Prison

• Born: 1838 (or 1843) Harrison Co, WV
• Married: Sept 28, 1871, Harrison Co, WV

• Born: around 1848, Bath Co., VA
• Father: David Chandler
• Mother: Susannah Chandler, nee Gaines
• David and Susannah fled Bath Co. during the Civil War when their three sons, David Jr, Samuel and Strother were imprisoned in Wheeling, WV
• They lived in Kincheloe, WV across the road from Dr. Stutler
• The Chandler family immigrated to the Colonies from Wiltshire England in 1687

• Born: Dec 20, 1840, Harrison Co, VA
• Married: Jan 13, 1858 (or 1859) Doddridge Co, VA
• Died: Mar 5, 1870, Union Township, Ritchie Co, WV

• Born: Nov 11, 1804, Ritchie Co, WV
• Died: Oct 28, 1896, Ritchie Co, WV

• Born: June 24, 1841
• Married: Feb 23, 1865, Doddridge Co. WV
• Died: Aug 23, 1899, Marion Co. WV

• Born: Preston Co. VA

• Born: 1842 (or 1844)
• Died: Jan 15, 1908, Boothsville, Grant Dist., Marion Co. WV

• Born: June 29, 1844, Doddridge Co. WV
• Married: June 7, 1867, Doddridge Co WV.
• Died: May 16, 1917, Doddridge Co. WV

• Born: Doddridge Co. WV

• Born: Sept 27, 1845, Doddridge Co. WV
• Drummer in the Civil War in 1861 (7th WV Infantry)
• Married: June 3, 1869
• Owned a sawmill
• Died: Aug 5, 1914, Wood Co. WV

• Born: Sept 25, 1852
• Died: Jan 19, 1944
• Father: John Sherwood
• Mother: Eleanor Bee
• Buried in Elk View Cemetery, Clarksburg, WV

• Born: June 30, 1847, Doddridge Co. WV
• Was a jeweler in West Union, WV
• Died: March 22, 1922

Photo of Abraham
Photo of Abraham and Delia
Photo of the births and deaths records in their family Bible
Photo of Esther Stutler Ford, daughter of Abraham and Delia

• Born: Jan 4,1863, Morgansville, WV
• Died: Aug 12, 1954, West Union, Doddridge Co. WV
• Buried in Antioch Cemetary

• Born: Nov 8,1849, Doddridge Co. WV
• Died: 1929, Doddridge Co. WV

• Born: Apr 30, 1852, Dodddridge Co. WV
• Died: Feb 17, 1877, Doddridge Co. WV

Photo of Nancy

• Born: Doddridge Co. WV

• Born: Dec 27, 1853, Doddridge Co. WV

• Born: Oct 29, 1855, Doddridge Co. WV

• Born: Oct 29, 1855, Doddridge Co. WV
• Died: March 11, 1923
• Buried in Hepzibah Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV

• Born: Dec 1, 1857, Doddridge Co. WV
• Died: May 26 (or 27) 1925 (of paralysis) Doddridge Co. WV

• Born: July 8, 1857
• Father: George Washington Athey
• Mother: Ann Matilda Athey, nee House
• Died: Sept 19, 19175

• Born: Aug 19, 1859
• Married: Dec 28, 1890
• Worked in Washington D.C. for government
• Made money in Oil & Gas
• Had a street cleaning business in the Capitol city
• Said to be friend of President Grover Cleveland, who gave him many gifts
• Drove an impressive Daimler car
• Died: 1946

• Born: Oct 21, 1872
• Father: Amos Bee
  (Magistrate of Doddridge Co, last owner of the Beehive Inn)
  (son of Ephraim Bee and Catharine Davis)
• Mother: Melissa Bee, nee Welch

• Born: Oct 29, 1861
• Married: Aug, 1883

• Born: Aug 6, 1867
• Father: Jesse James Vanscoy
• Mother: ____ Stutler, nee Currence
• Died: April 14, 1915

• Born: Jan 23, 1863
• Died: 1946

• Born: June 19, 1870
• Died: Nov 13, 1962
• Buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetary, West Union, WV

• Born: Oct 17 (or 27) 1865, Doddridge Co, WV
• Married: Oct 25, 1888
• Moved to OH
• Died: Mar 11, 1948, East Liberty, Summit Co, OH
• Buried in East Liberty Cemetery in Summit Co, OH

• Born: Sept 2, 1872 (or 1873)
• Died: Mar 15 or 17, 1961, Akron, Summit Co, OH
• Buried in East Liberty Cemetery
• Father: Theadora (or Theodore) Davisson
• Mother: Elizabith (or Elizabeth) Jane Davisson, nee Burnside (or Burnswick)
• Buried in East Liberty Cemetery in Summit Co, OH

Photo of Alice with two children, Charles and Thelma
Photo of Alice in 1958

• Born: July 24, 1868, Doddridge Co, WV
• Married: Dec 8, 1891, Harrison Co. Wv
• Died: April 1 (or 2), 1930, Doddridge Co, WV
• Buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cem, West Union, WV

• Born: Feb 1872, Harrison Co. WV
• Father: Eleam Welch
• Mother: Mary E. Welch, nee Kinney
• Died: June 11, 1944, Doddridge Co. WV

• Born: May 17, 1890
• Married: Jan 10, 1912
• Died: Sept 13, 1938, McPherson, Kansas

Photo Chester and Gatha
Photo Chester and Gatha and family in 1935
Marriage Certificate of Chester and Gatha
(PDF courtesy of David Nutter, grandson of Chester and Gatha)

• Born: May 6, 1886, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV
• Died: July 25, 1962, McPherson, Kansas
• Buried: July 28, 1962 in McPherson Cemetery, McPherson, KS

Photo of Chester Nutter and Charles Stutler in OH ca. 1946
(courtesy of David Nutter, grandson of Chester)

• Born: Apr 22, 1892
• Went by her middle name Rebecca
• Married: Oct 29, 1910
• Had four children
• Died: Aug 14, 1920

Photo of Brent and Rebecca

• Born: Oct 1887
• Went by his middle name Brent
• Father: Lewis Alexander Yerkey
• Mother: Mary Iowa Ash
• Remarried: Jan 14, 1925 (to Nora Lee Davis)

• Born: Aug 3, 1893
• Was known to everyone as Wade
• Worked as Secretary-Treasurer for James & Law in Clarksburg, WV
• Worked as executive for Goodyear in Akron, OH
• Married: 1923
• Died: Feb 8, 1960 of a heart condition in Clarksburg, WV

Photo of Robert Wade Stutler as a young man
Photo of Robert Wade Stutler as an older man

• Born: Apr 21, 1898
• Also known as Loy
• Married: Apr 14, 1923
• Was a Carbon Worker (coal miner)
• Died: Nov 11, 1959 of a skull fracture in Clarksburg, WV

Photos of Loyd Stutler and family

• Born: Nov 14, 1900
• Went by the name Charlie
• Married: 1922
• Remarried: Dec 5, 1933
• Died: October 28, 1953, Summit Co, OH
• Buried in East Liberty Cemetery in Summit Co, OH

Photo of Charles with mother and sister Thelma
Photo of Charles
Photo of Charles and Doris
Photo of Charles, Doris and son Thomas
Photo of Charles Stutler and Chester Nutter in OH ca. 1946
Photo of Robert Wade, Loy and Charles
Photo of Loy, Violet, Robert Wade, Ona, Doris and Charles

Spouse: • Doris L. Stutler, nee Stanley

• Father: John T. Stanley
• Mother: Emma E. Stanley, nee Schumacher
• Died: November 17, 1971, Akron, Summit Co, OH
• Buried in East Liberty Cemetery in Summit Co, OH

• Born: Dec 18, 1904, Doddridge Co, WV
• Married: June 24, 1933, Wheeling WV
• Died: Jan 27, 1984, Bristol, TN

Photo of Dick and Sophrona

• Born: Sept 26 (or 2) 1908
• Married: Dec 6, 1937
• Died: July 12, 2006

Photo of Thelma
Photo of Thelma and child

• Born: July 11, 1934, Akron, Summit Co, OH
• Married: Mar 28, 1955, Japan
• Died: Jan 14, 1995, Akron, Summit Co, OH
• Buried in East Liberty Cemetery in Summit Co, OH

Photo of Thomas and son Russ in Japan 1956
Photo of Thomas in 1994

• Born: Dec 6, 1956, Fukuoka, Japan
• Moved to Akron, Summit Co, OH, 1957
• Moved to Tokyo, Japan, Oct 15, 1987