1. THOMAS^{1 C}UTTS died Unknown. He married ELIZABETH SCAMMER. She died Unknown.

Notes for THOMAS CUTTS:

Information on the Madison & Cutts from the research of Deborah D. Stanley, entitled the Descedants of John Woodson

Submitted by: Deborah D. Stanley stanleyd@amel.tds.net <http://www.trevilians.com/others/wood1.htm>

Child of THOMAS CUTTS and ELIZABETH SCAMMER is:

2. RICHARD^{2 C}UTTS (THOMAS^{1) was born June 28, 1771 in Cutts Island, Saco, Massachusetts, and died April 07, 1845. He married A}NNA PAYNE March 31, 1804, daughter of JOHN PAYNE and MARY COLES. She was born 1759, and died August 04, 1832.

Notes for ANNA PAYNE:

Information on the Paynes from the research of Deborah D. Stanley, entitled the Descedants of John Woodson

Submitted by: Deborah D. Stanley stanleyd@amel.tds.net <http://www.trevilians.com/others/wood1.htm>

Children of RICHARD CUTTS and ANNA PAYNE are:

3. JAMES MADISON^{3 C}UTTS (RICHARD^{2, THOMAS1) was born July 29, 1805, and died May 11, 1863 (Source: Michael Robert Patterson, Arlington National Cemetery Web Page, "Electronic," Son of JM Cutts & Ellen Elizabeth O'Neale., James Madison Cutts Lieutenant Colonel, United States ArmyBorn in Washington, D.C. in 1838 he earned the Medal of Honor during the Civil War while serving as Captain, 11th United States Infantry, at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864. The Medal was actually issued on May 2, 1891. He died on February 24, 1903 and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.). He married E}LLEN ELIZABETH O'NEALE (Source: The Allegany County Chancery Court, Case 67, Page 248+, John O'Neale departed this life on or about 23 April 1817, leaving five children: Susannah Henrietta, Eleanor Elizabeth, Rosatta Maria, Mary Ann, John Eli.) December 17, 1833 in Montpelier (Source: REBEL ROSE, LIFE OF ROSE O'NEAL GREENHOW, CONFEDERATE SPY by Ishbel Ross, Page 4, Ellen Elizabeth O'Neale married James Madison Cutts in 1833. They honeymooned in Montpelier. Ellen was known as "My Pet" to Dolly Madison. Dolly also called Ellen's son, (James Madison Cutts, II) "Little Madison" and was seen with him at many functions of state and receptions around Washington DC.), daughter of JOHN O'NEALE and ELIZA HAMILTON. She was born Abt. 1811, and died February 1897.

Notes for JAMES MADISON CUTTS:

Information on the Madison & Cutts from the research of Deborah D. Stanley, entitled the Descedants of John Woodson

Submitted by: Deborah D. Stanley stanleyd@amel.tds.net <http://www.trevilians.com/others/wood1.htm>

Children of JAMES CUTTS and ELLEN O'NEALE are:

4. ROSE ADELE^{4 C}UTTS (JAMES MADISON^{3, RICHARD2, THOMAS1) was born December 27, 1835, and died 1899. She married (1) S}TEPHEN A. DOUGLAS 1857 (Source: The Life of Stephen A. Douglas;"The Little Giant", by J. E. Potter, Mr. Douglas was married twice. He left two little sons, the children of his first wife, who was a southern lady. In 1857, he married Miss Adele Cutts, daughter of James Madison Cutts, Esq., second Controller of the Treasury, a beautiful and accomplished woman, and well known in Washington for the amicability of her disposition, and the goodness of her heart. He had one child, a daughter, by his second marriage..). He was born April 23, 1813 in Brandon, Vermont, and died June 03, 1861 in Chicago, Illinois. She married (2) ROBERT WILLIAMS Bet. 1863 - 1866. He was born 1829, and died 1901.

Notes for ROSE ADELE CUTTS:

From the Life of Stephen A. Douglas; tp which are added his speeches and reports. Publication Date: 1863, by J. E. Potter and co.

Mr. Douglas was married twice. He left two little sons, the children of his first wife, who was a southern lady. In 1857, he married Miss Adele Cutts, daughter of James Madison Cutts, Esq., second Controller of the Treasury, a beautiful and accomplished woman, and well known in Washington for the amicability of her disposition, and the goodness of her heart. He had one child, a daughter, by his second marriage.

Notes for STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS:

Famous Illinoisians with Civil War Ties Stephen Arnold Douglas

Lawyer - Orator - Political Leader

Born 23 Apr 1813 near Brandon, Vermont, nicknamed "The Little Giant" for his short stature, large head, & broad shoulders

migrated to Illinois at age 20

joined the bar (became a lawyer) at Jacksonville, Illinois

Democrat

Wealthy land speculator

Helped make Chicago a major hub of railroads

Elected to Illinois legislature in 1836

Judge of Supreme Court of Illinois 1841-1843

Elected to US House of Representatives in 1843

Elected to US Senate in 1847 [Senator until 1861]

Supported the Compromise of 1850 (Missouri Compromise)

In US Senate, sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which was Popular Sovereignty [Right of People in each state to choose between slave state - free state status] Resulted in "Bleeding Kansas"

Series of Debates with Abraham Lincoln during US Senate election campaign in 1858

Nominated for US Presidency in 1860 [not supported by southern Democrats who nominated John C. Breckenridge]

Offered his services to President Lincoln after the outbreak of the Civil War

Douglas toured border states to arose enthusiasm for Union cause

Stricken with typhoid in 1861

Died 3 June 1861 in Chicago, two months after Fort Sumter Incident

Douglas County, Illinois [formed 8 Feb 1850] is named for him.

Excerpt from The Life of Stephen A. Douglas, by William Gardner.

Stephen Arnold Douglas was born at Brandon, Vermont, on the 23rd of April, 1813. His father was a physician, descended from Scotch ancestors, who had settled in Connecticut before the Revolution. his mother was the daughter of a prosperous Vermont farmer. Before he was three months old his father, whose only fortune was his practice, suddenly died. A bachelor brother of the widow took the family to his home near Brandon, where they lived for fifteen years. When not needed at more important work Stephen attended the common school. but the serious business of life was tilling his uncle's fields.

At fifteen he sought help to prepare for college. His uncle declined to assume the burden of his education and advised him to shun the perils of professional life and adopt the safe and honorable career of a farmer. The advice was rejected and he obtained permission to earn his way and shape his future. He walked to Middlebury, a distance of fourteen miles, and apprenticed himself to a cabinet maker. He worked with energy and enthusiasm, became a good mechanic and bade fair to win success at his trade, but owning to delicate health he abandoned the shop after less than two years' service, and entered the academy at Brandon, where he pursued his studies for about a year, when his mother married again and moved to Canandiagua, New York. He there entered an academy and continued an industrious student for nearly three years, devoting part of his time to law study. This ended his preliminary training. He quit the schools and applied himself to the work of practical life.

In June, 1833, he left home to push his fortune in the West. His health was delicate, his stock of money scant. He went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he became acquainted with a lawyer named Andrews, who, pleased with the appearance of the youth, invited him to share his office and use his library, with the promise of a partnership when admitted to the bar. The offer was accepted and he began his duties as law clerk. A week later he was taken seriously sick, and at the end of his long illness the doctors advised him to return home. He rejected the advice and in October took passage on a canal boat for Portsmouth, on the Ohio river, and went thence to Cincinnati. For a week he sought employment. Unable to find it he went to Louisville, where another week was spent in vain quest of work. He continued his journey to St. Louis, where he landed in the late autumn. An eminent lawyer offered him free use of his library, but an empty purse compelled him to decline the offer and seek immediate work. He went to Jacksonville, Illinois, arriving late in November, and addressed himself to the pressing problem of self-support. The remnant of his cash amount to thirty-seven cents.

In those days Illinois was a frontier State with about 200,000 population, chiefly settled in its southern half. A large part of the people were from the South and, in defiance of the law, owned many negro slaves. The Capital was at Vandalia, although Jacksonville and Springfield were the towns of highest promise and brightest prospects. Chicago contained a few score of people to whom the Indians were still uncomfortably close neighbors. Railroads and canals were beginning to be built, with promise of closer relations between the villages and settlements theretofore lost in the solitudes.

Finding no employment at Jacksonville, he sold his few books to keep off hunger and walked to Winchester. On the morning after his arrival he found a crowd assembled on the street where a public sale was about to open. Delay was occasioned by the want of a competent clerk and he was hired for two dollars a day to keep the record of the sale. He was then employed to teach a private school in the town at a salary of forty dollars a month. Besides teaching he found time to read a few borrowed law books and try an occasional case before the village justice.

Having been admitted to the bar in March, 1834, he opened a law office at Jacksonville. His professional career, though successful, was so completely eclipsed by the brilliancy of his political achievements that it need not detain us. The readiness and agility of his mind; the adaptability of his convictions to the demands of the hour; his self-confident energy, were such that he speedily developed into a good trial lawyer and won high standing at the bar. That the profession was not then as lucrative as it has since become, is evidenced by the fact that he traveled from Springfield to Bloomington and argued a case for a fee of five dollars.

But his time and energy were devoted to politics rather than law.

The strategy of parties interested him more than Coke or Justinian. Jacksonville was a conservative, religious town, whose population consisted chiefly of New England Puritans and Whigs. But the prairies were settled by a race of thoroughly Democratic pioneers to whom the rough victor at New Orleans was a hero in war and a master in statecraft.

Douglas was an enthusiastic Democrat and an ardent admirer of President Jackson. The favorite occupation of the young lawyer, not yet harassed by clients, was to talk politics to the farmers, or gather them into his half furnished office and discuss more gravely the questions of party management.

A few days after his arrival the opportunity came to distinguish himself in the field of his future achievements. A mass meeting was called at the court house for the purpose of endorsing the policy of the President in removing the deposits of public money from the United States bank and vetoing the bill for its recharter. The opposition was bitter. In the state of public temper it was a delicate task to present the resolutions. The man who had undertaken it lost courage at the sight of the multitude and handed them to Douglas, and the crowd looked with amused surprise when the young stranger, who was only five feet tall, appeared on the platform. He read the resolutions of endorsement and supported them in a brief speech.

When he sat down, Josiah Lamborn, an old and distinguished lawyer and politician, attacked him and the resolutions in a speech of caustic severity. Douglas rose to reply. The people cheered the plucky youngster. The attack had sharpened the faculties and awakened his fighting courage. He had unexpectedly found the field of action in which he was destined to become an incomparable master. For an hour he poured out an impassioned harangue, without embarrassment or hesitation. Astonishment at what seemed a quaint freak soon gave way to respect and admiration, and at the close of this remarkable address the hall and courtyard rang with loud applause. The excited crowed seized the little orator, lifted him on their shoulders and bore him in triumph around the square.

The young adventurer in the fields of law and politics was thenceforth a man of mark-a man to be reckoned with in Illinois.
 
 
 
 

References:

World Book Encyclopedia, v. 4 (1970) Field Enterprises Educational Corp

Illinois Blue Book (1989-90)

The 1995 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, v. 7.0

Buried at 36th Street near Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois [Douglas Tomb State Historic Site]

Child of ROSE CUTTS and STEPHEN DOUGLAS is:

^{Notes for J}AMES MADISON CUTTS II:

James Madison Cutts Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army

Born in Washington, D.C. in 1838 he earned the Medal of Honor during the Civil War while serving as Captain, 11th United States Infantry, at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864.

The Medal was actually issued on May 2, 1891. He died on February 24, 1903 and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.

His grandson, James Madison Cutts III (April 5, 1891-June 8, 1971) who served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army from the District of Columbia is buried in the same section.

CUTTS, JAMES M.

Rank and organization: Captain, 11th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness; Spotsylvania;

Petersburg, Virginia, 1864. Entered service at: Illinois. Birth: Washington, D.C. Date of issue: 2 May 1891.

Citation: Gallantry in actions.

Source The Arlington National Cemetery Webpage

Child of JAMES MADISON CUTTS II is:

6. RICHARD MALCOLM^{5 C}UTTS (JAMES MADISON^{4, JAMES MADISON3, RICHARD2, THOMAS1) was born November 13, 1878 in Mare Island, California (Source: Michael Robert Patterson, Arlington National Cemetery Web Page, "Electronic," http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/rmcutts.htm, He was born on November 13, 1878.), and died November 24, 1934 (Source: Michael Robert Patterson, Arlington National Cemetery Web Page, "Electronic," http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/rmcutts.htm, He was born on November 13, 1878 and died on November 24, 1934.).}

^{Notes for R}ICHARD MALCOLM CUTTS:

From the Arlington national cemetery web site: Richard Malcolm Cutts - Colonel, United States Marine Corps

From a contemporary press report:

"It is with profound regret that the Association announces the passing of this popular and distinguished officer.

This soldier-inventor was a native Californian, born at Mare Island on November 13, 1878, and raised in the midst of the environment of the Old Navy, the son of Lieutenant Commander Richard M. Cutts, USN.

He was an Ensign in the Navy during the war with Spain and in July 1899 was made a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, in 1900 a Captain, in 1903 a Major and in 1916 and 1917 a Lieutenant Colonel and in 1922 a Colonel.

His career approached what a Marine officer so desires, namely a well-rounded one. His service took him to the Philippines in 1903, to Cuba in 1912, to Honolulu in 1915. He was aide to the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet in 1918, from which assignment he went to command the 10th Regiment at Quantico, Virginia, and, following this assignment, be became Fleet Marine Officer of the Atlantic Control Force. In 1923 and 1924 he had the very important assignment of Commandant of the Santo Domingo National Army.

It was during this assignment that he organized the defensive arm for the Dominican government, and such organization remains intact. Colonel Cutts has often said that he considered this special service the best service he has given to his country. His last foreign duty was as a Brigade commander in Haiti. Upon his return to the United States in 1931, he was assigned duty at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. He remained on the staff of this institution until he was placed on leave, and remained on leave at the time of his death.

He will be remembered by the fact that he invented and perfected the Cutts Compensator, a device which alleviates the shock transmitted upon firing a gun or rifle. The Cutts Compensator was aaccepted by our Government and is also in use by several foreign governments.

His services afforded him the privilege of wearing five campaign medals. He was the proud possessor of two letters of commendation, one from the Secretary of War, and one from the Secretary of the Navy, for his soldierly qualities and administrative abilities. He was recommended by the Major General Commandant for the advancement to the grade of Brigadier General, but his health could not permit him to enjoy this advancement.

The passing of Colonel Cutts will be sad news to the many friends he made during his 35 years of service. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on November 30, 1934, his funeral being attended by high-ranking officers from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps."

He was born on November 13, 1878 and died on November 24, 1934 and is buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery.

Richard Malcolm Cutts III, Brigadier General, United States Marine Corps (June 9, 1903-June 14, 1973) is buried with him.

Child of RICHARD MALCOLM CUTTS is:

7. RICHARD MALCOLM^{6 C}UTTS III (RICHARD MALCOLM^{5, JAMES MADISON4, JAMES MADISON3, RICHARD2, THOMAS1) was born June 09, 1903, and died June 09, 1973. He married D}OROTHEA LANE. She was born Abt. 1907 in Norristown, Pennsylvania (Source: Michael Robert Patterson, Arlington National Cemetery Web Page, "Electronic," http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/rcutts3.htm, Mrs. Cutts was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania.), and died December 09, 1998 in Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton (Source: Michael Robert Patterson, Arlington National Cemetery Web Page, "Electronic," http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/rcutts3.htm, Dorthea Lane Cutts, 91, a member of the Colonial Dames, North American Lily Society and the Garden Club of America, died of pneumonia December 9 , 1998 at the Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton.).

Notes for RICHARD MALCOLM CUTTS III:

From the Arlington National Cemetery Web Site: Richard Malcolm Cutts III Brigadier General, United States Marine Corps

The son of Richard Malcolm Cutts, Colonel, United States Marine Corps, and a member of a family with a long tradition of military service to the United States. He was born on June 9, 1903 and died on June 9, 1973. He is buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery in his father's plot.

From a contemporary press report: Dorthea Lane Cutts, 91, a member of the Colonial Dames, North American Lily Society and the Garden Club of America, died of pneumonia December 9 , 1998 at the Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton.

Mrs. Cutts, who was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, grew up in Washington, where she graduated from the Holton-Arms School. She then accompanied her husband, Marine Corps Brigadier General Richard M. Cutts, to military bases in the United States, China and the Philippines.

They settled in The Plains in 1941, and remained residents there. Her husband died in 1973 and a daughter, Dorothea Cutts, died in 1978.

She leaves no immediate survivors.

Notes for DOROTHEA LANE:

From the Arlington National Web Site:

From a contemporary press report: Dorthea Lane Cutts, 91, a member of the Colonial Dames, North American Lily Society and the Garden Club of America, died of pneumonia December 9 , 1998 at the Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton.

Mrs. Cutts, who was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, grew up in Washington, where she graduated from the Holton-Arms School. She then accompanied her husband, Marine Corps Brigadier General Richard M. Cutts, to military bases in the United States, China and the Philippines.

They settled in The Plains in 1941, and remained residents there. Her husband died in 1973 and a daughter, Dorothea Cutts, died in 1978.

She leaves no immediate survivors.

From another contemporary press report: CUTTS, DOROTHEA LANE Of The Plains, Virginia, died of pneumonia on Wednesday, December 9, 1998. Services will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, The Plains, Virginia, on Monday, December 14 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Grace Episcopal Church, The Plains, Virginia.

Child of RICHARD CUTTS and DOROTHEA LANE is: