456He resided in Jaffrey, where he had been keeper of a public house nearly forty years. Was been town treasurer of Jaffrey several years; was postmaster some fifteen years, and sustained other local offices with credit.
Ethan Cutter, father of Jonas, was born in Jaffrey, April 11, 1795. He carried on the hotel of which his son is now proprietor for upward of forty years, having taken possession of it in 1826. He was widely and favorably known throughout this section both as a genial host and an able public official. He occupied various public positions of trust, including those of Postmaster and Town Treasurer, which he held for many years. He was a charter member and once Master of Charity Lodge, F. & A. M. of Jaffrey. Ethan Cutter died October 24, 1889, in his ninety-fifth year. Nancy S. Blodgett, his wife, whom he married January 16, 1827, was a daughter of Timothy Blodgett, of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. She became the mother of two children: Elizabeth S., born December 24, 1827, and Jonas, the subject of this sketch. Elizabeth S. is the widow of Geroge F. Lawrence, a native of Jaffrey, formerly a fruit and produce dealer in Boston, and she is residing in that city with her two children: George E, born may 24, 1860; and Nancy B., born March 13, 1864. |