Much can be learned from the obituary for Leonard Sutton... "When a child, his father and family moved to Boonville, Mo. About 1820, the family moved to Stout's Settlement, when all this county was a vast wilderness. There were but two or three families in the settlement. Their nearest neighbor was a family by the name Huff, with a large family of boys and girls. About the year 1834 Mr. Sutton married one of the daughters, who is still living, and who bore him six boys and four girls. The funeral took place at their old home, on Wednesday, Jan. 6th, at 2 o'clock, (1892) and he wa s buried near the home in their family burying ground ... " He died Jan. 5, 1892.2140

Leonard's earliest land records show that he owned land in Sections 3, 9, and 10 in Liberty Township, the earliest dated 1833. The family cemetery could be on the property in Section 10, where John Sutton, Sr., owned land, the cemetery is not identified on the map. (See Sutton Connection.)

1850 Census of Madison Co KY
Household Members Age
Leonard Sutton 35
Elizabeth Sutton 34
Joseph Sutton 13
Killis Sutton 11
Isaac Sutton 9
Mary Sutton 7
John Sutton 5
Elizabeth Sutton 0

1860 Census of Arcadia, Iron Co MO
Household Members Age
Leonais Sutton 45
Elizabeth Sutton 46
Kellis Sutton 22
Isaac Sutton 20
Mary Sutton 17
Elizabeth Sutton 11
Franklin Sutton 7
Marian Sutton 7
Abijah Sutton 4

1870 Census of Iron Co MO
Household Members Age
Leonard Sutton 56
Elizbeth Sutton 56
Achillis Sutton 30
Elizbeth Sutton 18
Franklin Sutton 17
Marion Sutton 17
Abijah Sutton 14

1880 Census of Arcadia, Iron Co MO
Household Members Age Relationship
Leonard Sutton 65 Self (Head)
Elizabeth Sutton 65 Wife
Achilles Sutton 42 Son
Franklin Sutton 27 Son
Francis M. Sutton 27 Son