Nellis Oliver Matson Shute

14 Mar 1856 – 1957 · about 101 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Nellis Oliver Matson Shute lived from 14 Mar 1856 to 1957, a span of about 101 years.

Born a Matson, and known here by the name Shute. Theirs is one of 38 markers bearing the name Shute in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 1relative, as recorded on Find a Grave

Nellis Oliver Matson Shutem.Walter Chauncey Shute1858–1934 (m. 1894)also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

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That is most of what the public record yet tells us. Nellis Oliver Matson Shute was a person who walked this town, not a name on a list, with a life still largely unrecovered. We will not invent the rest. If you are descended from Nellis's family, you can add a source, a correction, or a memory. Until then, their name is kept here, with respect.