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Nutter, Okey E. (b. 1875)
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History of Ritchie County
by Minnie Kendall Lowther
Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911

Pages 627-628

Okey E. Nutter. — Of the long line of Ritchie county's Sheriffs,
Okey E. Nutter enjoys the distinction of being the youngest that
has ever held the reins of this high office. But notwithstanding
his youth, his administration was characterized by an executive
ability that has placed him in a front rank among his predecessors,
as well as among the Sheriff's of the state.

Mr. Nutter, like the other young men of this calendar, comes of
hardy pioneer stock, and is a native of White Oak this county. He
was born on the one hundredth anniversary of the renowned battle of
Bunker's hill (June 17, 1875), and first made his appearance before
the public, as a rural pedagogue. In 1902, he was one of the three
Republican candidates for the nomination for Circuit clerk, and was
only defeated by the narrow margin of six votes; and a remarkably
complimentary feature of this contest was that he received every
vote, save one, in his home precinct.

In 1904, he was elected as Sheriff, and entered upon his official
duties on January 1, 1905, with H. E. Wass as deputy and Mrs.
Nutter as his office assistant, and thus made a record for
promptness and efficiency in the collection and disbursement of
taxes which is without parallel in the history of the county, to
the present time. When he made his final settlement, he immediately
turned over to his successor the whole balance due the various
county and district funds, which in all amounted to twenty-eight
thousand dollars.

The Tax Commissioner in speaking of Mr. Nutter's official record,
says, that out of the fifty-five Sheriffs of the state, none had a
better record than he; and that from the standpoint of the
collecting of taxes and the returning of delinquents, his was the
best of the entire fifty-five. Truly, the "office shows the man,"
and no farther tribute need be paid to the character of the subject
of this sketch, than that shown by his public record.

At the expiration of his term in this office he purchased the Lantz
farm in Clay district and turned farmer for a time, but he now
resides at Pennsboro where he has prominent connection with the
First National Bank.

On August 15, 1898, he was married to Miss Addie Miller, daughter
of the late John Miller, of Smithville, who was at that time a
teacher, and two bright little children, Darrell and Mabel are the
result of this happy union.

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