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37. George Benjamin UTTER [scrapbook] (William
, Abram
, John
, Thomas
, Nicholas
) was born 4 Feb 1819 in Plainfield, Otsego Co., New York. He died 28 Aug 1892 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island and was buried in River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Boston, The Everett Press Company 1907, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 89.
Elder Geo. B. Utter, in 1844, joined with others in establishing a religious newspaper, called 'The Sabbath Record', which soon became the recognized organ of the Seventh Day Baptist denomination. For more than twenty-five years he edited and published that paper and had the oversight of the monthly and quarterly periodicals and books and reports of various kinds published for circulation in and by that denomination. He became interested in the 'Narragansett Weekly' in 1859, a paper published in Westerly, but did not remove to Westerly with his family until Jan. 1862. He was proprietor and editor of the paper until his death, in 1892.
THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. II, 1915, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 362.
Elder George B. Utter, in 1844, joined with others in establishing a religious newspaper called the 'Sabbath Record', which soon became the leading recognized organ of the Seventh-Day Baptist denomination. For more than twenty-five years he edited and published that paper, and had the oversight of the monthly and quarterly periodicals and books and reports of various kinds published by the denomination. In 1859 he became interested in the 'Narragansett Weekly', a paper published in Westerly, and removed with his family, in January, 1862, to Westerly. He and his brother John Herbert Utter joined in the publication of that paper. On the death of J. Herbert Utter, in 1886, Mr. George B. Utter assumed the whole responsibility of that paper. He was a man of rare abilities, unassuming, and far-sighted; his counsel was sought by people both far and near for his judgement in financial and other matters. He had prepared for the ministry and was ordained, but important duties with which he was connected prevented his becoming pastor of a church.
From the RI Historical Cemeteries Database Index:
UTTER, GEORGE B 1819 - 28 AUG 1892 WY008
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