The history of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics .. . Rutlandcounty, Vermont, May 22, 1833;he attended the common schoolsthere, and afterward attended Academy, at Pottsdam,New York; he then joined asurveying expedition engaged insub-dividing townships into sec-tions; when 20 years of age, , he came to the State ofWisconsin, and located at Sheboy-gan, and engaged in teaching andreading law for 2 years; in Ju
The history of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics .. . Rutlandcounty, Vermont, May 22, 1833;he attended the common schoolsthere, and afterward attended Academy, at Pottsdam,New York; he then joined asurveying expedition engaged insub-dividing townships into sec-tions; when 20 years of age, , he came to the State ofWisconsin, and located at Sheboy-gan, and engaged in teaching andreading law for 2 years; in June,1855, he came to Iowa, and wasadmitted to the Bar in August,1855; he located in Montezuma,Poweshiek county, and practicedhis profession there, until comingto Oskaloosa in August, 1866; hewas elected to the State Legisla-ture to fill vacancy, in May, 1861,. \/. B. Delashmutt OSKALOOSA CITY. 563 it being the war session; lie waselected to the State Senate in1863, and served for 4 years; hewas again elected to the StateLegislature in 1869; he receivedthe appointment of Attorney-General of this State, in Febru-ary, 1872, to till vacancy occasion-ed by OConnors resignation;he was elected Attorney-Generalin fall of 1872, and again re-elected in 1874, and held thatoffice until January, 1877; at therecent election he was the choiceof the Republicans in this dis-trict for Representative in Con-gress, but declined the profferedhonor. Mr. Cutts entered uponhis career in life without funds,or favors by which to help him toposition, or pave his pathway tosuccess; he came to this place anentire stranger, without a person-al friend or acquaintance west of^the Mississippi river, and hy closeapplication to study, and untilingenergy and perseverance, he hasattained a deservedly high posi-tion in his profession; he marriedMiss Helen Frick from Sheboy-gan,
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