Stories in Stones: Stories from Oneida County, NY Cemeteries

       William H. Tutton was born on December 17, 1831 in Bristol, England. He learned the trade of carriage painter. He came to Utica in 1851 where he became a collector for the Utica Gazette . In June 1855 he became a collector for the Utica Herald . In 1857 entered into an arrangement by which he was entrusted with the management of the circulation of the newspaper. He married Lena Eagers of Brooklyn. He passed away on December 4, 1883 in the Park Avenue Hotel in New York City. He is buried in Plot 32B Lot 1743 of Forest Hill Cemetery.

       Asaph D. Mather was born to Joshua and Cornelia Mather on March 16, 1823 in Schuyler NY. He left home at 21 and purchased a farm in Jefferson County, NY. He lived there for a year and came to Utica where in 1847 he formed a grocery business at the corner of Genesee and Bleecker Streets with his brother. They lived and ate there.       When the Civil War broke out Asaph D. Mather started making investments in Real Estate. Before the war ended he was wealthy. In 1866 he abandoned the grocery and in the same spot he started the private banking house of A.D. Mather and Co. At the time of his death on Apr 8, 1880, he perhaps was the largest owner of improved real estate in Utica. He is buried in Sec 37 Lot 1723 of Forest Hill Cemetery.