in 1879. August constructed a building on the east block which was consumed in the fire of October 10, 1882. This fire had started in his hotel, the El Paso House.

STROTHER, David H. – David was born in Lexington, Missouri on August 18, 1843. He died March 12, 1905 in El Paso Illinois. He came to El Paso in 1864 and set up a barber chair in Park's insurance and J. P. office. One of the exceptions to the 1860 limitation on listings, as he was the first Negro to ever vote in the U. S. as a result of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, voting in the City special election of Monday, April 4, 1870. Mayor Wathen, Jacob Fishburn and William Neifing (an election judge) were known to have been present. His brother, Charles Strother, voted soon thereafter. For years the Strother shop was on the alley of E. Front St. where Garnet Stack's Garage is located today. Later in 1872 the shop was moved into a basement where the Gayle Andrews shop now is, where it operated until Strother died. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. He was an intelligent, well-read Negro, who owned a great many books for his day and age. His death occurred in the house, now 197 West Fourth St., to which he moved shortly before. (See Chapter 17, "Name and Fame.")

STUMBAUGH, Levi Sr. – Came to Woodford County as early as 1841, and on to Panola Twp. when the prairie land opened up. He owned the SW 1/4 of Section 11, and his home was well back from the road near the center of it. The old Shiloh Church, then a United Brethern Church, had a half acre in the southwest comer. He was an uncle of the Levi (Jr.) who lived in El Paso.

SUTTON, Flora and Lora Mae – Their names appear on early Methodist Church books in the year 1858, when the church was a Panola organization. They were no doubt related to Thomas and George Sutton who came from England in 1851.

SUTTON, George and Hannah (1849-1875) – George was born in England on August 19, 1844 and came to America in 1851, settling on the south half of the NE 1/4 of Section 23 in Palestine Twp. His brother Thomas settled the north half of this quarter. There were six children born to George and Hannah, three boys, three girls. James Sutton of El Paso is a son.

SUTTON, Thomas and Harriett Scales (1820-1875) – Thomas was born in Yorkshire, England on June 10, 1815, and died in El Paso on January 9, 1899 and is buried in Evergreen. Thomas and his wife came from England in 1855 to Woodford County, and a few years later settled on the N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 23 in Palestine Twp., now the Ralph Sutton home. There were nine children: John, George, William, Thomas (born November 12, 1852 and father of Chester and Arthur Sutton), Harriett, Edward, Mary P. (Dearth), Anna Elizabeth, and Samuel K. Sutton, the latter being the father of Mary (Merrick), Ralph, Lawrence and Bernard Sutton. John Sutton was the father of Martha Jane (Armstrong).

SWATSLEY, George C. – Migrated from Augusta County, Virginia in 1856 to Woodford County, probably with his brother, H. H. Swatsley, and later settled on the south 1/2 of Section 15 in Greene Twp.

SWATSLEY, Henry H. and Margaret Nichols – Migrated from Augusta County, and later settled on the N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 15 in Greene Twp. They were the father and mother of James Swatsley, long time El Paso resident, and six other children.

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