Ada Mary Cutler (Netherwood) Biography

Ada Mary Cutler (Netherwood) Biography

Birth Date:       October 6, 1859

Birth Place:      Carthage Township, Hancock County, Illinois

Father:             William Atwood Cutler (1825-1905; b. New York)

Mother:           Ruth L. Ballard (1831 or 1832-1861)

Step Mother:   Isabella Cutler (1828-?; b. Vermont)

Sister:              Ida M. Cutler[1] (Twin Sister; b. 1859 Carthage, IL; d. 1931 Wheaton, IL)

Education:       Carthage Lutheran Collage, Illinois

Career / Teaching:

            1881-1884       Carthage Township Public Schools, Illinois

            1885-1890       Silver City Public Schools, Territory of New Mexico

            1890-?             Mexico City, Mexico (Governess)[2]

            1892 -1897      Albuquerque High School, Vice Principal (Albuquerque)[3]

            1897-1908       Denver Public Schools, Colorado (1897-1901 Whittier Elementary)

Married:          Edwin R. Netherwood[4] (November 9, 1900 by R.F. Coyle, Central Presbyterian Church; Denver, CO)

Died:                August 7, 1937 Albuquerque, NM

                        Burial:  Fairview Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM

Residence information from U.S. Census:

1870:   Carthage Township, Hancock County, Illinois

1880:   Carthage Township, Hancock County, Illinois

1890:   Not located

1900:   Denver, CO (Boarder in Albert Brewster home)[5]

1910:   Old Albuquerque, NM (Wife of Edwin Netherwood)

1920:   Los Duranes, Bernalillo County, NM

1930:   University Heights, Albuquerque, NM (Widow)        

[1]  Ida M. Cutler married Oscar W. Schell.  Their son was Edward R. Schell.

[2] Deming Headlight, June 28, 1990.  There is no additional information about this, and it appears to have been short lived.

[3] Ada Cutler was active in the Territorial Education Association.  She was elected Treasurer at the Convention on December 27, 1894 (Southwest Sentinel, January 16, 1894).

[4]  Edwin R. Netherwood was born January 17, 1845 (Albany County, NY) and died November 25, 1926 (Albuquerque, NM).

[5] After their marriage, Ada and Edwin resided in the Park Hill area of Denver until moving to Albuquerque in 1908.