John August Sutter
John (Johann) August Sutter (1803-1880) was christened 23 Feb. 1803 in Kandern, Lörrach, Margraviate of Baden, Swabian Circle, Holy Roman Empire. He was the son of Johann Jacob Sutter and Christina Wilhelmina Stober. He married Anette Dubeld on 24 Oct. 1826 in Burgdorf, Bern, Swiss Confederation. He founded Sutter's Fort in Coloma, Mexican Cession Territory and extended an invitation for Wilford Woodruff and other Church members to settle near him in 1862. He died 18 Jun. 1880 in Washington, D.C.
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