ary army. He was graduated at Princeton in 1805, and in 1809 became a law student in New York. In 1810 he was elected to the legislature of Geor- gia, from Liberty county, which he continued to represent for years. During the war of 1812 he commanded a volunteer company to protect the coast. In 1818 Georgia elected her representatives in congress on one general ticket, and Cuthbert was thus chosen. At that time the Missouri question occupied the attention of congress, and Judge Cuth- bert took an active and zealous part in maintain- ing the southern side of it. In 1831 he became editor, and subsecjuently proprietor, of " The Fed- eral Union," a paper published at Milledgeville, Ga., and in 18o7 removed to MoV)ile to practise his profession. In 1840 he was elected judge of the county court of Mobile, and in 1852 appointed judge of the circxiit court.
CUTLER, Benjamin Clarke, clergyman, b. in
Roxbury, Mass., G Feb., 1798; d. in Brooklyn, IN.
Y., 10 Feb., 1863. He was for some time a clerk in
the mercantile house of Messrs. Andrews & Co.,
Boston. He was graduated at Brown in 1822,
studied theology under the direction of Bishop
Griswold, and by him was ordained deacon in No-
vember, 1822. His first settlement was in Quincy,
Mass., where he remained about seven yeai's, but
left on account of failing health, and spent the
winter of 1830 in Savannah. He returned to New
England on horseback, and subsequently passed a
year as rector of the Episcopal church in Leesburg,
Va. In the summer of 1832 he took charge of the
first city mission of the Episcopal church in New
York ; and in April, 1833, accepted a call to St.
Anne's church, in Brooklyn, where he spent the
last thirty years of his life. In 1835 he received
the degree of D. D. from Columbia. He left a vol-
ume of sermons (Philadelphia, 1857).
CUTLER, Elbridge Jefferson, educator, b. in
Holliston, Middlesex co., Mass., 28 Dec, 1831 ; d. in
Cambridge, Mass., 27 Dec, 1870. In 18G5 he was
appointed professor of modern languages at Har-
vard, a chair which he held at the time of his
death. He was a brilliant writer, and an able
though generous critic. His published works were
" War Poems " (Boston, 1867) and " Stella " (1868).
A memoir of Prof. Cutler was published by Andrew
P. Peabodv (Cambridge, 1872).
CUTLER, Enos, soldier, b. in Brookfield, Mass.,
1 Nov., 1781 ; d. in Salem, 14 July, 1860. He was
graduated at Brown in 1800, and was a tutor thei'e
for one year. He studied law, and, being called to
the bar, settled in Cincinnati. He joined the army,
and was appointed lieutenant in the 7th infantry
in 1808, rising by successive promotions to be
colonel of the 4th infantry in 1836. He resigned
on 30 Nov., 1839. He saw service in the war of
1812, in the first Seminole campaign with Gen.
Jackson, and in the Creek war.
CUTLER, Ephraim, pioneer, b. in Edgarton,
Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in 1767, d. in
Amestown, Ohio, in 1853. His early life was spent in
Connecticut on a farm, where he acquired a knowledge
of mathematics and surveying. In 1788 he was
appointed agent of the Ohio company, and
soon afterward engaged in mercantile business
until 1794. Finding his ventures unprofitable, he
removed to Ohio, where he had an interest in some
land. His journey tither required more than
three months, and was delayed by privations
adventure, and sickness. On his arrival in Ohio,
Gov. St. Clair
appointed him judge of quarter
sessions and judge of common pleas. In 1797
Judge Cutler exchanged his possessions for an estate
in the township of Ames, where he spent the
remainder of his life. He erected a log cabin in
the wilderness, planted a few acres of corn, and
re-assumed the duties of his judgeship, periodically
making his way through the wilds to Marietta to
attend court. He says that during seven years, in
which he served in three courts, his “dividend was
not sufficient, but in a single instance, to pay the
weekly board.” He early interested himself in
education, and stimulated the people of Ames
and Dover townships to establish a public library.
The necessary funds were obtained by the sale of
furs procured by native hunters. This is thought
to have been the first incorporated public library
in the west. Toward the close of his life Judge
Cutler wrote : “More than sixty individuals have
grown to maturity within this circle, two have
become professors in colleges, three are ministers of
the gospel, one of them a bishop, at the head of
them Thomas Ewing,
several judges of courts, and
one general.” His last public service was in 1839
as a delegate to the whig convention at Harrisburg.
he was the author of a “History of the First
Settlement of Amestown in Athens County, Ohio,”
and “The First Settlement of Athens County,” etc.,
both published in Hildreth's “Pioneer Settlers.”
CUTLER, Hannah Maria Tracy, physician,
b. in Becket, Berkshire co., Mass., 25 Dec, 1815.
She is a daughter of John Conant, and was edu-
cated in the common school of Becket. In 1834
she married the Rev. J. M. Tracy, who died in
1843. Subsequently she prepared herself for
teaching, and was matron of the Deaf and dumb
asylum at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1848-'9. In July,
1851, she visited England as a newspaper corre-
spondent at the World's fair. She was also at the
same time a delegate from the United States at the
peace congress in London, and while in England
delivered the first lectures ever given there on the
legal rights of women. In 1852 she married
Samuel Cutler and remoA^ed to Illinois, where she
labored assiduously for the reform of the laws re-
lating to women. She was president of the West-
ern union aid commission, Chicago, 111., in 1862-'4.
In 1873 she visited France, in company with her
son, J. M. Tracy, artist, and remained there till
1875. After her graduation as a physician at the
Homoeopathic college in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1879,
she settled at Cobden, 111., where she has practised
with success. She is the author of " Woman as
she Was, Is, and Should be" (New York, 1846);
" Phillipia, or a Woman's Question " (Dwight,
111., 1886) : and " The Fortunes of Michael Doyle,
or Plome Rule for Ireland " (Chicago, 1886).
CUTLER, Henry Stephen, musician, b. in
Boston, Mass., 7 Oct., 1824. He was organist and
choir-master in Trinity church. New York, from
1860 till 1868. He compiled "The Psalter, with
Chants" (Boston, 1858); "Trinity Psalter" (New
York, 1863) ; and " Trinity Anthems " (1868). The
last named contains several of his own composi-
tions. In 1864 he received the honorary degree of
Doctor in Music from Columbia.
CUTLER, Lizzie Petit, author, b. in Milton,
Albemarle co., Va., in 1836. She was instructed
until her fourteenth year at a seminary in Char-
lottesville, Va., after which her education was con-
tinued very irregularly. Her first novel, " Light
and Darkness " (New York, 1855), was republished
in London and translated into French. This was
followed by " Household Mysteries, a Romance of
Southern Life" (1856), and "The Stars of the
Crowd, or Men and Women of the Day " (1858).
As Miss Petit (lier maiden name), she gave, in 1860,
a series of public readings. About 1858 she mar-
ried Mr. Cutler, a New York lawyer.
